Creating a Healing Sanctuary

I am so thrilled to announce that Shamanic Soul Center is in the process of creating a sacred healing sanctuary in Julian, CA! I had the great blessing of getting a beautiful four and a half acre property in December and have been dreaming and visioning possibilities for creating a sacred space for healing retreats, ceremonies, and community gatherings.

The space was blessed by 50 friends and community members during a celebratory gathering in January. I've been living here full time since April and am in the early stages of developing the healing sanctuary.

So far, we have set up a simple but powerful medicine wheel that is a traditional sacred space for prayers and blessings. We've started clearing rough walking paths on the land and have a three phase plan to bring the full vision of the healing retreat space to life.

Click here to see the progress we’ve made at the Sanctuary to date.

With the encouragement/help of a few key individuals, I started this fundraiser in support of Phase 1. We’re looking to raise $45,000 in the coming year to create healing walking paths, a meditation labyrinth, an in-ground sacred fire circle, and a ceremonial yurt.

I hope you will join us in helping bring this dream into reality. You can find all the details of the plan and fundraiser below. To thank you for supporting the growing vision of our healing sanctuary, Ayni Anand, I’ve put together some Gratitude Gifts, which you can scroll down to view.

*For PayPal, please send funds to friends/family and not for a service.
Checks can be sent to: Parminder Randhawa PO Box 653 Julian, CA 92036
You’re welcome to also pledge an amount that you’ll contribute over a few months.
If you want to do this, please email Parminder directly.

Ceremonial Yurt

The largest portion of Phase 1 will be the Yurt. In many indigenous traditions, ceremonies for healing, blessing, and celebration are held in round structures. For example, the first shamanic ceremony I took part in back in 2010 with a Dine (Navajo) healer took place in a round earthen structure called a hogan. He explained that the hogan represented the womb of the mother, and once you came out of it after ceremony, you had received a powerful cleansing and were reborn.

When I go to study with Shibipo shamans in Peru, all the ceremonies are performed in a round structure called a maloka. The yurt comes from traditional Mongolian dwellings, called ger, meaning home. (Interestingly, the words shamanism also comes from that part of the world from the word saman, meaning “one who knows.”) When we engage is deep healing work, we are really coming home to our essence, our soul. The circle often is seen to represent wholeness, original perfection, timeless cycles, and connection with the earth, sun, moon, and other aspects of the natural world. A round structure serves as a powerful and supportive container for ceremony and healing.

How You Can Help

I would be so grateful and thrilled if you would support this vision. It's been very clear to me how important it is to reach out to my tribe to help co-create this healing sanctuary. Having all our energies, prayers, blessings, and donations makes the energy of the sanctuary a beautiful, collective co-creation.

We’d be so grateful for any contribution and would like to express our appreciation through the gratitude gifts listed below. We’ll be accepting contributions via Venmo, Paypal, or checks mailed to the address below.

*For PayPal, please send funds to friends/family and not for a service.

Checks can be sent to:
Parminder Randhawa
PO Box 653
Julian, CA 92036

You’re welcome to also pledge an amount that you’ll contribute over a few months.
If you want to do this, please email Parminder directly.