The Butterfly Sanctuary is our Ceremonial Theatre Rehearsal Room in Craft and in Life.
Here, we offer an ancestral think tank and sanctuary space for the Spiritual Scholar & Planetary Artist in Residence.
In our Butterfly Sanctuary we:
- study, practise & play with the ancestral roots of our creative & activist practices
- sit in deep study, listening & research on the biggest questions sitting on our hearts and in front of humanity
- assist you through major initiations and (r)evolutions
current programming
FEB – MAY 2025
A 4-MONTH ANCESTRAL
THINK TANK & ARTIST RETREAT
Between February-May 2025,
we come together twice a month
to practise, develop & strengthen our
ANCESTRAL & CELESTIAL MEMORIES
of when we lived and died in thriving villages.
Study and Re-member your personal practices, principles & protocols of the thriving village that you find deep in the memory of your bones, body, stars, soul, lineage & communal technologies.
Ceremonial Theatre for the
Planetary Artist in Residence
In each session, Shaunga will bring a script for us to study from her live multiverse memoir, MAGICAL REALITY TV FOR THE REVOLUTION.
Through an art of script study & artistic energy healing that we call OPEN HEART SURGERY STORYTELLING…
…Our stories enliven the room to awaken & clarify your memories of the thriving village.
ANCESTRAL ORGANIZING
FOR LIBERATION
This retreat is for humans who want to see a world full of mass collective earth stewardship, in our lifetime.
As a think tank for the spiritual scholar, we receive council from our inner thriving village on the biggest questions & concerns currently sitting on our hearts, and in front of humanity.
We build language, power & collective understanding of ANCESTRAL ORGANIZING FOR LIBERATION.
We learn how our personal ancestor-guided movements are weaving with a bigger mission toward full-bodied planetary healing.
This gives our personal success more direction & support, as we deepen our connection to a greater collectivity.
By the end of the retreat, we will put together a collective storytelling altar, a living orchestra and/or communal mural full of our learnings and teachings.
what’s it like?
Shaunga shares what it’s like to be in ancestral artist retreat with us.
exact dates
| February 8 | February 22 |
| March 8 | March 22 |
| April 12 | April 26* |
| May 10 | May 24 |
| JUNE: special celebration, date TBD | *we may use this date in April to rest, if needed. |
The Butterfly Sanctuary
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🕸️ CEREMONIAL THEATRE
Learn more about our studio and our approach to ancestor-guided creation. EXPLORE>>
🔮 SPIRITUAL BACKGROUND
Learn more about Shaunga’s spiritual training and practice by visiting our ABOUT PAGE>>
🎙️ OUR LIVE MULTIVERSE MEMOIR
Browse our website homepage to learn more about Magical Reality TV for the Revolution. TAKE ME THERE>>
Check out our 2-week spin-off series
that launched our 2025 Butterfly Sanctuary
FOCUSED RESEARCH STUDY:
THE UNIVERSAL BADASS INCOME
It is essential that we have what we need to thrive on all levels, including the material.
I believe a Universal Basic Income is possible. Not through convincing our governments or the powers-that-be to give it to us, but to generate it ourselves through the power of community organizing.
I HAVE A VISION & BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO BUILD TOWARD A UNIVERSAL BADASS INCOME IN THE COMING YEARS.
THE BLUEPRINT SOLVES MANY PROBLEMS THAT CURRENTLY KEEP US STUCK IN OUTDATED, COLLAPSING PARADIGMS OF SPIRITUAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FUNDING THE ARTIST’S LIFE & COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING.
~35-minute podcast episode
LISTEN TO PART TWO
OF THE UNIVERSAL BADASS INCOME AKA
THE SPIDERWOMAN TECHNOLOGY
~54 minute youtube live stream
Learn more about our ever-evolving Community Garden for the Play-Full Revolutionary. LEARN MORE>>
LISTEN TO OUR TRAILER
we invite you to take in our trailer as a 7-minute sound healing meditation
READ THE TRAILER TRANSCRIPT HERE.
keep in touch with us!
Get to know Shaunga’s energy and how she holds space for the depth & breadth of our healing with compassion, nuance, a wise & light heart, and great reverence for our love stories with the Universe.
here are some themes we are currently exploring
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SURVIVORS NO LONGER CHAINED TO THEIR SUFFERING
Magical Reality TV uplifts Survivor-specific technologies in the creative process, memoir creation (of any genre), ceremonial entrepreneurship and ancestor retrieval process.
FROM OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY…
“YELLOW” (A PRIZMANIFESTO FOR SURVIVORS NO LONGER CHAINED TO THEIR SUFFERING) LISTEN NOW>>
“DON’T TOUCH ME” (A STORY OF SURVIVING SPIRITUAL PERSECUTION) LISTEN NOW>>
“GRIEF + RAGE CONJUNCTION” (WHEN SURVIVORSHIP & SOBRIETY FELL IN LOVE) LISTEN NOW>>
QUEER & TRANS HAPPY ENDINGS (“stories from my future“)
We prioritize the healing, thriving and happiness of queer and trans people, especially Black, Indigenous and people of colour. We have many published and unpublished scripts we may bring into the space on how Shaunga and her future partner learn to navigate:
- poly/non-monogamy dynamics in queer community
- sex and intimacy as two very different kinds of survivors
- conflict, repair and reparations
- disability, times of greater illness & many different kinds of transitions
- healing social trauma, building friendships, villages and movements
- more surprises!
FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY…
READY FOR A WILD RIDE? WHAT DOES “TIMELINE HEALING” & “WINNING” LOOK LIKE FROM THE EYES OF SHAUNGA & HER FUTURE PARTNER?
SIT BACK AND BUCKLE UP FOR OUR 2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, “WE ARE READY FOR LOVE (IN OUR LIFETIME)” LISTEN NOW>>
ANCESTRAL ORGANIZING FOR LIBERATION
How would grounding a perspective of ANCESTRAL ORGANIZING FOR LIBERATION strengthen our understanding of experiences of intimacy, collective and global relationships?
Would it change how we move through conflict, grief, transitions and endings?
Would it change how we embrace life, death & each other?
FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY…
“HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LOVED” (THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE LOVED?) LISTEN NOW>>
“WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT HUMANITY?” (A PSA) LISTEN NOW>>
“THE GALACTIC ROOTS OF GENOCIDE” (A MULTIVERSE HISTORY LESSON FROM LYRA) LISTEN NOW>>
“WHAT SACRIFICE REQUIRES” (FOR GLOBAL FREEDOM) WATCH NOW>>
HEART MEDICINE FOR GRIEVERS
Our greatest heart medicine is our practice that we call “The Revolutionary Heart” technology.
This is a way to understand our animal companions (in spirit or in body) as fierce protectors, collaborators and contributors to our lineage healing, and planetary mission as a whole.
As a speciality, we offer lessons from animal companion loss for Grievers and Dreamers of all kinds.
FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY…
“THIS IS YOUR BRAVE NEW START” (A STORY ABOUT A VENGEANCE DEMON TURNED HUMAN) LISTEN NOW>>
“THE WOLF WHO STOPPED TIME” (A MULTIVERSE HISTORY LESSON ABOUT WHY THE EARTH’S CORE STOPPED SPINNING DURING PLUTO IN CAPRICORN) LISTEN NOW>>
WHAT MAKES US WANT TO LIVE
In Magical Reality TV, you’ll find a narrator who quite often visits the edge of not knowing why she’s alive or why she should stay alive.
What makes us want to die? What makes us want to live? You won’t always find the answers, but you will find a Human who is steadfast in her commitment to the planet.
…Who time and again finds her way back to a sincere will to live wholeheartedly, without regret.
FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY…
“THE AKASHIC RECORDS AND ME” (OUR VERY FIRST EPISODE EVER!) LISTEN NOW>>
“VIRGO MIDHEAVEN” (SO YOU’LL NEVER BE BE JUST A MEMORY) LISTEN NOW>>
EXTRA STORIES FOR THE EXTRA NERDY
In each session Shaunga will allow Spirit to guide which scripts she brings in for study. Most will be our original creations.
However, it is highly possible she’ll bring in commentary on already existing beloved stories. We’ll do our best to offer spoiler warnings or protect those who are spoiler sensitive.
Here are some stories that might find their way into the conversation…
- Anything from the Buffy-verse (are you surprised?)
- Wizard of Oz / WICKED (again, are you surprised??)
- Agatha All Along
- Other stories from Marvel or Disney
- She-Ra, Princesses of Power
- other surprises!
Here are more gems from our Library that specifically share our practise of working with fictional characters as Ancestors & Accomplices on the road to Liberation:
WHAT CRISTINA YANG TAUGHT ME ABOUT OPEN HEART SURGERY STORYTELLING: LISTEN NOW>>
WHAT BUFFY & GILES TAUGHT ME ABOUT TIME LOOPS, ANIMAL COMPANION MEDICINE & TAKING BACK MY POWER (part one): LISTEN NOW>>
WHAT MIGHTY DUCKS 2 (& GILES) TAUGHT ME ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, PAST LIVES, WHY WE FIGHT AND WHY WE LIVE (part two): LISTEN NOW>>
WHAT NIKKI WOOD, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, TAUGHT ME ABOUT ASIAN SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK LIBERATION: LISTEN NOW>>
WHAT XANDER & CORDY TAUGHT ME ABOUT HOW (NOT) TO CAST A LOVE SPELL: LISTEN NOW>>