The Dharamshala
Ancient hospitality, renewed in the forest.
Our Dharamshala will be a simple, welcoming space at Just Love Forest Ashram. It will be built in the spirit of ancient guesthouses that offered shelter to people of all kinds along their journey. Here, everyone is received as family. Whether you come to rest, reflect, or connect, the Dharamshala is a place of refuge, community, and love.
A Place of refuge.
The Dharamshala at Just Love Forest Ashram will be more than a structure. it will be a living tradition of welcome. By stepping forward as a Steward, you help create a sanctuary that serves the many while also offering space for your own renewal. Together, we are building a place of belonging, care, and sacred service.
We are inviting both Anchor Stewards and Supporting Stewards to help bring this vision to life. Anchor Stewards receive personal retreat time and a 10% return after three years, while Supporting Stewards can join at various levels with retreat credits and recognition.
The full Vision & Invitation Document shares our purpose, structure, and how you can participate in building this living tradition of refuge.
The Invitation to support
Built by Community, For Community
One of the most beautiful truths of Just Love Forest is that our community already knows how to bring visions like this to life. From design to planning, implementation to finishing touches, we’ve done it before — together.
My own yurt home here in the forest is 95% community-created. Every detail, from the layout to the woodwork to the final flourishes, has been shaped by the hands and hearts of people who love this land.
We’ve created a short video tour to show you what we’re capable of. It’s living proof that when we come together, we can craft spaces that are both beautiful and deeply rooted in care.
The Dharamshala will be no different, built with the same spirit of collaboration, love, and skill that has already made this forest our home.
Watch the video tour of our most recent yurt build.
Make it stand out
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Why Step Forward?
To help build the Dharamshala is to participate in something much larger than yourself. You are not just funding a building, you are creating a house of refuge that will serve community members, seekers, and grieving families for generations to come.
As an Anchor Steward, your contribution gives you time each year for your own retreat, but the greater gift is knowing that your support makes it possible for others to access this land affordably for healing, spiritual practice, and even green burial ceremonies. You are helping ensure that in life’s most meaningful moments, people have a place of dignity, comfort, and care.
Your $20,000 is not a donation lost to the wind. It is a protected contribution, with the intent that Just Love Forest Ashram will buy it back in three years with a 10% return. That means you are both investing in community well-being and supporting the long-term vision of the forest Ashram. One of hospitality, sacred service, and ecological stewardship.
People step into this kind of role because they want their resources to create impact, to embody love in action, and to leave a legacy of refuge. If you have ever wanted your money to reflect your heart, this is one way to do it.