From the Founder

There comes a moment in each of our lives when something inside whispers, “There must be another way.” This Sanctuary was born from one of those moments — and many more that followed.

Over the years, I’ve walked a wide and winding path — both personally and professionally. I’ve built businesses, led nonprofits, raised children, created art, studied natural healing, grown food, navigated systems, and reshaped a few along the way. Some chapters were extraordinary; others unfolded quietly in grocery store parking lots or during sleepless nights. Each experience became a piece of something larger — a slow and steady remembering.

Eventually, the vision clarified: Create the place I needed but could never find.

A land-based sanctuary for learning, healing, and soul-rooted nourishment.
A space where others could remember their way home, too.

That vision now rests on three foundational pillars:

Field Studies Sanctuary — the heart of the project — is our grounded container for offerings in regenerative education, nature-based homeschooling, plant medicine, and aligned commerce. It’s where creativity, curriculum, and community care take form.

The Sacred Assembly of Soil & Soul (SASS) — the soul of the project — is our spiritual fellowship, structured as a 508(c)(1)(A) church. It holds our reverence practices, ceremonies, and invitations into presence, remembrance, and rhythm.

Intention — the invisible thread — is our compass. Every choice we make is guided by a commitment to walk in alignment with the Earth, with our own bodies, and with the wisdom of Source. The more we attune to nature’s intelligence, the more we heal — as individuals, as families, as communities.

This is a space of remembering. Each soul is given room to explore, to unfold, to return. There’s no belief system to follow. Every experience is honored — whether shaped by intuition, faith, science, story, or stillness.

Nature is the great equalizer. She reminds us of who we are beneath identity, ideology, and expectation. She offers clarity without force, ceremony without spectacle, healing without shame.

This is what we create together at Field Studies Sanctuary:

• A space for regeneration — of land, body, and soul

• A living classroom for earth-rooted education

• A practice ground for sovereignty, stewardship, and service

• A community that honors all pathways of remembering

• A blueprint for sustainable, spiritually-aligned systems — economic, ecological, and relational

Whether you arrive here as a parent, a student, a seeker, or someone listening for a new way — you are welcome. This is a space where land teaches, presence heals, and soul is given space to breathe.

With deep reverence,
Shannon Reed
Founder & Steward
Field Studies Sanctuary | Assembly of Soil & Soul