The "Qi to Life" is the "Key to Life"
The "Qi to Life" is the
"Key to Life"
The exclusive Qi to Life program incorporates numerous healing modalities, daily practices and customized rituals that are meticulously designed to synergistically enhance the benefit of each in order to reinforce long-term health and lasting sobriety. When paired with the expertise of our partners-in-care physicians and scientifically-based nutrition program, The Healing Sanctuary provides unparalleled care for those challenged by stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD and maintaining their sobriety.
- Effective Breathwork Techniques
- Qigong, Tai Chi Flow
- Mindfulness & Meditation Training
- Qi Force Strength & Mace Training
- Sensory Deprivation Experiences
- Cold Plunge
- Infrared Sauna
- Contrast Therapy
- Trauma Recovery Yoga
- Food Healing Kitchen & Education
- NAD-IV Treatments (offsite)
- IV Vitamin Infusions (offsite)
- Acupuncture
- Neurofeedback
- Sound Baths
- Journaling
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
- Compassionate Communication
- One-on-one Mentorship Sessions
- Custom Aftercare program
Breathwork, Qi gong,
Mindfulness & Qi Force Strength Training
Breathwork, Qi gong,
Mindfulness & Qi Force Strength Training
Breathwork and Qi gong are essential components of the Qi to Life program. Cultivating one’s inner flow while building strength through stillness has the ability to create stability and resilience. Utilizing the breath in various ways has transformative effects on the physiology of the mind and body. By offering a wide range of tools for finding one’s inner still point, each guest is empowered with vital skills that enable them to regain control when feeling overwhelmed, which is a fundamental element for sustaining health and sobriety.
Mindfulness and meditation proficiency is also enhanced daily with practices that work alongside our strength training program, Qi-Force! In conjunction with our training exercises, the willpower of each guest is further strengthened through the adaptation of the infrared sauna and cold bath therapy.
The Synergy of East & West
NAD IV Therapy & Acupuncture
Another apex to the Qi to Life program (through our partners-in-care) is the assurance of NAD-IV Therapy. This powerful remedy has the ability to reduce cravings and rehabilitate every cell in the body, especially the brain. This process repairs DNA and cells’ receptor sites, reduces inflammation and immediately replenishes depleted nutrients, neurotransmitters and enzymes throughout the entire body.
The Qi to Life program takes the tremendous healing capacity of NAD-IV another step further by pairing it with acupuncture and Chinese herbology. By taking advantage of the profound influence acupuncture has on addiction, depression and anxiety, and coupling it with NAD-IV, a synergistic relationship is formed. This means that together they enhance each other’s results more so than they would produce on their own.
The Qi to Life Kitchen
Strengthing the Mind/Body Connection
Through the Power of Food Healing Science
In the world of recovery-based care, no other system centers around the importance of food science, digestion and mental health the way the Qi to Life program does. Our partners-in-care address this in a methodical way by using a comprehensive food sensitivity test, assessment of one’s micronutrient levels and Traditional Chinese Medicine evaluation to reveal what is really going on internally. This includes a search for inflammatory markers within the body that when reversed assist in repairing the gut to its peak health – and this is just the beginning.
Each day our we select the highest quality of nutritiously rich ingredients to maximize the health benefits of each delicious meal. From the energetically polarized clean water to the garden-fresh greens and herbs taken directly from our in-house hydroponic tower gardens, our guests will taste the love and vitality in each bite. Our goal is a full system reboot from the inside out. Addressing core issues like gut health is a key component of the Qi to Life program.
Cold Plunge Experience
Science now shows us that cold exposure is a very potent way to increase chemicals in the brain that improve mood, mental acuity and levels of alertness. When paired with breathwork techniques such as Tumo, which creates heat and hones in one’s focus that allows for surrender into a calm meditative state, the experience and results are unparalleled.
Immersing in cold water increases dopamine by 250% and norepinephrine (adrenaline in the brain) by as much as 500% over baseline. Dopamine is involved in elevating our mood, making us feel energized and enhances our ability to focus. Increases in dopamine evoked by deliberate cold last for hours and are as strong, if not many times stronger, than the fleeting increases elicited by nicotine and cocaine or from behaviors that are known to be addictive. Additionally, cold exposure does this without a significant increase in the stress hormone cortisol, meaning it stimulates a stress response without negative health consequences.
Deliberate cold exposure also decreases inflammation, boosts energy production (metabolism), and most importantly, improves resilience - your grittiness, your ability to move through challenges while remaining calm, cool and collected. The science of mindset tells us that if we are doing something deliberately, it can lead to a different set of physiological effects than if something is happening to us against our will or without our control. Deliberate cold exposure, therefore, leverages the power of choice to build resilience. By using cold to shift our body state, we can train our mental state to better cope when life presents us with stress.
Neurofeedback
At The Healing Sanctuary, we take a holistic approach to resetting both the body and the mind. In addressing the imbalance of over-activity in certain areas of the brain and under-activity in others exhibited by people who experience anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction, we use Brainpaint Automated Neurofeedback Brain Training to re-establish balance.
Brain function not only influences what we think, but more importantly, it influences how we think. From modern medicine’s mental health perspective, issues such as ADHD, PTSD, addiction and depression are narrowed down to a faulty chemical or electrical reaction between cells called neurotransmission.
When neurotransmission is out of balance, mental health degrades. Western medicine has, for decades, tried to correct those imbalances through medications that aim to increase or decrease the neurotransmitter reaction. Unfortunately, you cannot add a chemical to one part of the brain without affecting other parts of the brain or the rest of the body for that matter – e.g. the negative side effects of almost all medications. Additionally, it is now well established that the chemical imbalance theory as the cause of depression has been thoroughly debunked.
Thankfully, over the last 50 years, researchers involved in the electrical side of the neurotransmission reaction have developed the science of neurofeedback. Neurofeedback is a form of biofeedback that listens to the brain's electrical activity, identifies where it is out-of-balance, and provides feedback to the brain. This feedback assists the brain in rehabilitating and optimizing its own electrical system, alleviating symptoms of mental health challenges.
Trauma Recovery Yoga, EFT & Compassionate Communication
Each day we build on the lessons from the day before. We complement our various training practices with trauma recovery yoga, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and another most notable program, Compassionate Communication or NVC (Nonviolent Communication founded by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg) – the final piece that rounds out the Qi to Life program.
This conscience communication program has two primary goals. One focuses on re-learning how to bridge and build healthier relationships with family, friends or one’s spouse, and the other emphasizes how to begin to speak to oneself again. This program guides us to reframe how we express ourselves, how we hear others and how we resolve conflict. It is a tool that leads us toward a higher quality of connection among people where everyone’s needs are valued and are met through conscious observation, active listening and compassionate language.
Perseverance, Fortitude & Fundamental Life Skills
It takes perseverance and fortitude to master the fundamental life skills necessary to achieve lasting health and sobriety, and the Qi to Life program is specifically designed to produce exactly that. Our all-inclusive restorative monthly stay includes 160 hours of private holistic care powered by a chef-driven clean organic meal plan. Facilitated in an upscale tranquil residence, the Qi to Life program is executed by an expert team whose mission is to provide guests with an experience of a lifetime where they may actualize their dreams and the outcome they so desire.
