Description
Did you ever wonder what could happen if your ancestors were welcomed into your resonant healing experience? If you haven’t been in constellation classes, have you wondered what it would be like to bring your body more fully into your healing? If you have been exploring constellations, do you ever wonder how it would be to bring in the warmth, precision, and nervous-system awareness of resonance?
Where Resonance Meets the Field, A Live In-Person Retreat: Ancestors in Resonant Healing, and Resonance in Constellations is a five-day, non-residential, live retreat devoted to the meeting place between two deeply transformative practices. We will explore how ancestral and systemic awareness can deepen individual healing, and how resonance can bring greater accompaniment, embodiment, and relational safety to constellation work.
Every person is formed by more than the events of their own lifetime. We are shaped by our families and communities, our lifetime relationships, and the transgenerational histories that made our lives possible. We may carry loyalties to people we have never met, grief that was never spoken, protective strategies that once helped someone survive, or longings that have moved through a family for generations.
These ancestral influences may appear as persistent fear, alarmed aloneness, over-responsibility, loneliness, confusion, or difficulty receiving care. We may understand a pattern clearly and still feel held inside it. We may even have compassion for ourselves, feel complete in some ways, and still sense that something larger is asking to be seen.
Constellation work gives us ways to listen to this larger field.
During this retreat, we will practice noticing when a present-day struggle may have roots in the family or ancestral system. We will explore how to invite ancestors, family members, excluded people, and other elements of the constellation field into our resonant practice, and help make an unseen system more visible.
At the same time, we will bring the practice of resonance more fully into constellation work. All of us – from beginners to experienced folks – will practice staying close to the person while remaining aware of the wider field.
With the help of relational neuroscience, we will explore how human beings use connection to regulate emotion, organize experience, and restore access to choice.
The retreat will include teaching, demonstrations, guided experiential practices, small-group work, large-group constellations by lottery, and opportunities to practice both one-to-one session work and emergent constellations. Participants will have time to experience the work from several positions: as facilitator, client, representative, witness, and member of the learning community. Everyone belongs, and we all have our own point of access and connection from which the learning can unfold.
Across the five days, we will explore questions such as:
How do we recognize when an ancestor may be present in a dilemma? How can we include the ancestral field while keeping the individual’s own life, body, and agency at the center? How do we manage in constellations when strong emotion arises?
We will also explore the role of unconscious contracts: the inner vows and loyalties that can form around love, survival, belonging, and protection. A person may carry an implicit promise to remain small, stay alone, take care of everyone, carry another person’s pain, or refuse a life that an ancestor was unable to have. When these contracts are met with resonance, their original intelligence can become visible. The person can begin to honor the love within the contract while finding a new relationship with the present.
This retreat is an invitation into a way of working that is both systemic and relational. It asks us to listen to the field without losing contact with the personal. It asks us to welcome the ancestors while supporting the living. It asks us to trust emergence while staying attentive to pacing, consent, dignity, and choice.
Participants will leave with practical ways to bring ancestral awareness into session work, a deeper understanding of how resonance supports constellation processes, and greater confidence in following the movements that arise between person, nervous system, family, and field. As always, the foundation of the work is the relational neuroscience, and the healing modalities let us bring the science to life.
Who This Program Is For
This 5-day, live program is open to anyone who loves resonance, constellations, or who is interested in the ways that these two healing modalities come together and can inform each other. This includes just regular folks interested in a healing opportunity, and facilitators, practitioners, counselors, therapists, and others.
(Two additional days of training are available only for advanced students who have completed their Resonant Healing Certification.)
Location
All programming will be held at The Heathman Lodge, in Vancouver, Washington. The address is 7801 NE Greenwood Dr, Vancouver, WA 98662.
The closest airport is Portland, Oregon.
Schedule
Dates: Sunday, January 31 (beginning at 1:00pm) to Friday, February 5, 2027 (ending at approximately 11:30am)
9am – 5pm local, Pacific Time
Approximate Daily Rhythm
Morning: 9:00 AM–12:00 PM
- 9:00–10:30: Welcome, teaching and facilitator demonstration
- 10:30–10:45: Break
- 10:45–11:45: Paired or small-group practice
- 11:45–12:00: Questions, reflection, and integration
Lunch: 12:00–1:00 PM*
Afternoon: 1:00–5:00 PM
- 1:00–2:20: Return, teaching and constellation demonstration
- 2:30–2:45: Break
- 2:45–4:20: Participant constellations, facilitated practice, or small constellations
- 4:20–4:30: Movement break
- 4:30–5:00: Integration and closing
The exact timing of morning demos and afternoon constellations will remain flexible so that each piece of work has room to find its natural completion.
*Lunches are provided, including for special diets. Upon registration, we will inquire with you more about any special dietary needs you might have.
Lodging, Breakfast and Dinner are up to you.
There will be an optional, participant-led, constellations- or resonant-healing-oriented evening program from 7-9pm.
What You’ll Learn (A Rough Plan)
Day 1 (Afternoon only):
Afternoon: Simple and Complex Attunement and Resonant Connection
Day 2:
Morning: Ancestors in the Field of Resonance
Afternoon: Our Nervous System as a separate Element in the Constellation
Day 3:
Morning: Ancestral Contracts in Resonance
Afternoon: Bringing Resonance for the Excluded into the Constellation
Day 4:
Morning: Bringing in those who are Missing or Excluded in Resonance
Afternoon: What Happens when the Facilitator’s Ancestors are in the Constellation?
Day 5:
Morning: Introducing Ancestral Resources in Resonance
Afternoon: The Ancestor-Rich Constellation
Day 6: (Morning only)
Morning: Ancestral Blessings in Resonance
Tuition pricing
Partial scholarships
For people who wouldn’t be able to attend due to financial considerations, we offer two possibilities: 1) a payment plan option built right into the registration process, in case this supports full payment, or 2) please let us know if you’d like to be considered for a partial scholarship, in the event that the retreat is successful enough to be able to support that movement.
Special global majority and Eastern Europe partial scholarships are available. Please write advising your circumstances to Jane at help@sarahpeyton.com.
Refund/cancellation policy
Tuition for the course is not 100% refundable, as follows:
- September 2026-December 31, 2026: We will provide a refund of your tuition minus a $300 administrative fee.
- January 1, 2027-January 9, 2027: We will offer a 50% tuition refund.** The only exception is a verified medical emergency, in which case we will we will refund 50% of your tuition and apply the remaining 50% as a credit toward online courses with Sarah, minus a $300 administrative fee.
- January 10, 2027 and after: There will be no tuition refunds of any kind.** The only exception is a verified medical emergency or Covid, in which case we will give you 100% tuition credit for online courses at sarahpeyton.com, minus a $300 administrative fee.
**Unless you can find someone to transfer your space to, in which case we will refund your tuition minus a $300 administrative fee.
The Heathman Lodge has a 24-hour cancellation policy. You must contact the Lodge yourself to cancel. We are not responsible for your cancelling your lodging of any kind (Heathman Lodge, Airbnb, other hotels/accommodations).
Directions
The Heathman Lodge does not provide shuttle service from the Portland airport or transport of any kind. Most guests utilize Uber or Lyft (approximately $35-45 one-way). Public transit routes typically take between 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 25 minutes and cost approximately $4.00.
See maps location for The Heathman Lodge here. Please note: The Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, Washington is our retreat site and is NOT the Heathman Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
PARKING
The Heathman Lodge features onsite parking. Parking in local Business/Office/Retail lots are prohibited during normal business hours Monday – Friday/ 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Non-permitted parking in these lots will be subject to tow at the owner’s expense. The Heathman Lodge is not held responsible for any damage(s) as a result of theft, tow and/or vandalism.
Lodging
GUESTROOM DESCRIPTIONS
Standard Guestrooms
Feature either one King size Tempur-Pedic bed with a sitting area to include a sofa and coffee table (“single” room), or two Queen size Tempur-Pedic beds with an oversized plush lounge chair (“double” room). Guestrooms also come equipped with a working desk with speaker phone capabilities, complimentary expanded cable, mini-refrigerator, microwave, coffee pot and service, hair dryer, iron and full-size ironing board.
WIRELESS INTERNET
Stay connected to your home or office with our wireless high-speed internet access in our lobby, guestrooms, and meeting space throughout The Lodge.
CHECK IN / CHECK OUT
Check-in time begins at 4:00 p.m. and checkout time is 12:00 noon. Guests arriving before 4:00 p.m. will be accommodated as rooms become available. Guest Services can arrange to check baggage for those arriving early when rooms are not available and for guests attending functions on their day of departure.
PRICING FOR LODGING AT THE HEATHMAN LODGE
The Heathman Lodge has provided us with a special rate! With taxes and fees the price for each room, regardless of single or double, is $128.13 per night. If you have a roommate, the price will be 50% of $128.13 per night.
RESERVATIONS PROCEDURE / INDIVIDUAL CALL IN / ONLINE LINK
Individuals will make their own guest room reservations. Reservations may be made by calling 360-254-3100. Acknowledge our Group name, Sarah Peyton In-Person Retreat, and request the Group rate when making your reservations. This procedure will ensure you are charged properly, and your guest room block credited accordingly.
Alternatively, use this link to book your reservation online.
Should you find it necessary to change your plans, please inform Heathman Lodge within 24 hours prior to our 4:00 p.m. check-in time to avoid a cancellation charge.
Changes registrants make to their Heathman Lodge reservation are separate and distinct from all tuition refund policies for Sarah Peyton’s tuition fees for this retreat. Please see separate section for tuition refund policies.
GUARANTEED RESERVATIONS
Guests making their own reservation will be asked to provide a credit card to guarantee their reservation at the time of the booking. The credit card over the phone is only to guarantee the reservation. Guests that are responsible for their own charges are requested to provide a credit card upon arrival. Deposit on the card will be $25/night.
RESERVING A DOUBLE WITH A ROOMMATE
If you’re sharing a room, one of you should make the reservation. Please decide between yourselves who that will be. It is a good idea to email each other hotel confirmations and/or receipts. When you check in, the hotel can split the charge between two cards, or you can work out reimbursement on your own with each other directly.
You are responsible for finding your own roommate or Airbnb/lodging person or group. Upon your paid registration, if you need support to find a roommate, please provide your information onto a spreadsheet that we will provide that will serve as a handy guide for your search. Closer to the retreat date, we will ask for you to advise us of your roommate and lodging, along with other pertinent information.
CUT-OFF DATE
After Friday, January 1st, 2027, Heathman Lodge reservations will be subject to space and rate availability.
EARLY DEPARTURES
An early departure fee of $50 applies to guests checking out prior to their departure date. Guests will be asked to confirm their departure date upon check-in. Guests may be able to change their departure date without penalty at the time of check-in or within 24 hours of actual departure.
Meals
Lunches are provided, including for special diets. Upon registration, we will inquire with you more about any special dietary needs you might have. Breakfast, dinner and snacks are on your own. The area has multiple dining options nearby.
Please Note
- This course will be audio recorded and made available several weeks after the course occurs. The course will not be videorecorded.
- Photography is not permitted. Phones must be on silent and away from our practice spaces.
- This work is not therapy and is not a substitute for therapy. If you have a sense that you would be destabilized by yourself or others speaking about difficult events, then this course may not be for you. While we hope that the processes and information that we share can be of use in your journey, we do not have the resources to support extreme psychological difficulties.
- This in-person retreat will not cover the basics of Resonant Healing or Constellations. We highly encourage attendees to take one of Sarah’s Resonant Healing or Constellations courses this Fall 2026. And yes, the body and the field can hold you just as you are when you arrive. We honor your balance between preparing in advance and responding to your somatic awareness as it is and the good reasons you show up as you do.
- for exposure to resonant healing: Resonance Basics: Disrupting the Inner Critic, 8 weeks, weekly on Wednesdays, November 11, 2026 through January 13, 2027
- for exposure to Constellations:The Resonant Field Module 9: Opening the Door to Mystery and Awe, October 2, 2026
- or this for Constellations: The Resonant Field Module 10: Supporting the Movement Through Heartbreak in Constellations, November 13, 2026
- free intro to Constellations: Welcome to the Field: A Free Emergent Constellations Preview, November 14, 2026
- or any of Sarah’s numerous courses at: https://sarahpeyton.com/events/
Testimonials
“What stood out for me was the opportunity to learn from Sarah in-person, participate in constellations and see them 3D, and being in community.” – Lori Delaney, RHP
“Being new to constellation work this was a metaphysical experience for me and very powerful to be a part of. The embodiment of all the sessions really worked for me.” – Barb Buckner Suarez, RHP