How We're Different
How many times have you promised yourself that you would not do “that” again, only to look in the mirror at the end of the day seeing the person who did it again. How many times have you been asked or have asked yourself, “what will be different this time?” How many times has nothing truly been different, eventually resulting in the same self-defeating behaviors? The Sanctuary is different because we help you to be different. We help you make a core shift.
The Sanctuary Program is a radical (Greek: go to the root) departure from traditional treatment, conventional therapies and new age healing modalities. We acknowledge and appreciate the benefits of each of these modalities and how they can help people get to a certain stage; to get “so far”. Unfortunately, we have found that people simply need more. We take our clients to a much deeper level of experience resulting in sustainable life change .
Since we will be working with you very intimately for a number of weeks, we are providing some of the most important aspects of our philosophy for you to consider prior to embarking on the registration and application process.
These principles and their underlying philosophy is the basis of our program.
Quality. Personal, One-on-One Attention. The Sanctuary is intimate and very private. Because of our intentionally small size, we offer unparalleled personal attention and one on one time. We truly tailor your visit to meet your individual goals. Staff is always present and available so you are attended to and supported at every step of your process.
As we only have five rooms for guests. Not everyone who applies to the Sanctuary is accepted. We are interested in people who are serious about doing whatever it takes to discover and move past what is keeping them stuck. People who want more then another temporary fix. People interested in uncovering the truth about themselves and their world, not trading something that something that doesn’t work for something else that ultimately wont work. . People who are highly intelligent, open minded and enjoy being challenged.
Personal Truth Over Consensual Reality. Consensual reality is where we unconsciously adopt the beliefs of our families, communities, institutions, teachers and leaders that shape our reality. We, without thinking, enter into beliefs about what is right and wrong for us. These inherited beliefs invariably create internal personal conflict when we consciously or unconsciously reject what does not ring true or feel right to us, but continue to go along anyway. Sensitive people feel this conflict but often go against their own feelings because they are overwhelmed by societal messages shaping what truth should be. Personal truth is a deep inner knowing of what is right for you above and beyond all other influences, and is not subject to social morays of the day. When your heart, mind and body are in coherent resonance, you will trust your inner guidance. Learning to follow your heart or gut will always lead you in the right direction, once you are cleared of scattered thoughts and self doubt.
Facing Our Fears and Our Shadows. Fear does not promote sustainable change or empowering growth. Rather, fear keeps us from realizing our true potential, and actually causes stress and sickness. Further, fear of consequences is never a sustainable deterrent in stopping you from engaging in your dis-empowering/addictive behavior. How many of times in your life have you done something when you knew it would have negative consequences? Fear keeps us on a tight leash, that very often breaks under stress. Maintaining a recovery plan out of fear of relapse into old patterns typically results in relapse or (and equally as painful), an un-lived, unfulfilled life.
Living Over Just Getting By. At The Sanctuary, we are not focused on merely helping you manage your disease, diagnosis or problems with another medication, book, technique or meeting. It is simply not enough to just make it through another day stalked by disease or a dis-empowered story. We realize that giving up an addiction or other dis-empowering behavior must yield much more than a mundane life of disease management. Our process permanently connects you to what is vital and affirming to your life. Yes, you can give up the addiction and have more in return.
Wellness Over Disease. There are thousands of diseases that affect millions of Americans. Our western medical model is focused on battling disease. National health statistics point out that this is a losing battle. The more we focus on disease, the more we attract it into our lives via side effects or aftermath of treatment. At the Sanctuary, we work towards wellness; living life completely without your disease. Our research proves that working toward your wellness is far more effective than working on your disease.
Causes Not Symptoms. We focus on the causes of our dis-empowering behaviors not the symptoms. It is commonly accepted that addiction is a symptom of some underlying issue. Additionally, depression, anxiety and countless other illnesses are also symptoms of some deeper malady in the body, mind or spirit. Modern medicine often treats the symptom, leaving the underlying cause of sickness to express itself again in the same or another way. We have all tried to mitigate our symptoms and if you are reading this, it probably was not effective. At the Sanctuary, we focus on the root cause of issues. Whether in the body, mind or spirit, the relief of your underlying issues opens the pathway to sustainable wellness. Through a variety of ancient techniques, the toxic energy and the root causes are identified at their source DNA level, extracted, and then released so that ease can return to the individual.
Harmony/Integration. It is commonly understood that the mind, body and spirit are all interconnected. Thus, it follows that anything which negatively affects one of these areas must impact the others. Despite this generally accepted truth, most treatment modalities focus only on one aspect (eg. Psychotherapy on the mind, nutrition and/or abstinence on the body, and various faith-based programs on the spirit). At the Sanctuary, we don’t just pay lip-service to “mind, body, spirit” philosophy. Our program, while custom tailored to each individual, truly addresses and implements processes that encompass each of these areas to constitute a single, whole, synergistic self.
Subconscious Limiting Beliefs Cause Dis-ease and Suffering. Many people have moments when they wish they could “stop thinking that way.” But, the mind alone cannot think its way to balance and well-being. If we could have, we would have done this long ago. The subconscious mind, with all of its underlying beliefs, processes a million times more data than the conscious thinking mind every second. Therapies that address the subconscious mind are powerfully effective to create sustainable change. The Sanctuary program assists one in discovering and releasing limiting and often destructive subconscious beliefs on a deep and holistic (all-encompassing) level. Additionally, the heart is where the intuitive self is contained. Through connection to the heart, we help people to reconnect to and trust their feelings. Since your feelings are designed to be your internal guidance mechanism, heart/mind/belief integration is vital to your overall well-being.
Imbalance Breeds Dis-ease Until you reach a state of balance, the underlying symptoms of dis-ease (Latin: Not at ease) will continue to express themselves in one way or another. Relapse or picking up another self defeating behavior are common when we do not resolve the underlying imbalance in our lives. Because we live in such an imbalanced society, symptoms of disease whether of a physical, psychological or spiritual nature, have reached levels unprecedented in human history, despite all the technological advances in medicine.
Dis-ease or Illness or Suffering Cannot Be Destroyed, Killed or Annihilated, But It Can Be Released. It’s about how “dis-ease” is treated. The conventional, Western view is to destroy it. Literally kill it, or suppress it so that it has no expression. As example. the Western medical model is aimed at “battling addiction”. Yet, addiction continues to be growing health issue year after year. Our view, which is supported scientific research is that the body can release it. Certain ancient teachings view what we would call illness or disease as simply “toxic energy” brought on by imbalances in the body
Taking Personal Responsibility. We do not believe in unreservedly turning over personal power and well-being over to others (self- help gurus, doctors, therapists, spiritual teachers/leaders) for them to fix us. We also do not aspire to create a movement or” following”. As such, the Sanctuary is not interested cultivating dedicated followers or people espousing any specific belief. We are look different because we need to be different. National health statistics prove that what is out there is not working any more. We understand that the overwhelming majority of people today continue to seek simplistic answers to complex matters, answers that claim absolute certitude on subjects that cannot be explained with any reasonable degree of certainty. Most people still want the quick fix even though it had proven unsustainable Understand that the Sanctuary is in the “personal truth business,” not in the business of making outlandish claims.
We are here to assist in the change from a fear-based reality into a personal truth-based one, and to assist people in making this shift on a personal level, with the ultimate goal of bringing forth in each guest a true paradigm shift in his or her life so that live may be lived to the fullest. Our work at the Sanctuary is centered on empowering you to source from within and create the life you truly want.
Step Outside the Treatment Paradigm. While certain members of The Sanctuary staff are licensed physicians and psychologists, The Sanctuary is not a licensed medical facility. The Sanctuary is not credentialed to practice allopathic medicine, alcohol/drug treatment counseling, or psychological assessment. However, we work with local licensed medical practitioners for psychiatric, pharmacological, psychological, neurological, or any other medical related issues.
The Sanctuary is an alternative to traditional treatment. It is also a place for people to come after completing treatment or as an adjunct to counseling, when these are not enough on their own. As good as these may be, statistics point to the need for more. The Sanctuary offers a completely holistic approach for those who simply need to go deeper to the core of their trauma, wounding or disconnection. The Sanctuary is a place for those who are ready, willing and able to take responsibility for their personal well-being.
We are not making any claims that we will fix you or cure you. We do, however, create a pathway for you to do that for yourselves. Your problems did not occur over night and they will not disappear overnight. You know that life is a journey and not destination. Your wellness or recovery is also a journey and not a destination. We help you create an entirely new map for your journey, one that will be enriching and sustainable. We give you a new instruction manual for your life. Not a manual that is full of restrictions, limitations or tools that you don’t use, or have proven to be ineffective in the past, but rather a manual that is connective, integrative and full of amazing possibilities. Ultimately it will be up to you to follow your life’s manual. When you leave here, you will have everything you need to continue to get better on a deeper level than you thought possible. You will have the map to continue your healing journey to wellness and freedom.