How Holistica Was Born

“A love story between community, real estate, and radical transformation.

The seeds of Holistica were planted not in a boardroom, but around bonfires. In shared kitchens. & on dusty dance floors beneath desert stars.

Because out of all of the modalities, practices & medicines I’ve sat with…the one that has shaped and changed me the most for the better has been living in community.

For years, I lived the questions that many now find themselves asking: What if home could mean more than four walls? What does family look like in an era where the nuclear family model is bcoming extinct? What does it mean to ressurrect the meaning of ‘village’ and community? What if real estate could actually bring us back to what’s real?

My life changed when I stepped through the doorway into through the transformational world of Burning Man culture, where radical expression, co-creation, community and shared stewardship weren’t just ideas… they were lived values. I saw first-hand how space shapes spirit. How architecture, art, and community can alchemize healing.

This journey to the desert informed my desire to surround myself with creatives, visionaries and wild ones by co-founding The Lighthouse, Vancouver’s first collective mansion. Soon, these once-empty mansions across the city began to fill with vibrant communities inspired by our example—sparking a movement of entrepreneurs co-living in revolutionary shared spaces designed for connection, creativity, and collective growth.

I then pursued a degree in Environmental Design, planning to follow a path into urban planning and transform the way we design cities. While my career path took me instead on a deep dive into personal growth and sacred sexuality as a career path—my vision reignited when I began hosting transformational retreats around the world—experiences designed to awaken the soul, unravel old stories, and call people home to themselves.

Burning Man circa 2014

The stone circle at Inspiral Community Mansion in Vancouver circa 2015

Again and again, I witnessed what happened when we gather with intention: Whether in retreats, in collective community, or on a dancefloor— We transform.

But too often, these powerful moments exist in fleeting containers. The question haunted me: What if the retreat never had to end?

As the dream of the nuclear family becomes endangered, something new is desiring to take it’s place. A structure, a support and a community that supports fluidity, that honours diversity, and and brings us home to an embodied awareness of interdependence.

Into the Heart gathering at The Chalice Mansion in Vancouver 2025

That’s when the vision crystallized: to build a bridge between transformational retreat culture, collective living, and conscious real estate investments. A new model where beautiful, soulful properties are not only places of rest and retreat, but also shared sanctuaries of belonging, ownership, and passive prosperity.

Holistica is the answer to that call. A way to co-own iconic properties in sacred landscapes—without the burden of full-time upkeep—while participating in a living, breathing ecosystem of gatherings, creativity, and healing.

It’s a new paradigm:

• Where home is a temple.

• Where wealth is shared.

• And where land becomes a portal for transformation.

  This isn’t just about acquiring real estate. It’s about returning home—to each other.”

- Amy Muranetz, Founder of Holistica Properties