Julian Ranch Mission and Team
A Catalyst for Positive Change
Julian Ranch is a rare and exceptional place, located in a beautiful and remarkable part of our planet.
Because of our wonderful property, we at the Ranch have an unusual opportunity to become a catalyst for positive change for many people. That is our purpose and goal.
The Julian Ranch mission is to be a catalyst for permanent positive change in the world and permanent change for good in individual lives by providing a nurturing, healing environment, exceptional lodging, and delicious, healthy cuisine for our Guests.
It is our intent that while you are at Julian Ranch you will experience and be able to practice good thought, good action, good mental and physical health, good work, and good fun!
We hope the good memories and good friends you make at Julian Ranch will be a foundation on which you will build an even better life.
Emily shaules, Ranch Manager and Director of Guest Services
emily@thejulianranch.com
Emily Shaules is Ranch Manager and Director of Guest Services at Julian Ranch.
Emily graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in 2001 and shortly afterwards, her health fell apart. On 25 pills a day by the time she was 30, Emily knew she had to dramatically change her life in order to heal and be happy.
Since then, Emily has chased her dreams to become a published author, TEDx speaker, professional actor, coach, and founder/CEO of a healthy energy bar company. She also educated herself on natural health, meditation, breathwork, supplementation, and other ways to heal the body, mind, and spirit, sharing with others as she went.
Throughout her journey, Emily has envisioned co-creating a place where people could come away from their normal daily lives, to focus on their wellness journey. The Julian Ranch is the culmination of decades of work from Emily and everyone involved at the Ranch. https://emilyshaules.com/
Ashley Burnell, Chef and Director of Wellness Retreats
ashley@thejulianranch.com
Ashley’s interest in health began at a young age when she witnessed the ill effects poor eating and lifestyle habits had on those she loved the most. A diet of highly processed foods led to her suffering chronic fatigue, asthma, bursitis, leaky gut, severe anxiety and depression (just to name a few) by the time she was 18 years old. By grace, she was led to several books on the power of raw food, juicing, and a plant based diet that empowered her to make a radical change in her lifestyle.
Ashley later became a Certified Living on Live Foods chef, teacher and instructor, and worked as a personal chef to many across the country offering therapeutic cuisine as well as providing health coaching and teaching food prep classes. She also worked as a chef at the world-famous Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, AZ where she was trained in Spiritual Nutrition and Conscious Eating.
She also served as Head Chef and Kitchen Manager at the Creative Health Institute in Union City, MI (a Dr. Ann Wigmore based healing center) and an alternative cancer healing center in Mesa, AZ. Ashley also was part of the team that opened a Cafe Gratitude in Kansas City, MO.
"It is my deepest joy to reconnect people to the power of Spirit through natural remedies, cuisine and lifestyle practices. I LOVE to share what’s POSSIBLE by creating plant based cuisine and botanical medicine offerings that amaze and enliven people in the world of flavor, color, and texture…not to mention the experience of non causal joy, peace, and contentment that come from receiving the wisdom, super powers, and healing properties these plants impart to us.".
John Quirk, Advisor
yoga and meditation teacher
John Quirk, founder of SoCal Wellness Retreats, is a strategic partner with Julian Ranch. John serves as an advisor to the Ranch on our overall retreat and event calendar.
Moving from corporate life as a television producer into teaching yoga and meditation full time in 2014, John possesses a unique mix of being a quick thinking leader and a carefully listening student.
John began a rigorous full-time teaching schedule of around 20 classes a week throughout New York and New Jersey, and eventually decided he needed to take a break. He decided to venture to Costa Rica and the more people he told about the trip, the more people wanted to go. Without knowing what a yoga retreat was, he was leading one and that trip changed his guests' lives and his own in a profound way. It led to him leading impactful yoga and wellness retreats around the world and eventually moving to San Diego.
John now leads a retreat a month in Southern California and continues to look for the best places around the world the bring people for healing. John and his team have provided retreats in San Diego for folks from around the world from all different backgrounds and it is his goal to turn San Diego into a haven for growth, healing, and learning.
John's passion to teach has never wavered as he has now moved into teaching other leaders how to run their own transformational in-person events. John is also passionate about helping teachers and healers share their gifts and to make a great living doing it. John offers his time as a mentor to new teachers, teaches free classes in his community and works with rescue animals, animal rescue organizations and the local food bank in San Diego. His rescue dog Lola is his biggest fan! https://www.socalwellnessretreats.com/
