Meet the nonprofit making space for women to seek care and healing

Megan Raposa -

This is a paid piece from Selah Space.

Simplified: Selah Space, a local holistic wellness cooperative, is now a nonprofit – a move that will allow the organization to better serve both women in need of healing and the providers tending to them. Here's what you need to know.

Why it matters

  • Selah Space – founded by Jada Dobesh – has been facilitating holistic healing for women in Sioux Falls since 2020, with an ever-increasing number of offerings and connections to providers from counseling to massage therapy to mother wound and feminine healing.
  • A shift earlier this year to a nonprofit model allows that work to have an even broader reach, Dobesh said. Selah Space will soon be able to provide scholarships to women who are in need of healing and care services but who may also be experiencing a challenging and financially straining transition in life.
  • With the new structure, Selah Space will also ensure providers are cared for by ensuring their time and work are fairly compensated.
  • Additionally, women who've been helped through a hard time can come out on the other side and pay it forward to others who were in their shoes.
"It's the 'it takes a village' vibe," Dobesh said. "This is the best way I can see us living in a village in 21st Century America."

Tell me more

Selah Space providers have seen clients in all sorts of situations – child loss, addiction, divorce, leaving abusive relationships.

"Those are huge transitions," Dobesh said. "When that happens, lot of times those transitions are very expensive, and the first thing that will always come off your budget is your self care – because you can live without it."

The mission of Selah Space, though, is to help women get beyond being "technically fine."

Selah Space clients will have access to a broad range of providers through the organization's Provider Network to help them find exactly what type of healing they need to truly thrive.

  • That could look like:
    • pelvic floor physical therapy,
    • mental health counseling,
    • spiritual healing,
    • sound therapy,
    • brain-spotting,
    • lactation consulting,
    • and more.

How can I help?

If you want to directly support the work of Selah Space, you can do so here.

  • You can also follow the organization on social media to find up-to-date information on volunteering opportunities.

On the flip side, if you feel you would benefit from scholarships to help fund your healing journey, you can learn more and apply here.