• Welcome To Sanative Sanctuary

    Re-establish holistic alignment, relaxation & comfort in your body through

    Massage, Yoga, Body Work & Meditation

  • Day Spa Ambience

    with holistic healing intention

  • You are welcome exactly as you are.

    This is your hidden sanctum, nestled inside Fitzroy's renound Gertrude St Yoga Studio.

    Your pocket of bliss to dip into restorative, deep rest, relaxation & healing protected from the hustle of northern city living.

Testimonials

“Shann is gentle & holds a safe space as a conduit for powerful inner healing work. She offers a warm and professional temperament and has a bag full of tricks and wisdom, an Angel really. Thank You”

- Mas A

“Shann is a truly special soul and a profound healer who truly inspires me with her passion and understanding of the subtle layers & interconnectedness of all facets of being human. Shan listens deeply to delicately curate an energetic body-work session, incorporating a variety of modalities which is specifically tailored to You. At Sanative Sanctuary, I have felt heard, I have felt held, supported and safe to show up authentically. Her healing touch is one of a kind and I not only feel refreshed, nurtured, and re-centred, but I leave with a new perspective and a new discovery about myself. Post-treatment, Shan so generously shared some recommendations and other resources I can utilise as extra support. Endlessly grateful”

-Ameila L

“One of the best massages I’ve ever had. Do yourself a favour an book in with Shann.”

-Eshan G

Shanns’ ability to tune in to the language of your body, your spirit and your heart is otherworldly; she truly is such a WISE Medicine women, healer and teacher. Her body work, intuitive guidance, energy healing and trauma informed approached has literally saved my life. Her compassion, understanding and acceptance of me and my darkest shadows - is what truly allowed me to show compassion and forgiveness to myself for the first time.”

-Ali J

13 Years

of Exceptional Evidence Based Practice

& 5 Star, Global, Wellness Spa & Retreat Experience

Trauma Informed Body Therapist

Energy Healing - Reiki

Massage - Deep Tissue - Swedish - Aromatherapy - Lomi Lomi

Yoga - Hatha - Vinyasa - Nidra - Kundalini - Ashtanga - Yin

Body work is much more than a relaxing, nurturing act of self love and healing.  The body itself is perceived as a holographic integrum, and dysfunction in any given part may subtly influence activity in other areas. The body is the physical manifestation between our personal inner world, and our external lived expereince. When our energies are not in flow, when we are inhibited, repressed, obstructed or contained; emotionally / physically or spiritually- it manifests among the various systems of the body.

Our human nature participates in the activity and cycles of the natural world. When we are out of alignment or dishonouring ourselves emotionally, physically or spiritually, this creates blocks energetically- which if not addressed; manifest as pain, tension, illness, dis-ease and discomfort.

Sickness and disease may reflect disturbances in the free movement of those energies through our bodies. One task of mine during a session is to monitor and interpret the quality of energy flow with intention to return you to equilibrium of your physical & vibrational body, while empowering you to create an inner environment where soul and mind return home to their natural and constant flow of well being. You are the expert, nobody knows you like your own body. They are the only “one” who has been through it all with you. Learning how your body communicates with you is an incredible step into self healing and liberating freedom.

Healing the body is a multifaceted process that begins with acknowledging and releasing the patterns contributing to our wounds. These patterns can manifest physically, spiritually, mentally, chemically, or emotionally, causing stress that interferes with nerve supply to organs, cells, muscles, and tissues, disrupting the body's communication and regulation mechanisms. In a healing session, we identify points of both contraction and ease within the body. The healing occurs through reaching a state of ease. Through thorough consultation, we uncover the patterns leading to pain, map them within the body, and then utilize techniques such as breathwork, meditation, intention-setting, and gentle massage to access and release tension in both the physical and subtle layers of the body. This process is a collaborative effort between practitioner and client, as we work together in a conscious, mutual exchange of surrender and effort. By accessing points of ease, we signal to the brain to initiate change, allowing for a sense of freedom, relief, and comfort to permeate through the divine vessel of the body once again.

A purpose of body work is to identify structural problems that may be influencing joint movement, circulation of the blood, or nerve supply. Through corrective adjustment, tension relief, massage and reiki, the body’s self-healing capacity is maximised and able to function at its highest, most aligned capacity without impediment.

We cannot control the entire external world we live in, but what we can do is create an inner world that supports and nurtures us when we need to recharge. We can learn energetic boundaries so we do not have to make ourselves small. When we do the inner work & unapologeticcaly show up as our true, conscious, loving selves, this raises the vibration of the world and human expereince. This is the place of the collective consciousness. It resides already, within us all. I mean it when i say it’s more than body work if you allow it to be.

You can create an inner world of peace by investing time into cleaning your internal space. Sanative Sanctuary ( S S) works with the Biofield, etheric essence of self. S S is here to assist you with facing your shadows without judgement so you can live truly free. Lower vibrational states such as Grief, Shame, Fear and Anger, are able to dissipate when they are shared and heard in safe spaces.

During sesssions at Sanative Sanctuary, we work together, aiming to begin making changes on an energetic plane for your body to begin its own healing, and for you to understand how to best support this natural process.