The Selkie Sanctuary is a seaside art studio, ceremonial space, and cottage on land that is ritually engaged with and cared for. It is a place where many have come to restore their sealskin/soulskin. A place where intentionally created offerings come to life. Where medicine is made.
The story begins in 2017 as "The Sanctuary", a place of solo solace and community ceremony. Many hands and hearts gathered here often, always with intention, always seeking decompression, soul-tending, restoration, and connection. Everything from Solstice celebrations to weekend medicinal painting retreats. From labyrinth meditation walks to wild dance movement late into the night. 2019 saw the cottage welcome our family full time, a love story unfolded of the mythic storytelling kind, and with that, a larger volume of conscious artistic work began to be created here. The easels are ready, the kiln is waiting, the apothecary is full, and the cairn is holding good space. Medicine is being made here more and more and more to travel out and meet people wherever they are. In this way, the "Selkie Sanctuary" came into being. And more is coming too. Our story is just getting going and it's really really good! Touch back in on these pages or follow us on Instagram as we begin to show more of the medicinal creations that move through our hands and out our doors. |
Juliette Jarvis
She perceives subtle shifts in the wind with a turn of her fingertips Speaks stories from unseen realms to listening hearts and ears She navigates the currents of the natural world, Re-membering and Witnessing Slow cooks rich brews for soul food feasting Makes marks of medicine and births Beings with purpose Hears the tide change its course and sings to the seals from the shore She senses Rightness through the hairs on her arms and the touch of her Beloved when afar A truth teller, a way shower, a holder of sacred space she has been called teacher, spiritual leader, mother, lover she has been named Bean Feasa, earth selkie, Sovereign Weaver, dream maker and walks between and within worlds in ceremony and reciprocity |
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