About us | Oasis of Change

ABOUT

Oasis of Change is an urban retreat, wellness center and organic farm that serves families and individuals in the community by offering a new way to have fun that puts you and your family’s health first.

The first of it's kind, Oasis of Change is a center that celebrates life and integrates all aspects of health. Our retreat center serves as community space, event space and medical practice.

AN EMPOWERMENT MODEL

At Oasis of Change members are encouraged to participate in self-guided and group activities. This community space is different because it is an environment designed for you! Our unique spaces encourage creative play and allows for variety.

By empowering individuals, our community becomes healthier and happier.

OUR FOUNDING TEAM

Dov Judd

Co-founder

Dov created Oasis of Change and his pediatric therapy practice, MOCO Movement Center with the same goal; to provide every child with an opportunity to explore and enjoy the world around them. Dov's career in pediatrics revealed an increase in genetic and chronic conditions, and a disconnect between families; time spent together, reliance on technology, and a disconnect between them and their food. Dov recognized the need for a fun and inclusive low cost alternative to the healthcare services he was providing. It has been his pleasure to take his practice to the field, quite literally, reconnecting individuals and families to the agriculture that sustains them. Creating adventures in food inspires a more thoughtful table and interest across generations. Join Dov in creating a more thoughtful table, and experience food like never before.

Kathryn Cannon

Co-founder

Kathryn created a food focused program that brings attention to thoughtful agriculture, intentional eating, and food exploration. Her respect for the environment and desire to be a steward of the earth was sparked while studying sustainable interior design where she obtained her LEED certification. Taking a more thoughtful approach to the way we inhabit and interact with the world around us continues to be at the center of everything she does. Kathryn's ability to create incredible personalized experiences that highlight the world around us stems from her career in tourism, most recently in Washington, DC. It was with great joy that she moved to Oregon to get her hands dirty and share her love of cooking, herbalism, and wellness with guests of Oasis of Change. Her dedication to sustainable living and restorative agriculture led her to tiny home life where she is an organic farmer, and supports the growth, marketing, and events for Oasis of Change.

THE STORY OF THE BEAR

The natural world is incredible and it is in observing the world around us that we learn the most. It was through our experience with a bear at the Oregon Coast that led us to select the bear as an image that represents Oasis of Change.

Bears are often thought of as pic-a-nic basket predators, occasionally as a friend of the forest (We love you, Smokey), but rarely as a picture of health and reflection of human instinct.

As the folks of OOC observed a particular bear, a regular that visited their tiny home - even rocking the home back & forth by climbing on the porch to snack on asian pears, they noticed it had some funny, and healthy behaviors.

The bear regularly exercised; walking through paths in the coastal forest, enjoying the sun, and stopping for plenty of fresh fruit along the way; mostly siuslaw berries, huckleberries, crab apples, apples, & pears.