A Journey Home to Yourself
Healing the Past, Freeing the Future
A weekend retreat May 16th and 17th 2026!
For healing ancestral patterns, reconnecting to your inner wisdom, and flowing forward — lighter, grounded, and more alive.
An Invitation to You
The world is loud right now. The noise is relentless, and it asks us — constantly — to contract, to fight, to scatter.
We believe the most revolutionary thing you can do is choose otherwise.
To choose presence. To choose healing. To choose life and love — so fiercely and so fully that you become the anchor you came here to be.
This retreat is a gathering for those who feel called to do the inner work: to explore the inherited patterns and burdens carried across generations, to reconnect with the wisdom already living inside you, and to walk away with real tools for lasting change.
We are honored to hold this space with you.
What This Journey Is About
This is a weekend of gentle, deep work — held in a quiet relaxing tree populated environment in Fair Oaks, with a small community of like-minded people.
Over two days, you’ll be guided through a curated flow of experiential practices designed to support you in:
- Gaining awareness of ancestral and relational patterns that may be quietly shaping your life
- Releasing inherited burdens that are no longer yours to carry
- Reconnecting to your body, your breath, and your sense of self
- Receiving practical tools to shift limiting behaviors and beliefs
- Experiencing community, music, and the grounded joy of being in flow
There are no guarantees — only invitations. You bring your willingness. We’ll hold the rest.
What You Might Experience
- A stronger, clearer sense of who you are
- Feeling lighter — with more joy, freedom, and inner resource
- Greater awareness of the ancestral and relational dynamics shaping your life
- A felt sense of support — from your lineage, your guides, and this community
- Practical tools and practices you can return to long after the weekend ends
Weekend Flow
Saturday — Deep Work & Connection Move through a full day of healing: Meditation with Ann, morning T’ai Chi with Ron, a guided Shamanic Journey with Deborah, a Family Constellations session with Ana Maria, and free time to integrate. At day’s end, expect music, stories, and the kind of joy that brings people together.
Sunday — Integration & Closing Begin gently with T’ai Chi and morning meditation. Move through an NLP session with Ana Maria focused on shifting limiting patterns and behaviors. Generative trance. Closing circle to share a sentence that embodies your experience, and a final song from Ron to carry your insights home.
New to Family Constellations? We invite you to learn more by visiting this page!
Logistics & What’s Included
Location: Meristem, 9200 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Fair Oaks, CA 95628
Dates: Saturday, May 16 – Sunday, May 17
Capacity: Up to 30 participants
What to bring:
- Comfortable, layered clothing for movement and outdoor time
- A personal journal
- An open heart
Venue Highlights:
The workshop will be held in a beautiful space on a 13-acre campus near the American River Parkway, surrounded by nature and well-manicured gardens.
A Note on This Space
This is a safe, confidential container. We ask that everything shared within the group stay within the group. We support one another through witnessing, engaging, and activating relational healing — together.
Program Details
📅 Dates: May 16th 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and May 17th 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
💰 Investment:
- Price – $300 — payment required to complete your registration
Your Facilitators
Ana Maria Cardoso, Ph.D., PCC
Family Constellations & NLP Ana Maria is a transformational coach with a PhD in genetics and over a decade of deep self-development work. Her practice draws from Family Constellations, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Generative Trance, and attachment theory. She specializes in revealing and reshaping the unseen patterns that keep people from living fully — especially in the realms of relationships, purpose, and self-worth. Her sessions create space where insight and healing meet, allowing lasting change to take root.
anamaria@cardoso.coaching.com
Ann Naimark, MFT
Meditation & Spiritual Connection – Ann is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 30 years of practice, a registered nurse, and a Spiritual Messenger whose work bridges body, mind, emotion, and spirit. She is the author of A Touch of Light (2022). Ann will lead meditations that help you upgrade your spiritual connection, clear what gets in the way of your clarity and peace, and experience the vast spiritual support that is always available to you. Each session is its own living experience — there is no right or wrong way to receive it.
annnaimark5@gmail.com
Deborah Thomas-Smith, J.D.
Shamanic Journeying – Deborah is a Human Service Designer, long-time Shamanic practitioner, and holder of deep space. Drawing on her background in law, education, and systems design, she bridges structural thinking with spiritual depth. Through the heartbeat of the drum, Deborah will guide you into a non-ordinary realm to meet your inner guides, connect with ancestral and spirit-animal helpers, and access the clarity that lives beneath the noise of daily life. No prior experience needed — just a willingness to relax and explore.
deb4denise@gmail.com
Ron San Miguel
T’ai Chi Ch’uan & Music – Ron is an Inspirational Speaker, Singer/SongCatcher, Recording Artist, Author, and T’ai Chi Ch’uan Sifu (teacher) with a Master’s in Culture and Spirituality. He holds the profound belief that movement, breath, and music are medicine. His T’ai Chi practice will guide you into your body at the start of each day — cultivating presence, increasing lung capacity, and building the inner stillness that makes everything else possible. In the evenings, expect music, stories, and the kind of joy that brings people together.
ronsanmiguel@gmail.com
Have questions?
We would love to hear from you — feel free to reach out to us via email anytime!
