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.
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. This group is for adventurers, seekers, and those on the path of personal growth and cultural transformation.
Our meetups are at a local park or store, or online (book club). We hold "Welcome to Whitewater" meet-ups, short hikes, camping experiences and seasonal nature based events. We also help people move along the psychedelic journey, whether you're a beginner or integrating your psychedelic journeys in a supportive, grounded, and connected way.
This type of community is vital to help 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 (3)
See all- Ultimate Oregon Journey: Psilocybin Facilitation, Crater Lake & Umpqua Rafting!Needs location$2,480.00
This is more than just the best nature based journey we could imagine around a legal mushroom experience. This is a deeply healing, transformative Journey in connection with community, deep nature, psychedelics, and all aspects of your deeper self. From the darkest depths of your soul to the most radiant version of your truth, it's your chance to see and begin to step into the life you came here to live, and make real change!
If you've been waiting for the perfect set and setting to do psychedelics, are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, or are just overwhelmed or greiving the state of humanity or the world, this journey could change everything for you!
This is incredible 5 day, 4 night Journey! It starts with a "release" hike at Silver Falls, where you let go of your everyday habits and mindsets. The next day is Mushrooms at Gather in Salem, followed by Crater Lake (day 3), and we cap it off with 2 days rafting and 2 nights riverside on the gorgeous North Umpqua!
We'll customize this offering a bit, and we would like to co-create a Journey that everyone is good with. The intention of this work is to buil community around people's Journeys.
We'll expain more about all of this at online pre-Journey meet-ups. Please join this:
https://www.meetup.com/rivers-roots-medicines-nature-psyche-explorers-philly/events/308184456/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_eventsHere's the full event page:
https://evolvewild.com/mushroom-rafting-journey/
Journey Outline
Pre-trip
We'll have an introductory talk to make sure you're good with coming out, with us, and for us to ensure that you'll be safe doing this.
You'll also have a group "overview" preparation session, as well as a 1 - on - 1 session with your facilitator. We keep our facilitator to Journeyer ratio at roughly 1 to 3.5.
Day 1- We pick you up at the airport or in PDX, and drive you to the first hike at Silver Falls. The intention is to open yourself to the journey by getting away from your everyday habits and mindset, and being in nature.
We stay that night in Salem or Silverton. Last minute preparation and conversation welcome.
Day 2 - Mushroom Day- Mushroom Journey at Gather Service Center in Salem. Mushrooms are being shown to have lasting effects on anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and they're even showing to help with a variety of brain related issues. The key is in the ability to help different parts of the brain connect, creating new neural networks. But the overall enjoyment of the experience, and the power of what comes to surface, should not be overlooked.
Day 3 - Crater Lake- This is the day after the Journey. Most people are incredibly tired this day. So you can relax during the ride (we have audiobooks and music, and just sit in this incredible space.
This is a National Park, a mountain the size of Shasta or Raineer, that once erupted. In the midst of it is the cauldron now filled with a clear blue lake. It is even more incredible than it sounds!
This is the best day to sit back and unpack, journaling your thoughts. You will be in a place of openness, and channeling universal wisdom. Even if this sounds cheesy, I would bet you wouldn't disagree if we asked you in that moment.
We then travel down the Umpqua Valley and camp at the put in for the rafting.
Day 4 - This is a special day. Not only will you raft a gorgeous stretch of river, you will also not get into a vehicle, or use your phone from the moment you wake through the entire day. It's a day completely immersed in the natural world, as your consciousness is in a state of flow. The neural pathways you are creating are of the best you could likely imagine.
At night we camp riverside again, right next to where we park the boats, and have our final integration circles and practices.
Day 5 - This is our final day. You raft down the last stretch of river, and we have our final circle at the end. Following that, we all drive back to the human made world, different than how you came in. You'll viscerally feel it.
You do have the option of staying one extra night on the river, if you prefer.
Post Journey
After the Journey, you'll have at least one integration session. You'll have access to a community, and you'll have this experience that you get to hold as your anchor. We don't leave our people hanging, and we'll co-create ways to truly allow this work to infiltrate the larger social sphere.
Next Steps- If you want to be involved, please click "attend." That way we can get a count of people, start talking with facilitators, all that good stuff.
You could also attend another local gathering to meet us, or DM me.
Do note that this trip will be our premier trip in future years, and it likely won't be open to the group the way it is now, as we have limited user days on this permit. So don't miss your chance to go on this magical journey.
- Ultimate Oregon Journey: Psilocybin Facilitation, Crater Lake & Umpqua Rafting!Needs location$2,480.00
This is more than just the best nature based journey we could imagine around a legal mushroom experience. This is a deeply healing, transformative Journey in connection with community, deep nature, psychedelics, and all aspects of your deeper self. From the darkest depths of your soul to the most radiant version of your truth, it's your chance to see and begin to step into the life you came here to live, and make real change!
This is a great fit for you if:
-You've been waiting for the perfect set and setting to maximize your legal psilocybin Journey
-You are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, either personally or you are just overwhelmed or greiving the state of humanity or the world
-You are new to psychedelics and want a safe space to explore them, as well as (again) the best set and setting you could ask for.
This journey could change everything for you!
This is incredible 5 day, 4 night Journey that combines the intense transformative work of psychedelics with the healing and reconnecting power of nature!
With Eric (M.A. in Ecopsychology) and a team of other guides and facilitators,
It starts with a "release" hike at Silver Falls, where you let go of your everyday habits and mindsets. The next day is Mushrooms at Gather in Salem, followed by Crater Lake (day 3), and we cap it off with 2 days rafting and 2 nights riverside on the gorgeous North Umpqua!
We'll customize this offering a bit, and we would like to co-create a Journey that everyone is good with. The intention of this work is to buil community around people's Journeys.
We'll expain more about all of this at online pre-Journey meet-ups. Please join this:
https://www.meetup.com/rivers-roots-medicines-nature-psyche-explorers-philly/events/308184456/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_eventsHere's the full event page:
https://evolvewild.com/mushroom-rafting-journey/
Journey Outline
Pre-trip
We'll have an introductory talk to make sure you're good with coming out, with us, and for us to ensure that you'll be safe doing this.
You'll also have a group "overview" preparation session, as well as a 1 - on - 1 session with your facilitator. We keep our facilitator to Journeyer ratio at roughly 1 to 3.5.
Day 1- We pick you up at the airport or in PDX, and drive you to the first hike at Silver Falls. The intention is to open yourself to the journey by getting away from your everyday habits and mindset, and being in nature.
We stay that night in Salem or Silverton. Last minute preparation and conversation welcome.
Day 2 - Mushroom Day- Mushroom Journey at Gather Service Center in Salem. Mushrooms are being shown to have lasting effects on anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and they're even showing to help with a variety of brain related issues. The key is in the ability to help different parts of the brain connect, creating new neural networks. But the overall enjoyment of the experience, and the power of what comes to surface, should not be overlooked.
Day 3 - Crater Lake- This is the day after the Journey. Most people are incredibly tired this day. So you can relax during the ride (we have audiobooks and music, and just sit in this incredible space.
This is a National Park, a mountain the size of Shasta or Raineer, that once erupted. In the midst of it is the cauldron now filled with a clear blue lake. It is even more incredible than it sounds!
This is the best day to sit back and unpack, journaling your thoughts. You will be in a place of openness, and channeling universal wisdom. Even if this sounds cheesy, I would bet you wouldn't disagree if we asked you in that moment.
We then travel down the Umpqua Valley and camp at the put in for the rafting.
Day 4 - This is a special day. Not only will you raft a gorgeous stretch of river, you will also not get into a vehicle, or use your phone from the moment you wake through the entire day. It's a day completely immersed in the natural world, as your consciousness is in a state of flow. The neural pathways you are creating are of the best you could likely imagine.
At night we camp riverside again, right next to where we park the boats, and have our final integration circles and practices.
Day 5 - This is our final day. You raft down the last stretch of river, and we have our final circle at the end. Following that, we all drive back to the human made world, different than how you came in. You'll viscerally feel it.
You do have the option of staying one extra night on the river, if you prefer.
Post Journey
After the Journey, you'll have at least one integration session. You'll have access to a community, and you'll have this experience that you get to hold as your anchor. We don't leave our people hanging, and we'll co-create ways to truly allow this work to infiltrate the larger social sphere.
Next Steps- If you want to be involved, please click "attend." That way we can get a count of people, start talking with facilitators, all that good stuff.
You could also attend another local gathering to meet us, or DM me.
Do note that this trip will be our premier trip in future years, and it likely won't be open to the group the way it is now, as we have limited user days on this permit. So don't miss your chance to go on this magical journey.
- Portland Mushroom Journey & Cascade Mountain Lake Integration Camp!Needs location
Want to do a deep dive mushroom Journey, but you're waiting for the right setting for a powerful yet 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.
Well here's 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.
Stepping into the space
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 own accomodations in Portland for the first part of the Journey. Or you can camp with us August 6th - 8th, 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.
