A psychedelic retreat for couples seeking deeper intimacy, partnership, and shared professional success.
SANCTUM's Couples Immersion is a small-group experience for high-performing couples building something meaningful together. Through individual and couples sessions with lead facilitators and a five-day Aspen retreat — including two facilitated medicine journeys — you deepen intimacy, strengthen communication, and align your relationship to support the life and work you're creating. Combining executive coaching, relationship work, and intentional, legal psychedelic-assisted experiences, this immersion is designed for couples ready to step into their next level together.
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Five-Day Aspen Retreat. A bespoke, in-person couples immersion designed to remove you from daily life, revel in nature, and create space for life-changing breakthroughs and connections.
Facilitator
Skippy Mesirow is a public-service leader and strategist with more than 20 years of experience spanning presidential campaigns, statewide races, nonprofit leadership, and elected office.
He is the creator of The COURAGE Method™, a whole-human leadership framework that has trained more than 1,000 public leaders nationwide, and the host of the top-10% global Civic Courage Lab Podcast, featuring guests such as Byron Katie, David Allen, and Rick Doblin.
A psychedelic healing retreat in 2019 changed his life as he witnessed these treatments transform—and even save—others. Determined not to wait for federal action, he helped establish the nation's first municipal therapeutic model in Aspen and later served on Colorado's Natural Medicine Advisory Board, shaping the framework SANCTUM now operates under.
At SANCTUM, Skippy focuses on guests seeking leadership development, peak performance, and team optimization. He holds the strategic vision and relational gravity that enable SANCTUM to achieve peak excellence, creating a field of connection, coherence and transformation aligned with the Aspen Idea.
Chief Medical Advisor
Dr. David Rabin is a board-certified psychiatrist and neuroscientist who has spent more than two decades studying the biology of stress, trauma, and human resilience.
As the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Apollo Neuroscience and the Executive Director of The Board of Medicine, he is a leading architect of evidence-based psychedelic standards and ethical clinical practice worldwide.
Dr. Rabin turned toward psychedelic medicine after years of watching conventional treatments fall short for those carrying deep trauma — recognizing that these medicines may finally offer the consciousness shift required to move from managing symptoms to achieving true cures.
At SANCTUM, he oversees our medical and safety architecture — including tapering and screening frameworks — and guides our science-based research and continuous learning process. His leadership ensures that every protocol, outcome, and experience is studied, refined, and elevated, keeping SANCTUM at the forefront of safe, effective, and ever-evolving psychedelic-assisted transformation.
From Jamie + Skippy
Many purpose-driven couples love each other deeply but lack the structures that allow their partnership to evolve alongside their ambitions.
Between us, we bring more than 35 years of leadership, coaching, and founder experience.
Jamie is the founder of The School of Expression, working with high-performing leaders and women across the country. Skippy brings more than 20 years of leadership experience as founder of The Civic Courage Lab™, creator of THE COURAGE Method™, and founder of SANCTUM.
Together, we help couples do what most relationships are never taught: transform rupture into repair, crisis into creation, and friction into forward momentum.
This is the path we practice in our own marriage — and the path we guide couples through inside this immersion.
Aspen Meadows Resort | The Aspen Institute
Lodging takes place at Aspen Meadows, where Aspen was envisioned by Elizabeth and Walter Paepcke in 1946 as a place for the flourishing of mind, body, and spirit. Designed by world-famous architects and futurists to support growth, connection, and transcendence, it has served for more than 75 years as a gathering ground where world leaders step away from noise, think deeply, and build consciously. That legacy mirrors our intention: to strengthen partnerships in an environment created for reflection, integration, and lasting impact.
$10,000 per couple, all-inclusive
Share your experience with one other couple. Enjoy 550 square feet of stylish accommodations featuring floor-to-ceiling windows and scenic mountain views. The suite includes two premium queen beds with integrated storage, recessed lighting, and reading lamps, along with a spacious bathroom with shower. A separate sitting area features a queen sleeper sofa and 55-inch television. The wet bar features a refrigerator, microwave, espresso machine, and plateware for four. Additional touches include a dedicated drop station and Ferenc Berko photography throughout.
$12,000 per couple, all-inclusive
Luxury meets nature, all to yourself. Enjoy 550 square feet of renovated accommodations featuring a king bed, separate sitting area, full bathroom, and scenic mountain comfort throughout. Additional touches include a wet bar, espresso machine, dedicated drop station, and Ferenc Berko photography.
$14,000 per couple, all-inclusive
Where luxury and nature have room to breathe. This spacious 700-square-foot suite features a king bed, dedicated dining area, queen sleeper sofa, floor-to-ceiling windows, and either a patio or balcony overlooking the grounds.
$16,000 per couple, all-inclusive
This expansive 1,200-square-foot suite provides maximum privacy and comfort, featuring separate bedrooms, generous gathering spaces, and spectacular views. Perfect for couples seeking the highest level of spaciousness and retreat luxury.
Getting to SANCTUM is simple, with several airport and ground transportation options. The most direct route is flying into Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE), located about 10–15 minutes from both your lodging and our center, and for retreat experiences inclusive of lodging, complimentary transportation to and from ASE is included. Guests may also fly into Denver International Airport (DEN), approximately a 3.5-hour drive, or Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT), approximately a 2.5-hour drive, where rental cars and shuttle services are available at an additional cost. For those arriving by car, Aspen is accessible year-round via Highway 82 and, in summer months, via the scenic Independence Pass. Once you're here, everything is intentionally walkable, supported by free local shuttles, so no vehicle is required during your stay.
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Enrollment in the SANCTUM Couples Immersion is confirmed upon receipt of a completed enrollment agreement and a non-refundable deposit of $2,500 per couple. Space is limited to five couples per cohort. Enrollment is contingent upon successful completion of SANCTUM's medical and safety screening. SANCTUM reserves the right to decline enrollment if screening criteria are not met, in which case any payments beyond the deposit will be refunded in full.
The remaining program balance is due in full no later than 60 days prior to the retreat start date. Failure to remit the remaining balance by the due date may result in forfeiture of your enrollment and deposit. Payment plans may be available upon written request and are subject to SANCTUM approval. All payments are processed in US dollars.
Cancellations must be submitted in writing to hello@sanctumaspen.com. The following schedule applies: More than 90 days before retreat start: deposit is forfeited; all additional payments are refunded in full. 61–90 days before retreat start: 25% of the total program fee is forfeited. 31–60 days before retreat start: 50% of the total program fee is forfeited. 30 days or fewer before retreat start: no refund will be issued. Enrollment may be transferred to a future cohort, subject to availability and a $500 transfer fee, if requested no fewer than 60 days before the retreat start date. If SANCTUM cancels a cohort for any reason, participants will receive a full refund of all payments made, or may elect to transfer enrollment to a future cohort at no additional cost.
All participants must complete SANCTUM's comprehensive medical and safety screening with our consulting physician prior to enrollment confirmation. Participation is contingent upon clearance from our medical team. Certain medical conditions, current medications, and mental health histories may preclude safe participation; our team will communicate this clearly and without judgment. Providing false, incomplete, or misleading information during screening is grounds for immediate removal from the program without refund. Participants are responsible for disclosing any changes to their health status between screening and retreat commencement.
SANCTUM operates in full compliance with Colorado's Natural Medicine Health Act (Proposition 122). All medicine ceremonies are facilitated by licensed practitioners in a supervised, structured, and legal environment. A professionally guided non-medicine breathwork option is available for participants who prefer not to ingest medicine; this must be communicated at time of enrollment. Participants agree to follow all safety protocols, facilitator instructions, and program guidelines throughout the immersion. SANCTUM reserves the right to remove any participant who poses a safety risk to themselves, other participants, or the program — including due to undisclosed substance use or non-compliance with facilitator direction — without refund.
SANCTUM's Couples Immersion is a high-trust, confidential container. All participants agree to: respect the privacy and personal boundaries of fellow participants and their partners; refrain from audio or video recording of other participants without explicit written consent; engage with radical honesty, care, and integrity; and hold all shared material — personal stories, relationship dynamics, insights, and experiences — in strict confidence outside the program. SANCTUM staff and facilitators are bound by professional confidentiality standards. Breach of confidentiality is grounds for removal without refund and may result in legal action.
SANCTUM may photograph or record retreat activities for internal training and promotional purposes. No identifiable images or recordings of participants will be used publicly without prior written consent. Personal recording devices, including mobile phones, are not permitted during ceremony, group sessions, or shared activities without the explicit consent of all present parties.
All program materials, frameworks, curricula, and content provided by SANCTUM — including The COURAGE Method™, the Conscious Couples Framework, and any associated materials — are the proprietary intellectual property of SANCTUM and its facilitators. Participants may not reproduce, distribute, teach, or commercialize any SANCTUM materials without prior written authorization.
By enrolling, participants acknowledge and voluntarily accept the inherent risks associated with psychedelic-assisted experiences, intensive relational and somatic work, and immersive residential retreat settings. Participants agree to hold harmless SANCTUM, The Civic Courage Lab LLC, The School of Expression, their founders, facilitators, staff, contractors, medical advisors, and venue partners from any claim, loss, injury, damage, or liability of any kind arising from enrollment or participation. This limitation does not apply to losses resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of SANCTUM or its representatives.
These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado. Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising from or relating to enrollment, participation, or these terms shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered by JAMS in Pitkin County, Colorado, under its Streamlined Arbitration Rules. Each party bears its own legal fees unless the arbitrator determines otherwise. Nothing herein prevents either party from seeking emergency injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction. By enrolling, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these terms in their entirety.
