Anchor Crystal Nations Collective

Land, Infrastructure & Retreat Foundation

Founder: Yahira Lobos

Crystal Nations Collective is a land-based community initiative rooted in earth stewardship, recovery-informed education, ceremony, and sustainable living.

I’m Yahira Lobos, founder of Crystal Nations Collective and a long-time facilitator of Rainbow Medicine Wheels built across North America. For over 13 years, I have volunteered my time, skills, and leadership to community spaces centered on healing, recovery, mental health advocacy, and reconnection with the land.

This work has always been mobile, relational, and service-based.

Now, at 54 years old, it is time to ground it into land, infrastructure, and a permanent foundation.

This fundraiser exists to do exactly that.

The Vision

Crystal Nations Collective is stewarding a land-based retreat and education model designed to:

Host small, intentional healing retreats

Build and maintain a Rainbow Medicine Wheel on the land

Facilitate fire purification ceremonies, prayer, and ritual

Offer workshops, potlucks, lectures, and seasonal gatherings

Support youth, families, and neurodivergent individuals in recovery

Provide a safe, regulated environment for nervous-system healing and reconnection with nature

The land will be stewarded respectfully and non-invasively, responding to the needs of the ecosystem itself.

Long-Term Blueprint: The Crystal City (Eco-Village Model)

Crystal Nations Collective carries a long-range blueprint for a small-scale eco-village, referred to as a Crystal City — not a fantasy city, but a practical demonstration model for sustainable living.

This includes:

Earth-based structures (earthships, hempcrete, air-crete)

Ethical use of gemstones as structural and educational elements

A food forest

Animal sanctuary or foster support (horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, dogs — based on land needs)

Non-extractive, regenerative land practices

Education in sustainability, stewardship, and community governance

The goal is not expansion — it is demonstration:

A grounded, sovereign model of how humans can live with land, not on top of it.

Why Now

For 35 years, I have carried this vision through lived experience, recovery, training, and service.

I am certified in nine healing and educational modalities and have spent decades facilitating spaces of healing, reflection, and community connection.

The next phase of this work requires stability:

A safe home base in nature

Transportation for materials and people

Legal nonprofit structure

Storage, preparation, and retreat infrastructure

This is not about lifestyle.

It is about capacity, safety, and longevity.

Fundraising Goal: $33,000

This funding anchors the foundation so Crystal Nations Collective can move from mobile service to land-based stewardship.

Use of Funds:

$7,000 — Ethical materials & stones

For building Rainbow Medicine Wheels and educational crystalline grid sets.

$5,000 — Housing / RV / Land Base

A quiet, clean, safe space in nature to live, prepare retreats, and steward the land.

$5,000 — Reliable 4x4 Truck

For transporting stones, supplies, and ceremonial materials safely.

$3,000 — Travel & Relocation

Santa Fe → Payson → Tucson (fuel, lodging, logistics).

$5,000 — Driver’s License Reinstatement

Legal requirements for safety, independence, and operation.

$3,000 — Nonprofit Formation & Website

Legal incorporation, compliance, and a foundational online presence.

$5,000 — Stability & Contingency Buffer

Protection against delays, deposits, or unexpected costs.

What You’re Supporting

You are supporting:

A land-based healing and education model

Long-term volunteer-rooted leadership transitioning into stewardship

Recovery-informed, neurodivergent-inclusive spaces

Ethical ceremony, education, and sustainability practices

A nonprofit designed to give back, not extract

All funds will be used strictly for the purposes outlined. Updates will be shared throughout the process.

Closing

After 13 years of volunteer service and 35 years of lived experience, it is time to ground the vision — responsibly, legally, and sustainably.

If you feel aligned, your donation or share helps Crystal Nations Collective take root.

With gratitude,

Yahira Lobos

Founder & Steward

Crystal Nations Collective