The Sanctuary Journey
Begins 4/25/26
‘Eastgate: Awakening What Wants to Grow’
A Guided Path Back To Yourself, Through The Seasons Of Your Life
🌀 Something in you is ready to begin again…
Not by starting over, but by listening more closely to what is true for you now.
That part of you is welcome here.
The Sanctuary Journey is a soul apprenticeship for women who feel ready to step out of overwhelm, reconnect with themselves, and begin moving forward in a way that feels grounded, clear, and real.
This is not about fixing yourself.
It is not about pushing or performing.
It is about learning how to:
stay with yourself
listen to what is true and authentically you
and create a life that reflects that truth
You are given a seasonal rhythm to follow, language for what you’re experiencing, and a community that helps you feel supported, seen, and steady as you move through change.
A new seasonal journey opens four times a year.
We are now entering the spring season of the Eastgate - beginning April 25th.
The Sanctuary Journey is designed
as a solo, inward path first
The online course itself holds the teachings, reflections, and creative practices that support you in listening inward, strengthening your own steadiness, and walking through life’s thresholds with clarity and integrity.
You do not need to be an “artist” to take part in this journey. The creative practices are simply a way of giving form to your inner experience, and you are encouraged to let your own unique expression come through without judgment, pressure, or the need to get it “right.”
The content is released in a gentle weekly rhythm, giving you a steady pace to follow without overwhelm. This allows you to stay connected to the work in a way that feels balanced, supportive, and sustainable within your real life.
Alongside the course, I offer Live Talking Circles as an optional space for shared presence and witnessing. These gatherings are a place to name what you’re becoming aware of, be seen, and learn through one another’s reflections. Attending our live Talking Circles is not required to receive the depth of this work, but they offer an added layer of real-time connection, reflection, and support. All Talking Circles are recorded for those who cannot attend or are in different time zones.
Think of it this way:
• The course is where you do the inner walking
• The circle is where that walking is witnessed in community
Both are here to support you in staying connected to yourself as the Medicine Wheel turns.
✨ We Are Now Entering The Eastgate
Most women try to begin again by pushing forward.
Setting goals. Making plans. Trying to change everything at once.
But something inside still feels off.
Uncertain. Disconnected. Unfinished.
The Eastgate offers a different way.
A beginning that comes from clarity.
From truth.
From what is already stirring within you.
Inside the Eastgate, you are not asked to become someone new.
You are invited to:
notice what is true now
reconnect with your inner voice
gently explore where your sense of belonging was first formed
allow new ideas, dreams, and intentions to emerge
begin choosing what you want to plant and tend moving forward
This is where something begins to open again.
Not all at once.
Not with pressure.
But with light, breath, and possibility.
This is for you if you are:
Feeling overwhelmed, scattered, or disconnected from yourself
Wanting a way to begin again without pressure or burnout
Craving something that feels gentle, real, and supportive
Ready to reconnect with your voice, your truth, and your direction
Longing for a space where you can be seen, held, and understood
Wanting both inner work and meaningful community
The Sanctuary Journey is designed to support you through the real-life thresholds you are living.
Gently. Clearly.
With a rhythm that honors your energy, your dreams, and your inspiration.
Eastgate: Awakening What Wants to Grow
A Spring Journey of Renewal, Expression, and Truth
Registration is open now
Begins 4/25/26
Eastgate: the spring season of the Sanctuary Journey.
This is the time of new light, fresh breath, and quiet beginnings.
Not the kind that asks you to start over,
but the kind that invites you to begin again from what is real.
This is the season when something inside you begins to open.
When clarity returns.
When ideas and desires begin to stir.
When you feel the pull toward something new, but do not want to force it.
This is not a fresh start.
This is a different way of beginning.
You are held through a guided 10 week spring journey that begins on Saturday, April 25th.
Because this is a self-paced journey, you may begin at any time within the seasonal window. Live Talking Circles offer support, witnessing, and steady connection throughout the season.
This is your time for:
reconnecting with your sense of self
exploring where your sense of belonging was first shaped
recognizing what is true for you now
allowing dreams, ideas, and intentions to emerge
choosing what you want to plant and tend this season
beginning again with clarity, authenticity, and self-trust
This is a season of gentle renewal.
A season of truth.
A season of possibility.
A season of learning how to stay with yourself while something new begins to grow.
Your Inner Archetypes
This season, we are guided by two archetypes who carry the medicine of the East:
Rainbow Woman: The radiant expression of Self
She carries color, light, movement, and creative life force.
She is the part of you that expresses freely.
She feels joy, follows inspiration, and brings something new into the world.
She is renewal.
She is possibility.
She is the living expression of the light, faith, and hope within you.
And… she also knows what it is to dim.
To quiet herself.
To hold back her color when it doesn’t feel safe to shine.
The Reclaimer: The one who begins again from absolute truth and authenticity
She carries fire, clarity, and quiet courage.
She is the part of you that knows when something is no longer aligned,
and feels the pull to transform or release it.
She also knows the edge of that moment…
the hesitation, the fear, the weight of what it means to let go, change, and begin again.
Together, they guide us into a different kind of beginning.
Not one that asks you to start over,
but one that asks you to start from what is the most true and real for you.
Creative Project: Your Medicine Spirit Doll
In the Eastgate, your creative work becomes a living expression of what is beginning to emerge within you. You are invited to create your Medicine Spirit Doll as a reflection of your inner truth, your voice, and what you are ready to bring into form.
You may work in any medium:
needle felting
stitching
painting
sculpting
collage
mixed media
or any creative form that calls to you
Needle felting tutorials and materials guidance are provided, and you are also fully supported in creating in your own way.
You will begin this process gently, allowing your understanding of the East to shape her over time.
This is not about making something perfect.
It is about allowing something true to take form.
Talking Circles
Throughout the Eastgate season, you will be invited into Live Talking Circles.
These gatherings offer:
deep listening
encouragement
reflection
connection
community wisdom
guidance not found in the course platform
Our Live Talking Circles over time have become the living heartbeat of the journey and we welcome you no matter where you are in the coursework.
Recordings will be available for two weeks after each circle.
A Recap of What You Receive in the Eastgate
Full 10 week Eastgate journey
Weekly guided lessons and practices
Live, Interactive Talking Circles
Recorded replays
Companion resources
Creative tutorials
Access to a private Signal group
Optional Deluxe Felting Kit (sold separately)
Access to the course for the full seasonal cycle
Start Date: April 25 - June 27 2026
This timing honors the spring threshold and supports the gentle beginning of what is ready to emerge. This is a self-paced journey, and you may begin at any time within the seasonal window. Weekly live community Talking Circles are offered for connection and guidance.
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL RATE
$297 (reg. $397)
Early Bird Enrollment Ends Tuesday, April 7th
Optional and Flexible Payment Plans available
“This was a journey into my own heart and soul. Jerri’s guidance helped me feel deeply connected, not only to my inner, creative self but to something much bigger.
I felt a shift in my energy as I moved from numbing grief and overwhelm into a space of healing, empowerment, and renewal. The process has been grounding, beautiful, and exactly what I needed to feel reconnected with myself in a way I never expected.
If you feel called to this journey, trust that it will meet you exactly where you are and lead you to where you need to be.”
The Medicine Wheel Framework
A clear, grounded way to understand where you are and what you are moving through.
The Medicine Wheel of Life is a universal symbol of cycles, seasons, and transformation.
It maps the natural rhythms of your life. Every one of us is always somewhere on this ever-evolving wheel, even if we do not recognize it.
Inside the Sanctuary Journey, the Medicine Wheel becomes a practical and spiritual framework that helps you understand:
why you are feeling what you are feeling
what part of your life is asking for attention
what needs to be released
what wants to be born
what is growing quietly inside you
what needs to be tended, protected, or softened
Instead of feeling lost or overwhelmed by change, you learn how to work with it.
Each direction carries wisdom & inner work
Eastgate (Current Season)
The season of spring and emergence. The inhale. The first light. The early expression of what you have been gestating. This is where new beginnings take root.
Southgate
The season of summer and embodied growth. The tending. The blooming. The full expression of your work. This is where the harvest ripens.
Westgate
The season of descent, truth telling, shadow work, and learning how to compost what is complete. This is where clarity begins.
Northgate
The season of winter and dreamtime. The quiet cave. The deepening. The shaping of what you discovered in the West. This is where inner guidance shapes the form.
You do not need to Keep Up or complete all four seasons to benefit from this journey.
🌀 You can enter from wherever you are.
You can take one season or many.
You can move slowly, without pressure.
🌀 The purpose of our always turning Medicine Wheel is to give you a way to understand and show up for your most authentic Self, through a clear, supportive, and deeply feminine framework.
Inside the Sanctuary Journey, you learn to recognize your own inner seasons and work with them with clear intention and self understanding and compassion.
You begin to see where you are, why you are here, and what is possible next.
How Much Time Will This Take?
Most women worry about time, so here is the simple truth.
The Sanctuary Journey is designed to be gentle, spacious, and supportive. Each seasonal portal is divided into Phases that hold supportive lessons, and each lesson includes a suggested time frame of one to two weeks. This gives you structure without pressure.
Most women spend twenty to forty minutes each week with the core content.
The deeper work happens naturally throughout your day as you begin noticing your patterns, choosing differently, and weaving more self connection into your life.
You cannot fall behind.
You move at the pace that supports your season of life.
“This journey met me at the exact moment I needed it most.
I did not realize how much I was still carrying until I began creating the Medicine Doll.
Every step helped me let go. Every circle felt like a sacred mirror.
I have never felt more witnessed or more myself.”
“This is not just a course. It is a soul space.
The way the seasons, the archetypes, and the creative work are woven together is life changing.
My Medicine Doll now sits on my altar as a daily reminder of who I am becoming.”
Meet Your Guide
Jerri Lynn Shelton
Crone. Medicine Dollmaker. Edge Walker. Creative Alchemist.
For decades, I have walked the path of inner healing, creative ritual, and soul remembrance. My work lives in the places where intuition, earth wisdom, and deep emotional truth meet.
I am someone who naturally sees beneath the surface.
I hear what is unspoken, notice what is in between the lines, and pick up the subtle threads that want to be tended. This is simply how I am built. It is the foundation of the way I guide.
Women often tell me that being with me feels like being truly seen for the first time. Not judged. Not fixed. Seen.
My work weaves together:
grounded spiritual mentorship
creative process as medicine
shadow tending with compassion
ritual as a pathway home
and the power of symbolic art to anchor transformation
For more than twenty years, I have created spaces where women can soften, share honestly, and reconnect with their deeper wisdom through the Medicine Doll path. Whether in person or online, my circles have always been places of safety, warmth, and realness.
🌀 I walk this spiral beside you, not above you.
My role is to help you:
understand your own inner seasons
make meaning from your story
navigate grief, transition, or awakening with clarity
transform inner truth into creative expression
and remember who you are beneath all the noise
This journey is not about becoming someone new.
It is about meeting yourself again — honestly, gently, and without apology.
You are not walking alone.
I am here with you, every step of the way.
Materials to Support your Creative Process
You do not need to be a needle felter to take this journey.
Many women choose to create their Medicine Archetypes through painting, stitching, sculpting, collage, or mixed media.
You are Encouraged to get as Creative and Wyld as you wish!
If you feel called to craft your Medicine Spirit Doll through needle felting, I offer an optional Deluxe Felting Kit to make the experience simple and beautiful. Needle felting tutorials are provided inside the course should you choose this medium.
The Deluxe Felting Kit includes:
3 oz Core Wool for shaping (for 2-3 dolls)
6 Colored Wool Batts in beautiful, blended tones
½ oz roving sample pack for hair and design
Assorted sizes of felting needles
Felting pad
Magic Herb Blend for intention setting
Armature wires for poseable limbs
Perfect for beginner and seasoned crafters
Everything is chosen with intention so you can begin right away without hunting for supplies.
Ordering the kit is optional.
You are welcome to use your own materials. A list of what you need is provided inside the course welcome module.
If you wish to order the Deluxe Felting Kit, you will find the link HERE and inside your confirmation email after you enroll. I will ship it to you within 3-5 business days.
Your medium is your choice.
Your creativity is the medicine.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does the course begin?
This round through the Eastgate opens on April 25th and ends June 27th, 2026.
How long do I have access to the course?
You have full access for the entire season you enroll in.
Eastgate runs through the end of Spring.
Do I need any prior experience with needle felting?
No. Many women in the Sanctuary Journey have never felted before.
You will receive beginner friendly tutorials if you choose the felting medium.
You may also paint, sculpt, stitch, collage, or create your archetype in any medium you love.
Do I need the Deluxe Felting Kit?
No. It is optional.
If you want the ease of having high quality materials ready to go, the kit is available here for purchase. If you prefer to use your own supplies, you will receive suggestions to guide your art projects inside the course.
What if I cannot attend the live Talking Circles?
Attendance is always optional.
Recordings are posted inside the course platform for you to watch during the season.
You will not miss anything essential. The seasonal work holds everyone.
Will I feel behind if I join late?
No. The Sanctuary Journey is not linear.
Women move through the content at their own rhythm.
The Talking Circles are seasonal and supportive, which means you will always be held, no matter where you are in the coursework.
Where do I access my course after I enroll?
After purchase, you will receive a welcome email with instructions.
Your login link is also available on my main website navigation bar under the Course Login tab.
Do you offer refunds?
Because the Sanctuary Journey is a digital, immediately accessible experience, refunds are not offered. I encourage you to read the course descriptions carefully and tune in to whether this work is aligned for you before enrolling.
Can I keep going after this season ends?
Yes. You may continue into the next seasonal direction of the Medicine Wheel.
Enrollment links will be provided as each new season opens.
“I was surprised by how deeply this work touched me.
I love the Talking Circle!
It’s become a place where I feel safe, seen, and supported.”
“I joined thinking I was signing up for a crafty art course.
I did create amazing art, but I also
ended up reclaiming parts of myself I had forgotten.
This journey has been such a rewarding surprise.”
“This experience has changed the way I move through my days.
The Medicine Wheel gave me a language for my inner world.
I finally understand where I am, where I’m going, and what I need.”
