Arrival
You arrive. The valley receives you. What happens next does not announce itself.
The Ninth Ray
Return to the Source
Ojai, California34.4483° N 119.2929° W
The Land
89 acres in the mountains of Ojai, on the edge of the Los Padres
The Ceremony
Drawn from specific lineages. Held with precision.
The Apothecary
Botanical preparations rooted in this valley
The Circle
Ten guests. By application. Nothing templated.
The Ninth Ray is a living environment — a private estate, a ceremonial field, and an apothecary rooted in the specific intelligence of Ojai’s valley.
It exists for those who have arrived at the edge of what they know — and sense something further.
Not more information. Not more optimization. A return to the source of their clarity, their direction, their creative authority.
Nothing here is explained before it is experienced.
The Arc
What happens here.
The land receives what arrives here.
What falls away first is the noise — the accumulated pressure of performance, output, and expectation. What remains is harder to name, and more useful.
Every gathering is designed around a single question:
what becomes possible when the conditions are right?
The Days
Ceremony at dawn. Plant medicine in a sacred circle. Equine therapy in the morning stillness. Sound healing that the body receives before the mind does. Long meals from the orchard and herb garden. The canyon in the afternoon heat. Conversations that go somewhere real. Space that does not fill itself.
The Return
You leave with what was always yours. The noise finds you again, eventually. But something has shifted in how it lands.
Upcoming
The gatherings.
Each gathering is private, invitation-based, and limited to ten guests. What follows is currently open for application.
June 15–19, 2026
Founders & Leaders
Ojai, California4 nights / 5 days
Ten guests. For those who have built what they set out to build — and find themselves at the edge of something further.
August 11–15, 2026
Creative Producers Circle
Ojai, California4 nights / 5 days
Ten guests. For those who have found their voice — and sense something deeper wanting to come through it.
The Estate
The land is the primary material.
89Acres
01Historic Ranch
10Guests
In the mountains of Ojai, on the edge of the Los Padres National Forest. A historic horse ranch. The land is not a setting — it is the primary material of every experience held here.
The property is closed to the public. Access is by invitation or application only.
Trails & open landscapeEquine therapyLake · river · creek
Organic citrus orchardMedicinal herb gardenCeremony space
Meditation gardensSauna & ice bathBodywork rooms
Salt room & frequency healingPrivate cottage & pod accommodations
Each evening, the sun sets behind the Topa Topa mountains. The eastern cliffs turn a deep rose. It lasts perhaps ten minutes. Guests stop what they are doing.
This has always happened here. It will happen whether anyone is watching or not.
The Studio
Music is part of the medicine.
One of the most technically advanced recording environments in the world — set inside 89 acres of ancient forest, with direct views of the Topa Topa ridgeline and the particular silence that Ojai holds between its canyon walls.
Every ceremony has a sound. The land has a frequency. The body, restored to itself, finds its note again. The studio is where what emerged in ceremony — what the silence revealed, what the plant medicine unlocked, what the land tuned — becomes permanent.
Guests may record privately: original work, improvisation, voice, or simply sound. Sessions are held with the same intentionality as the ceremonies themselves.
Some things can only be said in music. Here, there is a room built to receive them.
Private Recording Sessions
Available to all guests throughout the gathering. State-of-the-art equipment. Acoustic design calibrated for both precision and atmosphere. The forest is not outside the studio. It is part of it.
Sound as Medicine
Sound healing is woven throughout the gathering — singing bowls, tuning forks, vibrational therapy, immersive sound baths. The body receives frequency before the mind interprets it. Restoration begins in resonance.
Music as Ceremony
Live musicians are present throughout the gathering. Campfire and communal music. The shared frequency of voices and instruments in an open field. What begins as listening becomes participation. What begins as participation becomes release.
From silence — to sound — to what endures.
What is available
Every element, the same question.
Does this serve what is trying to emerge?
Ceremony
Plant medicine ceremony — legally sanctioned, ceremonially held, the anchor of the gathering. Fire ceremony. Cacao ceremony. Kambo (Frog Medicine). Each held within a clear container, with full preparation and integration support.
Breathwork & Somatic
Pranayama. Guided breathwork. Nervous system regulation. Somatic Experiencing. Craniosacral therapy. The body restored to its own intelligence, without force.
Sound & Frequency
Sound healing — singing bowls, tuning forks, immersive sound bath. Vibrational medicine the body receives before the mind interprets it. Live music throughout. Private studio sessions. The valley has a frequency. Here, you learn to hear it.
Movement & Stillness
Yoga Nidra. Nature meditation. Yoga and morning movement. Equine therapy — the horse as mirror, as presence, as teacher in a language older than words.
Ayurveda & Botanical
Ayurvedic treatments and therapeutic bodywork by Surya Ayurveda. Medicinal herb garden walks. Botanical preparations from the apothecary, drawn from the specific plants of this valley.
Restoration
Sauna and ice bath. Salt room. Frequency healing. Three daily meals prepared by private chef, sourced from the estate’s orchard and herb garden. The body held as carefully as the ceremony.
Optional
Craniosacral treatments. Frequency healing. Kayaking and paddleboarding. Extended time on the land. Choose your own rhythm. Nothing is required.
Optional
A portrait of the self at the threshold.
05Days
03Wearables
08Panels
The Ninth Ray offers an optional biodiagnostic package for those who want to understand, in measurable terms, what this experience does to the body, the brain, and the biology beneath performance.
This is not a clinical program. It is a portrait. A before-and-after record of where you were when you arrived, and what shifted while you were here.
What you measure before, you understand differently after.
The Wearables — Yours to Keep
01
Oura Ring 4
Sleep architecture, HRV, resting heart rate, skin temperature, readiness score, SpO2, and stress resilience. Worn continuously throughout the five days.
02
Polar H10 HRV Monitor
Beat-to-beat heart rate variability, autonomic nervous system load and recovery. The body’s most honest account of how it is actually doing beneath the surface.
03
Muse S EEG Headband
Real-time brainwave analysis across alpha, beta, delta, and theta states. Meditation depth, stress signatures, cognitive state. Worn during breathwork, ceremony, and rest.
The Panels — A Complete Biological Portrait
Eight integrated diagnostic panels, collected before arrival and repeated after departure.
01
Advanced Blood Biomarker Panel
Hormones, inflammation markers, cardiovascular risk, metabolic health, vitamins and minerals.
02
Comprehensive Hormone Panel (DUTCH)
Cortisol rhythm, DHEA, estrogen metabolites, testosterone metabolism, melatonin, full HPA-axis function.
03
Biological Age / Epigenetic Test
DNA methylation age, PhenoAge delta, DunedinPACE aging score. What your cells believe your age to be, independent of the calendar.
04
Microbiome Analysis
Gut diversity, keystone species, gut-brain axis inflammation markers. The second nervous system, mapped.
05
Full Genomic / Longevity Panel
Longevity SNPs, APOE status, methylation variants, detoxification pathways. The blueprint, read clearly.
06
Organic Acids Test
Mitochondrial metabolism, neurotransmitter metabolites, energy metabolism intermediates.
07
Heavy Metals Panel
Mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium. Acute and chronic exposure, contextualized.
08
5-Day Continuous Glucose Monitor
Glucose measured every five minutes throughout the gathering. The body’s real-time response to ceremony, breathwork, and stillness.
PreDuringPost
The biodiagnostic package is designed across three windows: before arrival, during the gathering, and after return. The comparison is the data.
For those who want clinical interpretation, Dr. Dan Engle, Medical Director of The Ninth Ray, is available for a dedicated consultation.
Five days. A complete portrait. Yours to keep.
OptionalAvailable to all guestsResults private to the guest
Those who have been here
It opens something you can't access through effort alone.
Nick Sansone
Our Story
Created from a simple recognition.
Most people do not need more information. They need space to hear themselves again.
What began as a private inquiry into healing, consciousness, and human potential became something harder to name — and more necessary. A place designed not to deliver an outcome, but to establish the conditions in which something real can emerge.
Set in the mountains of Ojai, The Ninth Ray exists at the convergence of ancient ceremonial practice, nervous system restoration, the resonance of a world-class recording environment, and the deep intelligence of a specific piece of land. The valley has its own curriculum. Every experience here is a translation of what it knows.
It is, above all, an environment.
Built for creators, founders, artists, and visionaries who have achieved what they set out to achieve — and find themselves called toward something further. Not optimization. Not performance. A return to the source of their clarity, their direction, their creative authority.
Nothing here is accidental. Nothing is rushed. Every element has been chosen with the same question: does this serve what is trying to emerge?
Founded by
Brandee Sabella
Damien Sabella
Medical Director
Dr. Dan Engle
Ayurveda
Marta Soffer
Surya Ayurveda
The Apothecary
Every object is a threshold.
The Ninth Ray apothecary produces botanical preparations, ritual tools, and material objects drawn from the specific plants, minerals, and traditions of this valley.
Nothing added unnecessarily, nothing synthetic, nothing that did not first come from the land.
The Ninth Ray
By Application Only
Ojai, California34.4483° N 119.2929° WElevation 745 ft