Something in You
Already Knows.
A 2½-Day Spiritual Mentorship Retreat
Reconnect with your inner knowing, deepen your relationship with God, and prepare for an ancient spiritual initiation in an intimate group.
The Experience
2½-Day Spiritual Mentorship
Dates
October 9–12, 2026
Location
Covington, Louisiana
Capacity
Limited to 7 Participants
Something in You
Already Knows.
A 2½-Day Spiritual
Mentorship Retreat
Reconnect with your inner knowing, deepen your relationship with God, and prepare for an ancient spiritual initiation in an intimate group.
The Experience
2½-Day Spiritual Mentorship
Dates
October 9–12, 2026
Location
Covington, Louisiana
Capacity
Limited to 7 Participants
You've probably wondered why you're here.
Not on this page. In this season of your life.
Why the questions you've been asking refuse to go away. Why success doesn't always quiet the deeper longing. Why something inside you keeps whispering that there is more.
Not more to accomplish.
More to remember.
Most of us spend years looking outside ourselves for the next answer. Another teacher. Another method. Another breakthrough. Another person who might finally tell us what we need to know.
But there comes a moment when you realize the next step isn't another answer.
It's becoming the person who no longer needs someone else to tell them what is true.
This isn't about becoming someone new.
It's about allowing everything that isn't truly you to fall away. The fear. The striving. The identities you've carried because they kept you safe. The stories that taught you who you thought you had to be.
Because beneath all of it, there has always been something untouched.
Something whole.
Something that has never forgotten who you are.
"There comes a moment when seeking ends, and remembering begins."
That is the part of you this weekend is devoted to.
Not fixing you. Not improving you. Not asking you to become more.
Meeting the part of you that has been waiting patiently beneath the noise.
I didn't know what initiation was
when I said yes to it.
That was 15 years ago. All I knew was that something felt missing in my life, and I couldn't quite name what it was. I had a deep desire to go further in my relationship with God, and going to mass every Sunday wasn't enough for me anymore. At the time, I was two years into owning my gym, still a very new entrepreneur, and I knew I needed all the help I could get.
What changed after initiation was my relationship with God. He stopped feeling like someone I visited on Sundays and became part of my everyday life. There was a growing sense that I was being guided, supported, and cared for, even when I couldn't see what was coming next. I was also given spiritual practices that helped me return to that connection again and again. Over time, that became the foundation underneath so much of what I built afterward.
Today, I often joke that God is the CEO of my life and my business, but I mean it. There have been plenty of decisions I didn't fully understand at the time, seasons when plans changed, and moments when life looked nothing like I expected it to. That relationship has been what I come back to.
There was even a period when I stopped practicing what I'd been given and drifted away. For a long time, I thought that not going to mass meant I was somehow turning my back on God. What I eventually understood was almost the opposite. I could wander. I could question. I could change. And somehow, I was still being called back home.
He hadn't left. I had simply forgotten how close He was.
"I've been through many ups and downs and transitions since then. But having been initiated gives me a deep knowing that no matter what happens, I will be taken care of. I don't have to understand every turn in the road to trust that I am being guided through it."
ANNA DORNIERI'm not offering this retreat simply because it is a beautiful experience, although it is. I'm offering it because I know what it feels like to cross this threshold and come back to your life with a different relationship to yourself, to God, and to the unknown. I've been living with that relationship for 15 years.
And I want you to have the opportunity to experience that for yourself.
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What You'll Experience
There are experiences you learn.
And there are those you receive.
This is a 2½-day immersive spiritual mentorship designed to take you beyond understanding and into direct experience.
We will spend the weekend exploring spiritual principles, practicing tools you can continue using long after you leave, and creating space for a deeper relationship with your own inner knowing and with God.
The experience culminates in an ancient spiritual initiation that has been passed from teacher to student for generations. It is not something you study or memorize. It is something you receive, and the meaning of that experience continues unfolding long after the weekend is over.
You do not need to arrive with a certain level of spiritual knowledge, a particular belief system, or years of practice behind you. Curiosity, openness, and a willingness to experience something more deeply are enough.
The weekend is not about giving you more information to carry home. It is about helping you return to your life with a different relationship to yourself, to God, and to what you trust.
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A 2½-day spiritual mentorship
with space to stay, integrate, and exhale.
The core experience begins Friday afternoon and is complete by Sunday evening. Monday is entirely optional and is simply there for anyone who wants extra time to rest, reflect, receive support, or leave at a slower pace.
- ✦ Arrive, settle in, meet the group, and begin stepping out of everyday life
- ✦ A half-day teaching that helps answer a question many of us have carried for years: “Why am I like this?” and shows you how some of those traits may actually be part of your design
- ✦ Group Reiki activation to help you settle, open, and prepare for the weekend
- ✦ Group Crystal Healing to support grounding, clearing, and deeper receptivity
- ✦ Optional Soul Activation session, available separately
- ✦ Join the group for dinner out and ease into the weekend together
- ✦ Full breakfast provided
- ✦ Day One of the Initiation of Light, a sacred spiritual initiation passed from teacher to student and facilitated by Sue Ananian
- ✦ Guided space to receive the experience without needing to analyze or perform
- ✦ Full lunch provided
- ✦ Rest, reflection, and supported integration
- ✦ Full breakfast provided
- ✦ Day Two of the Initiation of Light and completion of the initiation process
- ✦ Closing conversation and integration so the weekend can begin becoming part of your everyday life
- ✦ Full lunch provided
- ✦ Celebration and time together before those who wish to leave Sunday evening head home
Monday is not required. The core retreat experience is complete Sunday evening. This extra morning is simply available for anyone who wants more time before returning home.
- ✦ A slow morning with space for reflection, stillness, and grounding
- ✦ Time for questions, conversation, or simply being with what has shifted
- ✦ Optional Soul Activation session before checkout
- ✦ Checkout and departure at your own pace
You won't do this alone.
You were never meant to.
Teacher · Beacon of Light
Sue was the kid who saw things others didn't — auras, dimensions, the emotions beneath the surface. At 19, a sudden and crippling illness launched her on a 30+ year journey around the world, studying in Canada, Japan, Ireland, and the USA, seeking answers the traditional medical system couldn't provide.
What she discovered transformed her — and became her life's work. Today Sue is an initiated Celtic Shaman, High Priestess, Energy Healer, Spiritual Teacher, and Magus Hermeticus, with a thriving practice in Ridgewood, NJ serving clients around the globe.
She is one of a small number of authorized Teachers of the Initiation of Light — a woman who moves energy for a living. When your energy changes, your story changes. When she enters a room, you feel it.
"I'm the magician behind the curtain. I move energy. And when your energy changes, so does your story."
Facilitator · Reiki Master
Anna has built businesses, broken ceilings, and burned things down to find what was real. She scaled a gym to over half a million in revenue, built 6-figure online programs, and spent years teaching others how to create and grow — all while sensing that the most important work was happening somewhere deeper.
She is a Reiki Master, Kabbalah practitioner, and sacred sexuality facilitator who has walked this path all the way to its edge — including crossing the Abyss in her Kabbalistic practice, a threshold few ever reach. She didn't just study this work. She lived it.
Today Anna works at the intersection of strategy and soul — helping entrepreneurs build businesses that are as energetically aligned as they are financially successful. She holds the logistics, the love, and the field of this space so that you can focus on one thing: receiving what is yours.
She's been where you are. She knows the way through.
These are real people.
This is what the work does.
For nearly a decade, my life was empty. I had been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, panic disorder and severe anorexia. Many times I wished my life would just end already. Within the first hour of speaking with Sue, I felt myself become more hopeful. I found these healing sessions to be really helpful — including the Initiation of Light.
I never thought I would get to the place I'm at right now — full of hope, strength, joy and pride. I am beginning to step into a place where I am thriving. I have never felt so happy and excited to live.
I've never had anyone take me this deep. I am so privileged and grateful.
I loved the feeling of ease and trust because I was being guided into the scary depths by a master. Alone I am not willing to go this deep and face that discomfort — but I felt like I was being guided by someone who knows me and I trust and love.
Grace befell me today. Her work was gentle, somatically deep and on target. She is an expert tracker of mind, emotion and sensation — she is a true leader, in that she follows the Spirit. Bless you for helping me on the path of Awakening.
After initiation, I really started to establish who I was and who I wanted to be. I began to know more of what I wanted and was open to more good things in life, actually believing now that I deserved them. Illusions of my life and abilities started falling away rather easily.
Sue Ananian is more than a healer, more than a therapist, more than a counselor, and more than words can describe or money can buy. She is a friend and a soul deeply committed to working with the Light.
Many claim to work with the Light. Sue flat out does it.
Arrive open.
We’ve created the space for the rest.
The two-day Initiation of Light, received on Saturday and Sunday and facilitated by Sue Ananian.
Up to 3 nights at Whispering Oaks, a private 1.5-acre estate in Covington. Stay Friday through Sunday, with Monday available for those who want the extra integration time.
Full breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday so you can stay nourished and present without needing to think about the logistics.
A half-day spiritual mentorship designed to help you understand yourself more deeply and begin seeing some of the traits you may have questioned as part of your design.
A group Reiki experience to help you settle into the weekend, release tension, and prepare your body to receive the deeper work.
A guided group crystal healing experience created to support grounding, release, and deeper receptivity before the initiation begins.
One live Zoom integration session each month for three months with Anna, and Sue when available, so you have support as the experience begins settling into your everyday life.
Six places remain.
One may be yours.
A 50% non-refundable deposit secures your place. Payment plans are available if you would prefer to spread your investment out.
Your private pre-retreat Light Activation is included in your retreat investment when you register by August 19.
- ✦ Core Friday through Sunday retreat experience, with optional Monday integration
- ✦ Up to 3 nights of shared lodging at Whispering Oaks
- ✦ Breakfast and lunch provided Saturday and Sunday
- ✦ Friday spiritual mentorship, Group Reiki, and Crystal Healing
- ✦ Two-day Initiation of Light
- ✦ 3 months of live integration support after the retreat
Your place is reserved once your deposit is received.
A private 1:1 session for anyone who wants additional personalized energetic support. Sessions may be scheduled Friday evening, Monday morning, or separately at another time. Availability is limited.
The Details
That Matter
A private Light Activation is completed before the Initiation of Light. If you have not received one yet, we will schedule it with you before the retreat weekend. Register by August 19 and your Light Activation is included in your retreat investment.
Whispering Oaks, a private 1.5-acre estate in Covington, Louisiana. The exact address and arrival details will be shared after registration.
The core retreat begins Friday afternoon and is complete by Sunday evening. Monday is optional and is simply available for anyone who wants additional time to rest, reflect, integrate, or leave at a slower pace.
Breakfast and lunch are provided on Saturday and Sunday. Please note any allergies or dietary restrictions on your registration form so we can plan accordingly.
Your 50% deposit is non-refundable. If the retreat is canceled by the organizers, all payments will be returned in full.
Comfortable clothes, a journal, any personal items you need for your stay, and a willingness to be present with the experience as it unfolds.
This is a small, intimate experience, and I want you to feel clear before you say yes. If you have questions about the retreat, the initiation, the Light Activation, lodging, or whether this experience is a fit for you, reach out directly. I am happy to have a real conversation with you.
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Something in you already knows.
If you've read this far, don't rush your decision.
Sit with it. Pray about it. Listen.
If the answer is yes, I'd be honored to walk this part of the journey with you.
October 9–12, 2026 • Whispering Oaks • Covington, Louisiana
Limited to seven participants.
Register by August 19 and your private Light Activation will be included with your retreat.
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