The Sanctuary Journey

A guided path back to clarity, meaning,and deep self-trust.

Early Bird registration is open now.

🌀 Something in you is ready to slow down, listen more deeply, and walk with intention.
That part of you is welcome here.

The Sanctuary Journey is a spacious 3-month soul apprenticeship for women who feel ready to stop circling the same patterns and begin moving through life with clarity, ritual, and compassionate support.

It gives you a rhythm to follow, language for what you’re experiencing, and a community that helps you stay grounded while you grow.

A new seasonal journey opens four times a year.

How the Sanctuary Journey Works

The Sanctuary Journey is designed as a solo, inward path first.

The 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 attend anything live to receive the depth of this work.

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. They are not required and are always recorded for those 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 currently stepping into the Northgate.

Most women are already walking their inner cycles without consciously realizing it.
They move through endings and beginnings, growth and grief, rest and renewal…
often without structure, language, or support.

The Sanctuary Journey gives you a rhythm to follow.
A framework you can trust.
A way to understand where you are, what is being asked of you, and how to work with it gently.

Inside this soul apprenticeship, you move at a steady, manageable pace.
One direction at a time.
One season at a time.

Always in a way that meets you where you are
without pressure, without rushing, and without overwhelm.

This is for you if you are:

• Tired of walking through emotional or spiritual change alone

• Craving depth without intensity

• Wanting structure that feels supportive and not rigid

• Ready to understand your own inner seasons

• Longing for a place that feels grounding, nourishing, and real

• Wanting community and ritual that make the inner work feel held

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 and your real life.

Northgate: The Winter Dreaming

NORTHGATE

A Winter Journey of Deep Listening, Dream Shaping, and Inner Light

The Northgate is the winter season of the Sanctuary Journey.
It is the time of dreamwork, intuitive shaping, and quiet becoming.
It is where we begin to soften, deepen, and reveal what is ready to take form.

You are held through a guided, 3 month winter cycle that begins on January 31.

This is the season when the inner fire returns.

This is your time for:

• listening to your deeper knowing

• tending the dreams that surfaced in the fall

• shaping a quiet vision for the year ahead

• deepening your relationship with your inner light

• resting while still moving

• allowing clarity to rise from within

This is a season of subtle power. It is quiet, warm, and inwardly alive.

The Northgate is held by the archetypes of deep winter.

They offer the guidance needed to move from descent into clarity and emerging vision.

Medicine Woman
Holding the unformed. Trusting the not yet.
Receiving guidance through symbol, vision, and intuition.

Bone Keeper Honoring the spark that begins to stir below the surface.
Allowing small, ancestral truths to rise.

Bear
Waking up within the cave. Trusting the slow pace.
Following instinct. Listening in the dark.

Buffalo
Walking steadily through late winter.
Grounding the vision.
Moving with strength and quiet endurance.

This is a time to lean into stillness, to listen deeply, and to let the inner wisdom speak.

Creative Project: The Dreamtime Archetype

In Northgate, your creative medicine continues to evolve, but the energy gently shifts from descent into quiet emergence.

You are invited to work with an image that holds your winter dreaming. This might be the Medicine Doll, created slowly and intentionally, or another symbol that feels true for you.

You may create:

• a Dreamtime Medicine Doll
• a winter symbol in any medium you choose
• or continue deepening a piece you’ve already begun

You are welcome to needle felt, stitch, sculpt, collage, or follow whatever medium calls to you. There is supportive guidance for needle felting, and there is also full permission to work in your own way.

All options are supported inside the Sanctuary Journey.

This project becomes an anchor for your winter dreaming. It helps give shape to what lives below the surface and is beginning to rise.

No experience is needed. Just a willingness to listen, move slowly, and trust the quiet.

Talking Circles

Throughout the Northgate season you will be invited into Live Talking Circles.
These gatherings offer:

• deep listening

• warmth

• ritual

• quiet connection

• intuitive sharing

• guidance not found in the course platform

Our Live Talking Circles 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 Northgate

• Full winter Northgate Journey

• Inspired guidance and practices

• Live Talking Circles

• Recorded replays

• Printable companion guides

• Creative tutorials

• Access to a private chat group

• Optional Deluxe Felting Kit (sold separately)

• Access to the course for three full months

Start Date:

The 3 month Northgate season opens on January 31, 2026
This timing honors the return of the inner light and supports the transition from descent into dreamtime.

Investment: Early Bird Savings: $111 (through January 15)

Regular price: $147 (after 1/15/26)

Optional Klarna / payment plan: 4 payments of $27.75 (early bird)

The Medicine Wheel Framework

A clear, grounded way to understand where you are and what you are moving through.

The Medicine Wheel is a universal symbol of cycles, seasons, and transformation.
It maps the natural rhythms of life. Every one of us is always somewhere on this 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 its own wisdom and teaches a different kind of inner work.

Northgate (Current Season)
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.

Eastgate
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.

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 there, 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 3 month seasonal portal is divided into Phases, and each Phase 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.

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 ten 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 for Your Journey

Creative supplies to support your Medicine Doll process

You do not need to be a needle felter to take this journey. Many women choose to create their Medicine Archetype through painting, stitching, sculpting, collage, or mixed media.

If you feel called to craft your Medicine Spirit Doll or Dream Egg 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 Northgate opens on January 31, 2026, aligned with the Imbolc threshold.

How long do I have access to the course?

You have full access for the entire season you enroll in.
Northgate runs through the end of winter.

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.

Your Next Step on the Sanctuary Journey

Northgate: The Winter Dreaming

A season of dreamtime, stillness, and quiet inner guidance.

You are held.
You are welcome.
You move at the rhythm that feels right.

Wherever you are on your path, I’m excited to have you in the circle!