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A Monthly Online Refuge
For BIPOC leaders, facilitators, coaches, teachers, creatives, and anyone holding space in any way, shape, or form.
Are you longing for a space where you can rest, be witnessed, and simply be—without needing to explain or translate your grief, joy, or experience? This circle gives the space you need to pause, breathe, and be held too.
We gather monthly to practice somatic grounding, guided reflection, storytelling, and communal care—a place to exhale, settle, and feel your nervous system supported.
Here, you don’t have to translate your experiences, shrink, or code-switch. This is a BIPOC space for rest, witness, and gentle exploration of self and community.
I believe healing and support can’t happen in the mind alone. Bias, trauma, and exhaustion live in the body and need gentle, somatic, trauma-informed practices to be met. Only then can we feel steadier, more resourced, and able to hold others with care.
The Sanctuary: 3 months - Rooted Season
35
Every month
A monthly online refuge for BIPOC leaders, facilitators, coaches, creatives, and space holders.
A short container to exhale, root, and begin to replenish through somatic practice and belonging.
Valid for 3 months
Best Value
The Sanctuary: 12 months - Deep Roots
30
Every month
A monthly online refuge for BIPOC leaders, facilitators, coaches, creatives, and space holders.
A year-long devotion for depth, trust, and lasting belonging.
Valid for 12 months
You don’t always have to hold it all together
The Sanctuary is a soft, nourishing online monthly circle for people of colour — leaders, facilitators, coaches, teachers, creatives, and anyone holding space in any form — to exhale and rest into community.
Here, you can exhale, settle your nervous system, and rest into community. You are invited to bring what feels heavy, unseen, or rarely spoken — without expectation, judgment, or needing to have it figured out.
So often, we are asked to translate, to hold, to navigate spaces that don’t see the fullness of us. In this circle, you don’t have to explain. You don’t have to carry it by yourself.
This is not a space to bubble off or escape into wellness as a magic pill. Many wellness approaches can unintentionally encourage avoidance — using somatic practices, breathwork, or movement as a way to disconnect from life’s realities. For BIPOC people, who already live in a world not designed for us, this can feel hollow.
We bring presence instead: small, consistent ways to inhabit our bodies, honour our experiences, and grow our capacity to be with life as it is.
Here, you don’t have to explain
Every 1st Thursday of the month, we set intentions and invocations that honor your lived experience. This is your Sanctuary—a place to pause, soften, and be held.
Join the waitlist or reserve your seat to receive updates about the Sanctuary, upcoming monthly themes, and new offerings in Exploring the Veil.
The Sanctuary is offered as 3-month or 12-month memberships:
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Rooted Season (3 months) — A seasonal container to land, rest, and replenish.
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Deep Roots (12 months) — A year-long devotion to trust, steady belonging, and embodied practice.
Depth, safety, and trust emerge through consistent presence in a committed container. Healing and belonging take time, and this container offers the steadiness needed for our nervous systems to open and deepen in community.
The Sanctuary: 3 months - Rooted Season
35
Every month
A monthly online refuge for BIPOC leaders, facilitators, coaches, creatives, and space holders.
A short container to exhale, root, and begin to replenish through somatic practice and belonging.
Valid for 3 months
Best Value
The Sanctuary: 12 months - Deep Roots
30
Every month
A monthly online refuge for BIPOC leaders, facilitators, coaches, creatives, and space holders.
A year-long devotion for depth, trust, and lasting belonging.
Valid for 12 months
Not quite ready yet?
If you’re holding space for others—or simply longing to meet this work in yourself—join the interest list to receive updates, circle dates, and early access to this BIPOC online community for somatic healing, embodiment, and support.
Please share this page with anyone who might be called to this circle.
Why This Circle Matters
So often, we are asked to translate, to hold, and to navigate spaces that don’t see the fullness of us. In The Sanctuary, you don’t have to explain. You don’t have to carry it alone.
This is not a space to escape or bypass life’s realities. Many wellness approaches—somatic practices, breathwork, or movement—can unintentionally encourage disconnection. For BIPOC people, who are already navigating a world not designed for us, this can feel hollow.
Here, we bring presence instead:
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Small, consistent ways to inhabit our bodies
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Honouring experiences without needing to fix them
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Growing capacity to be with life as it is
Your body already knows the way back
What Happens in a Sanctuary Circle
Each monthly circle is designed to root, rest, and replenish through somatic practice, reflection, sharing, and community. Whether you join as a 3-month Rooted Season member or a 12-month Deep Roots member, each gathering is held with care, without judgment, and without needing to explain or perform.
Below will give you a feel for what to expect:
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Arrive – Close your eyes or soften your gaze. Feel your body’s contact with the ground or chair. Move or sway in a way that feels good.
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Somatic Practice & Visualization – Grounding exercises to settle the nervous system, explore where you are in your body, deepen connection with your body, and create safety.
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Check-in & Reflection – share where you are, what feels heavy, or unseen.
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Monthly Theme Exploration – Feel into the theme in your body, journal, and reflect through guided prompts.
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Witnessing & Sharing – Share responses or reactions with care, breathing together after each share.
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Movement & Closing – Gentle movement or intuitive dance, possibly a brief share, and collective humming to seal presence.
The first 12 Monthly Themes & Exploration
Each month includes:
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A deeply resonant theme for BIPOC leaders and space-holders
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4–8 reflective questions
Month 1 – The Weight + The Exhale
Set down the burdens you carry in daily life. Notice the weight you hold and allow yourself to release it in this safe container. Questions focus on what you carry, what you might lay down, and what your body asks for in this circle.
Month 2 – Boundaries + Survival
Explore the edges of your “yes” and “no.” Notice where your boundaries protect your nervous system and where they feel stretched. This theme invites reflection on what keeps you safe and nourished.
Month 3 – Ancestral Threads
Our bodies carry memory and wisdom across generations. Tonight, we honor both burdens and inherited strength, exploring what we carry from our ancestors and how we might receive their support.
Month 4 – Silence + Voice
Notice where your voice rises and where it silences itself. This theme invites awareness of how you express and withhold yourself, and what it feels like to speak freely in a safe container.
Month 5 – Grief + Tenderness
Give space to grief that often goes unseen. Explore tenderness alongside it. Journaling and sharing focus on where grief lives in the body and what it longs for, without pressure to fix it.
Month 6 – Joy + Delight
Honor small joys, laughter, and pleasure. Joy is resistance. Notice where delight lives in your body, where it is easy, and where it feels blocked. Explore how joy can be nourishing even in struggle.
Month 7 – Holding + Being Held
We often hold space for others. Tonight, you are invited to receive support, lean, and soften, noticing what it takes to allow yourself to be held.
Month 8 – Rage + Fire
Rage is holy and protective. Explore where anger lives in your body, how it guides and protects you, and how it can be transformed or expressed safely. This is honouring anger as a teacher.
Month 9 – Belonging
Explore what belonging feels like in your body and where you still long for it. Notice the contrast between spaces that nourish you and those that ask you to shrink or code-switch.
Month 10 – Rest + Exhaustion
Exhaustion is named and honoured. Reflect on where rest has been denied, what true rest could feel like, and how your body responds to slowing down. Create small practices to replenish yourself.
Month 11 – Vision + Imagination
Imagination is an act of freedom. Explore what your body longs to create, dream, and embody, even in the face of systemic constraints. Questions guide envisioning without limits or apology.
Month 13 – Shadow + Light
Our hidden and visible selves coexist. We honour both in this space, exploring where shadow lives and where light shines in our bodies.
Commitment Brings Depth
Depth, safety, and trust emerge through consistent presence in a committed container. Healing and belonging take time, and this container offers the steadiness needed for our nervous systems to open and deepen in community.
The Sanctuary: 3 months - Rooted Season
35
Every month
A monthly online refuge for BIPOC leaders, facilitators, coaches, creatives, and space holders.
A short container to exhale, root, and begin to replenish through somatic practice and belonging.
Valid for 3 months
Best Value
The Sanctuary: 12 months - Deep Roots
30
Every month
A monthly online refuge for BIPOC leaders, facilitators, coaches, creatives, and space holders.
A year-long devotion for depth, trust, and lasting belonging.
Valid for 12 months
Why This Circle is Different
This circle grows from my broader work, Exploring the Veil, which is a somatic-based, trauma-informed program about noticing how systemic pressures, bias, and the act of holding space for others show up in our bodies.
In this space, we slow down—not as an escape or cure all, but as a practice of returning to ourselves.
Somatic practices, breathwork, and movement are not magic pills; when our nervous systems are consistently activated, they can only take us so far. True restoration comes from:
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Consistent support — a container that meets you month after month, giving your system time to trust, open, and integrate.
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Micro-resourcing practices — small, accessible ways to reset, even amidst pressure, so your body learns how to come back to safety.
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Everyday embodiment — practical tools to live in your body, honor your experience, and move with awareness in daily life.
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Community of witness — a BIPOC space where your experiences are seen, heard, and held without needing to explain or translate.
This is a place to land, not to perform; a circle that holds the realities of our lives while offering pathways to replenish, restore, and deepen connection—to ourselves, and to others.
Who This Circle is For
This trauma-informed circle is for those who:
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Hold space for others—leaders, facilitators, coaches, teachers, creatives, caregivers, and anyone carrying responsibility for others’ emotional, spiritual, or professional learning, wellness, safety.
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Want to practice coming back to themselves—those seeking a steady, somatic approach to notice where they are in the body and mind, and how they show up under pressure.
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Long for safe BIPOC connection—a place to rest, share, and be witnessed without needing to explain, translate, or justify.
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Are curious about self-reflection—those interested in exploring personal patterns, responses, and nervous system dynamics in community.
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Seek practical replenishment—simple, actionable practices to integrate into daily life, offering stability and resilience amidst demands.
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This circle is for anyone who carries weight externally and internally, yet desires a gentle, nourishing container to settle, explore, and restore.
Slowing down is an act of reclamation
Circle Benefits
Participants of the circle will:
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Release the weight of always holding space for others—allowing your body and nervous system to exhale and soften.
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Explore how you show up under pressure—gain insight into patterns, tendencies, and moments where you need support.
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Be witnessed by those who understand—without translation, explanation, or judgment.
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Reconnect with your body and capacity for care—develop steady practices to nurture yourself while remaining present for others.
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Build long-term embodied resilience—learn tools that sustain you in everyday life and in your professional or creative practice.
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Anchor in a BIPOC community—experience belonging, continuity, and support from peers who share overlapping challenges, joys, and realities.
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Deepen your capacity to integrate experiences—use somatic, reflective, and communal practices to process, restore, and move with clarity.
This circle is both sanctuary and practice ground—for those committed to holding space with presence, care, and groundedness, while also tending to themselves in a real, sustained way.
Not quite ready yet?
If you’re holding space for others—or simply longing to meet this work in yourself—join the interest list to receive updates, circle dates, and early access to this BIPOC online community for somatic healing, embodiment, and support.
Please share this page with anyone who might be called to this circle.
I've not yet started the membership course, so I will add some testimonials of returning clients who have journeyed with me.
Nicky W.
"Juel taught me how to be more in touch with my body and my emotions. And specifically on how to express them in a healthy way. It felt SUPER liberating to feel and free that energy in me and to realize how little space there is for this in our society (or our own belief systems). Juel is a beautiful, strong, feminine and grounded teacher and space holder and I’m super grateful for her on my path. I advise every woman to join this course at least one time and explore what’s living inside that wants be revealed."
Judith Sleddens
"The first time I met with Juel I was captivated by her sparkling appearance and strong but soft energy. In her workshops and lessons, I feel challenged to move freely and let go of unnecessary tension. Juel creates a safe space to be yourself and explore with body and mind. After a class I feel more present and connected to my body and emotions. It’s wonderful to work with Juel and recommend everyone to dance it out!"
Belonging grows when we don't have to translate
Josje Leijdekkers
"Thank you Juel for creating a safe space and offering the tools to help me get in touch with my anger. It has enabled me to reconnect with my fire🔥 Anger was always a difficult emotion for me to express, and doing so under your guidance has made all the difference. Since following the 3-week course Healing Anger I feel more in touch with my boundaries and empowered to express those to others. ❤️"
Not quite ready yet?
If you’re holding space for others—or simply longing to meet this work in yourself—join the interest list to receive updates, circle dates, and early access to this BIPOC online community for somatic healing, embodiment, and support.
Please share this page with anyone who might be called to this circle.
See you on the inside ;)
FAQ
How do I join The Sanctuary online circle?
You can join by choosing a 3-month or 12-month membership. Once you register, you’ll receive a welcome email with the Zoom link, and a few grounding tips to prepare for your first circle.
What is the cost of participating in The Sanctuary?
Membership options are:
✨ 3-month “Rooted Season” – €35/month
✨ 12-month “Deep Roots” – €30/month (save €60/year)
For those who need a first taste before committing, a one-time drop-in is available. It offers a glimpse of the circle’s medicine — though the fullness of the experience unfolds over time, through consistency and return.
Only the membership gives access to the community group and any resources provided.
Is this space open to non-BIPOC allies?
The Sanctuary is a space held by and for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. It’s a place to exhale, rest, and be held without needing to translate your experience.
If you’re a non-BIPOC ally, thank you for being here. My broader program, Exploring the Veil, will open soon — it’s a somatic journey designed for space holders, facilitators, and educators to explore how bias, silence, and internalized conditioning live in the body, and how we can begin to transform them from the inside out.
That program is a space where allies are warmly invited to do this embodied work of awareness and repair. The Sanctuary, on the other hand, is a sacred container for BIPOC bodies to restore, rest, and remember belonging — together.
Sign up to join the ETV waiting list here.
Can I drop in for a single session?
Yes, there’s an option to join for a single session if you’d like to get a feel for the space first. You can do this through the Event.
That said, the Sanctuary is built on trust, rhythm, and relationship — things that deepen over time. The real medicine of this circle is felt through continuity: seeing familiar faces, building safety, and letting your nervous system learn that it’s truly safe to arrive.
A single circle can offer a taste — a breath out — but the deeper unfolding happens when we keep showing up, gently, month after month.
What if I can’t attend every month?
Life happens — and it’s okay to miss a month. You’ll still be held within the circle’s wider rhythm and can stay connected through the community exchange group that holds us between sessions.
That said, being part of this circle is also an act of commitment — to yourself and to the community we’re co-creating. Each person’s presence contributes to the collective holding. Missing one month is fine, but the consistency of showing up is part of what nourishes the depth, safety, and care we build together.
If you ever need support while you’re away, you can always reach out to the community — my vision is that we keep tending this space together.