The Art of REPAIR: The Practice of Relational Healing

January 4-8, 2027

About this workshop

Conflict is inevitable. The health of a relationship depends not on whether conflict happens but on how skillfully we repair. The Art of REPAIR is a practical, embodied, and deeply relational process that transforms rupture into connection, clarity, and trust.

In this workshop, relationship facilitator Hazel-Grace Yates will guide you through the six-step REPAIR Process™. Grounded in an integrative approach, The Art of REPAIR blends somatic and nervous system intelligence, authentic relating and relational attunement practices, power dynamics, trauma-informed communication, interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, and restorative justice principles. This multidimensional framework helps participants approach conflict not as a threat but as a portal to deeper intimacy, collaborative problem-solving, and long-term relational health.

To integrate your learning, we will weave in movement, songs, playful connection games, guided reflection, and time in nature, supporting not only cognitive understanding but a full-bodied, lasting transformation.

Through guided practices, interactive exercises, and real-life application, you will learn to:

  • Regulate your nervous system to meet conflict with clarity, presence, and care rather than reactivity.

  • Create a shared reality in complex disagreements so both perspectives are heard and understood.

  • Explore five actionable pathways to restore integrity, rebuilding trust and connection.

  • Strengthen courage and boundaries to speak your needs without defensiveness or collapse.

  • Turn conflict into connection by replacing avoidance or resentment with repair conversations that foster intimacy.

Open to individuals, couples, and groups of all kinds. Come ready to practice, play, and expand your capacity for love. You will leave with tools you can use for life and perhaps discover that conflict, when navigated well, can be one of your greatest access points to connection.

Listen as Hazel-Grace shares about the REPAIR Process in a short video, or explore a 20-minute overview for a deeper understanding of the work.

Recommended Reading: Us: Getting Past You & Me to Build a More Loving Relationship by Terry Real

"An apology will shut a conversation down. A good repair opens one up."

—Dr. Becky Kennedy

About Hazel-Grace

Hazel-Grace Yates

Dr. Hazel-Grace, an intimacy coach for 14+ years, used their personal and professional journey to develop the REPAIR Process, which helps others transform conflicts into connections with ease. They blend professional expertise with a commitment to creating a compassionate world.

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What's included

  • Your Workshop

  • Housing accommodations

  • Breakfast, lunch, dinner

  • Coffee, tea, snacks

  • Access to the hot springs and other Campus Features

  • Classes on the Open Schedule

What's extra

  • Healing Arts sessions including Esalen Massage or Holistic Services

  • Hand-crafted specialty coffee and tea or alcohol purchases from the bar

  • Bookstore purchases

SCHEDULE

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE

As a registered guest, you are welcome on campus any time after 2:00 pm on your arrival day. Room keys are available at 4:00 pm. On departure day, please remove belongings from your room by 10:00 am or before your final workshop session, then feel free to stay for lunch and enjoy the grounds until 2:00 pm.

MEALS

All meals are served buffet-style in the Lodge.

Breakfast: 8:30 am – 9:45 am

Lunch: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm

Dinner: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

More Planning Information

YOUR WORKSHOP HOURS

Monday
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm How to Drop into Esalen
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Tuesday
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
4:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Thursday
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
4:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Friday
9:30 am – 12:00 pm