Unearth Your Roots. Awaken Your Lineage.
Join psychic medium and ancestral researcher Sarah Young of Spirited Places and somatic herbalist Diana Hansen, founder of Mountain Hollow Medicinals, for a transformative in-person workshop that bridges the worlds of genealogy, intuitive wisdom, plant consciousness, and ancestral healing.
About This Immersive Experience
In this full-day retreat, you'll learn to trace your ancestry using online tools like Ancestry.com while cultivating deep spiritual connection to the people, plants, and places you come from. Through guided meditation, Tarot, creative mapping, mediumship practices, and herbal wisdom, you'll begin to uncover the stories that live within your bones — and hear the voices that still echo through your lineage.
Whether you're brand new to family research or already have a few names on your tree, this workshop will help you discover the profound connections that span generations.
What You'll Experience
Genealogical Foundation
Begin or deepen your ancestral research journey using online tools and resources
Learn practical techniques for uncovering family history and documentation
Intuitive & Spiritual Connection
Guided meditation to connect with a well ancestor
Use Tarot and intuitive tools to receive messages from your maternal and paternal lines
Create art for your ancestor altar to honor your lineage
Plant Consciousness & Ancestral Healing
Discussion on how to connect to your ancestral plants with Diana Hansen
An initiation into working with plant consciousness
Guided tea meditation to deepen your connection to herbal allies
Learn how plant wisdom can support your ancestral healing journey
Integration & Healing
Honor and heal patterns passed down through generations
Create a Spirit Lineage Page to take home as a lasting connection to your work
What You'll Receive
Comprehensive guidance on researching your ancestry online
A guided meditation to connect with ancestral wisdom
Tarot-based ancestral message reading
A creative Spirit Lineage Page to take home
An initiation into your ancestral plant lineage and plant consciousness practices
Guided tea meditation experience to continue to practice
Nourishing autumn lunch and snacks throughout the day
Tools and techniques to continue your ancestral connection work at home
Your Facilitators
Sarah Young, Spirited Places - Psychic medium and ancestral researcher specializing in bridging genealogical research with spiritual connection and healing.
Diana Hansen, Mountain Hollow Medicinals - Somatic Herbalist and founder of Mountain Hollow Medicinals, offering expertise in ancestral plant connections and plant consciousness practices.
Your ancestors are waiting to be remembered. Come sit with them as within the window Samhain when the veil is thinnest, and discover the plant allies that have supported your lineage through generations.
Framing the day:
9:15am Arrival - check in, settle in, take a walk.
10am start time - Opening Circle & Ancestral Intention Setting - collaborative group space setting
10:30am - Introduction to Genealogical Research in the apothecary - Using Tarot for Ancestral Insight
12:30pm Farm to Table Lunch
1:30pm - Plants are our ancestors in the yurt - Initiation into working consciously with plants - tea ceremony with a plant
Consciously dreaming with your ancestors - stories and ways we can heal
3:30pm - working with ancestor altars - how to create and make your own elements to add to your altar
5:30pm - offerings to ancestors at the medicine wheel
6:00pm potluck dinner (bring something to share) or head to the Genny or Blackbird Bistro on your way home.
What to bring:
Laptop or smartphone with ancestry.com app downloaded
Your parents birthdates, place or town of birth, and grandparents birth info (as much as you can)
Notebook or journal
Pen or pencil
Water bottle
Comfortable and cozy layers
Any items that offer extra comfort, blanket, pillow, etc.
The space:
Together we will utilize both the apothecary in the farmhouse at the start of the day and also the yurt with a wood stove after lunch. Chairs, pillows, yoga mats, and some blankets are provided. We also encourage you to bring your own for maximum comfort.
The space for this retreat is intentionally held as a safe and loving space for you to navigate into your ancestry, ethics and confidentiality within our space is crucial. Together we will set an even deeper intention to keep each other well and comfortable in moving through ancestral work and all that it can bring to the surface.
$365 for the full day of offerings and a nourishing lunch.
Early Bird pricing at $288 through August 1st 2026!
To ensure an intimate and well-held experience, this retreat is designed for a small group of 6–10 participants. In the unlikely event that minimum enrollment is not met, you will be contacted by September 19th, 2026. Registration includes a non-refundable $75 deposit to reserve your space and cover preparation costs. In the rare event minimum enrollment is not met, the remaining balance will be fully refunded and you will receive a complimentary consultation from Sarah as our thank you for your trust and commitment.
Map of Mountain Hollow created by Sarah Young.
Meet Your Facilitators
Sarah Young of Spirited Places
Sarah is a practicing Clairvoyant Medium who brings healing to others by communicating with those who have passed on who may need to share messages and information with their loved ones. Sarah also visits sites and homes to help others understand who the spirits are that dwell in their homes or on their land for clarity and healing on all sides. She is also an artist who creates a unique, personalized work as an offering with her sessions of what she may have experienced or seen during a reading. She also offers sacred paintings on your land for protection, to honor the ancestors of the land, or any intention you wish. Learn more about Sarah at Spiritedplaces.net.
Can’t make it in person but want to book a reading with Sarah? Learn more here.
Diana Hansen of Mountain Hollow Medicinals
Diana is a Reiki Master Teacher specializing in Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki, Somatic Herbalism & Healing. She founded Mountain Hollow in 2015 with the intention of working to create a safe space for people to learn and heal on their own terms. Diana has spent her life half in this world and half in spirit. With a long ancestry of magic and spirituality Diana carries a clear wisdom that she uses to support others in moving forward on their life path. Wether it be for just and hour or a six month course, Diana strives to help others unwind and unravel their trauma to liberate their path. Her work is strongest in somatic healing with plants or on the massage table, as well as intuitive guidance and coaching. Learn more about her offerings by browsing this lovely website!