What we’re about
Hi! You found Rivers, Roots & Medicines, a community for those seeking deep connection with nature, themselves, and others through immersive outdoor experiences, plant medicines, and grounded community.
This group is for adventurers, seekers, and those on the path of personal growth and cultural transformation.
The roots of this group are embedded in the transformative power of mushrooms and other plant medicines, especially when aligned with our inherrent love for the natural world, and who we are when we're connected to it. We connect to it through river trips, nature connection, and the wisdom of mushrooms.
Our meetups include local gatherings, either in a park or aligned businesses, including local Psilocybin Service Centers, or online (book club). We'll have some "Welcome to Whitewater" meet-ups, local hikes and seasonal nature based events, and the integration of psychedelic journeys in a supportive, grounded, and well connected way.
This type of community is vital to helping each of us along our individual journeys. It's a shared space to reconnect with the wild—both within and around us.
If you want to do a deep dive with us, you can get access to pricing for our full Journeys that just aren't going to be released to the general public. You can read about them on EvolveWild.com. You'll also create bonds so the insights from these journeys become part of your lives, as community helps so much with the integration process.
Flow with the river, root into the land, awaken the wisdom of the wild universe, and find your community here!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Mindful Self Compassion 8 Week Series with Optional Psilocybin JourneysPNW Integrative Center, Portland, OR
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) 8-week course is an evidenced program that combines mindfulness and self-compassion practices to enhance emotional well-being, resilience, and reduce self-criticism. It teaches core principles and practices to respond to difficult moments with kindness, care, and understanding. The course aims to cultivate self-compassion through various techniques, including meditation, experiential exercises, and group discussions.
This program will also include optional group or individual psilocybin experiences before and after the 8 week course (at additional cost). The psilocybin experiences are thought to catalyze and solidify the change created by the compassion through enhanced neuroplasticity. Psilocybin can also induce a great sense of connection, which pairs well with compassion.
MSC 8 Week Course: $595
Optional group 8 hour psilocybin journey: $450 each + psilocybin cost (7/26 & 9/20)
Optional individual 8 hour psilocybin journey: $900 + psilocybin cost- Entirely in person series held at PNW Integrative Center in Portland, OR.
- Series runs Fridays from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm beginning 8/1/2025, ending 9/19/2025
- Minimum number of participants required - will be cancelled if minimum is not reached and deposits and payments refunded. Registration closes 7/25/2025
More information: https://www.pnwintegrativecenter.com/self-compassion-series
Registration: https://us.app.homecoming.health/p/pnw-integrative-center/mindful-self-compassion - Immersive Mushroom & Nature JourneyPNW Integrative Center, Portland, OR
Want to do a deep dive mushroom Journey, but you're waiting for the right setting for a powerful and still safe trip? You want to have the perfect space afterwards to sit with the instights and feelings? You probably want to include a healthy dose of nature in all of this, maybe even some good people on their own deep dive.
This is your chance!
This is specifically for people who either:
-Are ready to fully step into an intentional journey for both healing and transformation. You've tried a few things, but you're still struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or other issues that mushrooms helps immensely with, and you're ready to do the work. You probably also realize how tied to the larger issues, ecological, societal, and generational, that these issues stem from.
-Or you are psychedelic curious (never done it or had a bad/"weird" time if they did) and want to do a full dive into the abyss legally with a professional facilitators, a strong container, and in the perfect setting. You don't fully know what to expect, but you're pretty sure it's what you're after.
The Journey-
The Mushroom Journey itself will happen in Portland, and PNW Integrative, on August 7th.
The integration portion, spent at an alpine lake in the Cascades (which we're permitted for), will last for 3 days. This is part of the "critical period" after a Mushroom Journey to help you create healthy neural networks with the power of fresh neuroplasticity. It's also a chance to find community around your journey, and anchor your experience in language and in community.
Setting The Container
We will have an in-person preparation session prior, and you'll talk directly to a facilitator one on one for your preparation session.
You can stay at your accomodations for the first part of the Journey, then go with us up to the lake for 3 days of integration. You also have the option of camping with us August 5th - 7th, and getting on the water the day before the Journey at Milo McIver.What Makes This Journey Magical
One word: Integration. Taking mushrooms and having a powerful trip is one thing. The right container (set and setting, along with other factors) will offer you a safe space where you can explore the inner realm free from distractions, chores, and even screens. Your relationship with the facilitators and group matter. So does the music. But this portion mainly happens inside of you.
What relly makes the difference is when you create space from your everyday life to sit with the Journey afterwards, and what better way to do that than to be in nature! After you go through such a deep inward dive, it's good to have time to unpack it outside of your normal routine with people who hear and see you, and maybe even have some solid guidance.
Your neuroplasticity, or the ability to form new thought patterns and reshape your awareness around things increases in the days and weeks after the journey.
Spending your time this way allows you to be present and really work through the insights and visions you had during your time with the medicine. You will be able to create new neural networks in a place where you feel incredible, with community and facilitators there to support you in your journey. And you've also put yourself in the best position imaginable to allow the mystery to respond to you on its terms.
We put a lot of effort into creating a journey that allows for the most impact imaginable. All you have to do is join it.
Next Steps
Please sign up and let us know your interest/intent. We can best gauge how to work with this community with that knowledge. We'll also have a meet-up specifically about this event, where we can plan it out a bit more and meet your specific needs.
You can also message the thread or me (Eric) about anything.
- Mindful Self Compassion 8 Week Series with Optional Psilocybin JourneysPNW Integrative Center, Portland, OR
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) 8-week course is an evidenced program that combines mindfulness and self-compassion practices to enhance emotional well-being, resilience, and reduce self-criticism. It teaches core principles and practices to respond to difficult moments with kindness, care, and understanding. The course aims to cultivate self-compassion through various techniques, including meditation, experiential exercises, and group discussions.
This program will also include optional group or individual psilocybin experiences before and after the 8 week course (at additional cost). The psilocybin experiences are thought to catalyze and solidify the change created by the compassion through enhanced neuroplasticity. Psilocybin can also induce a great sense of connection, which pairs well with compassion.
MSC 8 Week Course: $595
Optional group 8 hour psilocybin journey: $450 each + psilocybin cost (7/26 & 9/20)
Optional individual 8 hour psilocybin journey: $900 + psilocybin cost- Entirely in person series held at PNW Integrative Center in Portland, OR.
- Series runs Fridays from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm beginning 8/1/2025, ending 9/19/2025
- Minimum number of participants required - will be cancelled if minimum is not reached and deposits and payments refunded. Registration closes 7/25/2025
More information: https://www.pnwintegrativecenter.com/self-compassion-series
Registration: https://us.app.homecoming.health/p/pnw-integrative-center/mindful-self-compassion-course--week-in-person
