Five Reasons Older People Benefit The Most From A Psilocybin Retreat

Psilocybin retreats are not just for the young and adventurous.  In fact, it is the older clientele I see benefitting the most from the positive impacts. Eleusinia is a psilocybin retreat for older people.

#1 Life Experience

A wealth of memories and life experience can make a psychedelic experience more meaningful. As a result, older people have acquired a wealth of interesting life experiences to enrich the encounter.

#2 Mental Clarity

Psychedelic use is not only harmless, but it also has benefits for your brain health. This may be contrary to what you may have been taught during the “War on Drugs” campaign, but there is some serious research to back it up. There is significant evidence to suggest that psilocybin and similar substances may contribute to neurogenesis and neuroplasticity. Both of these are important for maintaining mental acuity.

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#3 Get Ahead Of Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s and other age-related dementias are linked to neuroinflammation. Because of its strong anti-inflammatory properties, psilocybin can reduce inflammation markers associated with Alzheimer’s.

#4 Aches And Pains

Getting older ain’t for sissies, and the anti-inflammatory properties of occasional psilocybin use can assist with aching joints and other pains.

#5 Why Not?

By the time the kids have moved out or by the time most people are becoming grandparents, we have spent the better part of our lives caring for others and chasing careers. At this point in your life, you deserve to take some time for yourself to go on an adventure at a psilocybin retreat and explore your psyche.

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Pablo Coddou

Pablo is a licensed psychotherapist drawing from Gestalt, Humanistic-Existentialism, and Buddhist principles to offer a grounded, embodied approach to personal growth, healing, and self-discovery.

He earned his Master’s in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University in 2010 and has maintained a full-time private practice in Vermont for the past decade, working with clients across a wide range of ages and circumstances, from adolescents to seniors, including veterans, couples, and families, through both in-person and telehealth sessions.

In 2022, Pablo returned to Naropa to complete certification in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy through their MAPS program, focusing on the ancient spiritual traditions and modern science-backed benefits of psychedelics, and on the role of guide and integration therapist in supporting their healing potential. Since then, he has dedicated his practice to working skillfully and compassionately with altered states of mind in service of transformation, self-determination, and empowerment.

Born to immigrant parents and raised between New York City and Chile, Pablo identifies as Latino with indigenous Araucanian roots alongside European heritage. He has traveled extensively across Europe, South and Central America, Asia, and Africa, and is trilingual in English, Spanish, and French.

Pablo brings more than 25 years of study and practice in Buddhist meditation, martial arts, breathwork, and neuroscience, and facilitates workshops across these modalities in diverse community settings throughout the Americas. Outside the therapeutic space, he competes in Spartan races, participates in psychedelic community gatherings, and trains alongside his wife and daughter in the Vermont valley he calls home.