History

The Awakening Sanctuary, Inc. was birthed in 1997 from a vision of co-creating with spirit a sacred sanctuary space for all life. The Sanctuary is committed to sustainable practices which honor and respect the interconnectedness and sacredness of all life. Further, the Sanctuary networks with other individuals, groups, organizations and communities throughout the world that promote health, spirituality, consciousness and community.

The founders, Julie Windsong and Paul Kervick offer over fifty years of experience as practioners in the spirit, mind and body fields.

Julie Windsong Kervick, BDiv. has been a body-mind and spiritual educator since 1974. She has been an ordained minister through the Universal Brotherhood Movement, Inc. an interfaith ministry since 1984. She is an international workshop facilitator and language consultant. As a communications consultant and spiritual mentor, she teaches conscious languaging which respects its effect on physical and spiritual dimensions. Julie has been a certified practitioner in the body-mind healing arts. Julie attended Skidmore College and the Boston Museum Art School and has taught in colleges and universities throughout New England. In 1977 she founded Pathways To Well Being the first holistic health center in New England. She was a co-founder and Director of the Awakening Center for Transformative Therapies and the Healing Arts in Shelburne, Vt. Julie is currently founder and Director of the Awakening Sanctuary, Inc.


Paul K. Kervick, BDiv., BS., MA. Is an ordained minister, educator and counselor. Paul received his bachelors in business from Babson College, his Masters in Education/Counseling from the University of Rhode Island and was ordained through the Universal Brotherhood Movement, Inc. an interfaith ministry in 1984. Paul was a founder/Director of New Beginnings, Inc. the first birthing center in New England, and was co-founder/Director of a k-8 private school. He was a co-founder and Director of the Awakening Center for Transformative Therapies and The Healing Arts in Shelburne, Vt. He has taught numerous workshops and classes at Burlington College in Burlington, Vt. He has over twenty years of teaching and metaphysical experience. Currently, Paul is founder/Director of Awakening Sanctuary, Inc.