The Wellness Sanctuary

08/17/2026

08/17/2026

Welllll…in the fullness of the summer swirl and comings and goings we weren’t quite sure we’d find a date to dance under the moon together, but after some flexible scheming and dreaming WE ARE GOING FOR IT!!!

A couple days before the full Sturgeon moon and partial lunar eclipse , it will work out beautifully because we’ll get to see it rise and be dancing beneath it!!!

Christina Montano facilitates a gentle guided meditative cacao ceremony to start, we tend a sacred fire on her beautiful land, and then I guide a free form conscious movement practice in community, beneath the moon, with the fire, on the soft earth and surrounded and held by all the natural elements.

This is an invitation into your body and breath, an opportunity to be present with your intentions for the cycle ahead, and a chance to be and move together in a deep and connective community. All ages and genders welcome, often there are babes in arms up through elders and we have the sweetest time shared.

I love these events! If you’ve been, you know how magical they are. If this peaks your interest and you haven’t been yet, I encourage you to join us! Summer is so fleeting, and we only hold these outdoor events while the season and weather allows!
No time like the present, come dance!

08/10/2026

Hey wellness community!

Emerging from the swirl of summer fullness to say heyyyyy and I miss ya and after all the expansive days of summer it sure will be good to get into an autumn rhythm with yall again!

Lots of comings and goings, family tending, retreat leading, song weaving, massage school focusing, grief navigating, puppy walking, and summer swirling has been filling my days.

This week I’m back at the center for classes, then away again to settle my daughter in MT back at school, then back again last week of Aug and hopefully settling into a consistent autumn flow again! I’ll be graduating from my massage program the beginning of Oct and will be thrilled to be integrating this more into my work with community! It is soooo alive in my right now!

I hope summer has been kind to you and you are able to savor some of the rich blessings that we wait all year for here.

The sunsets, the phosphorescence, the Milky Way, and the warm salty waters have been some of my life giving and soul balancing medicine lately. May you soak up the small moments and let this beautiful nature around us hold you!

Will love to see ya in the practices again this week and the last week of Aug, then into September we will flowwww together!!!

This week at the center…

Tues 8:30-10
Sivananda Yoga with The Love Card

Wed 9-10:30
Soothing grounding yoga with Rrose

Thurs 9-11
Free form dance for women with Rrose

Fri 4-5:15
Classical yoga with David Walker

07/12/2026

There is devastation around the globe and an equal rising of love. There are women who pour their hearts and souls and deep intentions out into the world at the waters edge. Hope is not lost. It is alive and emerging.

Thank you Lynne Bechard for this beautiful lil video creation (all done without my knowing ! How do you capture such beauty so discreetly!!!??)love you.

07/10/2026

Today was a powerful day.
12 women. Vulnerable open hearts. Sacred authenticity. Deep dive dance practice. Somatic and expressive arts therapy sessions. Authentic relating. Nourishing organic food. Deep belly laughter. Free flowing tears. Sacred reflection. Unabashed support. Co-creation. Life affirming connection. And so much more.

This day long retreat with our consistent free form dance crew was a dream come true. In collaboration with special guest teacher Rebecca Traub and her magical space holding and skills, we deepened and expanded.

I’m feeling incredibly grateful, honored, and deeply inspired to witness women doing such profound healing work. This is my passion and joy, right here.🙏💞

06/26/2026

Glimpses into my Wellness Sanctuary office, one of my favorite places to be. 💗

Here I am continuing to offer energy work sessions, and now combining with practicing THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE!

I’ll be Graduating from an AHHHHMMAAAZING year long 500 hr massage program for my LMT this early October, so practice and deepening into all that I’m learning is well underway… and pairing beautifully with the energy work.

I have opened up a whole universe of understanding and exploring the body in a deeper way and it is blowing my mind. Frankly, I’m giddy about it. It feels truly aligned and I feel so damn honored and grateful to be working with people in this way!!!
I’m in humble awe, in service to the alter of the body… and the mind, body, spirit connection.

Here are just a few of the tools that I’ve added to my toolkit to work with folks in the gentle promoting towards balance, homeostasis, mobility, and wellness….

Swedish massage, isolated deep tissue techniques, myofacial release, neuromuscular release techniques, lymphatic massage , cupping, passive stretching routines, reflexology, hot stones, warm towels, trigger point release techniques,salt scrubs, dry brushing lymphatic techniques, prenatal massage, chair massage…. And on….

Practicing all of these skill sets and pairing them with my prior work of Reiki, intuitive energy balancing, breath support, sound healing, plant medicine support, footsoaks, herbal tea, and heart connection.

Many tools, humble honor, gratitude, student mindset,and such eager excitement to be growing in my offerings.
Looking forward to continuing to help support community in paths of healing.

💗🙏💗

06/24/2026

An attempt to offer a visual and verbal glimpse into the magic of our full moon cacao ceremony dances…

Next Monday, 6/29 Full Strawberry moon
Outdoor location East Blue Hill
7-9:30

Sacred soft lands. Well tended fire .Late day sunset. Soft summer breeze. Full moon rising. Community. A meditative journey with cacao. An opportunity to dance on the soft earth in any way yours body feels move. Thoughtfully crafted heartfelt music that follows a wave of rhythms and is a healing journey. Gentle guiding. Symphony of frogs. Call of owl. Coyotes in the distance. Offerings to the fire. Inspiration. Being held by the wild. Connection, inner and with each other. Ritual. Time to feel. An invitation to move and be moved. Sound healing. Post dance dessert and community time around the fire.

These ceremonies are more than any individual parts of the whole. They are a sacred collaboration and we pour our hearts and presence into creating a verrrrrry rich, deep, meaningful, powerful, connective experience! All are welcome. Babes through elders! All humans. Come as you are. This is a space to reallllly live and breathe into the summer essence, tune into your vast inner landscape, and feel supported by the lands and elements that hold us all.

Join us!

Unlimited space but reservations required in advance!

Christina Montano

06/23/2026

Summer has arrived. It’s that time of year we all wait for, and yet when it arrives in its robust and rapid way, time just seems to move so fast.

All I want to do is slow down enough to savor it…. And try as I might amidst the fullness, even the flowers and plants are arriving then passing by so swiftly.
Here!!!…so radiant, then going to seed, and then gone, a cycle complete.
It’s such a reminder of the impermanence of… everything. Life, ever changing, is the only constancy we know for sure.

As a woman also amidst midlife metamorphosis, I am realizing the only real and palpable way to stay grounded amidst all the changes is to stay very consistent with the practices that keep me well. And most of them are very simple.

Sun.
Salt.
Deep sleep, (and enough of it!!!)
Movement of this body
Nourishment in food and hydration
Laughter
Love
Beauty
Breath (renewing again and again)

I wish you all a blessed summer.

This little wellness sanctuary practice has been in an internal process of dissolving and recreating (more on that later)… and I’m so grateful that at the heart of it there’s a thriving, beautiful, vibrant community who just keeps showing up!
Thank you!

If yoga, free form deep somatic movement, therapeutic massage, energy balancing, plant spirit medicine, and sound healing are pathways that help you stay well and balanced, this is a pretty special place to come drop in and remember who you are.
Hope to see you here soon.

Class schedule below, DM or reach out dog private bodywork/energy work sessions.

Weekly classes: (as of now, always subject to change, just like everything else in life!)

Tuesdays 8:30-10 am
Sivananda yoga with Joanne Steinberg The Love Card

Wednesdays 9-10:30
Nourishing grounding yoga with Rrose
A body, mind, spirit, energy practice that calls you into your wholeness

Thursdays 9-11
Free form deep somatic movement for women with Rrose
A weekly practice of ritual, exploration, discovery, and deep inner listening through free form dance, amidst a very consistent welcoming group of women.

Fridays 5:45-7
Classical yoga with David Walker David Walker
A traditional hatha yoga infused with philosophy, meditation, chanting

05/05/2026

See yall next week!💗

04/06/2026

Hi folks
The red wing back birds have returned, p***y willows and witch hazel are in bloom, and our streams are flowing full.
Spring is rising in the sap and moving through our veins. The days are lengthening and the scent of earth fills us and reminds us of alllllll of the life to come.

Here’s our weekly schedule…
Hope to see you on the mat and in dance this week… I love sharing these practices with you!

Schedule 4/5-4/11

Tues 5:45-7
Candlelight restorative yoga with

Wednesday 9-10:30
Gentle nourishing yoga with Rrose

Thursday 9-11
Free form dance with Rrose

Friday 4-5:15
Classical yoga with