Sanctuary of the Heart
A Professional Resilience Retreat for Those Who Serve Others
A 5-day personalized retreat designed to prevent burnout, process operational stress, and return to your mission renewed, not just a retreat, but a professional development intervention
The Weight of Caring
When you carry the weight of others' trauma, who holds space for yours?
You provide spiritual and emotional support in high-stakes environments. You bear witness to suffering, hold sacred space for grief, and remain steady when others cannot. This is holy work, but it takes a profound toll.
Compassion Fatigue: The emotional and physical exhaustion from prolonged exposure to others' suffering
Vicarious Trauma: Absorbing the traumatic experiences of those you serve
Depleted Spiritual Reserves: Giving from an empty well, losing connection to your own source
Standard wellness programs aren't designed for the unique burdens of caregiving professions. You need culturally competent care that honours the sacred nature of your work.
You May Be Experiencing:
Emotional numbness or hypervigilance
Physical symptoms without medical explanation
Difficulty disconnecting from work
Loss of meaning in your calling
Strained personal relationships
Questioning your capacity to continue serving
A Synthesis of Spiritual Wisdom and Holistic Healing Practice
This is a professional development intervention, a modern Itikaf (spiritual seclusion) designed specifically for caregiving professionals.
What Makes This Different
Standard wellness programs treat symptoms. Sanctuary of the Heart addresses the root: the spiritual and somatic accumulation of others' suffering in your body and nervous system. Our structured methodology integrates universal spiritual principles with integrative healing practices, creating a culturally competent alternative not available through conventional channels.
Spiritual Resilience Training
Grounding in universal spiritual principles, Compassion, Mercy, and Peace, drawn from contemplative traditions. Includes Qur'anic reflection, Dhikr (sacred remembrance), and cross-cultural spiritual practices applicable across faith traditions.
Rebuild your spiritual reserves. Reconnect to Divine source.
Mind-Body Integration
Utilizing Islamic methodologies for the release of accumulated operational stress. Gentle, integrative healing practices for nervous system regulation and stress held in your body.
Release what you've been carrying. Restore your capacity.
Experiential Therapy
A specialized 3-hour Equine Gestalt Coaching session facilitated in partnership with Equine Reflections. Horses mirror our nervous system states, offering profound non-verbal emotional processing and insight.
Process what words cannot reach. Experience breakthrough clarity.
Structured Restoration
A sacred rhythm of silence, reflection, and guided practice designed for deep personal renewal. Five days of intentional seclusion to restore your operational readiness and sustainable resilience.
Return to your mission renewed. Equipped with lifelong practices.
The 5-Day Sanctuary Experience
A comprehensive professional development investment in your resilience
Your Personalized Retreat Includes:
Pre-Retreat Intention Setting
A 75-minute consultation to customize the retreat around your specific needs, stressors, and professional context
5 Days of Fully-Facilitated Retreat
Daily spiritual practice, mind-body integration sessions, spiritual dialogue, and structured reflection time
Private Sanctuary & Accommodation
A quiet, dedicated space for your seclusion, rest, and restoration in Edmonton, Alberta
Specialized Equine Gestalt Session
3-hour experiential coaching session facilitated in partnership with Equine Reflections
Post-Retreat Integration Plan
Personalized practice plan and curated resource package to ensure benefits continue long after you return home
Professional Development Investment
$1,960 CAD
This is a targeted professional intervention and prices can vary due to individual needs. It is an investment in your resilience is an investment in your mission and those you serve.
2026 Retreat Dates
Limited to ensure personalized attention and sacred space
Winter Immersion
February 11-16, 2026
Spring Renewal
April 1-6, 2026
Spring Emergence
May 13-18, 2026
Summer Light
July 1-6, 2026
Autumn Reflection
September 2-7, 2026
Autumn Harvest
September 30-October 5, 2026
Designed for Those Who Serve
This retreat is specifically structured for professionals in high-stress caregiving roles
Military & Hospital Chaplains
Providing spiritual care in crisis, trauma, and end-of-life situations
First Responders
Police, fire, paramedics carrying the weight of emergency response
Healthcare Professionals
Nurses, doctors, therapists bearing witness to suffering daily
Clergy & Spiritual Leaders
Ministers, priests, imams holding sacred space for their communities
Non-Profit Leaders
Social workers, advocates, and humanitarian workers
Educators & Counselors
Those supporting vulnerable populations through trauma and transition
Begin Your Journey to Sustainable Resilience
You cannot pour from an empty well. This retreat is your sacred pause, a professional development investment in your capacity to continue serving with wholeness, clarity, and renewed purpose.