Mountain Ranch, Calaveras County, California

Music and Healing Arts

To raise the collective vibration by any means necessary.

I started this because most people are carrying something good that hasn't had room to come out yet. In plain words, that means work with dignity, music, time outdoors, and a way to find help when life gets heavy.

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Honest status: we are a forming nonprofit. We do not have 501(c)(3) status yet.

What "raise the collective vibration" means to me

It is a big phrase for simple things. People feel better when they have something useful to do, music to share, fresh air, and neighbors who show up. When enough of that happens in one place, the whole place feels different. That is what I am after, one small practical project at a time.

Four things we are working on

Vetspresso and Vetdog

A lean coffee and hot dog cart that gives local veterans paid or stipended work, and gives neighbors a friendly place to stop and talk.

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Wellness and Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy with a Clinical Certified Hypnotherapist, mostly over Zoom. Wellness support, not medical or psychological treatment.

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Outdoor School and Music

Affordable outdoor learning, music, and healing arts classes in Mountain Ranch. Suggested donations, so money is never the door fee.

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Community Recovery Pathway

A small first step: help people find licensed care, peer company, and practical next steps. Support, not treatment, and not about changing any law.

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How I try to run this

  • Small and real. I would rather do one thing well in one town than promise the moon.
  • Straight about money. We say plainly where we stand, what a gift is for, and what we spent.
  • Local first. Calaveras, Amador, and Tuolumne counties are home.
  • Everyone is welcome. You belong here as you are, and no one is turned away for not being able to pay.
John's music room in Mountain Ranch: drums, upright bass, guitars, banjos, dulcimers, trombone and djembe in front of a tie-dye peace sign tapestry, beside the wood stove
The music room in Mountain Ranch.

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