A real business trip: Magic mushroom journeys are now part of career development to be more ‘conscious’
NY Post
This is giving business trips a whole new meaning.
People are turning to psilocybin to help them climb the career ladder — and making a vacation of it by attending cushy retreats, sometimes dropping magic mushrooms with coworkers or their bosses in the hopes of doing “conscious business.”
“What people are looking for is to advance their own understanding of self so they can have a greater impact in their business,” Rob Grover, the 45-year-old co-founder of Canadian luxury magic mushroom retreat The Journeymen Collective, told The Post.
“They’re more passionately and purposefully engaged in their business and as a function of that, profits take care of themselves,” explained Grover, who facilitates mushroom journeys with his husband and co-founder Gary Logan.
And Journeymen’s business is booming — they’ve seen a 183% increase in bookings this year. They hold mushroom journeys for around one to four people at their “boutique luxury resort” in Kelowna for four days or more.
Grover said people leave their retreat “more loving” and are more attuned to how they can help coworkers grow or support them when they are struggling.
