We are a collective of longtime healers, artists, and community-rooted practitioners——people of many backgrounds, races, ages, gender identities, and lived experiences—who have dedicated our lives to holding space for others. For years, we’ve offered massage, reiki, acupuncture, movement meditation, yoga, mindfulness meditation, women’s groups, photographic healing, and support circles on sliding scales, often out of living rooms, church auditoriums, borrowed studios—anywhere we could make a little room for someone to reconnect with themselves and others.

We’ve walked with people through grief, trauma, addiction recovery, and life transitions. We’ve danced and cried and breathed and held one another. Slowly, our community has grown—especially around our biweekly dance space, Root: A Life’s Movement, led by beloved elder and teacher Michelle Mahan for the last 7 years. There, through rhythm and movement, we practice the art of coming home to ourselves and each other. Our growing, diverse community is rich with healing offerings—over 50 people show up to dance each time, each with their own story, meeting one another on a soul level. We have begun to organize all our different offerings on a Whatsapp group called One Love Hub where community members post and discover conscious events in the Philadelphia area—offering a collective calendar of healing, art, dance, and support.

Now, we are ready for something more grounded, more permanent—a healing sanctuary in Germantown, where community care is not an afterthought, but the foundation. A schedule of offerings each day for people to gather, connect, and find solace from the loneliness and disconnection that’s become so common. The COVID era awakened many of us to just how deeply we need to be together—to stay physically and emotionally well. We wish to grow this awareness to the rest of the city/neighborhood.

We envision a warm, welcoming healing center—not clinical or cold, but soulful, creative, and alive with possibility. A place where someone might come for a reiki session and stay for a cup of tea and a breath work circle. Where movement is medicine and food is part of the ritual of healing. Where no one is turned away for not being able to pay full price. And where people of all identities—regardless of age, race, gender identity, background, sexual orientation, or faith—feel not only welcomed but celebrated.

This vision includes:

• Multiple rooms, varying in size, for bodywork, energy healing, grief support, trauma-informed therapy, and expressive healing arts.

• A large communal space for conscious dance, meditation, and healing circles—women’s groups, men’s gatherings, and gender-expansive, intergenerational gatherings that foster belonging and mutual care.

• Food as healing—A kitchen area for budget-friendly cooking classes, nutrition workshops, and shared meals that nourish both body and soul, as well as a gathering space for potlucks after circles and dances.

• Affordable housing woven into the ecosystem—offering residents the chance to trade energy and upkeep for reduced rent and rooted community.

• All of this, free from religious gatekeeping or insurance red tape. Just healing, accessible, soulful, and real.

We have our eyes on a possible building—an old apartment building on Wayne and Walnut Lane, at the heart of Germantown, on a bus line, surrounded by people who need exactly this kind of space. We may receive it as a gift, but it would require a major investment—a multi-million dollar renovation to make this dream a reality. If this space doesn’t come through, we’ll search for another—but the need is clear, and the vision is steady.

This is where we need a benefactor.

Someone with vision and heart. Someone who knows that when you invest in healing, you invest in futures. In peace. In safety. In possibility and Hope.

In this political climate—where division, fear, and economic inequality continue to deepen—we need each other more than ever. We need spaces that bring us together across difference. Spaces that invite vulnerability, connection, and joy. Where we can exhale, feel seen, and find stability. Philadelphia is the City of Brotherly Love —but love is not passive. It’s something we build, protect, embody and invest in. This healing center is about that love in action—how we show up for one another, how we care for our neighbors, our elders and young ones, how we create true belonging.

We aren’t guessing at the impact—we’ve lived it. We’ve seen people come alive after feeling deep grief in a healing session, or leave a dance class with laughter ringing out of their bodies for the first time in months. We’ve watched people step into their own power and begin to trust life again, seen isolation melt in healing circles, witnessed people begin to believe in themselves again.

But what’s always missing is a stable, consistent, welcoming place to return to. This is why a dedicated “Home” to gather means so much to us.

Our society has been fractured, in the last few generations, so many people have walked away from their churches because of ideological differences but are left with nowhere to turn. Instead they turn to bars or drugs or just stay in isolation. We want to build a home where everyone is welcome, no dogma, no requirements, just loving connection. We believe that discovering and sharing our differences only makes us stronger and shows us just how similar we actually are at the deepest level.

We're building something sustainable, where the givers are supported, and the receivers are honored. Where healing becomes a way of life—not a luxury.

We know you're committed to Philadelphia. You know this city’s struggle and its strength. You understand the value of spaces that remind people they’re not alone.

We would love to share more of this vision with you. And we would be deeply honored if you would consider helping us bring it to life.