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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.

10/29/2025

Have you ever laid in bed exhausted… but your mind just won’t shut off?
You toss and turn. You wake up at 3AM. Toss and turn some more and wake up more exhausted than you were before you went to bed.

It’s not “just bad sleep.”
It’s your body showing you how much stress you’ve been carrying.

When your nervous system is stuck in survival mode, your body doesn’t know it’s safe enough to rest.
It shows up as broken sleep or over sleeping and still waking up exhausted.

🪞Sleep is a mirror.
It reflects how safe and settled your body feels.

That’s why repairing sleep starts with regulating your nervous system—not just improving your bedtime routine.

Over the past few months, clients have told me things like:

“It was the first full night’s sleep I’ve had in years.”
“I finally woke up feeling rested.”
“I didn’t realize how much tension I was holding until it released.”

And it’s happening because NeuroCalm Touch™ Massage helps the body remember what calm feels like.
When your nervous system shifts from protection to safety, deep restorative sleep comes naturally.

✨ You don’t have to keep fighting your body to rest.
You can help it feel safe enough to let go.

💬 Comment CALM and I’ll share the booking link for your NeuroCalm Touch™ session.
Your best sleep might be just one treatment away.

10/28/2025

For years, I watched clients come in for massage because they were burnt out, anxious, or overwhelmed—hoping it would help them relax.

But so many of them couldn’t.
Their minds were racing.
Their bodies were braced.
They wanted to relax… but their nervous systems weren’t letting them.

That’s when I realized—
it’s not that their bodies won’t relax,
it’s that they don’t feel safe enough to.

So I created NeuroCalm Touch™—a nervous-system-first treatment designed for people who can’t just “relax.”

There’s no forcing, no effort, no trying to calm down.
The body simply responds to safety.
And when it does… relaxation isn’t something you chase—it just happens.

I’ve watched clients who lived in constant hypervigilance fall asleep on the table for the first time.

And every time it happens, I get chills—because I know it means their body finally remembers what calm feels like.

💬 If your mind doesn’t stop even when you rest,
💆‍♀️ if your body never feels “off duty,”
maybe it’s not you.
Maybe it’s your nervous system asking to feel safe again.

10/27/2025

🧠 Most of us live from the neck up —
thinking, planning, analyzing, scrolling.

No wonder the brain feels overstimulated.

But your body?
✨ It’s the antidote.

When you pause and use your senses —
🤲 the warmth of your hands,
🩶 the texture of your skin,
👂 the sound of touch —

you’re activating something called interoception.

It’s your brain’s way of sensing what’s happening inside your body.

💡 Interoception tells you when you’re hungry, tired, tense… or safe.
It’s how you come back to yourself.

So when you feel scattered or disconnected…
don’t try to think your way calm.
Feel your way there.

✨ Try this short practice and notice what changes.
📌 Save this for when you want to come back to the present.
🤍 Share it with a friend who might need this reminder.

10/23/2025

Are you really “fine”… or have you just normalized survival mode?

Most people don’t realize how much stress their body is carrying—
because chaos has become their baseline.

Some people feel their stress.
They know their nervous system is fried.
They can tell they’re on edge, exhausted, and running on fumes.

Then there’s the other kind.
The ones who’ve lived in stress for so long, it feels like home.
Their shoulders are always tense, their mind is always busy,
and their body never truly rests…
but it doesn’t stand out anymore.

They say, “I’m fine,” because nothing feels that bad—
but that’s just because their baseline has been stress for years.

This is what happens when the body adapts to survive instead of thrive.
It stops flagging stress as unusual… because it’s always there.

💬 Which one do you relate to most — the one who knows she’s stressed, or the one who’s just used to it?

👇 Drop a comment and tell me how you usually notice stress showing up in your day.

Save this for the next time you wonder why rest feels so freakin’ uncomfortable 🫶

10/21/2025

🌿 “When the body finally feels safe again…”

I’ve been noticing something beautiful during my NeuroCalm Touch™ sessions lately.

Clients coming in with years of tension and exhaustion…
are leaving saying things like,

“I haven’t slept this deeply in ages.”
“My body feels lighter.”
“It’s the first time my mind has been quiet in weeks.”

These aren’t just stories about relaxation —
they’re stories about relief.

Over time, I’ve seen clients begin to notice easing of symptoms linked with:
💫 Fibromyalgia
💫 Chronic fatigue
💫 IBS
💫 Migraines
💫 Grief + emotional overwhelm
💫 Insomnia
💫 Rheumatoid + osteoarthritis
💫 Anxiety + burnout

NeuroCalm Touch™ isn’t traditional massage.
It doesn’t fight the body —
it helps the body remember how to rest.

By calming the nervous system, stimulating the vagus nerve,
and creating a deep sense of safety,
the body can finally shift out of survival mode —
and into a state where real healing begins.

This is where softening happens.
Where the body exhales.
Where peace finally has space to land.

✨ Save this for when your body is asking for calm.
💌 Or share it with a friend who’s been carrying too much for too long.

09/28/2025

Stress doesn’t just live in the mind — it lodges deep in the body.

Knots, tension, restless nights… traditional massage pushes on symptoms but rarely touches the root.

NeuroCalm Touch™ works differently — it speaks directly to the nervous system.

Stimulation of the vagus nerve and gentle acupressure points signal safety, and when the brain feels safe, the body releases on its own.

No force, no pain, no next-day soreness — just deep relief that lasts beyond the session.

Denessa shared, “It’s like no other treatment I have received before. It brought a sense of peace and safety in my body that led to deep relaxation and stillness.”

This isn’t relaxation for an hour.

It’s a recalibration that helps the body let go of stress it’s been gripping for far too long.

And here’s what makes it even easier to try — every session is covered under massage therapy benefits.

✨ Comment or DM me the word CALM and I’ll personally send you the booking link.

Address

1 Rochford Street
Charlottetown, PE
C1A9L2

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

https://charlottetownmassagetherapy.janeapp.com/#/staff_member/21

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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.