January Newsletter: A Heartful of Gratitude and Vision for 2026

Tai Mautia Taino Woods Sanctuary Community,

As we welcome a new year, we pause to reflect on the abundance of love, generosity, and growth that has defined 2025. Together, we have cultivated a year of healing, unity, and transformation. It is with full hearts that we share our deepest gratitude to all who have contributed to the success of Taino Woods Sanctuary. Hahom!

🌿 A Year of Accomplishments and Gratitude

To our incredible volunteers (land stewards): Your dedication to the Land, whether through clearing pathways, erecting tents, repairing structures, or helping us prepare for each season or ceremony, has been nothing short of transformative. Together, we’ve nurtured the sanctuary into a thriving, sacred space for all.

To our remarkable team members: Your presence at every gathering, ceremony, and volunteer weekend has been vital to our growth. Your integrity, leadership, and love have inspired us to keep expanding the vision of TWS.

Thank you, Yaqui, for hosting the December Winter Virtual Sanctuary Closing Cycles. Your care, presence, and wisdom supported our community in closing this season with intention, gratitude, and grace. We are truly thankful for you.

To our cherished community members: You are the reason for it all. Thank you for showing up with open hearts and for sharing in love and healing in sacred space. Your energy and generosity continue to inspire us and remind us of the importance of our shared purpose: to heal all relations.

✨ Looking Ahead to 2026

We are excited for all that awaits us in the year ahead. Here’s what’s on the horizon for 2026 ceremonial gatherings:

Let’s expand our gatherings, welcome new community members and organizations, and continue creating sacred spaces for healing and unity.

We are seeking supporters for the Nature Quest Fast Ceremony; volunteers / supporters will have the opportunity to participate in multiple Purification Lodges over the course of the four-day ceremony. Stay tuned for the dates. There are openings for 2 more people interested in Questing this year.

Have an idea for a retreat or gathering? Whether you wish to host your own event at TWS, introduce community with us, or collaborate with TWS, we’d love to hear from you! Reach out to us at events@tainowoods.com with your ideas and visions for 2025.

🌟 Join Our Growing Team!

Are you ready to deepen your involvement with Taino Woods Sanctuary? We need your help! Check out our team member openings in remote, hybrid, and in-person roles!

Whether you’re interested in leadership, event support, or ceremonial assistance, we invite you to join us in spreading the love and healing of TWS.

We are also seeking:

A grant writer to help us secure funding for continued growth and sustainability
A lawyer who wishes to assist TWS with any legal journeys
A gardener to help care for and nurture the land
A operations manager ensuring the sanctuary continues to thrive as a sacred space for all
A social media artist to be the voice of Taino Woods Sanctuary

If you feel called to support the sanctuary in these ways we truly need you, or in any other capacity, please email us at events@tainowoods.com.

To our PAID members —
We need you more than you know! Thank you – HAHOM! For nourishing the roots of Taino Woods Sanctuary.

Every member listed below has been added to our prayers, held with gratitude and intention.

This year 2026 your name will be added to our prayer ties, and hung in the Guanara Sweat Lodge, where you will be held in prayer and receive BLESSINGS each time we gather in the womb.

Those who feel called to step into PAID membership are also welcomed into this prayer circle, where what is given is returned in abundance, balance, and peace Han Hankatu! (let it be so)

Luciann Two Feathers
Jesse Akuniel
Jessica
Michie
Audra
Christian
Sam
Nadine
Melissa
Laurie
Nicole
Michelle
Asean
Harold
Jaharasann
Vanessa
Elizabeth
Torie
Veronica
Vernise
CarmenLeah
Savita
Jude
Aileen
Jackie
Roderick
Fahmida
Nicole
Olga
Ivey
Diana
Janiris
Edgardo

Tiffany
Winter
Nia
Taris
Judith
Jonathan
Dawn
fatimah
Maria
Dax
Yaqui
Julian
Nardy
Desmond
Victoria
Jorge
Daysi
Sarle’
Razz
Phyre
Sherry
Kat
emi
Yuky
Tay
Maxwell
Julissa
Wilson
Jason
Jessica
Somaliah
Guatu Ninaru (chantel)

Benefits of being a Paid Community Member!
Your membership supports the sanctuary’s growth and gives you access to exclusive gatherings and offerings. Don’t miss this opportunity—Join here today!

The Path of Community Paid Member

Full flow of ancestral knowledge and earliest access to new teachings, recorded wisdom, and facilitator workshops.

Priority registration for all sacred events and programs.

Full access to our inner circle community: Taino Social, to connect and support your Tribe.

Inclusion in special members-only events and sacred retreats. Ensures others can experience this connection.

Discounts on sacred merchandise and specific workshops. Free overnight on scheduled days.

💚 Supporting the Sanctuary

As we move into the new year, we are filled with appreciation for all who have supported Taino Woods Sanctuary in every way. If you are willing and able, we invite you to continue supporting our sacred work by making a donation. Every contribution, big or small, sustains our vision of healing and connection. If you’ve been to the land then you know how special it is, more importantly how it makes you feel.

Let’s spread that by paying it forward –>Donate Here

🙏Hahom!

We could not have achieved the successes and loving energy of 2025 without each and every one of you. From all of us at Taino Woods Sanctuary, we send you our love, gratitude, and blessings for a joyful and abundant 2026.

Let’s continue walking this sacred path together.

In Calm-Unity and Reverence,
The Taino Woods Sanctuary Familia
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