*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

THIS RETREAT IS FOR US

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 momsacredhealingretreat@gmail.com to register

We are asking every mom to pay a (sliding scale) registration fee of up to $100. This will help us with seed money for administrative support and securing hotel charges.

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.

“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.

Here's what happens when we all get together

Help Us Make This Weekend Possible

Raising a child with PANDAS/PANS can be an incredibly lonely and exhausting journey. The emotional and financial toll can be enormous, and the mothers caring for these children are often the ones who have the least opportunity to stop, breathe, and be cared for themselves.

That is why we created this Retreat.

This is our occasional Retreat—a weekend created by and for PANDAS/PANS moms. It is a place where we can finally put down the weight we carry, be understood without explanation, laugh, cry, rest, and remember that we are not alone.

The retreat is volunteer-led, and we do not make a profit from it. Our goal is simply to make this weekend possible and, whenever we can, to make sure that a mother who could not otherwise afford to come has a place here.

Your support helps make that possible.

Ways to Make a Difference

Sponsor a Room: Help provide a mom with a peaceful place to stay for the weekend. Room scholarships allow mothers who could not otherwise afford the hotel to be part of our community.

Sponsor a Meal: Help cover a group meal or breakfast so that our moms can sit together, nourish themselves, and enjoy the simple pleasure of being cared for.

Make a General Donation: A gift of any size helps us cover the many details that make the Retreat possible—from Retreat spaces and supplies to snacks, comfort items, and other shared expenses.

Make a Larger Gift: If you would like to make a larger individual contribution or corporate sponsorship, you may choose to pay the hotel directly toward Retreat expenses. Please contact us at momsacredhealingretreat@gmail.com and we will provide the hotel's authorization information.

Give by Zelle: For personal gifts of any size, we are working to make it possible to contribute directly through Zelle. Details coming soon.

Every contribution, large or small, helps create a weekend where a mother can exhale, feel seen, and remember that she does not have to walk this journey alone.

Thank you for helping us make this Retreat possible—for all of us.

“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."

This Retreat is for us.

A sanctuary for the moms who have walked through years that nobody else quite understands.

For the moms who have learned more medicine than they ever imagined they would need to know.
Who have sat in anguish, pleading with the Universe, beside a suffering child through the night.
Who have fought for answers when their child was misunderstood.
Who have learned to read labs, recognize patterns, trust their instincts, and become fierce advocates.

For the moms who are exhausted.

And for the moms who are finally beginning to breathe again.

We aren't gathering because our children are sick.
We're gathering because we have lived through something together.

There is something incredibly powerful about being in a room where you don't have to explain what PANS is. You don't have to explain why a seemingly ordinary day can become extraordinary. You don't have to explain why you're tired, why you're still researching at midnight, or why a tiny improvement can feel like a miracle.

You can simply be.

And maybe, for a few days, someone else can carry you.

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.