Ancient Wisdom with Deep Roots
NURTURE BEINGNESS, RELAX INTO THE NOWBuilt from humble beginnings almost 40 years ago, our retreat brings ancient wisdom, wellness, enlightening, and grounding practices alive.
Our philosophy and offerings are modern expressions of Vedic/Tantric wisdom and holistic lifestyle practices evolved for balancing, grounding, and awareness-expanding experiences that deliver wellbeing, wholeness, and fulfillment. We look forward to welcoming you.
A Holistic Retreat
Our guest experience and transformation take place in a forest sanctuary of peace and wellness. Sanctuary embraces you with its healing energy as its enlightening harmonic resonance welcomes your entire being to awaken to well-being.
You can come to Sanctuary and relax, have a dreamy massage, eat great food, forest bathe, and rejuvenate in the positive energy field. Each day you have the choice to rediscover peace of mind. Sanctuary’s essence and nurturing environment offer an oasis to develop, create, actualize and inspire you to transcend.
It is about living a life you thrive in with warmth and generosity of spirit. Balance is the key. Holistic living is about creating balance in your physical, mental, and emotional dimensions, essential to naturally experiencing and embracing your best life. You will thrive and more, bringing consistent balance to the physical, mental, and emotional dimensions naturally and organically will open you to higher consciousness or wholeness (holism). Balance delivers wholeness, and through the naturally pleasurable experience of wholeness, the fulfillment of being human. In essence, you are beingness.
Retreat at Sanctuary and experience a profound sense of blissful repose.
A piece of heaven. “Through balance, awareness expands and joy is experienced as the essence of life ” – MC Cannon
Awakening, Inspiration, Insight, Renewal, and Actualization
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
At its heart, Sanctuary is a place to be in a state of grace that springs from deep inner stillness. It is the experience of aware presence in the Now. It is not about scintillating ideas, beliefs, or clever marketing; it is the essence of Beingness. We are a not-for-profit community of long-term meditators who have created a sanctuary of living mysticism. Out of an intention to serve selflessly, we have been empowering people for almost 40 years to relax into their natural balance, wholeness, and fulfillment.
“There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others that have a larger vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendships between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality almost impossible to describe.”
― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
What People Say
As global retreat facilitators, we are highly selective in where we bring our retreats. Sanctuary Retreat Center sets a high bar for creating an environment that supports being on retreat. The Center itself is on a beautiful rolling and wooded piece of property in the Shenandoah foothills. You can immediately feel the vibration of this place on arrival. From the kindness and care of the staff to the nourishing food to the meditations and healing services offered, I would call this place impeccable in its ability to support heart-centered retreats. We love this place so much that we have seven weekend’s of retreats scheduled already for next year! Whether you go for a personal weekend or join in on a retreat, you will walk away restored, deeply peaceful and nourished. A deep bow of gratitude to the amazing staff at Sanctuary!
This was a most amazing week here – I was unfamiliar with this beautiful Sanctuary until some friends of mine encouraged me to come. And I really can’t praise it highly enough. Everything from the grounds which are absolutely spectacular and serene and peaceful and beautiful to the accommodations which are very comfortable and lovely and welcoming to the amazing food that was prepared for us – so delicious! And such a variety!
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