Support the Vision
The Sanctuary is Awakening
Before people can gather, rest, and heal... The foundation must be built.
Sage Sanctuary is just getting started. We are building something from the ground up on a piece of land in the mountains, and there is nothing else quite like what we are creating here. It will take time, real work, and the support of people who believe in what this place can become. We are glad you found us.
Where We Are Now
Phase one: Light the First Fire
Every meaningful place begins quietly.
Sage Sanctuary exists right now as land, a dream, and one cabin that needs work. The deck boards are soft in places. Squirrels made themselves at home before we did and left their mark. The wood needs stain, the structure needs care, and none of that is a problem. It’s just where we begin.
Phase One is that beginning.
Before retreats. Before gatherings. Before any of the bigger vision takes shape, there is this: making the first cabin safe, sound, and ready to welcome people. Opening the land. Building the foundation that everything else will stand on.
This is where the sanctuary takes its first breath.
Current Build Priorities
We are actively funding the following milestones. Each one moves the sanctuary forward in tangible ways.
Milestone 1: Restore the First Refuge
The tiny cabin is where the sanctuary begins. That means replacing the rotten deck boards, re-staining the wood, restoring the spring water system, checking the septic, cleaning out underneath it and putting new insulation back in. When that work is done, someone can actually sleep there. The first guest can arrive. That’s the moment it stops being a dream and starts being a place.
$12,000 Goal
Milestone 2: Let the Land Breathe
Before people can gather, the land needs to be opened. That means clearing the old logging roads and trails, dealing with trees that Helene brought down, moving rock, and cutting back thickets of thorns that have taken over in places. It’s real work. But it’s the kind of work that makes everything else possible.
$15,000 Goal
Milestone 3: Build the Backbone
Caring for this land takes real equipment. A tractor, a UTV, the construction tools to handle what the property demands. Right now the goal is to get those tools and give them a home — even if that starts as a simple carport and grows into a full pole barn over time. With enough support, we build it right from the start. Either way, this is what lets us maintain the land ourselves, on our own terms, without depending on outside help for every job that comes up.
$85,000 Goal
Milestone 4: Prepare the Sacred Space
The lower level of the main cabin is already more than most people expect. There’s a full kitchen, a full bathroom, a living room, a bedroom with built-in bunks, and a one-car garage. The bones are there. What it needs is intention.
The bunks come out and the bedroom opens up for healing sessions. The garage gets reorganized — the middle shelving gone, a small amount of gym equipment in its place — freeing the living room for stillness and breathwork. Outside, under the main deck, there’s a walkout space with a view that stops people in their tracks. We want to pour a patio there, add stairs down from the outside, and put a cold plunge, sauna, or hot tub on it.
That’s when the lower level stops being a basement and becomes somewhere people come specifically to restore.
$40,000 Goal
How Your Support Builds the Sanctuary
Sage Sanctuary is being built one step at a time.
Every dollar that comes in goes directly into the ground, the cabin, the tools, and the spaces we’re preparing. Some contributions cover simple materials like gravel and insulation. Some help seal the tiny cabin and make it safe and welcoming. Some allow us to clear paths and improve access so the land can actually be used and enjoyed.
Other support helps us purchase the tools and equipment we need to care for the property properly. And some gifts help us prepare the healing rooms so real work can begin there.
No matter the size, your support becomes part of what this place is becoming. It’s all connected. It’s all part of the same build.
We’re not creating tiers or levels. We’re simply inviting people who feel aligned to help us bring this place to life.
A Gentle Invitation
Sage Sanctuary is unfolding slowly and intentionally. If you feel called to support the vision in any way, through presence, resources, shared tools, or encouragement, we’re grateful.
Contributions at this stage are gifts toward the creation of Sage Sanctuary and are not currently tax-deductible.
Prefer to support specific Items?
Some needs are practical and immediate. Tools, materials, and equipment that help move the work forward day to day.
The Road Ahead
Phase Two: Take Root
Once the foundation is secure, the land begins to feed itself. Raised garden beds, a food forest, and wild simulated and forest grown crops grown the way this land already knows how. Chickens and possibly other animals become part of the ecosystem. The goal is a permaculture environment that produces real food and reduces dependence on the outside world. Resilience built slowly, the right way.
Phase Three: Expand Capacity
When the land is ready, we build the heart of it. A large gathering space that can hold fifty people comfortably for retreats, workshops, breathwork, and yoga. A room big enough for the work to breathe, with a deck looking out over the property and a community kitchen in the back. Separate from that, a bathhouse for shared use. This is the phase where Sage Sanctuary becomes a place that can hold real community, not just visitors passing through.
Built With Intention
When the land is ready, we build the heart of it. A large gathering space that can hold fifty people comfortably for retreats, workshops, breathwork, and yoga. A room big enough for the work to breathe, with a deck looking out over the property and a community kitchen in the back. Separate from that, a bathhouse for shared use. Additional accommodations go up so that people can actually stay, rest, and sink into the experience. This is the phase where Sage Sanctuary becomes a place that can hold real community, not just visitors passing through.