*NEW* Mom's Retreat *2027*

Welcome to

the PANDAS / PANS

Mom's Sacred Healing Retreat 2027

February 5-7

Hyatt Mission Bay, San Diego

Read on to discover everything YOU need know about participating in this special, nourishing healing event for our community

Your presence is our priority.

This retreat is a soft place to land for every mother in our community, and sign-ups are open to all regardless of financial circumstances. We actively seek sponsorships and operate on a sliding scale so that absolutely no one is left behind.

Partner with us to create hope.

Many families are carrying crushing medical debt from navigating PANDAS/PANS. Your sponsorship bridges the gap—allowing us to fully gift meals, lodging, and life-changing community to mothers who need it most. Empower a family and sponsor a mom today

SPONSORSHIP INFO BELOW - Thank you for looking

“During this transformational retreat, we were able to share our stories, do some deep trauma work, connect deeply to ourselves, have time for somatic reflection and breath work, deep releasing and reflection in a truly safe, beautiful environment.

Most importantly, we were all afforded a much needed space and time to connect with other Mom's who are in it and inherently get it -- we all were able to let go and I believe we all left some of our brokenness there, coming home in a renewed state.

Our stories are all iterations of each other. The hotel was beautiful, the food was amazing and we were lovingly cared for and held in so many ways by everyone involved in the retreat.”

Our first Retreat happened in 2021

with 35 participants from 9 states.

It was glorious and beyond our expectations

Our second Retreat happened in 2024

with 29 participants from 6 states.

It was profoundly joyful and transformative

PANDAS / PANS Mom's Sacred Healing Retreat 2027

A new possibility to bring healing to the

hearts and souls of our community

Every day, hour after hour, patient after patient, mom after mom, I am faced with the difficulties and trauma our community endures. Some days are better, some are worse. We've learned to continue to adapt, lower our expectations and reach into some endless bucket of courage that keeps us going. But we are often left in tatters, trying as hard as we can to stay connected to whatever good is left inside of our lives and marriages and families and relationships.

This is why we are putting together a healing retreat for PANDAS/PANS parents, for moms specifically.

The purpose of the retreat is to provide a safe healing environment to support parents with emotional and soul recovery from the burden of living with a child(ren) with PANDAS/PANS, Lyme infections, Autism and other immune dysregulations and deficiencies.

The weekend includes opportunities for self-recovery, sharing, reflection and hopefully, to remember, at least for a moment, what it feels like to live as a free woman and remember how strong and whole and amazing and inwardly joyful you STILL are. To put faces and living people to our Facebook connections, creating real relationships and friendships that reduce the ongoing isolation. And to bring home a new tools that may help in those moments of intensity, to take care of yourselves and your families and find a way to reconnect to goodness and joy.

The retreat begins on Friday at 5pm and concludes on Sunday at 3pm

(but you are welcome to come early and stay late and just enjoy the time)

EVENT FORMAT

The format includes a mix of unstructured time for socializing, resting or reflecting plus structured activity offerings with restorative and therapeutic value, as well as structured play :) You are of course free to choose whatever you want to do at any given period of time at this wonderful hotel, although we hope you'll participate in the retreat offerings.

Much of the work of the retreat occurs in large and small group sharing and facilitation, meditation, breath work, yoga, and other somatic modalities that are known to support participants in releasing tension, enhancing inner awareness and self compassion, and experiencing some cellular and spiritual recovery through just plain fun and relaxation and comradery.

Evenings are spent gathering around the many firepits on the beautiful waterfront property, walking along the marina, sharing triumphs and tragedies in the jacuzzi late night, being there for others, making new friends, enjoying some much needed downtime with people to whom we never have to explain a single thing about our life challenges.

I have tremendous confidence that the 2027 Retreat will provide another profound and transformative healing experience that will fulfill its vision and offer many benefits to everyone attending the Retreat.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

ALL Retreat Activities and Facilitation

Friday Evening Dinner Reception

Breakfast, Lunch and Snacks on Saturday

Brunch and snack on Sunday

Discounted room rate and resort fees

All hotel amenities plus a spa discount for those inclined

NOT INCLUDED - transportation from/to the airport / Saturday night dinner

LOCATION AND RESERVATIONS

Hyatt Mission Bay, 1441 Quivira Rd, San Diego, CA 92109. San Diego

Discount room reservation link WILL BE HERE: $219/night (discount parking, discounted fees)

REGISTRATION

Please send an email to TBA to register

Our last event filled quickly. Space is Limited. Please register soon if you know you want to be there.

ROOM SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships will be awarded as soon as they are available, in order of those who are registered and requesting scholarships. We will be working HARD over the next FIVE months fundraising for this momentous opportunity for YOU - MOMS - the hub of your family and community life - to take a breather and regroup.

You can help by reaching out to anyone you know that is a stakeholder in our / your community.

LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN SUPPORT YOU - calls, sponsor letter, emails sent

“It was so meaningful to connect with my peers who have a shared experience that many other moms do not have.

We shared stories, we laughed, we cried, we connected, and we were given the opportunity to take the weekend and heal together.

It will be an experience that I will hold dear to me for a very long time, and the things I learned will be with me forever. Thank you"

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“ this retreat was a sanctuary, a space where we were able to reconnect with ourselves, look at and release beliefs that no longer serve us, and open ourselves to healing. Your contribution helped make this possible.”

“I was blessed to attend the retreat three years ago as well as this year's retreat. IT IS LIFE CHANGING!!!

Being a caregiver of a chronically ill child has been extremely isolating and had left me in a very broken survival state for years. The mom's retreat camaraderie and bonding is indescribably healing.

I feel rejuvenated and less stressed. I feel valued, heard and seen by moms that completely, fully understand the hell and survival we've lived. I have been given tools to process all I've been through with my daughter. I am a changed woman.”

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"I cannot thank you enough for restoring my heart and soul to me. Honestly, I thought my life was over, that I was broken beyond repair. Word can't express my gratitude for this profound healing exprience.

What Retreat Participants are Sharing about their Experience

In 2021 and 2024, all the Retreat and food expenses were covered at no charge

to every mother through our incredibly kind and generous Sponsors.

Miraculously - we were able to provide room scholarships and some necessary travel funds

to 35 moms, who otherwise couldn't attend due to navigating severe financial hardship

while fighting for their child's health.

2027 SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

Partner with Us to Restore Hope

Raising a child with PANDAS/PANS brings a profound emotional and crushing financial toll. Between endless medical treatments and mounting clinical bills, the caregivers themselves are often left utterly depleted. Our annual retreat is a volunteer-led, fee-free sanctuary designed to give these courageous mothers the deep rest, community validation, and healing they desperately need.

Because we firmly believe that financial hardship should never stand in the way of support, we cover the costs of lodging, meals, and specialized workshop spaces for every participant. We do not make a single penny from this event—every dollar raised goes directly toward lifting up a mother in need.

We invite you to partner with us to make this weekend possible. When you choose to invest in these caregivers, 100% of your contribution directly funds their comfort and renewal.

Ways to Make a Difference:

Room Scholarships: Fully sponsor a mom’s lodging for the weekend, giving her a peaceful, private space to rest and recharge.
Meal & Catering Sponsorships: Cover the cost of a group lunch, dinner, or respite breakfast so our moms can share nourishing meals together without a single care.
General Event & Supply Donations: Contribute a gift of any size to our collective pool. These vital funds directly pay for essential room furniture rentals, comfort supplies, snacks, and retreat materials.

For large individual gifts or corporate sponsorships via direct secure venue credit card billing, please contact us directly at [Your New Email Here] so we can provide the hotel's authorization paperwork. For personal gifts of any size via Zelle, you can route your contribution directly to [Your New Email Here].

“We are all in different stages of this journey and being in conversation and community with others who understand is such a gift. We were able to breathe deeply, to think about ourselves and filling our own cups so we can persevere and be strong for our families. The ability to process and lift some of the trauma and PTSD from our years on this PANDAS/PANS journey was powerful and I left the weekend feeling lighter and at ease.”

“ Your generosity and support meant dozens of mother’s caring for children with Pans/Pandas were able to recharge, heal and find themselves again. I am one of those mothers and I truly appreciate what you have done for me."