For those who couldn't join live, the circle held. Recording inside. Only Available for 14 days!

Hello everyone!! I can't wait to see you this evening at 6:00PM MST! We'll be done by 7:30 PM MST. Some of you have sent concerns about using Google Meet. So I have changed it to Skool Call. How to join: Log in to Skool → Go to Calendar → Click on tonight's event → Click the link. The call goes live 10 minutes before we start (5:50PM MST). Tonight's agenda: Time What We'll Do 10 min Arrive, settle, ground together 15 min My story — one moment that changed everything 15 min Three layers: body, spirit, mind 15 min One practice: ground before you understand 15 min Your shares — witnessed, not fixed 5 min Closing ritual — The Anchor +15 min Buffer for questions & idea exchange Please keep your mic muted when you join. We'll open it up during sharing time! Tech issues? Text me at 403-383-2752 P.S.: Don't forget to bring pen, journal, water … See you soon! Val

“One moment can change a day. One day can change a life. One life can change the world.” That moment, for me, was when my nervous system learned that the world wasn’t safe — and I spent years trying to outrun a single second. V.A.L Sanctuary was born out of that fear. The fear that I was healing too slow, feeling too much, needing too deeply. This is not a race. This is a reclaiming. Your turn — when you’re ready: Where does your “one moment” live in your body? Spirit? Mind? We’ll gather live on Monday, March 29— 6 PM Mountain Calgary / 10 AM Seoul 🇰🇷 ( this is where I will be)— to witness together virtually live at the Sanctuary Link in bio to join the sanctuary. Or DM sanctuary to join. First 20 founding members: 20 minutes with me, locked price forever, and my deepest thanks. ❤️ Root first. Rise later. Who’s ready to remember and reclaim ? 🌾

I've been thinking about what safety really means. Then this verse came back to me: Love thy neighbor as thyself. Growing up, I was baptized Catholic in Haiti. Then a friend introduce me to Jehovah's Witness I attends — not as a member, just as a curious young kid. Later, LDS church, Mormon became part of my spiritual learning on and off until my mid fourties' I was searching. I could feel something was missing. I learned charity. I learned to give. But I also learned that my "neighbor" was everyone except me. That my "enemy" was anyone sinners, nonbelievers , those who questioned, who challenges the “law of the gospel”. That safety, freedom and peace meant obedience. When you're taught who to love and who to fear from the outside, your body gets confused. The instinct , our internal compass is unaligned, misdirected, dismissed. And when safety is confused, love is confused. I tried to love people who hurt me. You know “ turn the other cheek, pray for those that hurt you , I pushed past the tight chest, the frozen breath, the "something isn't right" — because I was told that's what GOOD people do. That's how you get the tickets to heaven. But love can't be commanded. Safety can’t be directed. My body knew that even when my mind didn't. The familiar felt safe, even when it was harming me. The unfamiliar felt dangerous, even when it was true freedom. I had to learn: I'm learning — love thy neighbor starts with loving myself first. Loving myself start with finding safety within. Safety within means relearning to trust my compass! My intuition!  Sunday we witness together. The Rooting Circle: One Moment. Mark you calendar!!

Welcome, rooted one. If you found your way here, I'm guessing you've tried to heal faster than your body could trust. You've pushed. Performed. Tried to "fix" yourself into wholeness. This is not that place. V.A.L Sanctuary is a rooted circle for embodied healing — where your nervous system sets the pace, where shamanic work meets somatic safety, and where you don't have to explain your sensitivity to be seen. Here, we practice: 🌱 Anchoring before rising 👁️ Visibility without performance 🕊️ Liberation that starts in the body I'm Val — trauma-informed somatic guide and embodied shamanic practitioner. I built this because I needed it. Because I was tired of spaces that asked me to journey before I was grounded. You don't have to be "healed" to be here. You don't have to know where you're going. You just have to be willing to feel your feet on the earth. Start here: Drop a 🌱 below and tell me — what does rooting feel like in your body right now? (No wrong answer. "I don't know" is welcome too.) Welcome home.