A structured space to slow down, reflect, and build a self-care practice that actually holds.
Somewhere to put down what you are carrying, and something real to pick up in its place.
Self-Care Sanctuary is a home for the practices, tools and settings that help you care for yourself in a real, structured way. Not another app that asks you to meditate for five minutes and call it a day.
Most of us know perfectly well what steadies us. What we do not have is a shape to put it in, somewhere to do it, or anyone expecting us to turn up. That is what this is for.
For those who’d rather make this journey without medicine.
Three ways in.
Two places to go, and a programme you can follow entirely from home.
City Retreat, Aspenwood
A wooded property in North York, close to home without feeling like the city.
See the settingCountry Retreat
The Grey Highlands near Kimberley. A quieter, slower pace, further from the everyday.
See the settingThe Self-Directed Programme
A guided, self-paced programme you follow in your own time, entirely online.
Learn moreAspenwood
Our city retreat. A restorative space close to home.
Aspenwood is our city-based retreat setting, tucked into a wooded corner of North York. It is close to the major highways, which makes getting here simple, and it still manages to feel worlds away from the city around it.
There is a garden, a courtyard, a pond, a natural rock-edged pool, paths through the trees, and a great deal of quiet. Most of what happens here happens outdoors, or a few steps from a door that opens onto it.
It is the option to choose when the distance you need is measured in atmosphere rather than in kilometres.
Further from the everyday, closer to yourself
Our Country Retreat, in the Grey Highlands near Kimberley, is for people looking for more distance from daily life. More quiet, more space, and a slower pace than Aspenwood offers.
The land runs down through meadow to a creek, with the valley open in front of you and the treeline behind. Nothing here is close enough to hurry you.
It is the option to choose when what you need is not an afternoon away but a genuine change of scene.
The Self-Directed Programme
A guided path to structured self-care, at your own pace, entirely online. You do not have to come to us, and you do not have to do it alone.
Start together
You complete a short set of initial self-assessments, then join your group for a scheduled online meeting to begin together rather than alone.
Move at your own pace
Everything is delivered through My Self-Care Sanctuary, our companion app, including structured journaling prompts built to support the process step by step.
Open to anyone
Open to anyone looking for a structured, guided way to build a self-care practice. You do not need any prior connection to us to take part.
What you move through
Your Welcome orientation, then Plan Your Journey and Start Your Journey, alongside ongoing tools you keep afterwards: My Daily Self-Care, My Weekly Reflection, The Present Moment, and My Resource Library.
Places open in groups rather than continuously, so that everyone taking part begins at the same time. Get in touch and we will tell you when the next group starts and what taking part involves.
Curious where to start?
Explore what is available above, or reach out and we will help point you in the right direction. Tell us which of the three you are asking about and we will come back to you with the detail.
Start somewhere small.
Time at Aspenwood, time in the Grey Highlands, or a programme you follow from your own kitchen table. Any of them counts.
Self-Care Sanctuary is offered by Breakthrough Therapies. Learn more about us