ISSUE NO. 08 | May 9, 2025

P. Annie Kirk

Published on: 10/05/2025

Flowers bring us back to the parts of ourselves we exiled in service to everyone else. That edge-of-tears tenderness? That sigh that escapes when your hand brushes a blossom at dusk? That is not nothing. That's remembrance. You don’t have to know why you feel a lump rise in your throat around lilac. Or why peonies make you ache for something you can’t quite name. You only have to be willing to let flowers work on you — like the gentle Sanctuary soul-midwives they are.

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ISSUE NO. 07 | April 21, 2025

P. Annie Kirk

Published on: 21/04/2025

Not all forms of escape are the same. Some numb. Others ignite. The prettier kind I’m speaking of doesn’t take you away from yourself—it draws you closer. Closer to your voice. Closer to joy. Closer to calm. It’s a type of beauty that brings you back to rhythm. Back to breath. Back to the quiet marvel of being alive. It’s the kind of sanctuary that doesn’t just look good—it feels good. And more than that, it offers a true return on wellbeing.

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ISSUE NO. 06 | April 14, 2025

P. Annie Kirk

Published on: 15/04/2025

What It Means to Feel Safe, Seen and Sacred in Your Space The spaces we live in are more than places—they’re invitations to pause, to feel, to return. What if your home environs - infused with healing nature - intentionally held you? And what if feeling safe, seen, and sacred in your space… was not a luxury but a vital part of our individual and collective healing?

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ISSUE NO. 05 | April 9, 2025

P. Annie Kirk

Published on: 09/04/2025

You Can’t Control the World, But You Can Create Sanctuary The world is loud right now. Endless scrolls, urgent updates, full inboxes, emotional storms. And beneath it all—our nervous systems whispering, Please… a pause. Please… a place. While we can’t control the chaos outside, we can root in the sacred power of choice. And choice? That’s a potent healer. Because Sanctuary can happen, especially in community.

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ISSUE NO. 04 | April 4, 2025

P. Annie Kirk

Published on: 31/03/2025

Sanctuary Within is the most restored, luminous expression of self: harmony, beauty, balance, and peace. It is the living outpicturing of your Highest Self — your divinity made tangible in the spaces around you. It is where your being (the feminine) and your doing (the masculine) come into harmony, and self-love becomes your natural frequency...

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ISSUE NO. 03 | March 28, 2025

P. Annie Kirk

Published on: 26/03/2025

So, what is Sanctuary? It’s finding that out there in Healing Nature which mirrors the in here of your heart and soul — bringing you back into balance, restoring harmony. It is energy, above all else. It is safe haven, refuge, asylum, and retreat...

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