Sanctuary Studios

01/08/2026

We belong to each other.

Not figuratively. Not sentimentally. Literally.

That breath in your lungs once belonged to someone else.
Those clothes on your back were touched by hundreds of hands before they made it to you.
Every morsel of food that passes your lips is an infinite orchestration of effort that allows you to be fed.

We belong to each other.

And if we're made to be in relationship, today we want to encourage you to go find the reciprocal kind, the kind that gives back, the kind that fills you up in equal measure.

If you've found that kind of friend with us at Sanctuary, tag them below. We'd love to hear about your community.

Haven't been in yet? Check out our classes at sanctuarystudiosqc.com

01/06/2026

Did you know our pay-what-you-can model extends to EVERYTHING we do at Sanctuary, including massage, sound therapy, and energy work?

Our Erica combines decades of practice with a deep reverence for both the psyche and the soma to create a powerful invitation for you to have access to the kind of care you deserve.

Get on her schedule today by emailing her at franzenerica@gmail.com

01/05/2026

For the past decade, we were taught that self care was our salvation. It was the most sure and certain path to curing our connection to ourselves and the world around, and so we dutifully added it to the list of things to do in a day, hoping it would help lighten the burden of being alive.

But like all things on that list, self care became another way we could fail, another task to be accomplished with too few resources to really see it through.

Did we do it wrong?

Absolutely not.

It’s just the not way we are made.

We are made for community and connection, for reciprocal relationship, for a life where we pour out AND drink in. And we NEED other people to do that.

So let us be your other people.

Come experience community care for yourself.

We have classes for everyone through the week. Check them out at our schedule at sanctuarystudiosqc.com

01/05/2026

For the past decade, we were taught that self care was our salvation. It was the most sure and certain path to curing our connection to ourselves and the world around, and so we dutifully added it to the list of things to do in a day, hoping it would help lighten the burden of being alive.

But like all things on that list, self care became another way we could fail, another task to be accomplished with too few resources to really see it through.

Did we do it wrong?

Absolutely not.

It’s just the not way we are made.

We are made for community and connection, for reciprocal relationship, for a life where we pour out AND drink in. And we NEED other people to do that.

So let us be your other people.

Come experience community care for yourself.

We have classes for everyone through the week. Check them out at our schedule at sanctuarystudiosqc.com

01/02/2026

Thank you WQAD and WQAD Shelby Kluver for stopping by and letting us talk about our favorite New Years’ topic - accessible movement for every BODY!

News 8 stopped by Moline's pay-what-you-can yoga studio, Sanctuary Studios, where founder Sarah Stevens demonstrated easy ways to move your body this year.

12/31/2025

New year. Same body.
Presence, not pressure.

Join us at Sanctuary tomorrow morning for a steady start to the year, with Sarah Stevens leading a New Year’s Day Just Yoga session at 9 AM. We can't wait to see you there.

Register at sanctuarystudiosqc.com

12/30/2025

The moon will be full for first time in 2026 on Saturday, January 3rd. Join us for our monthly Full Moon Movement and Meditation and experience a little bit of magic at Sanctuary.

Register at our website and find some more details:
www.sanctuarystudiosqc.com

12/30/2025

The moon will be full for first time in 2026 on Saturday, January 3rd. Join us for our monthly Full Moon Movement and Meditation and see a little bit of Sanctuary's magic.

Register at our website and find some more details:
www.sanctuarystudiosqc.com

12/24/2025

We are not meant to live through the longest night alone.
We are meant to call back the light together.

May the warmth of our Winter Solstice celebration ripple far and wide through this holiday season.

So we hope. So may it be.

12/23/2025

If you're looking for a place to make time for yourself during this holiday week, join Sarah Stevens for a Just Yoga class tomorrow, Christmas Eve, at 9 AM.

Find space for yourself before the holiday rush begins.

Pay what you can. Sign up at sanctuarystudiosqc.com

12/22/2025

Sometimes the things that hurt just need to be held.

For so many of us, this time of year can feel so fraught. The pressure to perform is relentless and the expectations, endless. Our longing for connection is piqued, but the cost of that connection can be too high a price to pay.

And all of it often points us toward our most wounded parts, the parts that cry out for relief, for relationship.

In those moments, this is what we hope for you:

That you are freed from fixing the things that hurt and instead feel yourself drawn to holding them instead.

If you need a place to make that possible, we’ve got you. 7 days a week. 70 classes a month.
Come as you are. Pay what you can.

Find our schedule at sanctuarystudiosqc.com