The Common Ground: Where Healing Takes Root
The Common Ground is the vision of our founder, Kymmie Edwards — a sanctuary in the making, dedicated to trauma-informed healing, community connection, and nature-based restoration. Though we are not yet officially open as we continue securing funding and finalizing our location, the heart of our mission is already alive: to create a safe space for the misunderstood, the wounded, and the becoming. Our vision is to unite coaching, holistic practices, and community care in one place where people can reclaim their stories and grow roots of resilience.
The Common Ground Sanctuary
Where Healing Takes Root
A Sanctuary for the Misunderstood, the Wounded, and the Becoming
The Sanctuary itself is a sacred space, accessible by appointment for those in our healing programs.
Welcome to The Common Ground Sanctuary
A safe and sacred space for those who are ready to reclaim their lives after trauma, abuse, or deep emotional pain.
A healing sanctuary for high-functioning survivors of relational wounds, the overlooked majority who carry grief,
rejection, and hidden pain while maintaining jobs, families, and responsibilities.
Whether you've been navigating survival mode for years or you're just now beginning to feel the weight of what you've been carrying, you don’t have to do it alone anymore.
Here, healing isn't rushed.
Pain is not dismissed.
And your story is met with dignity, not diagnosis.
*The Common Ground Sanctuary partners with Rebuilding You Coaching to offer trauma-informed coaching programs that align with our mission.
Please Note:
The Common Ground Sanctuary is an adult-only healing space.
For the safety, serenity, and emotional care of all participants, children under the age of 18 are not permitted on the property or in any programs or healing spaces. We thank you for respecting this boundary.
You Don't Have to Heal Alone
The Common Ground Sanctuary exists because healing is not a luxury, it’s a birthright.
And yours begins here. We’re so glad you made it.
Our Healing Approaches
Not everything broken needs to be fixed.
Some things just need to be felt, held, and remembered.
This is that kind of healing.
Here's how we walk with you on the path of restoration:
90 Day Coaching Programs
A place to remember your wholeness.
Trauma-informed coaching invites you into a space where story becomes medicine. Through gentle guidance and steady support, you’ll reconnect with your voice, your strength, and your truth. No pressure. No perfection. Just presence.
Let the process hold you, one step at a time.
The Listening Bench
A pause inside the noise.
The Listening Bench is a gentle, non-judgmental space where you are invited to be witnessed with compassion, not correction. No advice. No fixing. No pressure. Just presence. You can speak, stay silent, cry, or simply sit.
The Grief Bath
A place to release what words cannot.
The Grief Bath is a sacred saltwater immersion where you are invited to let go...not by force, but by floating. No fixing. No advice. No need to be strong. Just surrender. You can weep, breathe, or simply be held. The water is warm, the silence is safe, and your grief is welcome here.
The Stillness Room
A sanctuary within the sanctuary.
The Stillness Room is a screen-free, sound-free, scent-free space where you are invited to simply be. No expectations. No conversation.
No performance. Just rest.
You can lie down or sit quietly with yourself.
Stillness isn't empty here...the silence is sacred.
The Belonging Walk
You belong, exactly as you are.
The Belonging Walk is a slow, intentional walk through the woods where you are invited to notice, breathe, and belong. No goals. No rush. No need to figure anything out. Just presence. You can move or sit, listen or touch. The trees are steady, the path is soft, and the forest asks nothing but that you come as you are.
The Soft Return Earth Room
A place to return to your body.
The Soft Return Earth Room is a sensory rest zone where you are invited to reconnect with the earth beneath you. No performance. No noise. No pressure to be “okay.” Just contact. Go barefoot, sit with your breath. Let the earth remind you...that you belong.
The Sacred Hum
A lesson in being without striving.
Pollinator Therapy invites you to sit among bees, butterflies, and blooms and witness the healing power of still observation. No chasing. No pressure. No need to do. Just notice.
You can breathe, watch, or rest in their rhythm.
The Gentle Tap
A place to release and rewire.
The Gentle Tap invites you into a space where touch becomes medicine. Through light, steady tapping on key acupressure points, you’ll calm your nervous system and ease what feels stuck.
No force. No judgment. Each tap reminds you that peace & healing are within reach.
The Fireside Stories
A place where truth is spoken and heard.
Fireside Stories is a circle of warmth, where lived experience becomes legacy. Here, beneath open sky or quiet shelter, we share the stories that shaped us the grief we carried, the healing we claimed. No fixing. No filters. Just presence.
Just truth. Just the sacred act of being witnessed.
Medicinal Greenhouse & Herbal Education
Our greenhouse is where healing begins at the root. Here we grow the plants used in our apothecary and teach guests how to build their own medicinal gardens. Through seasonal workshops, you’ll learn how to grow, harvest, and work with the herbs that support emotional, mental, and physical healing.
→ Explore our greenhouse workshops through the Apothecary
The Reclamation Walk
A free path of belonging, reflection, and quiet hope.
Winding through our land, The Reclamation Walk is a gentle invitation to return to yourself. Created as a free offering to the community, this self-guided path leads visitors through signs of affirmation, truth, and hope...small reminders that healing doesn’t happen all at once, but one tender step at a time.
Along the way, you’ll find benches tucked into quiet corners, giving you space to breathe, rest, and let the land hold what feels heavy. Some people walk it slowly. Some come to sit. Some return again and again, finding new meaning in the words that meet them on the trail.
There is no fee, no registration, no expectation.
Just a simple place to belong for a few moments...a place where the earth whispers, “You’re not alone. You’re becoming.”
The Reclamation Walk is our gift to the community.
A quiet, honest space where hope can take root again.
The Reclamation Walk
The Healing Sanctuary of Common Ground Inc.
a nonprofit dedicated to healing and restoration. Coaching services are provided in partnership with Rebuilding You Coaching.
(Founded by Kymmie Edwards).
(506) 383 3112
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