The Garden Sanctuary

 

Welcome to The Garden and to the spirited community that gathers here


In 2000, SheikhaTofah Eileen and Jay Lev Shalom
purchased and began
the extensive remodel and landscaping of The Garden Sanctuary and Center for Complementary Healing.
As inter-faith ministers and visionaries who appreciate
the beauty and value of community, they created a
multi-denominational sanctuary as a home for
kind hearted and kindred spirits.

The Garden is a gathering place dedicated to joy, celebration, spiritual practices, healing and personal transformation.

We welcome a variety of teachers and by honoring the holy days of many
traditions we facilitate a meeting of the ways.

We are available to the community to host and minister to weddings and other life cycle ceremonies.

We nurture the gathering of a community that shares and supports one another.


The Garden As Khankah

We are inspired by the idea of the Khankah which served as a gathering place for Sufi Masters, mystics, poets, musicians and Lovers of the Beloved. The Khankah facilitated the personal and collective transformation brought on by the great Sufi illuminaries Rumi, Kabir, Hafiz and others, who offered a divine flame to the dry kindling of human longing from the 13th to 15th centuries. The ecstatic flame that was ignited then, continues to inspire through poetry and music. Today, in the same spirit of community, willing fuel and Divine torch, we offer the Garden as Khankah.

 

 

The Garden Sanctuary
3070 Prather Lane, Santa Cruz, Ca. 95065
831-479-9278
jdravich@yahoo.com