We are Braucherei, a newly rooted nonprofit initiative dedicated to weaving together music, natural healing, and folk tradition.

Our foundation is built on decades of experience:

Over 20 years of professional musicianship in percussion, strings, composition, and production.

Craftsmanship in sewing and leatherwork, focused on natural fibers, resonance, and sustainability.

Herbal medicine and naturopathic practice, grounded in the folk-Christian and pre-Christian healing traditions of Braucherei.

Our mission is to bring these skills together to create spaces of restoration, learning, and community.

Our Journey

Braucherei began as a band in 2023, with studios dedicated to recording and craft. In March 2025, we released our first full-length album, Rites in Exile. But Braucherei has always been more than music — it is a calling to nurture body, spirit, and community.

In 2024, that calling led us across the country in search of a permanent home. We invested everything into the vision of restoring a historic sandstone church. That opportunity was lost through fraud, and along the way we gave up thousands of dollars in instruments, equipment, and supplies just to keep moving forward on our quest back home to the Rocky Mountains.

Though painful, these losses revealed a deeper truth: Braucherei is not about what we lost, but what we are called to build.

Our vision is clear:

Rebuild a music studio to record healing music and teach children the art of playing and recording.

Establish an apothecary greenhouse to grow herbs, craft remedies, and teach naturopathic practices.

Create a meditation and worship space — accessible year-round for those seeking peace, renewal, or guidance.

Replace sewing and leatherwork tools and materials, so we can raise the frequencies of those around us through fiber and teach the lost art of mending.

Replenish our small medicinal mead brewery, where responsible communion keeps vibrations high and connects neighbors and travelers to their ancestral roots.

And most importantly: acquire a small piece of property to anchor this vision. A place where the greenhouse, studio, and gathering hall can thrive together. A space where people of all ages can come together year-round, whether for music, learning, or quiet healing.

This work is not limited to one town or state. Our mission is global: to share healing, music, and the living wisdom of Braucherei with anyone ready to walk the path of restoration.

Our Goal: $33,000

This campaign seeks to raise $33,000 — the seed we need to restore our tools, root ourselves firmly, and acquire land on which to build.

We are starting from nothing. But with faith, determination, and the support of those who believe in this work, we can bring this vision into being.

How We Will Steward Your Gift

We know trust is sacred. As a newly founded nonprofit, we want to be clear about how every dollar will be used and how we remain accountable.

Every gift is dedicated to mission. All funds go directly to restoring tools, building spaces, and planting Braucherei in service of others.

Transparent accounting. We will provide regular updates on what has been raised, where it is allocated, and the progress being made.

Step-by-step building. Funds are used in phases: music and craft restoration, greenhouse/apothecary, then property development. Nothing is wasted, and each step prepares the way for the next.

Community-centered. Our work exists to serve people — through teaching, healing music, herbal remedies, or shared prayer and meditation.

Faith-led. As our bylaws affirm, Braucherei is a faith-based practice rooted in folk-Christian healing traditions. We seek to honor the Allfather through service, integrity, and gratitude.

Every contribution is not just financial support. It is a shared covenant of trust, a step toward a more grounded, healed, and harmonious community.

Donor Gratitude

In Braucherei, giving and receiving are sacred acts of exchange. Every supporter will receive a handwritten blessing letter, but for those who feel called to give at certain levels, we have prepared special tokens of gratitude to keep you connected to this work.

Donation Token of Gratitude

$30 An herb planted in your name.

$60 A personalized linen bind rune blessing.

$90 A small 9-entry herbal Brauchbuch sample.

$120 A physical copy of our album Rites in Exile.

$240 A Braucherei t-shirt with Owl Hex Sign design.

$333 A personal meditation track crafted for you.

$480 A thank-you dedication in a future project.

$999 Everything above — a full bundle of blessings, music, herbcraft, and gratitude.

These offerings are not payment or exchange, but gifts of thanks — small ways we can return blessing for blessing.

Every gift — large or small — is a seed. Together, these seeds will grow into a place where music, healing, and fellowship flourish.

From the bottom of our hearts: thank you.

May the Allfather bless you for helping us heal, create, and give back.

— With love,

Brokk and Iska Dagaz

The Elders of Braucherei