An Expansion of Love
Why We Are Here
Sanctuary of the Sacred is a hallowed ground where people can find peace in the mind, health in the body, and connection to the well of their soul. The Sanctuary was founded on Summer Solstice 2025 as an expansion of the founder’s love and wish to be of service to humanity during this pivotal time of collective growth and awakening. As a Private Ministerial Association, we hold deep beliefs of freedom, sovereignty, enlightenment, connection with the Divine and an innerstanding that real healing is attainable.
“At Sanctuary of the Sacred, we connect to ourselves, one another, and the Creator through a deep weaving with Nature. We believe and affirm that it is our God-given right to commune with Sacrament for our healing, spiritual, and wellness purposes.”
Our offerings bring in elemental wisdom and magic to help beings reconnect to Source and the Earth, Air, Fire, and Water within. We understand the power of connecting to ourselves in the way our ancestors did: rooted deeply in nature and community. Helping beautiful souls along their healing journey is truly an honor, and we look forward to connecting with you more soon.
Elissa Anderson, MNR
Co-Founder | Priestess & Medicine Woman
Elissa Anderson is the co-founder of Sanctuary of the Sacred, where she guides others in reconnecting with themselves, the Divine, and the natural world. With a Master’s degree in Natural Resources and more than a decade of experience in conservation, she weaves together ecological wisdom, ceremonial practice, spiritual guidance, and community care to create meaningful experiences that support healing, remembrance, and transformation.
Cody Anderson
Co-Founder | Builder & Land Steward
Cody Anderson is the co-founder of Sanctuary of the Sacred, where he leads the development of the land and the creation of its sacred spaces. A Marine Special Operations veteran, he combines disciplined leadership, skilled craftsmanship, and a deep reverence for the natural world to help bring the Sanctuary’s vision to life. His dedication to building with purpose creates spaces that foster connection, healing, and a lasting relationship with the land.
Elissa Anderson, MNR
Co-Founder | Priestess & Medicine Woman
Cody Anderson
Co-Founder | Builder & Land Steward
Step Into
The Land
A Living Sanctuary in the Foothills of the Southern Appalachians
The land itself is an essential part of the experience — offering space for reflection, restoration, gathering, prayer, ceremony, and remembrance.
At Sanctuary of the Sacred, we honor the understanding that nature is not separate from healing, but deeply woven into it.
The Vision
To create a Sanctuary for the soul — a living, breathing place where people can reconnect with nature, themselves, one another, and the Divine.
Whether through the bees, water, ceremony, community, or sacrament, the vision is to cultivate healing experiences that awaken truth, love, remembrance, and deeper connection.
We hold strongly to the vision of individuals who carry that healing outward into their families, communities, and the world — creating ripples of transformation for generations to come.
Philosophy & Approach
At Sanctuary of the Sacred, healing is approached as a remembrance rather than a performance.
This is not wellness designed for escape, aesthetics, or surface transformation. The experiences created here are rooted in authenticity, reverence, intentionality, and deep listening — to the body, the spirit, the land, and the wisdom carried within each individual.
The sanctuary holds space through a weaving of elemental connection, ancestral remembrance, nature-centered practices, community, ceremony, and compassionate guidance.
Rather than positioning healing as something someone else gives you, the work here is about helping people reconnect to their own innate capacity for truth, wholeness, and relationship with the Divine.
Everything is approached with care for both the spiritual and practical foundations of the experience — honoring intuition and integrity equally.
The Vision
Whether through the bees, water, ceremony, community, or sacrament, the vision is to cultivate healing experiences that awaken truth, love, remembrance, and deeper connection.
We hold strongly to the vision of individuals who carry that healing outward into their families, communities, and the world — creating ripples of transformation for generations to come.
Philosophy & Approach
This is not wellness designed for escape, aesthetics, or surface transformation. The experiences created here are rooted in authenticity, reverence, intentionality, and deep listening — to the body, the spirit, the land, and the wisdom carried within each individual.
The sanctuary holds space through a weaving of elemental connection, ancestral remembrance, nature-centered practices, community, ceremony, and compassionate guidance.
Rather than positioning healing as something someone else gives you, the work here is about helping people reconnect to their own innate capacity for truth, wholeness, and relationship with the Divine.
Everything is approached with care for both the spiritual and practical foundations of the experience — honoring intuition and integrity equally.