Aaron Rodgers

NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers is joining more than 300 speakers who will be participating in a Denver convention about psychedelics.

[CBS Sports reported](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-rodgers-says-retirement-decision-will-come-after-four-day-darkness-retreat-qb-makes-super-bowl-pick/). It doesn't mean people can sell or buy the drug, but it does mean anyone 21 and older can grow and share the mushrooms that contain the hallucination-inducing compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Ecopsychologist and psychedelic researcher," and Matthew W. Last summer he said the Ayahuasca plant, a psychedelic, [helped him perform at an elite level for the Green Bay Packers](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/packers-aaron-rodgers-says-psychedelics-led-to-his-back-to-back-mvp-seasons/) in the 2020 and 2021 football seasons. On its website, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies calls their event the "largest psychedelic gathering in history" and the "definitive event of the psychedelic renaissance." Rodgers is open about his use of and intrigue with psychedelic drugs.

Rodgers revealed more about his decision process, including a post-Super Bowl 'darkness retreat'

Pat [Mahomes] is such a dynamic player, and if he gets hot and they go up and down the field and make Philly one-dimensional that could be the recipe to win. [Kansas City Chiefs](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/KC/kansas-city-chiefs/) and [Philadelphia Eagles](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/PHI/philadelphia-eagles/). "They dominated the line of scrimmage against the However, he made clear that he feels like the possibility of playing on a different team comes down to the [Green Bay Packers](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/GB/green-bay-packers/) front office. "I'm under contract with the Packers, people forget that," Rodgers said. Philly will still run the ball, and if they can control the line of scrimmage, they should win. "In there for four days and nights and come out after the fourth night." "The idea I wouldn't want to share a stage with Tom [Brady] and J.J. "It's an opportunity to do a little self-reflection in some isolation and after that, I feel like I'll be a lot closer to that final, final decision," Rodgers said Tuesday. [Las Vegas Raiders](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/LV/las-vegas-raiders/), a group Rodgers said was the most vocal as he played the Pebble Beach Pro-Am this past weekend. [Tom Brady](/nfl/players/187741/tom-brady/) and [J.J. Watt](/nfl/players/1631198/j-j-watt/), two no-doubt, first ballot Hall of Famers like Rodgers.

At its core, it's a spiritual exercise that ties back to Tibetan Buddhism. In practice, it means isolating yourself in a room devoid of light or other sensory ...

After my isolation retreat, I’ll be ready to make a decision.” “We rarely even turn our phone off or put the blinds down to sleep in darkness. At its core, it’s a spiritual exercise that ties back to Tibetan Buddhism. “It’s just kind of sitting in silence, which most of us never do,” said Rodgers. “There’s a two-way, like a little slot where they will drop in some food for you. And, as you’d expect, there was more than a little bit of mocking on

Rodgers has pivoted from ayahuasca to isolation this year. The Packers' quarterback spoke to Pat McAfee on Tuesday, saying that he isn't sure about his plans ...

The result of this is people in isolation seeing things, as their brain amplifies specific brain activity. [There is some scientific evidence a person can see visions while in sensory deprivation due to the Ganzfeld Effect](http://www.evsc.net/research/amplify-the-neural-noise). “beyond what is known as the dark retreat benefits like the activation of the pineal gland, dmt, healing traumas and near death experiences. Unlike the Buddist and Bon tradition there’s no focus on religious enlightenment, but rather an increased emphasis on “detox” without a lot of promises on what else this is supposed to do. Under the Hermitage model, attendees are placed in a locked, dark cabin for a pre-determined amount of time. This is coupled with the practice of techniques designed to hone imagination, which people claim leads to visions and spiritual awareness.

Aaron Rodgers famously went on an ayahuasca retreat in 2020 that he says helped his football career.

“I’m still in the art of contemplation about my future,” Rodgers said. “It simulates DMT, so there can be some hallucinations,” Rodgers said. “I’ve had a number of friends who have done it and had some profound experiences.

The Raiders emerged as a prime candidate to acquire future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers from Green Bay this offseason.

DraftKings listed its latest odds for the Las Vegas Raiders' next quarterback to replace Derek Carr after nine seasons.

[DraftKings ](https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/live)listed the Raiders as -390 favorites to land Rodgers in a trade with the Green Bay Packers. In 2022, he signed a three year, $150 million contract. He has a guaranteed option of $58.3 million in 2023, according to [trading Carr](https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/nfl/article270969257.html). [darkness retreat](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35609307/aaron-rodgers-decide-future-darkness-retreat)” after the Super Bowl. [Aaron Rodgers](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8439/aaron-rodgers) is listed as the favorite to be the next Las Vegas Raiders quarterback.

With the 2023 offseason nearly underway, New York Jets fans are seeing it happen firsthand. In the same way that his predecessor, Brett Favre, chose to be ...

The only way a trade for Rodgers makes sense is a guarantee of multiple years of playing time, something I don’t think we’ll get from Rodgers. But this situation is eerily identical to the situation between the Jets and another first-ballot Hall of Fame Packers quarterback. For Favre, it took the Jets only a fourth-round selection. Where would the Jets be? But I believe it’s a shortsighted error for a regime looking to the immediate future and not the best interests of the team in the long term. In 2022, we saw Aaron Rodgers have the worst healthy season of his career.