When I reached out to this community, I was lost, tired, lacking the energy to stay. I had never done anything like this before, not in terms of medicine, not in terms of a spiritual group activity, opening up to strangers, trusting strangers with my money, safety, health. Over the preceding years of my life I have done a ‘great’ job of building walls around me to protect myself from further trauma – all the while distancing myself from being present in life, family, emotions. I was scared, uncomfortable, and the only thing that pushed me through the front door was the sheer desperation of not knowing how else to go on living. — Yes, the medicine was a cathartic, life changing experience — However, its positive effect on my life was only made possible because I felt safe, welcomed, supported and not as a short term customer but as a member of a community that is vested in healing, in accepting those who reach out for who they are and all that they come in with. This community gave me friendships, ongoing opportunity for integration – a word I had never heard of and would have not understood if it was not for the people who have dedicated themselves to the mission of this sanctuary. I have since returned as a volunteer, as a participant, I join integration whenever I can, and have opened myself up to new choices in my life like I would have never been able to before. I am grateful for having come to this place and can say with full confidence that if you are considering this sanctuary you can count on being truly seen.