Meet Jennifer Axcell

Founder & Champion of Rest of Loto Wellness

The inspiration to build Loto Wellness Collective came from my personal experience of living through and recovering from an extreme case of burnout- mind, body, and spirit.

As an entrepreneur, I was burning my candle at both ends for years, and without realizing it, doing so because I idolized self-reliance and success over God, the quality of my life, and my relationships.

I had been trying to pour from an empty cup for so long that I had forgotten what it felt like to feel fully alive, to thrive. I was living as a shadow of the woman I knew God made me to be.

My healing journey back to wholeness and God’s call on my heart to build this ministry of sacred rest gave birth to Loto Wellness Collective.

Contributors & Collaborators

Loto Wellness Collective’s digital magazine, Loto Living, and blog, Loto Journal, would not be possible without the ongoing support and generous contributions from an incredible team of writers, artists, yogis, editors, creatives, and pastors.

Retreat Hosts

Loto Wellness Collective

Loto Wellness Collective retreats are proudly brought to you by a team of passionate creatives who also happen to be family… sisters, cousins, daughters, aunties, and mothers.

  • Identical twin sister to Jennifer and daughter to Pam, Anne-Marie utilizes her event planning and project management skills to lead day-of production for events.

  • I cannot wait to share with you this sacred space that God has blessed with His Life and Beauty. In a sanctuary of 30 acres of mighty pines and quaking aspens, surrounded by even more endless forest, on the slopes of a 14er named Mt. Shavano, sits this place of retreat that rests in the cleft of God’s arm, sheltered from heart-deadening noise and mind-distracting stress. Before we moved up here, God promised me He was leading us to a “spacious life” in this place prepared for us and His purposes, and He has peeled back for me what His “spacious life” looks like, and continues the peeling. And it looks a lot like Psalm 23: a life lived in the serenity and security of the Good Shepherd in the lead, His goodness and mercy our rear guard and the essential Life and Beauty we seek in abundance.

    That Life and Beauty are to be shared, not kept to ourselves. I also love to share my gifts of hospitality and crafting food that not only nourishes but delights. Both are expressions of God’s love He shows me every moment of every day.

    God makes Himself known here in large and small ways: in the rhythm of His Creation, in the sound of His waterfall as “deep calls to deep” and in the community that gathers to enjoy Him, each other and is prepared to encounter Him in ways unique to them. My prayer is that you will join us in a Jesus-hunt while up here, a place prepared for you, prayed over for you, that you will encounter the Jesus who is longing to bring you Life and Beauty in Him. - Pam

    Pam - mother to Jennifer and Anne-Marie, Aunt to Mary

  • “Freedom is located somewhere outside the box.” - Warren Miller

    Cousin to Jennifer and Anne-Marie, niece to Pam.

  • As Founder & Champion of Rest for Loto Wellness Collective, Jennifer is passionate about creating thoughtfully designed experiences in beautiful spaces as moments to rest in God's unhurried rhythms of grace. She is a certified yoga, breathwork, and meditation facilitator and trauma-informed practitioner with a deep love for Jesus.