Earth Sanctuary: A Nature Reserve, Meditation Parkland and Sculpture Garden

The surrounding woods and trails with so much to see: mushrooms, huge trees, singing birds, salmonberry flowers, other wild flowers, streams – a beautiful place.  Thank you!! – Mrs. Lynn Rideout

The Sanctuary provide the perfect atmosphere for meditation, reflection and healing.  Sitting in the Heartstone area, I experienced deep “kensho” or realization that rare but welcomed in Zen practice.  – Kakuzen

I liked the sense of peace and protection that’s here.

I like the peace and tranquility- it is lovely and we love coming here!  A great house!

“Felt like a child again. Walking through the trees in awe and enraptured with nature, totally free”

-Sheila Pack, Earth Sanctuary Retreatant

“It’s January, the changing of the year, a time for death and the promise of rebirth.  Among the brown leaves and wilted fern fronds, there are hints of new life to come.  I found it inside myself too.  Thank you.”  -M.E. (Earth Sanctuary Retreatant)

A story from a recent Earth Sanctuary retreatant:

After hours of trying “too hard” in my centering prayer, hours of waiting to hear the still, small voice of God, hours of sitting, piecing together scraps of discernment that may or may not be at my heart, I was moved to tears one twilight when I came upon the Fen Stone Circle.  The tiny cairn with its offerings in the center opened me.  “I want to belong,” I said aloud and fell to my knees, “I want to belong.”

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There is a wonderful article on Earth Sanctuary in the March/April 2009 issue of 425 Magazine.  Click here to see it.

Earth Sanctuary is blessed to have so many spiritual people stay in our Retreat House.  It is very gratifying to read the comments from guest retreatants after their stay.  Here are several comments from the Fall of 2008.

• A place of natural beauty and peace, restoring, healing and rejuvenating!  -Karen N. Johnstone
• Beautiful ecological design and intention of sacred spaces.  Loved the Medicine Wheel!
• Peaceful, beautiful spaces that speak to the inner needs.  I loved all of the sacred spaces, especially the Cottonwood Stone Circle.
• This was a wonderful space to do my solo healing retreat.  The House is easy to live in.  The sacred places on the Earth Sanctuary grounds are ripe for meditation, healing, solitude.  – R.R.
• I’m in the middle of a “difficult time” in my life and coming up here has facilitated the re-connection with myself.  The silence, the sounds of nature, the wilderness, the air have nurtured me during these days.  This place offers all the tools you possibly need to work in your inner growth.  I am pretty sure that from here we are not only  healing our own souls, but also sending a wave of love, peace, and consciousness to the whole universe.  – Diana Castano

Recently a group of people from the Woodside Spiritual Center in Bellingham, WA visited Earth Sanctuary for a day retreat. 

Click here to see a wonderful slide show of their day! 

Here is a letter from a recent visitor to the Earth Sanctuary Retreat House. - Chuck Pettis.

Thanks for letting others use the retreat center. I enjoyed my stay. I wanted to let you know about my experience with the Fen stone circle. I have an amazing experience there. It is so charged. When I walked to the middle of the circle and closed my eyes, I could feel the energy shudder all through my body. I got goose bumps. At first I thought I was cold. I went back to it a couple of times after that to check and verify my experience. Every single time - rush of energy and goosebumps! I just remain there and allowed the energy to surge through me and stood still for 10 minutes.

I normally wear glasses. When I went for the walk, I wasn’t wearing my glasses so my eyesight wasn’t clear. After standing close eyed in the Fen stone circle for about 10 minutes my eyesight was so clear when I opened them. I could see clearly so far. It blew my mind. The effect lasted for about 2-3 minutes.

I am definitely coming back to Earth Sanctuary