Meet Jillian
Founder of Sanctuary Healing Arts
Healing is not about fixing what’s broken.
It’s about remembering what’s already whole.
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Hi! I’m Jillian Coogan, founder of Sanctuary Healing Arts. I’m a yoga teacher, licensed massage therapist, and integrative healer with over twenty years of experience supporting people through pain, stress, and transition.
My work bridges trauma-informed bodywork, nervous system regulation, intuitive movement, breath, sound, and plant allies—always grounded, relational, and deeply human.
Sanctuary Healing Arts was created as a place to land.
A place where the body is listened to, not overridden.
Where healing happens through safety, presence, and relationship—not force.
My Path
My journey in the healing arts began early, shaped by a lineage that honored both the physical body and the unseen layers beneath it. Like many who find their way to this work, my path was forged through lived experience.
I spent years navigating addiction, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and complex trauma. Those chapters taught me something essential: real healing doesn’t come from willpower alone—it comes when the nervous system feels safe enough to soften, feel, and reorganize.
That understanding took me around the world. I studied yoga in India, lived in an ashram, co-facilitated teacher trainings, and taught internationally. Time in Peru and the Amazon deepened my relationship with plant wisdom and somatic integration, reshaping how I understand healing at its roots.
Sanctuary Healing Arts is the synthesis of that journey—personal, professional, embodied.
How I Work
My work is intuitive, trauma-informed, and grounded in anatomy, physiology, and nervous system science.
Every session is responsive to the person in front of me. I listen carefully—to your words, your breath, your tissues, and the patterns beneath the patterns. Sessions may include elements of massage therapy, craniosacral work, assisted stretching, energy work, breath awareness, or subtle nervous system support, depending on what your body is asking for.
Nervous system regulation and emotional integration
Relief from chronic pain, stress, and holding patterns
Reconnection to sensation, safety, and self-trust
Sustainable change through regular, supportive care
Plant Allies
Alongside hands-on work and movement, I create Sanctuary Elixirs—small-batch herbal blends crafted to support the nervous system and emotional body.
These elixirs are designed as both remedy and ritual. Gentle, effective, and meant to be used with care and consistency.
Plants are not a shortcut.
They are allies.
The Sanctuary Philosophy
Sanctuary Healing Arts is not about pushing, fixing, or performing wellness.
It’s about creating the conditions for your body to do what it already knows how to do.
My role is not to heal you.
It’s to walk alongside you as you remember how.
— Jillian
You are always welcome here.