The Cauldron is in a moment of expansion...the format below is shifting as the world shifts....stay tuned for updates about this life-changing program!
The Cauldron is a year-long psychedelic and ceremonial initiation through the Elements for personal healing, spiritual expansion, and community-held transformation.
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This isn't just a program.
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It's a living container for your deepest healing, guided by the sacred intelligence of Air, Fire, Water and Earth, and rooted in Earth-based ritual, psychedelic ceremony and communal magic.​
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The journey begins Thursday, March 19th!​✨
Over twelve months, you will be held through:
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✨Four seasonal psychedelic & ceremonial medicine retreats ​
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✨Monthly ceremonial circles
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✨Psychedelic preparation and integration circles around each retreat
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✨Weekly practices, prompts and ways to engage with soul work & elemental magic
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✨A private online temple space for connection, accountability, and home practice
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✨Ritual kits, guidebooks, workbooks and teachings to help you deepen into the work
The Cauldron is not just a weekend retreat.
It is not just a course.
It’s a spiritual and emotional ecosystem that holds and supports you as you evolve and transform.
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Whether you are deepening your path with psychedelics, seeking grounded spiritual community, or longing for a life woven with BIG magic and meaning, The Cauldron is here to hold you as you heal, expand and transform over a whole year's time.
Why The Cauldron, Why Now?
​I know you feel it, beloveds. The world is changing, The empire is collapsing. The revolution has begun...
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We need spaces of magic, joy, and beauty now, more than ever.
We need a soft space to land, and rhythms to root into and return to when the cacophony of the world gets too loud.
We need a community that helps us remember what is real, what is true, in the face of so much adversity and misinformation.
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We need spaces and places where we can grieve together, dream together, cultivate joy, and heal together.​
​We need to return to the Earth, to the elements, to the magic, beauty, resonance and healing that is our birthright.
And we need Mushrooms to help us navigate the collapse, remember the Sacred, and help us find new neural pathways towards a better future.​​
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The time for healing is now.
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The time for creating new worlds, one circle at a time, is now.
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The time to heal our wounds of belonging and relearn how to thrive in community, is now.​
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The time for remembering who we are and tapping into our sacred purpose and gifts, is now.
​​​This is not a time to freeze or isolate.​
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This is a time of action, of cultivating big magic and big joy.​
A time of learning spiritual protection and calling on our allies and guides to join us in the good fight.​
This is a time of remembering that we are stronger together...​
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And that WE ARE THE MEDICINE we seek that will change the world.​
So, welcome to The Cauldron, Beloveds.
​We meet on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30pm PT.
In-person at in the Central District of Seattle or live on Zoom for those not local to Seattle.
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Whether attending in person or virtually, you’ll be fully held and welcomed into the energetic field of our circle.​
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(The Fire in the Belly Cave)
​Our first Circle is Thursday, March 19th! ✨
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Each month, we gather in sacred circle (in-person in Seattle or virtually) to root into the rhythms of the season and explore the Element guiding us through that portal of the year.
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Our circles are a blend of ritual and reflection, designed to deepen your connection with yourself, the group, the Earth, and the medicine work we are weaving together.​
Monthly Ceremonial Circles​​​​
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At each circle, you can expect a rich, evolving blend of:
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​Elemental teachings and Earth-based ritual
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Heartfelt sharing and sacred witnessing
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Song, sound healing, and vocal activation
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Guided meditation and shamanic journeywork
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Movement, expressive arts, and somatic practices
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Ritual crafting and creative integration
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Ongoing space for psychedelic integration & support​​
Dates for Medicine Retreats:
AIR: Friday May 29th-Sunday May 31st
FIRE: Friday, Aug 21st-Sunday, Aug 23rd
WATER: Friday Nov 6th-Sunday Nov 8th
EARTH: Friday Feb 12th-Sunday Feb 14th
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*There will be a thorough psychedelic preparation process that will asses each individuals readiness and desire for psychedelic work for each retreat.
​Our retreats are not about chasing peak experiences.
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They are about walking gently, intentionally, and together toward wholeness, held by sacred community, surrounded by mirrors who reflect your truth, your wounds, and your becoming.
Because healing happens through relationship. And in this container, you are never alone. ✨​​
Seasonal Weekend Medicine Retreats​​​​
​​​Each of our four seasonal retreats is a ceremonial weekend immersion, guided by the Elements, supported by sacred mushrooms and psychedelic realms, and designed to support deep personal and spiritual transformation.
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Throughout each of our intensive ceremonial retreats, healing unfolds through a rich tapestry of practices. We incorporate safe, supported ceremonial psilocybin journeys, alongside many other pathways to integration, healing and wholeness.​​
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Each retreat follows an elemental arc, inviting you into a specific phase of inner transformation.
In Air, we meet the inner child.
In Fire, we tend the inner loving parent and wounds of belonging.
In Water, we dive into grief, shadow, and shame.
In Earth, we cross the threshold into a new chapter of life.
Every retreat weaves together:​​
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Elemental ceremony rooted in Earth-based ritual
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Guided meditations and potent soul inquiry
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Creative and artistic exploration to express and integrate inner experience
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Somatic practices, movement, and dance
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Song circles and sound healing
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Deep connection with nature and the Elements
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Heart-centered community sharing and integration
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Safe, supported, ceremonial psychedelic exploration
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Nourishing meals, rest, and sacred rhythms
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​Consumption of psychedelics is always optional at our retreats.
Psilocybin is just one of the many tools we use to access expanded states & transformation. Many participants find the depth of ritual, community, creativity, and elemental work alone to be profoundly healing and transformative. ​​
​Whether or not you choose to work with medicine, you will be fully held in the transformational ceremonial field. ​​
This year we are excited to be hosting our retreats at Fifth Dimension Retreat Center - an up and coming five-acre ceremonial sanctuary in Roy, WA - just an hour south of Seattle!
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Anchored by a beautiful bohemian-inspired yurt, adorned with altars and mandala tapestries, the space is intentionally designed for medicine work, ceremony and soul transformation.
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Enjoy spa amenities like a cedar sauna, hot tub, and outdoor showers, along with cozy lodging in a guesthouse, bell tents, or communal yurt space. The land offers open fields, forest trails, and a fire circle, inviting rest, reflection, and connection with the Earth.
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Psychedelic Preparation and Integration​
Surrounding each Medicine Retreat, we hold dedicated Preparation and Integration Circles to support your journey with safety, intention, and care.
Ceremony Preparation Circles
Preparation Circles are held virtually two Thursdays before each retreat. Together, we engage in soul inquiry, intention-setting, and self-assessment, and walk through the emotional, physical, and logistical preparation needed to enter ceremony feeling grounded and resourced.
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Ceremony Integration Circles
Integration Circles are held in person the Thursday after each retreat, offering elementally guided practices, meditation, self-inquiry, and community reflection to help you weave your insights into embodied daily life.
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You’ll also receive a beautifully crafted Psychedelic Preparation + Integration Guidebook to support your personal process, deepen your healing, and track your transformation throughout the year.
Online Temple + Home Practice
In addition to our monthly gatherings and retreats, you'll have access to our private Online Temple Space—a sacred container for continued connection, integration, and deepening your personal practice.
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Inside the temple, you’ll find:
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Weekly self-guided rituals, journal prompts, and elemental inquiries
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Seasonal songs, chants, and beauty-sharing to accompany your path
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A space for community reflection and ongoing support
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Hardcopy Elemental Workbooks to guide your psychedelic and ritual practice
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Handcrafted Elemental Ritual Kits filled with seasonal items for altar-building and at-home ceremony
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Elemental playlists and recorded chants to ground you throughout each season
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A growing Community Song Book for shared practice and sacred play
Participants are asked to devote at least 10 minutes a day (or about an hour each week) to personal practice. This is where true integration takes root: by weaving what you've touched in ceremony into how you live, love, and lead each day.
Don't Live in the Seattle Area?
Don't worry! There is a semi-distance format for you to join The Cauldron!
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The semi-distance path allows you to join all monthly circles, retreat preparation, and integration sessions via Zoom. You’ll receive your seasonal ritual kits and printed guidebooks by mail to support your home practice.
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In-person attendance at the retreats is required, and you’ll be responsible for your own travel. Our team will help coordinate carpools and transportation support to make your journey as easeful and held as possible.
About the Container
The Cauldron is a sacred container for healing, liberation, and re-connection. This space is devoted to unraveling the deep wounds of patriarchy, white supremacy, religious trauma, heteronormativity, fatphobia, and other systems of oppression that disconnect us from ourselves, each other, and the Earth. Together, we untangle outdated conditioning, survival patterns, and limiting beliefs so we can remember who we are beneath them.
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We believe that healing is not meant to happen in isolation. Our deepest wounding happens in relationship—and so too must our healing. In The Cauldron, we allow ourselves to be transformed by the magic and alchemy of sacred community.
We hold one another with compassion and accountability in service to both personal and collective liberation.
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Our spiritual practices are rooted in eclectic, earth-based, pagan and neo-pagan traditions, honoring the wisdom of the Elements, the Wheel of the Year, and the cycles of nature. We honor that there is no single path to transformation, and that truth lives in many spiritual and ancestral lineages.
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The Cauldron is also deeply grounded in the transformative power of sacred psychedelics, specifically psilocybin mushrooms, as tools for healing, remembering, and returning to wholeness.
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You were never meant to heal alone.
Who is the Cauldron for?
There are only 8 spaces available for this once in a lifetime journey.
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The Cauldron is not for everyone.
This container is only for those who are ready to step into the alchemical fires of transformation, meet themselves fully, and walk a path of sacred devotion, deep healing, and communal magic. ​​
​The Cauldron is for you if:
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You’ve been on your healing path for a while, but are still longing for more magic, more meaning, more connection.
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You’ve touched big magic in retreats or ceremonies, but are desiring to stay connected to beauty and expansion in your every day life.
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You know in your bones that you’re not meant to heal alone and you're ready to be witnessed, supported, and held accountable to your own healing by a sacred circle.​​​
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You are ready to open new doors with psychedelics and come into deeper relationship with the Medicine in a sacred, ceremonial and communal container.​
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You have the space, capacity and time to devote to your own healing and show up fully for yourself and others.​​​
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You’re open-hearted, courageous, and willing to be vulnerable in community.
The Cauldron is open to all gender identities and welcomes souls from diverse backgrounds, cultures, spiritual paths, and lived experiences.
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This is a queer and trans-affirming, anti-racist, body neutral space devoted to the liberation of all beings.​
Who the Cauldron isn't for...​
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Because of the depth and intensity of this work,
The Cauldron may not be the right fit for everyone.
The Cauldron is not a quick fix, a solo journey, or a casual retreat experience. This container is not for those currently in acute crisis, without sufficient personal or relational support to hold deep inner change, or those who are not available for ongoing integration and home practice.
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​It is also not the right fit if you are unable or unwilling to engage in vulnerable, community-based healing — including the capacity to witness and be present with other people’s stories of pain, grief, and transformation.
Due to the nature of the medicine work, this program is not suitable for individuals with certain medical conditions or contraindicated medications.​ (See application)
Still not sure if
The Cauldron is right for you?
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Schedule a free Discovery Call to connect with Anu!
Your Cauldron Team
Avah Lux Yeruka Anu
Head Witch of The Cauldron
Avah Lux Yeruka Anu (she/her) is the visionary, creator, and Head Witch of The Cauldron: You Are the Medicine. She is a master ceremonialist and sacred space holder devoted to guiding souls through deep transformation, remembrance, and reconnection with self, soul & Spirit.​
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With over two decades of experience creating and leading ceremonial spaces, Anu is known for weaving safety, depth,
and potency into containers that support real, lasting, life-affirming change. A psychedelic guide, sound healing practitioner, singer, alchemist, poet, witch, and devotee of the Goddess Hekate, her work is multi-sensory and multi-dimensional, rooted in ritual, sound and vibration, somatic and shamanic practices, Earth-based wisdom, and sacred mushroom medicine.
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​Anu holds a Master’s Degree in Women’s Spirituality with an emphasis in the sacred arts, healing, and women’s mysteries, and is Certified in Sound, Voice and Music Healing – both from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is also certified in Psychedelic Therapy and Integration through Vital with Psychedelics Today, and has completed a mentorship in Grief Tending with Sacred Groves.
Anu holds space and your tender truths as the kind, caring, constant and grounded Earth Mother, but breaks curses, rewrites contracts, and cuts away all that no longer serves like the fierce, ferocious and fearless Dark Goddess.
Mary Alice
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Co-Facilitator & Space Holder
Mary (she/her) is a psychospiritual guide, integration coach, and ceremonialist who co-facilitates The Cauldron with deep presence, care, and attunement to the most tender moments of transformation. She has a natural capacity to navigate liminal spaces and to remain grounded with what is raw, vulnerable, and still becoming. With a background in behavioral science, psychedelic integration and Reiki, Mary bridges clarity and
compassion, helping participants feel oriented and supported as they move through altered states, grief, insight, and inner reorganization.
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In The Cauldron, Mary offers steady accompaniment before, during, and after medicine work, supporting integration through somatic awareness, gentle inquiry, and ritual reflection. She trusts the wisdom of the body and psyche, and holds space in a way that invites safety, honesty, and self-connection. Mary’s presence helps participants slow down, listen deeply, and allow their experiences to settle into meaningful, embodied change, so what is revealed in ceremony can be carried forward into daily life with care and integrity.
Gabriel Raven Yeruka Go​
Co-Facilitator, Space Holder & Business Wizard
Gabriel Raven Yeruka (they/he) is a somatic alchemist and licensed massage therapist who co-facilitates The Cauldron with deep care, steadiness, and precision. Their training in myofascial listening, nervous system attunement, and subtle energy awareness deeply informs how they hold ceremonial and psychedelic space, supporting participants in arriving
more fully into their bodies before, during, and after medicine work. Gabe’s stable presence helps integration land not only cognitively, but somatically and relationally, allowing the body to become an ally in transformation rather than something to override.
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As a queer, trans, and chronically ill practitioner, Gabe brings a trauma-informed, neurodiversity-aware and radically inclusive approach to group facilitation. Within The Cauldron, they tend both embodiment and logistics as sacred structures of care, holding the visible and invisible systems that allow the work to unfold smoothly and safely. With quiet confidence and deep listening, Gabe offers grounding presence, practical support, and steady containment, helping create a container where bodies can soften, orient, and move through altered states, ritual, and collective healing with greater safety, trust, and agency.
Financial Investment
Your investment in the Cauldron includes:
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Your tuition for The Cauldron covers everything above, plus a thriving community of like-minded souls and 12 months of facilitated, life-altering transformation.
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Only 8 spaces are available in The Cauldron.
Tuition for The Cauldron can be paid in full, or you can opt into an extended 12 month(at $833.25) or 18 month (at $555.55) payment plan!
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To learn more about the Financial Break-Down and read about the Financial Transparency Statement for The Cauldron,
Needs-based Solidarity Scholarship Opportunity
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As part of our commitment to economic equity and accessibility, The Cauldron offers one partial needs-based scholarship at 50% tuition for People of the Global Majority, trans-identified folks, immigrants, single parentsand others who are historically and economically marginalized. At this time, Fire in the Belly Alchemy is only able to offer one scholarship.​​
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The scholarship application is included within the general Cauldron application.
Those who wish to support expanded access may donate to the Fire in the Belly Alchemy Scholarship Fund, helping make this work available to others who are called but not currently financially resourced.
Work-Trade Scholarship​ Opportunity
The Cauldron also offers one work-trade opportunity in exchange for a partial scholarship. We are currently seeking a Kitchen Maven to support our in-person retreats.
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This role is for someone who is skilled, competent, and experienced in planning and preparing nourishing meals for a group of approximately 12 people with diverse dietary needs. Responsibilities include meal planning, grocery procurement, pre-cooking meals for ceremony days, and serving as the lead support for setting up and holding all meals during our two-night retreats.​
THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY FILLED.
Optional Add-On & Extended Integration Packages
For those who wish to go further, The Cauldron offers optional Add-On Packages designed to support deeper integration, embodiment, and expansion. These offerings with our Cauldron Facilitation team members invite continued accountability and care, helping the insights and transformations of the work root into daily life over time.
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So, are you ready for the most magical and transformative year of your life?!
Application will take about 15-20 minutes to complete.​
Still have questions about The Cauldron or want to speak with Anu before applying?
The Journey begins Thursday, March 19th, 2026!
Doors to The Cauldron will close on March 10th! 💫