Jaymie Friesen is co-founder of Azhen Sanctuary, a 160 acre off-grid wonderland just outside of Terrace, BC, boasting retreats, AirBnB, regenerative farming, and their very own hot-cold therapy spa much like our own.

Jaymie has indigeneous routes and grew up in Langely, BC, at times running with a tougher crowd. Working his way through an angry childhood with bouts of mental illness, he somehow found his way into the entrepreneurial world. Having either founded or been involved with multiple entrepreneurial endevours in the past, Jaymie eventually decided to begin the adventure that is Azhen Sanctuary with his brother two years ago.

The venture is very much in early stages, with some incredibly interesting methods to approach business and lifestyle. At the heart of it all, is the message that you can acquire land with zero money, then find ways to cashflow off the land, while also increasing the land’s value for your investors. None of it is easy, but with a bit of guidance and hard work, Azhen Sanctuary represents the opportunity to live a fulfilling and profitable alternative lifestyle.

Timestamps:

20:38 - regenerative food vs conventional food, trusting gut vs science

22:27 - how to build a pond

27:23 - power storage with ponds & solar power

30:03 - rapid fire questions

33:23 - indigenous approach, getting to know your land, saved him 300k

1:04:56 - past client stories

1:11:41 - hardest part of setting up

1:15:06 - worst client failure

1:23:26 - Jaymie’s depression, getting out of it

1:29:41 - Jaymie’s first business

1:38:41 - product businesses are hard

1:40:41 - first step to starting Azhen Sanctuary