Retreat Testimonials - The Sanctuary Australia

The Full Moon Mini Retreat at The Sanctuary was such a wonderful healing experience!!! The Sanctuary is peaceful welcoming space to connect with others on their own spiritual evolution and reconnect with self. The host Alexis, is a beautiful soul with so much heart-felt wisdom and knowledge to share. Thank you gorgeous lady! I can’t wait for the next one! xx

Marie Berroa

Guess what my favourite part of The Sanctuary is? The peaceful energy made up of direct contact with nature, I absolutely adore bushwalking and seeing lizards, deer, wallaby yesss I saw them! The sunset on the gazebo is so healing and I have now become an avid fan of ice baths. I have been able to step out of life long addictions through using yoga meditation ice sauna to detox me and change careers too!! I love feeding the king parrots and making friends with their strong personality funny duck 🦆 It’s a must to visit you have nothing to love and all to gain I’d recommend The Sanctuary 1000% Xoxoxo

Felipe Souza

I was going through a transitional stage in life, trying to gain confidence for the next stage. I have established a morning daily practice and I am ready for whatever life brings next. I have more confidence and energy. Others have noticed this. I would recommend Alexis as a spiritual and wellness coach.

I have been feeling like I am still searching and looking for something more in life. I have now been able to think from a fresh new perspective, open my eyes to new things & see so much more clearly.

I had a huge light bulb moment realizing that “you can’t change people”.

Yes I would completely recommend Alexis & The Sanctuary with all their transformational programs. I am now looking strongly into attend the women’s training!

The Sanctuary is such a wonderful place to unwind & recharge!

After the day retreat I was able to feel deeply connected to myself & others after meeting up with amazing people. I also gained so so much more happiness & clarity in my life!

I would definitely recommend attending The Sanctuary’s programs!

I was feeling some heaviness / blocks due to some past events.
I was able to walk away feeling so much more at peace and thankful for life.

Yes I would highly recommend The Sanctuary’s Programs to anyone wanting to drastically improve their life.

Before working with Alexis I felt very lost, stressed and anxious in my career, relationship & overall health.

I have now powerfully established healthy techniques on how to deal with negative emotions & stressful situations to actually rise above them. I have much more ease & happiness in my life

I absolutely would recommend Alexis & The Sanctuary’s educational programs.

Before working with Alexis I was feeling unmotivated and inconsistent. One of the tangible results I have achieved since working with Alexis is creating a 12 week empowerment program & SELLING IT OUT!! My spiritual & mental health has also radically improved, I now have an effective & consistent daily practice!

I also have much more energy & confidence in self which is rippling through my life with more celints & opportunities coming my way.

I would definitely recommend Alexis, she is amazing!

Entrepreneur

Before working with Alexis I had a loss of direction, felt unhappy with life, scared, alone, scattered.

I am now dedicated to my morning spiritual wellness practice. I use the breathing techniques every day. I have received the insight to now successfully shift my career by having the new found confidence to apply for 6 jobs & received a successful job offer! I have also taken bold steps forward by resigning the lease with my housemate. I can now speak up & own my needs & boundaries.

I experience daily life with sharper focus, groundedness, confidence & expansiveness.

I would definitely recommend working with Alexis & have known her as a great teacher & friend for the last 6 years.

I had just taken over a store a few months before working with Alexis. So I went from being a single entrepreneur to being responsible for over 30 other people & taking care of their businesses amidst a pandemic.

I was stressed out and becoming paralyzed with fear. My home life was suffering as well as I would come home from working and collapse into bed. No quality time with my 10 year old much less being present for my husband.

That has all changed, I have established a solid morning routine, have gained control of my emotions and can reign in my emotional eating habits which contributed to my low energy and physical pain.

Through developing a morning routine, clarity is coming through and I can see more clearly through day to day issues with the store gaining better financial results. I have heightened energy to be present with my family after work. My body is releasing stiffness and pain. I now look forward to the future.

I have much more radiance & mental clarity. More awareness of my thought patterns and can shift them faster to thrive & flow. I would absolutely 1 million % recommend Alexis as a coach!! She is the real deal.

Entrepreneur

I was struggling connecting with self, quite often felt anxious and stressed out by life, felt wired and overstimulated and unsure of how to calm my nerves. Felt like I had a heap of ideas of where I wanted to be going but no real direction or path to get to these goals.

I received the knowledge of the importance of a daily practice and experienced the direct benefits of this – feeling calmer, connected, more focused, less wired, more at peace with self, less stress and anxiety. Through doing these daily practices, releasing emotions, stress, anxiety, fears I feel so much more connected to myself, developed self confidence and also a lot more love and compassion for myself.

I feel a lot calmer in my emotions & body with heightened clarity and focused direction of how to get where I want. My self belief has skyrocketed giving me much more energy, I am connected & focused for the first time ever. I am attracting more fulfilling and uplifting relationships into my life. Overall my well being and health has greatly improved from all the amazing support and tools given by Alexis.

I absolutely highly recommend Alexis as an amazing coach with such great tools and information to cover a lot of different life areas. From spiritual, business, wellness, she has such great experience and knowledge and is such a beautiful soul to work with. I feel blessed to have worked with her and to continue working with her in the future.

I am so grateful for Alexis Hannagan for giving me powerful words of encouragement and wisdom. I was having a bit of doubtful days and when I talked to her and experienced her offerings at The Sanctuary I honestly had a complete shift in perspective. I went from feeling ‘helpless, stuck, lacklustre’ to feeling in every cell of my body that ‘I am here for a very important purpose, and that my message matters.’ I have been able to take assertive action since, giving me momentum, more confidence and much sough after flow in my yoga business. It was the right information at the right time, some would say divine timing!

I feel like I believe in myself a lot more. Truely “Believe in myself” is a practice that i am trying to practice more and more these days and a retreat and conversation with Alexis completely activated this fire within.

It is such a beautiful gift when people are able to see deep inside of us from the outside and remind us of our unique ways of being and gifts and what we are capable of. They activate our HOPE. A hope that says – ‘this is possible for you’ do you see that? I guess I was waiting for permission to believe in myself and I received it loud and clear. We all need strong supportive women in our lives so we can keep rising, and I really appreciate the support I have received. Thank you beautiful woman I adore you 🙏🙏🙏💓💓💓

Yoga – Mongolia

The Sanctuary offers heart-based healing experiences that are thoughtful, artistic and empowering.

The team is humble, open and insightful with a lot of love and passion fuelling what they create.
My journey with The Sanctuary (in particular the Self Love Retreat) has been impactful and invaluable to me. I am grateful for Alexis and Curt as they truly shine and inspire others to do the same through their magical yet grounded approach to wellness. I am also grateful for the connections I have formed with like-minded others along the way through participation in group workshops and classes.

I am always learning something new when I spend time with The Sanctuary. Thank you!

The Hills, Sydney
Yoga Teacher/Therapist at Grow + Flow

Curt is truly an incredibly talented musician and his classical musical background truly shines through in his sound healings to create a mesmerizing and blissful synergy of vibration and love for the entire group.

I have had the pleasure of working with Curt at his private 1-1 sessions with reiki healing and essential oils, the sound healing at the Sanctuary Retreats and I regularly attend the Hour of Zen class.

I am a sound healing enthusiast and have worked with many therapists in this beautiful modality but I can fully advocate for Curt’s work. His diversity, talent, heart and connection to the group’s energy really create for a world class fully relaxing and immersive experience.

The variety of instruments creates for a mesmerizing hour with the African hand pans providing a deep and blissful melody that take me into a deep and tranquil, serene trance time and again. I always feel the effects of the sound resonate throughout entire my body/mind with the vibrations instantly taking my most restless mind into a deep and meditative stillness with no effort by me consciously.

It’s a beautiful experience and I would very much recommend sound healing as a modality to anyone who hasn’t experienced it. It will powerfully clear blockages from your mind, body and spirit!

Bondi Beach, Sydney

I am so grateful to meet Alexis and Curt long ago. They both have absolutely down to earth and incredible personalities. I can’t put in words how the sessions in The Sanctuary and a private consultation with Alexis has affected my life it has really shifted things a lot.

The Sanctuary is a divine, peaceful, grounded community in which I met so many beautiful, like minded people sharing love and caring about each other.”

Alexis is such a warm, radiant and loving professional who is absolutely committed to female empowerment.

Her energy is so beautiful and she emits love from her heart space so freely all the time
I have had the pleasure of working with Alexis at her women’s gatherings, in 1-1 NLP sessions and at her beautiful retreat space The Sanctuary.

She came into my life in divine timing and has supported and encouraged me continuously throughout the year.

She has helped me be minful of my addictive behaviours and empowered me to pull myself out of crisis with self love, daily structure, kirtan and self compassion.
Alexis introduced me to and taught me about essential oils which have helped my stress, sleep and connection to spirit and reduced my bodily toxity and encouraged me to begin yoga which I fell in love with and now try to practice daily.

She is a beacon of non judgement and acceptance and holds space for others in need so well, as well as prioviding excellent advice.

Bondi Beach, Sydney

The Sanctuary is a place to go to transform your life. As an ‘input junkie’ (like many of us) Alexis & Curt gave me the gift of stepping away from everything in my life, and stepping inside of myself. The techniques they use allow you to really get stuff out, release & finally receive, truly transformative. Sitting in The Sanctuary I received the most powerful, potent, loving words from myself. I recommend The Sanctuary to anyone looking to really connect. To step away from the noise of life, & step into yourself.

Wow – there is so much amazing power, love & joy to be found within. Thank you for taking me within, I am committed to attending more & more! I absolutely recommend attending The Sanctuary 100%!!!

Founder, Frequency Media

After attending The Sanctuary’s Retreat I gained lots of life support by making numerous friendships & deep connections. I also developed immense clarity as I was beginning to start what could have been a relationship down the track, however mutually decided it was best to remain friends.

I received greater inner balance of both my masculine & feminine energies bringing more strength & momentum in life. I would highly recommend Alexis yes, she’s very caring and empathetic & creates a safe space for transformation to emerge.