How to Feel

A six-week microdosing course to move through stuck emotions, regulate your nervous system, and come home to yourself . STARS MAY 24th

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How to Feel: Live Microdosing Activation

LIVE Webinar Q&A with Amanda Wednesday, May 7th

This session is more than information. It’s a chance to experience the work in real time. We’ll walk through the How to Feel course, answer questions, and share a short guided practice so you can feel the shift in your body. Come as you are. No pressure. Just presence.

How to Feel: Somatic Microdosing Q&A
Time: May 7, 2025  5pm PST/  7pm Central/  8pm EST
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This is not just about Microdosing Mushrooms

Most of us were never taught how to feel
We learned to suppress, manage, or hold it all in
Now it shows up as anxiety, exhaustion, and disconnection

How to Feel is here to change that

This course helps you face what you have been avoiding
Grief that was never heard
Fear that never felt safe
Anger you were told to hide
Shame you thought was yours to carry

Through microdosing, somatic practices, and live group support,

you will reconnect to your emotional body and learn how to release what has been stuck for years

You do not have to figure this out alone
You do not have to stay numb
You can learn how to feel
And let it heal you

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A Safe and Structured Journey into your Emotional World​

Rooted in neuroscience and somatic healing, this course gives you a clear path to emotional release, nervous system balance, and lasting change

  • Live container of Deep Support

    Six weekly 90 minute live Zoom sessions with Amanda and your new mushroom family. Be witnessed in your vulnerability, leading to immensely deep healing.

  • Learn How to Process Emotions

    No more old, stuck emotions that trigger you constantly. Emotional focus themes each week: grief, fear, anger, shame, joy, and love

  • Six Weeks of Medicine delivered

    Receive your sacrament directly to your home, legally, as a member of our church.

  • Move beyond "talk" Therapy

    Somatic practices, breathwork, and energy-based emotional processing guide this deep dive powered by the mushrooms

  • Weekly journal prompts

    In between sessions, go deeper into integrating what came up during our time as a community.

  • Not just another "Course"

    Two full months of support, prep, and post-course integration, this is microdosing like you've never experienced.

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For Those Ready to Feel with help of the sacred mushrooms

If you’re done coping, done numbing, and ready to meet your emotions with support and structure, you are in the right place.

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You feel emotionally blocked.

You’ve tried microdosing or therapy but still feel stuck. You want structure, real support, and a path that actually works. You’re ready to feel again, but you want to feel safe doing it.

You’ve tried therapy…

but haven’t seen the breakthrough you need
You’ve done the work, but it still feels like something is stuck beneath the surface. You’re looking for a deeper release, not just more talking or more supplements.

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You’ve been “Surviving”

Managing…But you’re done with just getting by. You’re ready for a full emotional reset and you want it to last.

You want structure, expert support, and a safe space to explore hard emotions


You’re not looking for another unstructured circle or self-led course. You want a proven process, held by someone who knows how to guide people through the emotional deep end.

Soul Medicine

You’re curious about psychedelics but need guidance


You’ve heard how powerful microdosing can be, but you don’t want to go it alone or risk doing it wrong. You want the safety and clarity of experienced support.

You’re ready to reconnect with your body, your heart, and your full emotional range


This is your time to feel again fully, honestly, and without shame. Not just joy, but grief. Not just peace, but anger. You’re ready to feel it all and find your way back to wholeness.

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Meet Your Guide

Amanda Schendel is a psychedelic guide and somatic facilitator who has helped over 1,500 people heal through psilocybin, emotional release, and nervous system work.

She founded The Buena Vida retreats & Sanctuary church and has been featured in The New York Times, The Cut Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Thrillist and more.

Her work blends sacred ceremony, scientific grounding, and deep compassion.

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What We Cover Each Week

We move gently through six emotional themes with tools designed to support nervous system healing and deep integration. One hour before class, we will all take our Micro Dose at home and begin to open our hearts to...

Grief

We begin with what has not been mourned. Together we create space for the heartbreak, the loss, the letting go, and the pieces of you that were never witnessed. Grief is not weakness. It is the first step toward wholeness.

Anger & Boundaries

Anger is not the enemy. Suppressed anger can become depression or fatigue. This week is about reclaiming your right to take up space and creating healthy, embodied boundaries.

Joy & Expansion

Once the heavier emotions begin to move, we make room for joy. Not performative happiness, but true, embodied expansion. You begin to feel your aliveness return.

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Fear and Anxiety


We explore the fears that drive your nervous system into overdrive. Through breathwork, somatic release, and nervous system support, we help the body remember safety and ground into the present.

Shame & Self Compassion

We meet the parts of you that carry shame, guilt, or unworthiness. This is where deep self-compassion begins. It is not about fixing yourself. It is about learning to love what has always felt unlovable.

Love & Belonging

We close with connection. To your heart. To others. To something greater. This week is about integration, softness, and building a sense of rooted belonging you can take with you.

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Why Choose Microdosing?

Microdosing psilocybin is not about escaping reality It is about becoming more present in it This gentle, low-dose practice supports your brain, body, and emotional system without overwhelming you. It is subtle, safe, and deeply effective when done with intention and support.

Brain Benefits

  • Promotes neuroplasticity, helping your brain form new, healthy patterns

  • Reduces rumination and obsessive thinking

  • Improves focus, mental clarity, and creative thinking

Body Benefits

  • Helps regulate your nervous system

  • Reduces physical tension and stress

  • Increases your ability to feel calm, safe, and grounded

 

Emotional Benefits

  • Supports emotional processing without re-traumatization

  • Creates space between reaction and response

  • Gently brings buried emotions to the surface for healing and release

This is not a shortcut
It is a tool for deeper self-awareness, long-term change, and emotional freedom
And when paired with somatic work and guidance, it becomes one of the most powerful healing paths available

Why work with Amanda?

Real-World Experience, Not Just Theory

  • 1,500+ people safely guided through psilocybin journeys

  • Trained with Indigenous elders in Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico

  • Thousands of hours holding emotional healing spaces

 

A Unique Blend of Wisdom and Skill

  • Combines sacred tradition with therapeutic structure

  • Deep training in somatic healing and trauma-informed care

  • This is where grief and emotion finally find voice

 

You’ll Be Held

  • Safe space for your nervous system to unwind
  • No rushing. No pressure. Just presence
  • Guided by someone who has walked this path too
  • Space to feel what’s been buried without having to explain it all first

A NOTE FROM AMANDA…

I created this course for people who are holding so much inside and have no safe place to let it move. For those who feel numb, overwhelmed, or quietly struggling and know something needs to shift. Not just in the mind, but deep in the body and the heart.

This exact process has changed my life. It helped me get out of the spinning loops in my head and back into my body where the real healing happens. It allowed me to finally access and release old, buried emotional patterns that were running the show without me even realizing it. Grief I never gave time to. Rage I thought I was not allowed to feel. Shame I had been carrying for years. When I finally gave them space, my nervous system began to settle. I found peace where I used to feel tight, and softness where I used to brace.

This is also the safest way to explore microdosing. With guidance. With structure. With someone holding space for the parts of you that are afraid or unsure. Please do not go at it alone. There is nothing heroic about doing this work in isolation. It is more powerful, more sustainable, and more transformative when you are supported.

You do not have to figure this out by yourself.
This is your space to feel again. And I will be with you every step of the way.

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Course Dates

Live Sessions: Saturdays at 11 AM Central Dates: May 24th, May 31, June 7, June 14, Jun 21, June 28

This course is intentionally small and intimate to ensure everyone is seen, supported, and guided.
TIME COMMITMENT: 6 Saturdays 
REPLAY AVAILABLE EACH WEEK and rewatch until 2026!

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Read Testimonials from Past Guests

Cbenson Martinez
Christine Johnson Teacher

Words cannot convey the depth and beauty of my transformational journey led by Amanda! Amanda is deeply wise and powerful yet vulnerable. I felt safe to also be vulnerable and still stand in my own power. The ceremonies were sacred and ancient and carefully designed. I highly recommend this to anyone

Lauren Eastwood
Lauren Eastwood IT Expert

The Buena Vida retreat I attended was hands down the best experience I have invested and participated in throughout my entire life. I made lifelong friends there, worked through so many emotional hurdles and learned so much about myself and others all while feeling incredibly safe and well cared for. I would

Christine Johnson
Carlos Martinez Piolet

I attended the 7 day retreat in Nov 2024. I chose to attend because I have struggled with Depression and Anxiety from a young age, and have tried many different treatments with little success. I’m so thankful for the opportunity to walk a new path with Buena Vida. This was a new experience for me, and I felt completely safe and supported.

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Carmen Alexander Business Manager

If you're reading reviews you're already considering a psilocybin retreat. If you are truly ready to heal, if you are looking for meaning and understanding about your life and existence, if you are truly ready to take a leap, choose this one. The mushrooms are indeed the magic, but the leader and facilitators at Buena Vida create an environment ...

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Katherine Wright Designation

Amanda and the team create a wonderful environment for those who are brave, curious and willing to look at things in a new and exciting way with the help of the amazing exercises, breath work and yes, psychedelic mushroom tea. It could NOT have been better.

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Katja von Tiesenhausen Designation

Review TextThe ceremonies were the safest ceremonies I’ve ever attended, which definitely helped the anxiety I had before each one. I felt truly cared for and supported by the staff, who were always readily available and extremely helpful. Through her words, song, drumming, and amazing presence, Amanda leads each ceremony with humor, power, wisdom, compassion, and connection to a Higher Consciousness within all of us, and is an amazing Shamanic healer.

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Still Have Questions?

❓ What is this course exactly?

How to Feel is a six-week live group experience that combines microdosing, somatic therapy, emotional processing, and weekly support. It is designed to help you reconnect with your emotional body and move through what has been held for years. Everything is structured and guided so you never feel lost or alone.

❓ I have never worked with mushrooms before. Is that okay?

Yes!  Many people in the program are brand new to this work. You do not need any previous experience with psychedelics. We walk you through everything and hold a safe space for you to explore this with care and guidance. Amanda is an expert with psilocybin medicine and knows exactly how to guide its use and prepare you for the work.

❓ What is included in the price/course?

  • Six live guided therapeutic sessions with Amanda Schendel

  • Full six-week microdosing protocol sent to you

  • Somatic practices, breathwork and emotional themes each week

  • Journal prompts and nervous system tools for during the week

  • A private group for ongoing support

  • Option to upgrade for a one-on-one session with Amanda

  • Recorded sessions for you to utilize until 2026!
❓ What’s in the microdosing kit?

We source our mushroom medicine from a trusted provider who has been a personal friend of Amanda’s for over ten years. This ensures the medicine is clean, responsibly grown, and energetically sound. The kit is mailed directly to your home in a discreet, unmarked package with no external labels. Your perfect dose will be discussed with Amanda.

We will go over everything you need to know about how to work with the medicine safely and intentionally, including the legal considerations, during our Group Prep Call.

 
❓ Is this safe? Can I work or drive?

Yes. The microdosing protocol we provide is gentle and non-psychedelic or “sub-perceptual”. You will remain clear-headed and functional throughout. You will be supported every step of the way and can always adjust the dose or pace based on how your body feels. After our Saturday sessions, you will be able to live you life just as you would any other day, with a note that this is deep emotional work and integration, journaling and alone time in enouraged.

❓ Can I join without microdosing?

Yes. While the course is built around a microdosing protocol, you are welcome to participate without taking the medicine. You will still receive the full benefit of the live sessions, somatic practices, emotional themes, and integration support. This is your journey, and you are always in choice.

❓ How many people will be in the group?

❓ How many people will be in the group?

This is a small, intimate container with a maximum of fifteen people. We keep the group intentionally limited so that everyone feels seen, supported, and safe to share. You will not get lost in a crowd.

❓ What if I cannot make every session?

The sessions happen live on Saturdays at 11 AM Central. If you miss one, we provide a recap and integration support so you stay connected. The real work continues during the week in your body, your emotions, and your day-to-day experience. REPLAYS will be available until the end of the year, so you can go back whenever you feel stuck in an emotion in the future.

❓ What is the difference between the group experience and the Deep Dive?

The group experience includes all live sessions, the microdosing protocol, and weekly tools.


The Deep Dive includes all of that plus a private 90-minute one-on-one session with Amanda for deeper emotional release, guidance, and support. This is best for those who want individual attention in addition to the group container.

❓ Who is this not for?

This is not a fit for someone in active crisis or untreated mental illness without outside support. It is also not designed for people looking to bypass emotion through performance or productivity.

This course is for people ready to feel, with compassion and curiosity, and move toward something real.

❓ What can I hope to gain from this experience?

Most people come to this work feeling stuck, disconnected, overwhelmed, or emotionally blocked. Through the course, you may gain greater clarity, emotional release, nervous system regulation, and a deeper connection to yourself. You will learn how to feel what has been buried without getting lost in it, and begin to move through your experience with more ease, awareness, and softness. This is not about fixing you. It is about returning to what has always been there.

This work is gentle, but it is not passive. You have to choose it

You do not have to keep holding it all alone
You do not have to stay stuck in your head
You can feel again
You can come back to yourself

Whether you are ready to dive in or still have questions, this is your invitation to take the next step

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