8th EUROTAS Symposium, Portugal, May 22-24, 2026
Psychedelic-Assisted Post-Symposium Group Retreat
From the Cosmic Wiggle to Becoming Sacred Earth:
Transforming Pre- and Perinatal Birth Imprints into Awakened Incarnations
A trauma-informed transpersonal transgenerational psychedelic-assisted approach
Retreat Synopsis in a Nutshell
This transformative Post-Symposium Psychedelic-Assisted Group Retreat invites participants on a profound journey into the depths of the soul. A coming home into your original essence in the process of awakened incarnation into becoming Earth.
When birth arrives, we become Earth; when we die, we return to Earth.
The Group Retreat begins with an evening of teachings and embodied practice, exploring pre- and perinatal birth imprints through a transgenerational and transpersonal framework. Participants will engage in both individual and collective inquiry into these patterns, situated within a multidimensional field of relationality, including patterns of sacred love relationships, sacred sexuality, conscious parenthood, honouring and remembering the ancestors, and caring for the future generations. This shared wisdom field prepares and distils the themes carried into the sacred ceremony of healing and empowerment.
The second day forms the heart of the retreat: a day-long psychedelic-assisted Ceremonial Journey held in a safe, ethical, and loving container. Participants are guided to tap into deeper layers of remembrance, transforming imprints into awakened resources on individual and collective levels. The evening culminates in a community celebration—gathering by the fire through song, music, storytelling, and shared sacred relatedness.
The Group Retreat concludes on the morning of the third day with a guided integration process that incorporates bodywork, creative expression, and nature-based rituals. This soft landing anchors insights into daily life, inviting participants to fall in love again—and again and again—with yourself, with each other, and the more-than-human living world.
This Group Retreat is a call to carry our light into the world, so that goodness and peace may prevail—for the benefit of all relations—for all times. Mitakuye Oyasin.
The impact of early life experiences on human development
Over the course of two days, participants will expand and refresh their knowledge about the impact of early life experiences on human development. The program brings together a transdisciplinary perspective, combining theoretical input with practical exploration through talks, workshops, and experiential sessions.
AlmaSoma – Transpersonal Institute builds on many years of innovative practice in Transpersonal Psychology and Regression Therapy, with a strong focus on early trauma. Since 2013, the institute has been among Europe’s leading pioneers in supporting babies who have experienced challenges and trauma around conception, pregnancy, and birth.
Retreat Bio
Dr. Regina U. Hess is a 30+years trauma expert with specialization in transgenerational pre- and perinatal birth imprint transformation in transcultural ceremonial sacred medicine settings, and developed specific intervention protocols to work through these layers, including the work with expanded states of consciousness to access deeper layers of remembrance and insights for healing and awakened empowerment. An experienced team of assistants will support Regina. Regina creates sacred spaces that are both safe and ethical, held with love, providing the foundation for deeply transformative experiences. She is a spiritual elder in service of conserving the ancestral wisdom of shamanic grandmothers and grandfathers of diverse transcultural lineages. She is a passionate activist for peace through love embedded and shared with all relations of the more-than-human world.
Regina U. Hess, Ph.D. (Netherlands/Portugal), is a clinical psychologist from Germany, a shamanic practitioner, a planetary educator, and a sacred activist, holding a Ph.D. in transpersonal psychology (USA/UK). She is the visionary Founder/Director of Birthing an Ancient Future – a Multidisciplinary Council of Peace-Builders - creating global learning spaces where Indigenous knowledges, body-centered transformation, alchemical ceremony, and psychedelic science converge. Guided by Indigenous ethics of Respect, Reciprocity, and Responsibility, her work advocates transpersonal education, planetary healing, and transcultural peace. Dr. Hess is faculty at Alef Trust (UK), serves in leadership roles on the Boards of EUROTAS and the International Transpersonal Association, and is Vice President of ETPA. An international speaker and author, she is a multidimensional, transformative weaver and bridge-builder, committed to the further evolution of sacred planetary consciousness for the benefit of all relations.
Relationality as medicine: Ancestors, future generations, and the sacred web of life.
Mitakuye Oyasin — For all relations, for all times.