Healing Generational Trauma, Claiming Generational Strengths: A Retreat for Malayalee Americans

With Jessy Molina

November 13 - 16, 2025

Book now and get $250.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until May 31, 2025.

Date and Time Details: Check-in is 3-4pm on Friday and check-out is at 1:00 pm on Sunday.

Location: Elohee Center

Location Elohee Center - Mandala Hall

What to Expect: To help deepen your retreat experience, Elohee does not provide televisions or internet access (unless you bring your own hotspot). Cell phone service is excellent for AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. Your car will be left in a secured parking lot, and you will be shuttled up to your room upon arrival and shuttled back down to your car at departure. Shuttle service to your car is available at any time. All facilities at the top of the mountain are within a five-minute walk of each other, with some gravel roads. two cottage rooms are ADA compliant, and all cottage rooms are on ground level.

  • Small Private Room/Shared Bath – $1,610.83
  • Single Occupancy/1 King Bed/Private Bath – $1,913.83
  • Double Occupancy/2 Twin Beds/Private Bath (Price is per person, must register separately) – $1,610.83
  • Double Occupancy/1 King Bed/Private Bath (Price is per person, must register separately) – $1,610.83

Price includes the course fee, room, meals, and grounds fee but does not include taxes. Full price is shown upon selection of room type prior to registering. A 40% deposit is due at the time of registration with full payment due 2 weeks prior to the retreat start date. If you are interested in tent camping, please email us at info@elohee.org for more information. Registration closes 5 days prior to the retreat start date.

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Join us to explore our experiences as Malayalee Americans in order to celebrate our unique cultural heritage and begin to process our shared cultural trauma so that we may live more fully and freely. 

WHAT IS GENERATIONAL TRAUMA? 

When we are talking about trauma, this may, but doesn’t necessarily have to be trauma with a capital T (such as violence and abuse). Trauma is an experience that causes harm, whether physical, mental, spiritual or emotional. Generational trauma, also called inter-generational trauma or transgenerational trauma, is trauma that is transferred from one generation to another. The harm that earlier generations experienced shaped them in ways that continue to impact the current generation.

WHAT DOES GENERATIONAL TRAUMA LOOK LIKE FOR US?

It could look like this:

  • Pressure to be silent and complicit in family secrets, which may include violence and abuse
  • Prioritization of image – What will people think?
  • Pressure to be perfect
  • Pressure to conform and fit in – What do you want vs. what should you want?
  • Pressure to deny aspects of oneself that do not fit within familial and cultural expectations
  • Inadequate space for emotions and feelings
  • Inability to prioritize self-care and self-expression, and communicate needs

We are looking to explore some of this in a safe space AND celebrate all there is to LOVE about our culture and heritage and ALL the generational strengths we have benefited from along the way.

WHO IS THIS RETREAT FOR? 

We are inviting Malayalee Americans to attend. We will create a safe and welcoming space for multiracial folks, queer folks, cis and transgender folks, and non-binary people. We are welcoming participants from all class and caste backgrounds, sexualities, religious backgrounds, and more. We will ask all participants to honor and respect the cultures, identities, experiences, and belief systems in the group. We will expect and accept differences, and where there is conflict, we will work together to resolve the conflict with love and respect for one another at the center.

Schedule:

*This is a sample schedule and is subject to change*

Thursday

  • 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Arrival
  • 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Welcome and Introductions
  • 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Dinner
  • 7:30 pm – Self-Guided Relaxation and Rest

Friday

  • 8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
  • 9:30 am – 10:30 am Morning Circle
  • 10:30 am – 12:00 pm What is Generational Trauma?
  • 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
  • 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm What are our Generational Strengths?
  • 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break
  • 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm A History of Malayalee Immigration to the US
  • 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Dinner
  • 7:30 pm – Self-Guided Relaxation and Rest

Saturday

  • 8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
  • 9:30 am – 10:30 am Morning Circle
  • 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Exploring Our Multiple Identities
  • 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
  • 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Self-Guided Time
    Explore the grounds, join small group conversations, journal, meditate, dance, do yoga, exercise, or relax.
  • 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm What Are We Holding On To From Our Culture? What Are We Letting Go?
  • 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Dinner
  • 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm Bonfire
  • 8:45 pm – Self-Guided Relaxation and Rest

Sunday

  • 8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
  • 9:30 am – 10:30 am Morning Circle
  • 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Closing and Appreciations
  • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
  • 1:00 pm Departure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information, contact Jessy Molina at jessy@molinaconsulting.org.

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About the Leader

Jessy Molina

Jessy’s parents immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts from Kerala, India in the 1970s. She is the oldest of six children, and an attorney, equity practitioner, and dialogue facilitator. She enjoys bringing people together to build community, understanding and connection across our many differences. She is exploring how our generational trauma continues to impact us in profound […]

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