Accra, Ghana
Host run club
Runners Alliance
Our home run club in Ghana, leading the Diaspora Run on the ground in Accra.
Return to Self in Motion
We were never meant to heal alone. Return to the Crown, Cohort I in Ghana.
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Accra, Ghana · March 3 to 14, 2027
BEFORE ISOLATION WE WERE
tribes.
Return to the Crown is a 12-day heal out loud production & immersive experience in the Motherland, where descendants of Africa gather to heal ancestral grief, reclaim community, and rebuild the village. Some stories will be shared. Others will stay sacred.
What you will be part of
- Twelve days together in Ghana
- Five signature film days
- 15 seats · By application only
One Village, twelve days together. Join the conversations, live performances, wellness experiences, and shared moments that bring the Five Returns to life.
The full program is shared with selected participants.
For our partners
Healing, heritage, and hip-hop meet in person, then reach others through the conversation and five experience episodes.
Each of the 5 Returns is a production day that is part of our video series. We chose to heal out loud on camera so we can have modeled behavior that we may not have gotten growing up in our homes.
Cohort I · March 3 to 14
Grief is
love with
nowhere to go.
In this cohort, we're focusing on the emotions within grief. The person you lost, the relationship that ended, the job that closed, the future that never came. We return to the Motherland, as its descendants, to give that love another place to live.
12 days · 15 seats · Healing out loud
What are you carrying?
Tap all that apply. We'll carry your answers into your application.
Apply for your seatWhy we heal out loud
We heal out loud so others can see what healing looks like.
Many of us grew up without examples of how to feel, name, and care for our emotions. Our households did what they could with what they had. Return to the Crown is filmed so our people can see it modeled: grief held with care, hard conversations had with love, and mental health treated as part of how we live. When you heal out loud, you become the example someone else never had.
Every participant is part of the production and signs a release to be filmed.
Your hosts
Your hosts heal with you.
The voices from the conversation and our artists aren't just leading this. They're walking it with you.
From the conversation
Brittani Mack
Founder & Executive Producer Return to the Crown
Melissa Bannister
Operations strategist and certified coach
Maximus Lerois
Chief Wellness and EQ Strategist
Tone Levels
Music, plus sound healing and breathwork
Kira J
Poet
The artists
AJ McQueen
Artist
Londrelle
Spoken word
Tone Levels
Music, plus sound healing and breathwork
Kira J
Poet
We heal alongside one another as a village, and on Return to Self-Expression day you'll experience their music and poetry live.
Grief-informed facilitation
Including a psychotherapist, with grounding before and after every session.
Filmed with care
Every filmed moment is held by facilitators who put your wellbeing first.
The pause rule
If someone needs a moment, we pause and take care of them first.
Honoring the sites
At Cape Coast Castle and Assin Manso we move with reverence. We never film inside the dungeons.
Aftercare
Integration practices and a post-experience circle. Not a substitute for therapy.
Building the Village together
Community in company.
Wellness and run communities are part of the experience, not names beside it. Meet the partners moving with the Village.
- Cities running as one
- 3+
- Cities running as one
- Filmed production days
- 5
- Filmed production days
- Days in the Village
- 12
- Days in the Village
- Seats, by application
- 15
- Seats, by application
The Diaspora Run · March 10
One day. Many cities. One diaspora.
Run clubs across the diaspora run on the same day as our cohort in Accra, moving in solidarity as one people.
Phoenix, Arizona
Diaspora run club
Black AZ Run
Running the same day from Phoenix, in solidarity with the Village in Ghana.
Return to Self in Motion
Dallas, Texas
Diaspora run club
Run It Up Dallas
Running the same day from Dallas, one diaspora moving together.
Return to Self in Motion
Care and wellness
Accra, Ghana
Wellness partner
R&R Wellness
Spa time, massage, and rest for our cohort on Return to Self-Care.
Return to Self-Care
In the Village
Support twelve days of connection in Ghana and five experiential event and production days.
Beyond the room
The roundtable conversation and five healing out loud episodes carry the experience beyond the people attending.
Rooted in community
Connect your support with wellness, run communities, artists, and heritage through an experience that fits your work.
One cohort
One cohort. One Village.
Fifteen of us, moving through every Return together, from Cape Coast to the closing circle.
Where you'll stay
The heart of the Village
House of Nia
Our wellness sanctuary and home base. The hosts and creators live here, and it's where the Village gathers: shared meals, morning rituals, evening circles, and filmed conversations.
Your home for the 12 days
Partner residence
Participants stay at our partner residence near House of Nia, with transportation between the two every day. Room options and details coming soon.
Already in Ghana
Experience only
Already have a place in Ghana? Choose an Experience Only seat and join everything except the stay.
What's included
Your seat includes.
The Experience
12 days in Ghana built around the Five Returns, five signature film days, including a live performance by our artists.
The Production
A seat at the filmed conversations and all five film days.
The Stay
Daily meals, ground transportation, and the Cape Coast excursion, with lodging options below.
The Care
Grief-informed facilitators, including a psychotherapist, with grounding before and after every filmed moment.
After You Return
An integration toolkit, a post-experience circle, and lifelong membership in the Village.
Not included: international airfare, travel insurance, visa fees, and personal spending.
Seat options
Shared Room
Stay at our partner residence with a roommate.
Private Room
Limited. Your own room at our partner residence.
Experience Only
Join our 5 experiential event & production days.
Apply first. Then we'll book a discovery call to get to know you, walk through seat options and investment, and answer your questions.
15 seats · By application only · Selected on a rolling basis
Your seat at the table.
What happens next
- 01
Book your discovery call
- 02
We talk and choose your seat together
- 03
Deposit holds your seat
- 04
Welcome packet
Questions
How are people selected?
Our team reviews every application for readiness and fit, then invites selected applicants to a discovery call. Selection is rolling, so earlier applications are reviewed first.
What happens on film days?
The five Returns are filmed and become Return to the Crown episodes. Facilitators hold every filmed moment, and some sacred spaces are never filmed.
Why is it filmed?
Many of us never saw healthy ways to handle grief and emotions growing up. Filming lets our healing become a living example for others.
Where will I stay?
Participants stay at our partner residence near House of Nia, or choose Experience Only if they have their own place.
Do I have to have lost someone to attend?
No. Every kind of loss is welcome here.
Do I have to be on camera?
Yes. Being filmed is part of the experience. Every participant signs a release to take part in the taping, because the purpose is to model healing for people who never saw it at home.
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We were never meant to heal alone.