Soul Sanctuary Franklin
A Monthly Sacred Circle for Women to Gather, Breathe, Share, and Connect Soul to Soul.
Beginning February 17th, 2026 | Franklin, TN
Soul Sanctuary Franklin is a sacred, intentional, and creative space for women longing for authenticity, depth, and a place to cultivate community.
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A place to exhale.
A place to be witnessed.
A place to come home to yourself, together.
Each month, we gather in circle to cultivate courage, tend to our souls, and nourish the soul of our community through breath, somatic writing, shared presence, and meaningful connection.
This Space Is for You If…
You are a woman who desires:
✦ More expression and less suppression
✦ Permission to be fully yourself—without masks or roles
✦ Deeper connection instead of surface-level interaction
✦ A life rooted in joy, expression, and inner authority
✦ A community that feels safe, intentional, and real
If you’re craving a place where you don’t have to explain yourself…
If your soul has been quietly (or loudly) asking for more…
Join us in this unique space.
Let this be your monthly soul sanctuary, and allow the medicine of this space to gently ripple into your work, your relationships, your dreams, and the wider community you’re part of.
If you’re tired of carrying everything alone…
What Happens in a Soul Sanctuary Circle
Each gathering is intentionally simple.
Together, we will:
✦ Slow down and drop into the body
✦ Take deeper breaths and recalibrate our nervous systems
✦ Use somatic writing to access our inner world
✦ Engage in group shares—always optional, always honored
✦ Listen with presence and without judgment
The power of this space lives in its simplicity.
You are invited to arrive exactly as you are.
Why Circles Matter, Especially Now
So much of modern life trains us to stay in motion, to hide our grief, and to handle everything alone.
We scroll.
We consume.
We gather information.
But information doesn’t transform us.
We transform in relationship.
We change when we are witnessed in our authenticity.
We heal in community.
Circles are how we stay curious and human amidst constant chaos.
Where clarity returns to bodies that have been hypervigilant for too long.
Where people remember they don’t have to walk alone.
Circles are how communities remember who they are, soul to soul.
Why Soul Sanctuary?
In 2012, I walked into a recovery meeting in Los Angeles and sat in a circle of women sharing their stories.
I listened as truth after truth, share after share, left me open, terrified, and healing all at once.
Just real. No masks. No performance.
I didn’t have a dramatic rock bottom drinking story.
I simply wanted to know who I was without numbing.
I wanted to learn how to feel (and stay) when life felt hard.
I wanted to hear what my inner voice had been trying to say all along.
The first thing I remember from those circles was the instant knowing I would create sacred spaces for truth-telling and connection. That this was part of my calling.
I also remember feeling like I didn’t belong. But I sat with the feeling and kept showing up.
Until one day, I heard a story that sounded like mine, and it felt like an outstretched hand.
That was the moment everything shifted.
I stopped comparing details and judging my own story of being too much or not enough and started listening to what connected us.
There are no small lives.
There are no small stories.
Each of our stories carries its own frequency and medicine.
When shared in safe spaces, they heal us and become a lifeline for someone else.
It’s creating space to nourish and nurture your soul and let it ripple out into the soul of the community.
From Calling to Creation
Since 2012, I’ve been in more circles than I can count, each one guiding me back to wholeness. In 2016, I began creating spaces for women to show up without performance, root into their authenticity, and experience soul-to-soul connection.
My first circles were with young girls in Los Angeles, then women and the first Soul Sanctuary (then called Soul Sessions) launched in 2017.
After moving to Franklin, in 2018, I’ve continued creating sacred spaces for healing, hope, and inspiration, spaces rooted in authenticity, connection, and joy.
Neuroscience confirms what we already know in our bodies:
When we share our stories in safe, non-judgmental spaces with empathetic witnesses, our brains (and our lives) change.
This is how authentic relationships are built.
This is how interdependent communities are formed.
There is no going it alone anymore.
“What Laura has done for our community of women is outstanding.”
Offering the invitation and creating the space for us to come together and be authentic …was and is something it seems we are all hungry for. Laura is an eloquent speaker, generous in her sharing, loving in spirit and I will continue to share this with others. Laura gave us something we truly needed.
— Brooke C.
What This Space Asks of You
This space asks you to bring:
✦ Your presence
✦ Your honesty
✦ Your heart
✦ Your courage
✦ A desire to create real community
In return, you’ll leave feeling:
✦ More grounded
✦ More courageous
✦ More connected
✦ More free
✦ More yourself
✦ More supported
✦ More possible
This is a space where women are seen, supported, and celebrated.
Together, we:
✦ Listen without fixing
✦ Speak from the heart
✦ Slow down and find our own rhythm
✦ Come back into the body
✦ Find ourselves—and one another
Soul Sanctuary Is an Invitation
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An invitation to slow down.
To be seen.
To remember you don’t have to do life alone.
Soul Sanctuary is where we tend to our souls—and the soul of our community.
We’d love to welcome you into circle.
Join us for our first gathering on February 17th. ✨
First Circle is $35 with an invitation to a 6-month commitment if aligned.
Gatherings are on Tuesday evenings 6:00-8:00pm in historic downtown Franklin
Flow of the evening begins with time to drop in, circle share, journaling, reflections and community care.
Future dates: February 17th, March 17th, April 14th, May 19th, June 16th, July 14th, August 18th, September 15th, October 13th, November 17th & December 15th
Meet Your Guides
Meet Laura
Laura is a spiritual coach, creative and guide devoted to creating safe and sacred spaces for women who are done striving and pushing, ready to trust their innate brilliance and bodies and boldly create from their own inner resistance (AKA JOY).
After 22 years living in Los Angeles, Laura moved to Franklin, TN, in 2018, not that far from her childhood home in AR. Moving to Franklin answered a soul call, and saying yes to this community was the deep nourishment and space her family and soul needed for their next chapter.
Her work spans over a decade of circle facilitation, coaching, retreats, and leadership within transformational organizations. At the heart of everything she does is a devotion to helping people remember they are extraordinary—and that their presence is medicine.
She’s excited to welcome Allie Freemon to come alongside and support Soul Sanctuary Franklin. What she loves most about Allie is her devotion to FUN, insatiable curiosity, energy for life and the deepest biggest heart!
Meet Allie
Allie is a lifelong connector, artist at heart, and has a passion for authentic connection and community.
As a Franklin native of over 23 years, she’s seen this community grow and change.
As a natural connector, she’s always connecting those she meets with someone “they need to know”. For years she hosted creative gatherings and one-conversation dinners, bringing people together.
Attending one of Laura’s retreats in 2024, was a turning point. Kindred spirits emerged as well as their natural gifts of connection and a shared devotion to creating spaces where magic and humanity coexist.
Allie is excited to be a part of Soul Sanctuary, nurturing this unique space and the soul of this community.
What she shares about Laura & Soul Sanctuary:
How to describe an anomaly???
Laura is a light, a guide, a safe place, a connector to our parts.
I think of myself as my favorite insect, the Lightning Bug. Ever mindful of my butt light : ) in all situations. To me this represents my truest self. One that existed before the world told me who to be & who not to be. Before the scars of life & its subsequent defenses evolved.
Laura saw my light & celebrated it, encouraged it. I began to believe again in my uniqueness, releasing the echos & hurts that kept me small.
I realize now that to be in the company of other bright lights is more than healing. It’s where miracles happen.
May we all discover our Big Beautiful Butt Lights and shine together!✨
Disclaimers
✦ Soul Sanctuary is inclusive and honors all faith paths. It is not affiliated with any religion.
✦ This gathering is not coaching or therapy, though healing, insight, transformation and deeper connection to yourself and others may occur naturally in this space.
✦ Once you register, you’ll receive an email with all details.
“Dancing, singing, storytelling and silence are the four universal healing salves and where we have stopped them is where we have experienced the loss of soul.”
GABRIELLE ROTH
Located in Franklin, Tennessee, © 2026 Laura Lee. All Rights Reserved.