Stop doing. Start Healing.
THE SANCTUARY
on Big Valley Road, Poulsbo, WA
INTRODUCING MERIDIAN BALANCING
In Chinese medicine, when energy flows freely, the body functions perfectly. Rather than forcing change, Meridian Balancing creates the conditions for your nervous system to regulate, repair, and restore communication.
HEAL YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
Your body is designed to heal, repair and regenerate. At the Sanctuary, we offer a treatment to reset your nervous system, restore flow and give your body the time and space it needs to do what it already knows how to do.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
TRANSITION | 30 MINUTES
Your treatment begins with silence, not needles. Sip our daily medicinal herbal elixir and spend 30 minutes checking in with yourself. Sit in the garden, journal, sketch, meditate or simply notice your breath and your body.
Deep listening begins here.
RELEASE | 25 MINUTES
Your Meridian Balancing treatment begins face down. Moving cupping, myofascial techniques and acupuncture are used to release areas of restriction, encourage circulation and begin restoring communication throughout the body.
Let go of what you've been holding.
RESTORE | 25 MINUTES
Turning face up, treatment shifts toward regulation and nourishment. Acupuncture and abdominal points support deeper balance, while warming moxibustion is used on selected points to nourish your resources and support vitality and resilience.
Settle. Root. Restore.
INTEGRATE | 30 MINUTES
Rather than immediately returning to the outside world, you'll spend another 30 minutes relaxing on the property and integrating your treatment.
We recommend that 20 minutes of this time is spent absorbing the benefits of infrared light therapy.
Deepen your healing.
BEGIN YOUR HEALING JOURNEY
The healing power is already within you
—we help create the conditions for it to emerge.
Restoring Communication
Every Meridian Balancing session focuses on restoring communication throughout the nervous system.
When stress, tension, and long-held patterns disrupt this communication, the body can lose its ability to respond, adapt, and return to balance with ease.
Meridian Balancing helps reconnect these pathways, allowing the nervous system, body, and energetic system to work together more harmoniously.
By restoring communication, we create the foundation for deeper regulation, greater resilience, and the body's natural capacity to repair and regenerate—rather than simply chasing individual symptoms.
Restoring flow, restores balance & harmony within—We don't heal the body—we help remove the obstacles so the body can remember how to heal itself.
COOL INFRARED
Light Therapy
—Included with every Meridian Balancing Treatment
Extending Your Body's Healing Time
After your treatment, we encourage you to spend time receiving infrared light therapy. The longer your body remains in this relaxed, restorative state, the more opportunity it has to repair, regenerate, and build resilience.
Increase circulation to deliver oxygen and nutrients where they're needed most.
Promote cellular repair and tissue regeneration to support recovery.
Relax muscles and melt away tension, allowing the body to unwind more completely.
Calm the nervous system, helping quiet the mind and deepen relaxation.
Support the body's natural detoxification processes through improved circulation and perspiration.
Reduce pain and inflammation, supporting faster recovery.
Improve lymphatic movement, helping clear metabolic waste and reduce congestion.
Support balanced hormones by encouraging a healthy stress response.
Promote deeper, more restorative sleep, where the greatest healing occurs.
Enhance healthy digestion and immune function by keeping the body in its healing mode.
A few extra minutes of infrared therapy allows your body to continue doing what it was designed to do naturally—repair, restore, and renew.
Go deeper— with add on therapies.
The more time your body spends in restoration,
the more opportunity it has to heal.
HOT CEDAR SAUNA
Step into the deep warmth of our cedar sauna, as the heat softens tension and encourages a cleansing sweat, circulation opens, the nervous system settles, and the body can shift out of stress and into a more restorative state. This renewed flow supports natural detoxification, tissue healing, and the movement of energy throughout the body.
OCEAN FLOAT ROOM
Give your nervous system the opportunity to truly reset. Floating in warm, mineral-rich water creates an environment of deep stillness that helps calm the stress response, quiet mental chatter, and awaken the body's natural capacity for rest, repair, and healing.
MEET FRANCES MALONE, ARNP
& OWNER OF DOGFISH MOON SANCTUARY
CRANIAL SACRAL
INTUITIVE WELLNESS
IV THERAPY
We’re excited to collaborate with Frances by hosting our Meridian Balancing sessions at The Sanctuary. Frances speca in helping the body clear inflammation and restore a healthier internal environment. Our approaches share a foundational belief: healing happens from within—our work is to provide the right conditions, support, and resources so the body can do what it is naturally designed to do: repair, regulate, and heal itself.
Nature Awaits You
Receptivity & Stillness
Healing doesn't come from pushing harder—it often begins when we create enough space for the body to do what it has always been designed to do.
Modern life asks us to do more than ever before. We're constantly planning, solving problems, responding to demands, and moving from one responsibility to the next. Over time, this state of continual “doing" can keep the nervous system in a heightened state of alertness.
When we're living in fight-or-flight mode, muscles tighten, breathing becomes shallow, circulation changes, and the body naturally prioritizes survival over restoration. While this response is essential during moments of danger, it was never meant to become our normal way of living.
Research continues to show that time spent in nature can help quiet the nervous system, lower stress, and support emotional well-being. The gentle rhythm of swaying trees, birdsong, flowing water, and even the sensation of bare feet on the earth remind the body that it is safe to relax.
When we step away from constant stimulation and into the natural world, our breathing deepens, our minds become quieter, and our bodies begin to shift from vigilance into restoration.
Nestled on 77 peaceful acres along Dogfish Creek, the sanctuary invites you to slow down and reconnect with the natural world. Whether you choose to walk the forest trails, sit quietly beneath the trees, soak in the sights and sounds of the creek, or simply breathe the fresh air, nature becomes an extension of your treatment.
At Dogfish Moon Sanctuary, we encourage you to linger after your treatment.
Walk slowly. Feel the sunshine and the breeze. Listen to the birds. Let the land become part of your healing journey.
