Guide in Renewal
Realived
Connect to your heart. Land in your body.
Soften your mind. Return alive.
Guide in Renewal
Connect to your heart. Land in your body.
Soften your mind. Return alive.
This is a space for people who sense that something in them is ready to shift, from the inside out. A movement that travels through the body, opens something that has been closed, and returns you, more fully, to who you actually are.
Realived offers renewal. Supported, guided, and grounded. Drawing on psychedelic medicine, embodied practice, music, integration, and the psychological and emotional understanding that makes transformation sustainable.
Intentionally designed around you. Held with care throughout preparation, the experience itself, and the integration that follows. Every element is chosen in service of one direction: your return to yourself. The music. The medicine. The practice. The teachings.
Explore the OfferingsTessa van de Ven
Her practice spans psychedelic facilitation, psychological work, and embodied inner practice. It has deepened across multidisciplinary settings, international retreats, and study with teachers in traditional ceremonial lineages.
She comes as a guide, someone who knows the terrain and can be with you inside it. The relationship is one of accompaniment.
Read about Tessa"Tessa has a true gift for working with complexity within the space of the deep psyche and within ceremony. She has an admirable capacity for holding space for the hidden parts of ourselves and navigating those spaces with care and intuition. It has been an honor and a privilege to be in ceremony with Tessa, and this serves as both a heartfelt testimonial and recommendation of her and her work."
Natasja Pelgrom Former Retreat Director · Synthesis Institute"Tessa has exceptional relational skills, communication abilities, creativity, leadership, professionalism, and emotional self-regulation. She has a particular ability to connect deeply with others, think independently, work well within a team, and navigate complex emotional and interpersonal dynamics with maturity and care."
Myles Katz Executive Director · Confluence Retreats"I noticed in Tessa an innate curiosity about people and situations, and a genuine desire to continuously expand her knowledge and skills. She consistently maintained high ethical standards. I have every confidence that she brings dedication, intelligence, compassion, and enthusiasm into the work she does and the spaces she facilitates."
W. Hunt Priest Jr Executive Director · Ligare"Her extensive direct experience with various psychedelic medicines and wisdom traditions, combined with her natural ability to navigate expanded states of consciousness, makes her truly exceptional. Her presence is characterized by sensitivity, attunement to subtle energetics, and an innate ability to hold space for deep healing. She embodies the essential qualities of a psychedelic retreat facilitator: compassion, adaptability, and a grounding presence."
Arnaud Beauregard Initiator · Tangerine Retreat