Guides
Before you ask
Plain answers to the questions people ask before they reach out, with the sources.
Planning a retreat in New Jersey
- Day retreats near NYC: a lakeside day in New Jersey
How a day retreat near NYC works on Lake Hopatcong, NJ: getting there, a sample day, which practices fit, group size, and how to book.
- Corporate retreats near NYC: a Morris County house
Plan a corporate or team retreat near NYC in Morris County, NJ: group size, day or overnight, agenda ideas, travel, and how to book a private lake house.
- Women's retreat weekends in New Jersey
How to plan a women's retreat weekend in New Jersey: a private lake house on Lake Hopatcong, practices to choose, a sample weekend, rooms, and booking.
- Lake Hopatcong in the off-season: a retreat guide
Lake Hopatcong in fall and winter: what the lake is like after Labor Day, ice fishing and winter activities, the state park and museum, and retreats.
- Silent and meditation retreats in New Jersey
Silent and meditation retreats in New Jersey: retreat centers or a private house, what a silent day involves, how to choose, and a lake option.
Clinical care and Colorado
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: a plain guide
What ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is, where ketamine stands in US medicine, what a course usually involves, and how it begins at Halcyon on Lake Hopatcong, NJ, through Presence of Mind Therapy.
- Psilocybin services in Colorado: a plain guide
How Colorado's regulated psilocybin program works: who can take part, licensed facilitators and healing centers, what a session involves, and why it is not offered in New Jersey.
- Guided psilocybin retreats in Boulder, Colorado
A small, guided three-day psilocybin retreat in Colorado, led by Maureen Lennon-Schafer, LCSW. Screening, preparation, integration, meals and lodging.
- Is psilocybin legal in Colorado? What the Natural Medicine Health Act allows in 2026
What Colorado's Natural Medicine Health Act allows in 2026: personal use, licensed healing centers, facilitators, age limits and what stays illegal.
- Can out-of-state visitors use Colorado's psilocybin services?
Can you travel to Colorado for a legal psilocybin session if you live elsewhere? What the law says about residency, screening and coming home.
- What a guided psilocybin retreat in Colorado costs, and what is included
What a guided psilocybin retreat in Colorado costs, what the price covers, what Colorado's rules say about fees, and questions to ask before paying.
- Who should not attend a psilocybin retreat: screening, medications and contraindications
Screening, medications and contraindications for psilocybin: lithium, psychosis and bipolar history, heart conditions, pregnancy, and antidepressants.