Sanctuary By The Sea, Sanctuary By The Sea 2612 Route 88, Point Pleasant, NJ (2025)

12/08/2025

Hey loves… quick heart-to-heart and an important update. 💗

Last Friday our hot water heater burst, and the downstairs at Sanctuary by the Sea flooded. We had several inches of standing water, and the leak ran into the floors. A full remediation crew is here now - everything is being handled with so much care, and we’re making sure the space stays safe for everyone who comes here with health challenges.

The good news:
Insurance will most likely cover the repairs and the remediation in full.
The hard part:
The entire downstairs will be closed for a while, and that means a big loss of income during a season when every bit matters.

I’ve poured everything I have into building this Sanctuary - my time, my heart, my savings, my prayers. And even with insurance covering the repair work, the financial burden of losing a whole floor for the next stretch is… a lot.

So I’m reaching out - gently, humbly - to ask for your support.

If this space has ever held you… nourished you… made you feel more alive in your body or less alone in your healing… I would love your help keeping us steady while we navigate this.

Ways to support right now:

✨ Come to class - everything will be held upstairs
✨ Book a massage or Ayurvedic treatment
✨ Become a member (even one month helps)
✨ Join the in person membership for $108 or virtual membership for $35/month
✨ Purchase an online course (trauma, pain, Ayurveda, nervous system care)
✨ Share this post with someone who might need what we offer

Every gesture, every class, every membership helps us keep Sanctuary by the Sea alive and thriving through this unexpected detour.

And to those of you who have already reached out, sent financial support, bought packages, booked sessions, or upgraded your memberships… thank you.

Your generosity has held me in a moment when I really needed it. You’re keeping this little sanctuary breathing while we navigate the repairs downstairs, and I feel your love so deeply.

Thank you for loving this place with me.
Thank you for believing in this work.
And thank you for helping us stay afloat while we rebuild.

I love you all so much.

12/05/2025

Tonight’s moon feels like the tide pulling on the edges of my spirit - a little wild, a little ancient, and somehow familiar. Like something I’ve known in my bones long before I ever learned the word “nakshatra.”

I feel this moon.

This one sits in a part of the sky that carries themes of arrival and release - of stepping toward what feels divinely aligned, and letting the old stories fall away.
A moon of threshold energy.
A moon that whispers, “Trust what is unfolding.”

And honestly… that’s where I am right now.
Learning to unclench.
Learning to honor what wants to grow through me.
Learning to let the Divine have Her say in the timing of things.

This moon feels like:

✨ a softening in the chest
✨ clarity rising from somewhere deep and vast
✨ a reminder that intuition is not a luxury - it’s a lifeline
✨ the courage to step out of old patterns of scarcity, hurt, or over-giving
✨ devotion to the path, even when I can’t see the whole map

If you’re feeling tender or stretched or strangely hopeful… you’re not alone.
If you’re shedding skins you outgrew months ago… same.
If you’re standing in a doorway between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming… I’m right there with you, breathing under this same moon.

May this full moon bring you a moment of quiet truth,
a light of clarity,
or just enough softness to trust that your life is gently re-aligning itself.

May we listen with our bodies.
May we release with love.
May we walk forward with the courage of all the women who walked before us.

Blessings to your heart tonight.
🌕💗✨

12/04/2025

✨ December at Sanctuary by the Sea ✨
Soft lights. Warm blankets. Deep breaths. Sacred touch.
This month is full — in the sweetest way.

Every week, the doors open for meditation, yoga therapy, community circles, and the kind of rest your nervous system has been begging for. And December is sprinkled with the magic of Kirtan, Reiki, song circles, Thai gatherings, and our holiday party with Swamini ji.

If you’ve been meaning to come home to yourself… this is your sign.
Pick a class, choose a ritual, or just come sit with us and breathe for a while.

Everything is small, intimate, and heart-led, so please be sure to register.
I’d truly love to see you in the room.

🕊️ Weekly classes
🌿 Bodywork + spa therapies
🎶 Special holiday gatherings
🔥 Sauna + membership perks
🌊 And a community that actually cares

Come be part of what we’re building here.
It’s medicine.
It’s home.
It’s Sanctuary.

11/25/2025

Have you met our practitioners yet? ✨
Honestly, every single one of these humans is part of the heartbeat of Sanctuary by the Sea, and I feel so grateful watching our community weave itself together as we close out our very first year.

🌿 Meg Borbely – our beloved pediatric physical therapist with the gentlest presence and a magic way of helping kids feel safe and strong.

🌿 Julie Egbert – our meditation teacher whose voice has held so many of us through tender moments. She’s with us for just a little while longer as she transitions in 2026, so make sure to soak her in while she’s here.

🌿 Kiannah Jones – licensed massage therapist, song-circle goddess, and one of the most soulful space holders you’ll ever meet.

🌿 Nancy Bonta-Evans – our seasoned 500-hour experienced yoga teacher who brings steadiness, breath, and wisdom to every class.

🌿 Carrinna Maghan – my daughter, our joyful childcare support, and the one who fills the space with pure light.

🌿 And me, Jeanette – founder, yoga therapist, Ayurvedic practitioner, bodyworker, and the heart behind this whole place.

We also have plenty of guest practitioners who come through to offer special workshops, rituals, trainings, and gorgeous community gatherings- so keep your eyes open. There’s always something beautiful unfolding here.

A very special bow of gratitude to Kula Kamala Foundation and Swamini Shraddhananda Saraswati, who bring such a sacred presence to this home by the sea.

Thank you for being part of our first year.
Big announcements and a celebration are coming soon… stay close. ❤️✨🌊

11/16/2025

I’m so thrilled to welcome Nancy Bonta Evans (Kamala) to teach at Sanctuary by the Sea. Nancy is a 500 RYT level trained yoga teacher. She studied with Swamini Shraddhananda Saraswati of the Kula Kamala Ashram in the Sivenanda tradition. Nancy strongly believes that the adherence to the principle of Ahimsa is manifested through the loving and gentle practice of Yin Yoga. Join her every third Tuesday for a deep dive into restorative yin.
Https://sanctuarybythesea.as.me/yin
You can also see Nancy 💕’s incredible art on display and for sale upstairs as part of our featured artist program!
❤️🙏🌊

11/10/2025

I am so happy to welcome Jones into our Sanctuary community. ✨

Kiannah is a licensed massage therapist with a deeply intuitive touch and a voice that can open hearts. She’ll be offering bodywork, sound healing, and her beautiful, ongoing community Song Circles here.

If you’ve ever been in a room where Kiannah is singing, you know - it’s not just music. It’s remembrance. It’s connection. It’s medicine.

I’m so grateful she’s here. ❤️

11/08/2025

One year ago today, I opened the doors to Sanctuary by the Sea for the first time.

A small group of us gathered inside - the paint was still drying, the rooms weren’t fully set up, there was no “system” yet. It was just heart, vision, and the hope that we could create a place where people could breathe again.

This year has been full.
Full of beauty, full of work, full of healing, full of learning, full of responsibility, full of challenge and full of devotion.

Many of you have come here to:
• rest
• rebuild
• grieve
• reconnect with your body
• remember your strength
• find a place that feels safe

And this space has held all of it.

What I want to share today is simple and real:

If Sanctuary has supported you - if you want it to continue - now is the time to become a member.

Membership is what keeps the doors open.
Not drop-ins. Not one-off classes.
Membership is what allows this space to be here for the long run.

There are different membership levels so you can choose what works for you.

If you’ve been thinking about joining, coming back, or deepening your connection here - just send me a message or click the link in our bio.

I’m proud of what we have built.
And I want to keep going.
Together.

🤍❤️🌊
Jeanette
Sanctuary by the Sea

DM me the word: “Membership” and I’ll send details.

10/30/2025

Wake. Practice. Teach. Eat. Meet with someone incredible. Rest. Workout. Sauna. Kids. Dinner. Rinse. Repeat.

Something really exciting coming this November. 🔥❤️

10/26/2025

Sometimes I look at these photos and remember the exact feeling in my chest from that moment - the steadiness, the quiet knowing, the this is what I am here for.

For almost 30 years I’ve been in the work of caring for others - in hospitals, nursing homes, hospice organizations, community spaces, yoga studios, living rooms, and quiet sacred moments at bedside. Massage therapy, yoga therapy, Ayurveda, somatics… I’ve walked these paths because I needed them too.
Because I know what it is to love helping… and to also feel tired from helping.

And I know you do too.

You don’t want to burn out.
You don’t want to run on empty.
You want to serve from a place that’s rooted, wise, and replenishing - for you and the people you care for.

This is why I teach.
This is why I build community around this work.

If you’re feeling that pull to deepen your skill - to move from “I hope this helps” to I know how to support healing in the body, nervous system, and spirit - I’m here.
Not to overwhelm you.
Not to push you harder.
But to show you what it looks like to serve with mastery, clarity, and a heart that stays open.

This is massage + yoga therapy education that feels like home in the body.
A path of devotion, not depletion.

If you’re feeling that whisper - come closer.

Send a message.

Let’s talk about your next step.

Your work matters.
And you deserve to feel well while offering it. 🤍

Jeanette

10/17/2025

Posted • 📖 Effectiveness of Yoga on Depression and Anxiety in People with Chronic Primary Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

A meta-analysis of six trials involving 382 participants found that yoga reduced depression, anxiety, and pain while improving quality of life for people with chronic primary pain, with no major adverse effects reported. Although the overall evidence quality ranged from low to very low, findings suggest that yoga may be a valuable nonpharmacological approach to support both physical and emotional well-being alongside standard medical care.

Tap the link in bio to read the full study!

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