Sanctuary Yoga and Massage

Sanctuary Yoga and Massage Nervous System Expert helping you address stress and its symptoms at the root—through massage, movement & personalized coaching.

Creator of NeuroCalm Touch™ + The Brain & Body Movement™. Hi, I’m Brenda Sanders—Registered Massage Therapist and creator of NeuroTouch Calm™ massage and founder of The Brain & Body Movement™. Through massage and movement, I help women ease the physical, mental, and emotional toll of stress—so they can reduce pain, sleep more soundly, feel more energized, and reconnect with a sense of calm and clarity in their lives. In Charlottetown, I offer NeuroCalm Touch™, a nervous-system-based massage that uses acupressure and vagus nerve stimulation to gently unwind tension and help you feel safe, grounded, and at ease. It’s for the ones who feel stressed out and burned out, who carry too much, feel too much, and need more than just a moment of relaxation. Online, I lead The Brain & Body Movement™, a nervous-system-first approach to brain and mental health that blends brain science, movement, and restoration. It includes two powerful class types:
🧠 Quick Boost – In just 15 minutes, this science-backed, moderate-intensity movement session helps you release stress, restore mental clarity, regulate emotions, and reclaim the energy you’ve been running low on.

🧘‍♀️Restore – Gentle, nervous-system-soothing classes that weave together somatics, mindful movement, and elements of yoga you may remember from our time in the studio—now evolved to support deeper healing, regulation, and connection. 👉DM me for a free trial! When you’re used to holding it all together, slowing down can feel indulgent—but it’s not. Caring for your nervous system isn’t a luxury—it’s how you protect your energy, your sleep, your mood, and the life you’ve worked so hard to build.

11/28/2025

“My body was paying for my stress.”
That line hit me.

This client came in carrying the weight of chronic stress — headaches, exhaustion, poor sleep.
She left with more than relief.
✨ She left with energy.
✨ The best sleep she’s had in weeks.
✨ No headache.
✨ A sense of possibility that today is a new day.

This is the power of NeuroCalm Touch™ — a nervous system-first treatment designed to help your body remember what ease feels like.
Not just in the moment, but for days to come.

If your body is paying the price for your stress, I want you to know:
There’s a softer way forward.
And you’re allowed to feel good in your body again.

💆‍♀️ Ready to try it?
📩 DM or comment CALM to book your session
🔁 Or share this with someone who needs a reset


11/27/2025

When you’ve lived in stress for so long,
your body forgets how to relax.
How to exhale.
How to feel at ease.

✨ NeuroCalm Touch™ gently reminds it. ✨

It’s not just about “feeling good” for an hour.
It’s about helping your nervous system learn what safety feels like — again or for the very first time.
Because when your body feels safe, everything shifts:
🌀 Sleep improves
🌀 Pain decreases
🌀 You respond to life instead of reacting to it

And often, what clients say after their first session is:
“I didn’t realize how much I needed this.”

If you’ve been carrying more than you’re showing…
if your body feels tight even when you’re resting…
this is your invitation.

📍Book a NeuroCalm Touch session or
💌 Share this post with someone who needs a soft place to land.

11/26/2025

She said she felt like a guest in her own body.

Not because the session was uncomfortable …
But because it was the first time she could remember feeling truly calm, comforted, and safe inside herself.

Her words stopped me.
Because they’re not rare.

So many women I work with have lived in high stress for so long…
…they’ve forgotten what settled feels like.
What comfort feels like.
What it’s like to come home to themselves.

NeuroCalm Touch™ isn’t just about relaxation.
It’s about teaching your body — gently, slowly — that it’s safe to soften.
To exhale.
To belong to yourself again.

🌀 If you’ve been stuck in survival mode for so long you don’t remember anything else…
This is for you.

💛 Comment CALM if you’d like to experience this kind of reconnection.

11/25/2025

You won’t often hear someone say they went to their massage therapist to process grief…
Or to find nervous system support through a divorce, an ADHD spiral, or the emotional turbulence of a big life change.

But it’s happening.
And it’s humbling.

Women are coming to me for NeuroCalm Touch™ when everything feels like too much — and what they keep saying is:

“I can finally breathe again.”
“I didn’t realize how much I needed this.”
“This is what’s helping me cope.”

This isn’t just about sore shoulders.
It’s about helping your body feel safe enough to soften, to rest, and to regulate in the middle of the storm.

If you or someone you care about is moving through a heavy season — this might be a place to begin again, gently.

🌀 Please share this with someone who could use this kind of support right now.
Or comment CALM and I’ll send you the link.

11/24/2025

They come in overwhelmed.
They leave saying:
“Best sleep I’ve had in weeks.”
“No pain. No headache. Calm.”
“Finally relaxed — for the first time in months.”
🧠 This is how you support your nervous system in real-time.
📲 Want the link? Comment CALM.

11/21/2025

If you’ve ever said,

“Why can’t I just relax?”
“What’s wrong with me?”
“Even when I stop, my body won’t.”

Let this land gently:
🧠 You’re not broken.
Your nervous system just doesn’t feel safe enough yet.

NeuroCalm Touch™ was created for this exact experience.
We don’t force the body to calm down — we guide it toward safety
so your system can exhale on its own.

✨ Comment CALM and I’ll send you the link.

11/20/2025

You might not think you’re stressed.

You’re not crying in the shower.
You’re getting things done.
You’re holding it together.

But your body?

It’s exhausted.
It’s wired.
It’s clenching, bracing, and unable to fully rest.

This is what chronic stress looks like when we’ve adapted too well.

When the nervous system stays in survival mode long enough…
anxiety, poor sleep, and emotional flatness start to feel normal.

You don’t need a crisis to receive support.
You don’t need to wait for burnout to hit bottom.

NeuroCalm Touch™ is here for the in-between.
The “I’m functioning, but I’m not okay.”
The “I’m tired, but I can’t rest.”

When your body forgets how to soften — this helps it remember.

11/19/2025

If your shoulders are always up near your ears…
If you feel on edge even while lying on the massage table…
It’s not because you’re doing something wrong.
It’s because your nervous system doesn’t feel safe enough yet.

Here’s the science:
Your body has built-in reflexes that protect you in times of stress — tension, tightness, holding your breath.
These aren’t bad. They’re survival responses.

NeuroCalm Touch™ helps your system feel safe enough to let go — not by force, but by offering gentle signals of safety through precise touch.

From that place, the body naturally begins to unwind.

If rest feels like effort… I created this for you.


11/18/2025

“It’s like no other treatment I’ve ever received.”

That’s how clients describe NeuroCalm Touch™ — a deeply restorative, nervous-system-focused session that does more than relax your muscles…

It restores your entire system to a place of safety.

🔹 Reduced anxiety
🔹 Better sleep
🔹 Less inflammation & tension
🔹 Real nervous system regulation

If you’ve been feeling wired, worn out, or like your body can’t quite land… this is for you.

Crafted for stress, grounded in science, felt in your nervous system.

📩 Comment “CALM” to get the booking link.

11/17/2025

“That neck thing you do is magic.” 🪄
I hear this a lot after a NeuroCalm Touch™ session.

It’s not just that it feels good (though it really does).
It’s because that gentle neck sequence stimulates multiple cranial nerves — including the vagus nerve, a key player in calming your nervous system.

The result?
✨ Your breath deepens
✨ Your mind quiets
✨ Your whole body begins to settle

This isn’t magic. It’s your body’s natural intelligence — we’re just giving it the right signals.

💬 Comment CALM if you’d like to experience it for yourself.

11/15/2025

When you’ve been holding it together for years… even rest feels like a risk.

You want to relax.
But the moment you lie down, your mind speeds up.
Your jaw tenses.
Your body braces.

That’s not you being difficult.
That’s your nervous system doing its job:
protecting you from what it thinks is unsafe.

But here’s the truth:
Your body doesn’t need to be pushed to relax.
It just needs to be shown that it’s safe enough to let go.

🕊 That’s what NeuroCalm Touch™ does.
A nervous-system-first massage that helps your body exit survival mode — without pressure, pain, or effort.

✨ Gentle acupressure.
✨ Vagus nerve stimulation.
✨ A full-body exhale you didn’t know you needed.

💬 Comment “CALM” below and I’ll send you the link to try it.
This could be the reset your system’s been quietly craving.

11/13/2025

This isn’t just massage.
It’s nervous system therapy.

Comment CALM and I’ll send the link.

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Sanctuary Yoga and Massage is locally owned and operated by Prince Edward Island native, Brenda Sanders-Passmore, RMT.

With 20 years experience in the field of health and wellness Brenda is an expert in stress reduction, pain management, movement therapy and mindfulness.

Brenda has been a registered massage massage therapist for almost 17 years. She is a yoga instructor specializing in a slow and gentle beginner-friendly style that offers nervous system regulation, pain management and deep stress reduction! Her style of yoga is very nourishing to the body mind and spirit.

She’s a Reiki practitioner and loves integrating energy healing into her massage and yoga practice when called for. She blends all of her skill sets and modalities to give all her clients a truly holistic approach to health and wellness.