Aspen & Elder
A come-as-you-are gathering place in Sacramento for workshops and classes. Rooted together.
The Vision
Help me raise $15k to open the doors!
Aspen trees don't grow alone. What looks like a forest of separate trunks is actually one living thing, holding everyone up through a single root system underground. That's Aspen & Elder: a Sacramento gathering place where the village is rooted together. It's a warm, come-as-you-are space for workshops, classes, and connection—soundbaths and movement classes, hands-on craft nights with local makers, talks, skill-shares, circles, and a little nook of goods from the people who make this community what it is. It isn't built for one kind of person. It's a village—for parents and the child-free, for elders and young folks, for queer folks and quiet folks and everyone in between. Wherever you are in your becoming, there's a chair here for you.
To bring Aspen & Elder to life, your support will help cover rent, deposit, and a cushion for the first month, set up the studio with chairs, worktables, yoga mats, craft supplies, create a makers' nook with shelving and cozy touches, and cover licenses, insurance, and launch costs. Every contribution helps build a space for the community to gather, learn, and grow together.
Fundraising Tiers
Seed — $25
A heartfelt thank-you and a first-look invitation to opening day.
Sapling — $50
Everything above, plus: one free class pass to use on any drop-in class in our first season.
Take Root — $150
Everything above, plus: a 3-class pass, and member pricing (10% off) on classes and workshops for your entire first year.
Grove Keeper — $500
Everything above, plus: host your own workshop or class in the space — free. One session in your first year, your topic, your people, our room. The space is yours for the day.
Elder — $1,000
Everything above, plus: a full year of membership (member pricing + early booking on every class and event).
Cornerstone — $2,500
Everything above, plus: bring a friend onto your membership.
Rewards are subject to scheduling and availability; the host-a-workshop perk is for one session within the first year; class passes are valid for 12 months from opening day. Membership perks begin when we open.
If you've ever wished for a place to land—a space to gather, create, and connect—Aspen & Elder is for you. We can't open the doors without your support. Every gift, of any size, plants a root and helps us grow something big enough to hold all of us. If donating isn't possible, sharing this fundraiser means just as much. Thank you for helping us build a village where everyone belongs. However you arrive here—we're so glad you came.
Create and be the Village
Meet Your Teachers
These are just a few of the amazing practitioners/makers who want to host classes and workshops at Aspen & Elder.
With your help, we can make this a reality!
Ariel Sudds
My name is Aerial Sudds, I am the founder of Aligned Healing, I specialize in Somatic Rehabilitation — a trauma-informed approach to bodywork that supports nervous system healing, emotional release, and physical recovery.
Aligned Healing
Tanicia BaynesWild and RootedThe Rooted Experience is a dedication to creating authentic relationships with our Self, others, and the world at large by having access to a breadth of powerful & respectable healers.
In addition to The Rooted Experience, I also work with women in an intimate 1:1 experience that focuses on accessing & reweaving unconscious beliefs and creating new neural pathways that become the foundation for radical self-love.
Dr. Antonella Aguilera-Ruiz
You may have seen multiple doctors and know that the root cause isn’t being addressed. You’re ready for your story to be taken seriously and for someone to listen carefully with kindness and compassion. And most importantly, you’d like a roadmap to return to health so that your life can expand again.
Wild Lemon Health
Winds of ChangeRiva Jean-Paul
In today’s fast-paced, high-pressure professional environments, it’s more important than ever to create cultures of safety, connection, and resilience. Whether you're in education, mental health, community support, or organizational leadership, trauma-informed training isn't a luxury—it's essential.
Each offering is rooted in somatic awareness, trauma-informed principles, and a feminine approach to leadership that honors nervous system care, boundary-setting, and collaborative culture building.
Jessica AirhartI am here to support you with personalized, compassionate massage therapy focused on supporting you in feeling at home in your bodi. I look forward to working with you as you discover what that means to you.
Nurtured Embodiment
CassieHeyo! I’m Cassie, the heart and hands behind Foster Goodness Esthetics, located in the sweet little sanctuary in Midtown, right in the heart of Sacramento.
I share life with my incredibly supportive partner—who has lovingly attended every funeral and rebirth of my becoming—and two weird-ass wiener dogs who keep things delightfully chaotic.
Before becoming an esthetician, I spent over a decade working in community resourcing, mental health, and family advocacy throughout Sacramento and LA. That time deeply shaped my approach to care, rooting everything I do in trauma-informed practice, deep listening, and radical softness.
Always learning. Always evolving. Always here, in love and reverence.
Foster Goodness