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Our Intention
Sanctuary was created as a response to the pace, pressure, and fragmentation that so many of us experience in daily life. We believe true wellness is not something to chase or optimize, but something to return to again and again through presence, care and shared experience.
Sanctuary is a holistic studio centered on embodied practice, conscious living, and whole-person care, drawing from ancient wisdom and grounded in community.
We offer practices and gatherings that support movement, breath, rest, reflection, and connection... honoring the rhythms of nature and the many seasons of life. Our approach is grounded, inclusive, and intentionally paced, creating space for both nourishment and growth.
We are a collective of teachers and practitioners drawn together by shared values - integrity, humility, and a lived commitment to this work - offering what we continue to practice and learn ourselves.
Our mission is to cultivate and nourish accessible, sustainable foundations for well-being, presence, and connection through community-centered care.
Our Teachers
Julie Diedrichsen
"We are all just walking each other home." Ram Dass
Jill Janovsky
"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd." Rumi
Lisa Della Barba
"The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness." Sakyong Mipham
Nicole Anacleto-Tosca (Jot Gian Kaur)
"Just like moons and like suns, with the certainty of tides, just like hopes springing high, still I'll rise." Maya Angelou
Mary Walek
"Yoga is the dance of every cell with the music of every breath that creates inner serenity and harmony." - Debasish Mridha
Jennie Petricig
"Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul." Alice Walker
Susan Andrea
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined." Thoreau
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Eileen Quemere
The purpose of life is to know yourself and love yourself and trust yourself and be yourself.