SANKOFA means to go back to the past and fetch wisdom in order to understand the present and thus be able to create a positive future.

Our History

Sankofa was born in December of 2001 along with the home birth of our fourth child. Throughout our daughter's gestation, I (Michelle) became more and more commited to the mission of teaching others about the beauty and awesome power of God's funtionality through Nature as a source of healing and enrichment. When my daughter was born, I knew almost instantaneously that the time had come to accept my calling into the ministry of health. In January of 2002, I began our journey along that path less traveled. Sankofa Learning Center, Inc. was formed as a non profit entity to educate the community. Through the years Sankofa has become a family ministry and our scope has broadened to include the formation of Sankofa Healing and Enrichment, Inc. a private Retreat Santuary and Wellness Center.  As time has passed, our commitment to our mission and guiding principles has become stronger and deeper than in the beginning

Our Mission

To educate and assist persons physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually on their journey toward holistic healing and enrichment.

Our Guiding Principles

We believe that the opportunity to assist you along your journey is a privilege and a blessing which will inevitably enrich our own lives. We strive at all times to uphold and live by the following principles:

• All can benefit from some form of healing and enrichment no matter how elevated or depressed our lives may seem.

• We are all but mere vessels for the one true source of enrichment and healing, the Divine Healer – God.

• We must love others as we love ourselves because we are stewards of God and “All is One.”

• Everyone is an individual with a unique history and set of needs which can not be adequately addressed without the use of personalized care.

• Healing and enrichment are based upon faith, love, and action; they can only take place through the concerted and persistent efforts of those who seek fulfillment.

  Staff Profiles

  Dr. Michelle Gamble is a Board Certified, non medical Doctor of Natural Holistic Health. She teaches various classes in health and wellness and assists people in their pursuit of spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical health. Dr. Gamble has been an educator for over 15 years and has traveled extensively throughout the world, living, teaching and studying in several countries such as Belize , Japan , Nigeria , Jamaica , and North America. Since the age of 16, she has been a student and practitioner of Alternative Health Therapies, Nutrition, African Spirituality, Kametic Studies, Natural Family Planning, and the I Ching. Dr. Gamble has a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and English Secondary School Education and a Doctorate in Naturology. She is also certified in Colon Hydrotherapy and is a childbirth educator and practicing Doula. When not assisting people in their quest for health, Dr. Gamble is busy fulfilling her other responsibilities of being a teacher and mother of four children. All four children were born naturally; the last was born at home. Dr. Gamble is the founder and managing director of the Sankofa Learning Center, Inc. a 501(c)3 non profit organization dedicated to helping people attain and maintain physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.