The Sanctuary
A guided year of seasonal, sensory living to make being here more beautiful.
Connect with your senses, align with the seasons, and reclaim your relationship to the here and now.
For many of us, the days seem to pass without much distinction.
Each day holds the same tasks, same errands, same routes.
Same shows. Same meals. Same computer.
Life is busy, but it lacks life.
Lacks feeling.
June becomes September and you find yourself wondering, “How is it already Fall?”
Monday blurs into Wednesday.
Your table reflects the latest algorithm craze instead of what’s growing in the ground.
Your celebration of the seasons is reduced to what flavor latte is featured on the menu.
When you can get strawberries in December, answer emails at midnight, and the glare of a screen replaces the warmth of the sun, it’s easy for your days to lose their texture.
Some part of you yearns to reconnect to the rhythms of nature.
You want more things to make with your hands.
You want more reasons to go outside.
You want to create more than you consume.
You want rituals and traditions that give the year shape.
You want someone else to take care of the details so all you have to do is show up.
And you want a community of soulful, like-hearted people to journey through the year with.
The Sanctuary is a year-long, guided journey of seasonal and sensual living, where everything is planned for you, so you can relax into all the richness of the present moment.
“I was tired of walking through a dulled version of life.
The Sanctuary has brought my senses alive again, and I’ve reunited with parts of myself I didn’t even know I missed.”
SAMANTHA
“The Sanctuary has made my life richer, fuller, and more real.
I remember how to be in my body, to connect with my heart, and surround myself with beauty.”
LEANN DAMERON
How The Year Flows
WHAT’S INCLUDED WHEN YOU JOIN
Nine At-Home Sensory Retreats
Part workshop, part craft table, part ceremony in the woods.
You and the community gathered together, touching, tasting, and feeling the turns of the year.
Over the year we gather at each seasonal turning point (nine times in total) for a 90-minute experience of savoring the season we’re in. You’ll enjoy body-led ritual, creative making, and sensory practice all timed to the turning points of nature, as well as practical tools and teachings to bring your senses alive in daily life.
At each retreat, you’ll have a gift to open with a sensory delight to enjoy, and everything you need to make a simple, creative craft to mark the progression of the year in beauty.
The Sanctuary Box • a feast for the senses, delivered to your door
When you join you’ll receive a box full of seasonal gifts, as well as supplies for our seasonal creative projects. From sun tea and body oils to pressed flowers, candles, and collage materials, you’ll find everything you need to celebrate the seasons sensually, and be inspired along the way.
Live Movement Practices
Each week you’re supported by a live, 30-minute community movement practice as a mid-week oasis of embodiment.
These practices blend dance, yoga, creative movement, and community connection to bring a weekly dose of aliveness back into your life.
The Sanctuary Ritual Garden
Each month you’ll receive a virtual treasure box with bite-sized meditations, tutorials, playlists, and rituals to wake up your senses, honor the seasons, and bring beauty to your everyday.
Love Notes, Little Luxuries, and Sweet Surprises
Throughout each month you’ll receive tiny invitations to step into your senses through inspiring love notes, curated playlists, recipes, articles, artisanal finds, and more.
Make This A Year to Remember
Included in Your Package
A year of experiences rituals, practices, and supplies
Nine at-home seasonal retreats
The Sanctuary Box of gifts and creative projects
A 30-minute live somatic practice each week
A library of rituals, tutorials, and resources
A cozy, like-hearted community to journey the year with
Returning Members Save $250
⭐️
As a returning member you’ll save $250 off your enrollment, applied at checkout with the code: BLOOM.
“The Sanctuary has reconnected me with a zest for life I thought I’d lost.”
“I came in wanting to do more than simply exist. I have slowed down, opened my senses, and reconnected with all the richness the world has to offer.”
MAYA
“There’s something about this community where beauty and sensuality have become VITAL to my wellbeing.”
In The Sanctuary I can just drop in. I don’t have to make it all happen on my own. I’m so grateful to have found this secret garden of feminine delight!
RENÉE
Who Is The Sanctuary For?
You want your life to feel fuller with more color, flavor, and richness—not just a fuller calendar.
You’re intrigued by the seasons the as a way to slow life down and give your days meaning, texture, and rhythm.
You want to spend less time consuming, and more time creating.
You love having beautiful experiences planned for you, with dates on the calendar, practices selected, and supplies that arrive at your door.
You love lip gloss as much as spiritual practice, meditation as much as the perfect throw pillow, and you want a place where you can bring all of yourself to the table.
FAQs
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We’ll begin October 1st and journey together for 12 months.
Our nine at-home retreats take place on or around the seasonal turning points throughout the year:
October · November · December · January · February · March · May · June · August · September
The weekly embodiment practice typically happens Wednesdays at 2pm PT / 5pm ET, though we occasionally shift the day or time to accommodate different schedules. All practices are recorded, so you can join whenever it works for you.
We also take every 5th week as a pause, as well as a 2-week break in summer and around the holidays in December.
You’ll receive the complete calendar when you join, so you can save the dates and have each gathering to look forward to.
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As much or as little as feels nourishing.
The weekly practices are just 30 minutes, and our 90-minutes at-home retreats happen nine times throughout the year.
There are also short rituals, Love Notes, creative practices, and other offerings you can dip into whenever you’d like.
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Not necessarily, though our participants tend to identify as women and femmes. Anyone drawn to a more seasonal, rhythmic, sensory way of life is welcome.
If you have questions about whether this is a place you’d feel at home, we’d love to be in touch. Send us an email at hello@marylofgren.com
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All live gatherings are recorded and available in the online Sanctuary Library, so even if you can’t come live you won’t miss a drop.
We recommend carving out time to attend the nine at-home retreats, as that is the core of the Sanctuary experience.
The weekly embodiment practices are there to dip into when you like.
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The Sanctuary follows the seasonal rhythm of the Northern Hemisphere, so our gatherings, rituals, and creative experiences will correspond with autumn, winter, spring, and summer as they unfold there.
If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, you’re still very welcome to join, but know that the seasonal experiences will be different from what’s happening in nature in your part of the world.
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Your Sanctuary Box contains sensory treats and the creative supplies we’ll use throughout our year together.
You’ll find things like teas, candles, body-care treats, flowers, papers, and other little treasures.
Rather than having to shop and prepare for each experience yourself, everything is selected and packaged for you. When it’s time for one of our special gatherings, you’ll have something waiting to be opened, and something to look forward to all year.
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The Sanctuary is a 12-month guided journey, rather than a month-to-month membership or subscription. When you enroll, you’re joining us for the full year and reserving your place in the community, gatherings, and experiences.
If you choose the payment plan, your monthly payments are simply installments toward the full 12-month experience, not a month-to-month subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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Your Sanctuary Box will be prepared after you enroll and ships at the end of September. You’ll receive tracking information once your box is on its way.
International shipping is available for an additional fee, which will vary depending on your location. We’ll contact you after you enroll with the shipping cost before your Sanctuary Box is sent.
All international boxes will be sent with tracking. Any customs duties, taxes, or import fees are the responsibility of the recipient.
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If you choose the single payment option you’ll save $105.
You can join the installment plan for a $395 initial payment, followed by 11 monthly payments of $110.
The payment plan is simply an installment option for the full 12-month experience, rather than a month-to-month subscription.
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We want everyone who joins The Sanctuary to feel happy and satisfied with their purchase. You’ll have 7 days from the date of enrollment to request a refund if you decide The Sanctuary isn’t right for you.
Because your physical materials are purchased and prepared when you enroll, $300 will be deducted from your refund to cover the cost of your Sanctuary Box, creative supplies, and materials.
After the 7-day period, enrollment is non-refundable and any remaining payments on your payment plan will continue as scheduled.
“I have so much more reverence for my body, exactly as I am.”
“I’m finding pleasure and delight in the simplest of moments. The Sanctuary is a like a jewel box of delights; a place to slow down and be saturated in life's wonder.”
NADEE
About Mary
Hello, my friend.
I’m Mary Lofgren. I’m an artist, writer, award-winning embodiment coach, podcaster, and lifelong student of the senses.
For more than 20 years, I’ve helped people come back into relationship with their bodies through movement, creativity, beauty, and attention.
I created The Sanctuary because I wanted a place to blend these meaningful practices, and restore a rhythm of the listening to body, gathering in community, and experiencing life through the senses over the course of a year.
We have so much to learn from nature, ritual, and experiencing life through what we can touch, taste, smell, and see.
The Sanctuary offers a collective place to keep showing up for the things you love.
There will be beauty to make, flavors to taste, packages to open, music to dance to, and seasons to experience.
I hope you’ll join us for a year of sensing, making, moving, and celebrating.
“The Sanctuary is an antidote to the demands of modern life.”
“I came in having just left a demanding job I had worked in for a long time. I now remember how my nervous system can and should feel.”
PKM
“I feel so much more confident and alive in my body.”
“The mindful movement, meditation, crafting, lifestyle tips, self care, and mindset shifts are helping me build a life that is less driven by fear and self-criticism, more rooted in curiosity and delight.”
CLAUDIA
You’ve spent decades examining your life.
Now it’s time to begin experiencing your life.
Make This A Year to Remember
Included in Your Package
A year of experiences rituals, practices, and supplies
Nine at-home seasonal retreats
The Sanctuary Box of gifts and creative projects
A 30-minute live somatic practice each week
A library of rituals, tutorials, and resources
A cozy, like-hearted community to journey the year with
Returning Members Save $250
⭐️
As a returning member you’ll save $250 off your enrollment, applied at checkout with the code: BLOOM.
