Ancestors Program · Online

Freedom That Starts With You

How to Stop Patterns and Family Secrets from Repeating Themselves

November 17 & 22, 2026

You inherit a family story.
You also get to decide how it continues.

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What this program brings

Ancestors practices let us take the best from the past and shape a future that isn't dictated by patterns.

Feel rooted

in where you come from, and more free to choose where to go next

Draw strength

from your ancestry, transforming pain and anxiety from past generations into strength today

Interrupt patterns

so repeating family cycles don't dictate your relationships, career, and choices

Name the unspoken

process family secrets and untold stories so they don't repeat

Feel supported

ground under your feet, strength in your body, and the experience of protection behind you

Choose vitality

replace unexplained apathy or heaviness with optimism and the capacity to move toward what you actually want

Reconnect

restore or strengthen connection with family members and parts of the lineage that have felt lost or cut off

Leave a lighter legacy

more gifts, talents, and emotional freedom, and fewer unprocessed burdens, for those who come after you

You'll also:

  • Feel connection and belonging in your family line
  • Bring more connection and warmth into all relationships
  • Pass on more love and possibility to the new generation
  • Find clearer pathways to happy romantic partnership, harmonious family life, and financial flourishing
  • Experience new freedom that opens up with living fully!

Every family carries gifts and secrets. Talents, strength, courage, resilience, and love travel down the line. So do unspoken secrets, unprocessed pain, and repeating patterns of silence, fear, guilt, betrayal, conflict, and self-sacrifice that limit our freedom today.

What happens to the stories
a family never tells?

Who has been left out of the family story?
What do we learn to hide to preserve our sense of belonging?
How do we explain anxiety that seems to come out of nowhere?

And how can we feel connected to our ancestors while giving ourselves permission to live differently?

About the program

Who it's for

This program is for the person who is ready to stop family secrets and family cycles. You will understand the effect family secrets have and how to lighten the burden of what has been left unsaid.

How we'll work

Through a carefully structured sequence of ancestral practices and psychological work with family scenarios, we will explore the family stories and unspoken rules that influence your life.

Through these meditations and inner work, we will build a legacy that feels lighter for those who come after you.

Start where you are

You do not need to know everything about your ancestors or every family secret to begin. We will work with what you know, what you notice, and what you are ready to explore.

2 live meetings

Tuesday, November 17 and Sunday, November 22 at 7 pm EST

5 meditations

with structured daily practices and guidance, so the work is safe, grounded, and effective

I want to join

How it works

1

Register Early: $265

Save your spot. Early registration is open until November 9 at 11:59 pm EST.

2

First live meeting

Tuesday, November 17 at 7 pm EST. We begin exploring the family stories and unspoken rules that shape your life.

3

Daily practice

Structured daily practices with guidance, including five ancestors meditations, so the work is safe, grounded, and effective.

4

Second live meeting

Sunday, November 22 at 7 pm EST. We work with what has surfaced and plant new seeds.

5

Into Thanksgiving

Arrive at the holiday rooted, lighter, and more free to choose how your family story continues.

Right in time for Thanksgiving

As the year turns toward gratitude and family gatherings, we will work with the past, our harvest, to build a beautiful future and plant new seeds.

As we do ancestors practices, the possibilities expand. This is practical, supported ancestors meditation and inner work for people who are ready to stop what has been repeating and reclaim their freedom.

Freedom starts with honesty and an open heart toward past, present, and future.

I want to join

The practices

We work from several directions at once:

ancestors

a structured sequence of ancestral practices for your family line

psychology

work with family scenarios and the unspoken rules they carry

meditation

five guided meditations to bring the work into body and heart

inner work

honest reflection that turns old patterns into new choices

Registration

Early registration

  • 2 live meetings: Tuesday, Nov 17 and Sunday, Nov 22 at 7 pm EST
  • 5 guided meditations
  • Structured daily practices with guidance
$265Until November 9, 11:59 pm ESTRegister early

Regular registration

  • 2 live meetings: Tuesday, Nov 17 and Sunday, Nov 22 at 7 pm EST
  • 5 guided meditations
  • Structured daily practices with guidance
$325Opens November 10Register

We don't offer refunds, but credits are frequently granted.

Your teacher

Elizabeth Pyjov

Founder of Happiness Sangha

  • Over 12 years of experience teaching meditation
  • Facilitator for international and national retreats
  • B.A. Harvard College
  • Certification, Stanford Medical School: Neuroscience, Philosophy, Pedagogy of Compassion
  • J.D. Harvard Law School
  • MTS Harvard Divinity School
  • New York City Bar Well-Being Committee Member

Kind words

It was more than I imagined it would be… My face looks happier and more relaxed. Joy for no reason! 😊 Thank you for providing the space for us!

Christine Watson

I was in therapy for over 10 years. I have made more progress in the time with you and this beautiful community than I did in all of those years.

Student

Thank you so much for this program - I'm getting so much out of it - and thank you for the retreat last weekend at Menla. It was so much more than I expected or could have envisioned. The experience of meditating in a circle of 20 compassionate people was powerful. I've returned home to Maine with a sense of calm and lightness that has continued through the week. :)

Jan Robson

Thank you for the community you've cultivated. I have a renewed sense of belonging. I feel seen. ❤️

Student

Thank you for sharing your patience, compassion and joy.

Anna M.

Your teaching is still going strong with me, Elizabeth. Thank you for being an articulate, mindful and generous teacher.

Xiao L.

Thank you for charting us on the path to happiness. You certainly brightened my day. Excellent program.

Tanya K.

Timely and much needed. Everyone needs to hear this. Thank you.

Lawline CLE Program Attendee

I've been feeling a little remiss, and just wanted to express my gratitude for your classes. They've been truly life changing, challenging, and inspiring. I'm still absorbing and working through so much of the material. I'm grateful for them, and for you, and I just wanted to say from my heart - thank you.

Michael D.

Your teaching is very healing and entered into my life at a very good time after almost 34 years in the NY State judiciary. I am so grateful that I found you, although I wish it had been before I retired.

Sharon Townsend

I am really enjoying your teaching. As one who has been practicing law for almost 34 years (32 in a very large law firm), I find your teaching to be very healing and entering my life and experience at a very good time. I am grateful that you have chosen your path and vocation. I do believe it holds enormous power to heal and change the world.

Francis Alvarez, Lawyer

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Keep the gifts.
Create space for something new.

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Questions? Write to elizabeth@happinessangha.com