This luxury magic mushroom retreat, founded by a couple, is in high demand among CEOs: "It enhances leadership skills."

In British Columbia, Gary Logan and Rob Grover provide a unique experience for CEOs, athletes, and high-profile celebrities: a guided trip on psychedelic mushrooms.

The couple, after losing Logan's mother who lived with them for three and a half years, started The Journeymen Collective, a luxury psilocybin retreat. A friend suggested they try a guided experience on psilocybin mushrooms with the help of a shaman to process their grief.

Robert bravely moved forward and took the lead, according to Logan's account on CNBC Make It. Following Grover's experience, "the sadness vanished. He rediscovered his joy and contentment. He appeared to be back on track and centered in purpose," Logan remarks.

For his birthday, Logan decided to have a shamanistic experience and considers it the best gift he has ever given himself.

Logan and Rob shared similar visions about guiding people on journeys related to magic mushrooms after the guided experiences, according to Logan. They then spoke to a medicine man who assisted them in developing a program and guiding people on their journey.

A luxury psilocybin retreat for executives

The TJC site states that the Journeymen Collective, established in 2018, provides various options such as a four-day solo retreat, a joint experience for couples or business partners, and a group retreat for three to four individuals.

In 2023, CEO Magazine interviewed Grover about their hiking trips, which include a saltwater pool, hot tub, and plunge pool during the winter. Grover stated that the experience expands people's consciousness.

The retreat is held in an 8,000-square foot home and features a curated menu for those attending. The meals are primarily vegetarian and are made with organic food prepared by Logan.

Grover explains that there are two ceremonies, each lasting two full days, where clients take psychedelic mushrooms. The focus is on integration and working on the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical aspects of the human experience. The goal is to teach clients how to work with the medicine and continue doing so after they leave.

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Before clients arrive at the luxury retreat, they must disclose their medical history.

Before the retreat, Grover states that people will typically meet with us at least two times on a Zoom call, and we have a good intuition about whether we can work with them.

"This is not a clinical or recreational setting; it's solely for personal development. Neither Grover nor Logan are medical doctors."

"Again, that's Zoom calls and interaction to help people apply what they learned," Grover told CEO Magazine.

Some attend a retreat once a year, but that's less common, according to Grover.

'It creates better leaders'

But what is it that professionals take away from the experience?

According to The New York Post, Grover stated earlier this year that they are more passionately and purposefully involved in their business, which in turn leads to profits taking care of themselves.

"Logan says that his clients develop the ability to stay present in the moment while completing tasks without multitasking," rewritten.

Grover adds that they possess greater creativity in developing business plans, launching new businesses, or expanding existing ones, as well as greater courage.

"People often hold onto business ideas that they've been saving for later, and after a particular experience, those ideas on the back burner move to the front, prompting them to act on their old plans."

A recent study at Washington University in St. Louis found that the effects of psilocybin can cause individuals to have more flexible thinking and shift their emotional responses, particularly to negative emotions, which may explain why TJC clients walk away feeling changed after research.

Dr. Joshua Siegel, a faculty member at NYU Langone Health's Center for Psychedelic Medicine, stated last month that psychedelic therapy can provide individuals in a maladaptive state of depression or other illnesses with the opportunity to reset and establish new patterns of thinking, behavior, and mood. Siegel previously worked at Washington University in St. Louis and was involved in the study.

The participants in the study were given high doses of psilocybin in its purest form, not through consuming psychedelic mushrooms.

Individuals with a history of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, or those at a higher risk of developing these conditions due to a first degree relative with these illnesses, are excluded from psychedelic clinical trials, according to Siegel. Even if someone does not have a medical or family history of these conditions, there is still a possibility that taking psychedelics can cause a psychotic or manic episode.

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