The Sanctuary

A NeuroWellness Event

Sponsored by Soul Spaces Essentials

Date

June 20, 2026

Venue

Saltbox

Time

10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Location

Tempe, Arizona

Schedule, practitioners, and final details may shift as the event comes together.

What Is The Sanctuary?

A guided experience designed to help you regulate your nervous system, calm stress patterns, and access a more clear, grounded, and energized state.

You will move through a guided NeuroWellness Protocol, a four-phase system that takes you from release to restoration, activation, and integration. This is not about trying random modalities. It is about experiencing a tangible shift in your internal state.

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You don't just attend. You move through a tangible shift in your internal state.

A New Category of Wellness

What is NeuroWellness?

Most wellness asks "how do I feel better?" NeuroWellness asks "how do I regulate the system that creates how I feel?"

Your nervous system is the operating layer underneath your daily experience. It is the difference between calm and wired, focused and scattered, present and anxious. When it's stuck in stress, no amount of self-care lands. When it's regulated, almost everything else gets easier.

NeuroWellness draws from polyvagal theory, somatic practice, and emerging research on autonomic balance. It's becoming shared language across breathwork, cryotherapy, somatic therapy, and mental health care, all centered on one target: how your nervous system actually operates.

The Sanctuary is one live, in-person expression of that movement. A structured experience built to give your nervous system a tangible, felt shift in real time.

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The nervous system is the operating layer underneath your daily experience.

The Core Modalities

The Practices Behind Each Phase

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)

A guided tapping practice on specific acupressure points that signals the nervous system to release stored stress responses. Often called "emotional acupressure," EFT has decades of research showing measurable reductions in cortisol, anxiety, and trauma activation.

Restorative Yoga

A slow, prop-supported style of yoga that uses long-held postures to trigger the parasympathetic nervous system. Unlike active yoga, it is not about effort. It is about giving your body the conditions to drop out of stress and into rest.

Led by Jenny

Energy Alchemy

Erlinda Vo's signature methodology. A four-state framework for transforming how you operate, working at the intersection of energy work, nervous system regulation, and intentional space design.

Clear what's been holding you back. Repair what's been depleted. Build a more aligned, energized version of yourself. Maintain the new state.

HeartMath Coherence

A scientifically validated training that uses heart-focused breathing and emotion regulation to bring the heart, brain, and nervous system into coherence. Backed by 30 years of research from the HeartMath Institute on heart-rate variability and autonomic balance.

Why a Protocol?

Most wellness events are buffets. The Sanctuary is a structured intervention.

Your nervous system needs to discharge before it can regulate, regulate before it can activate, and activate before what you've experienced can integrate. Skip a phase and the shift doesn't hold. Move through all four and something actually changes.

At The Sanctuary, the sequence happens through anchor moments with the group. Between them, the enhancements stay open throughout the day, free for you to wander into at your own pace. The protocol gives the day its structure. The exploration is yours.

The NeuroWellness Protocol™

Four Phases. One State Shift.

Phase 01

Discharge

Releases stored sympathetic activation and held tension so the nervous system can find calm.

Core Experience

EFT (Tapping) with Carrie Crossman

Phase 02

Regulate

Restores parasympathetic tone and autonomic balance, moving the body out of stress and into a grounded, regulated state.

Core Experience

Restorative Yoga with Jenny

Phase 03

Activate

Engages focused, intentional states without stress, accessing a more empowered, aligned version of yourself.

Core Experience

Energy Alchemy with Erlinda Vo

Phase 04

Integrate

Anchors the new state into memory and behavior, so what you create here doesn't fade by Monday.

Core Experience

HeartMath Coherence with Carrie Crossman

The Day

Your Journey Through the Protocol

10:00 AM
Doors Open & Settle In
Check in, find your name tag, and arrive into the space.
10:30 AM
Welcome
Protocol Introduction & Light Connect
A walkthrough of the four phases, followed by a guided breathing practice to bring everyone here, in our bodies, and present.
11:00 AM
Phase 01 · Discharge
EFT with Carrie Crossman
Release what your system has been holding through Emotional Freedom Technique.
11:30 AM
Phase 02 · Regulate
Restorative Yoga with Jenny
A 45-minute guided practice to return your body to a calm, balanced state. All levels welcome.
12:15 PM
Pause
Lunch & Community
A full hour to eat, connect, and explore the enhancements at your own pace.
1:15 PM
Showcase
Soul Spaces Essentials Showcase
A focused 15-minute look at the wellness products you can take home with you.
1:30 PM
Phase 03 · Activate
Energy Alchemy with Erlinda
A 30-minute immersive main-stage experience to shift your energy and engage your highest self.
2:00 PM
Open Exploration
Stations, Vendors, & Connection
30 minutes to wander the space, finish anything that's calling you, talk with vendors and practitioners.
2:30 PM
Phase 04 · Integrate
HeartMath Coherence Close with Carrie
A group HeartMath coherence practice. Anchor the state you've created. Take it home.
Self-Paced Enhancements

Stations to Explore at Your Own Pace

While the schedule unfolds, these enhancements are open throughout the day. Visit any station whenever it calls you. There is no checklist, no rush, no required path.

Phase 01 · Discharge

Release Stations

Discharge Station ✍️

Truth Release Wall

Write what you've been holding, anything you have not been able to say aloud. Stick it to the wall and let the act of naming it be the release.

Discharge Station 💥

Rage Corner

Emotional Response Technique pillows ("Anxiety Sucks," "Cancer Sucks") and a baton. Release what you've been carrying.

Discharge Station 💌

Intentions for the Universe

Write a letter to the universe about what you want to create for your future. Self-address it. We mail it back to you when the universe is ready.

Phase 02 · Regulate

Restoration Stations

Regulate Station 🌿

The Sanctuary Lounge

PEMF mat, red light therapy, and vibe plate. The deepest restoration available. Your first pod experience.

✦ Limited 20-min sessions
Phase 03 · Activate

Alignment Station

Activate Station ✨

I Am Aligned

A self-guided sound frequency experience to help you tune into the state you want to anchor. Listen, breathe, and let the frequency guide the shift.

Phase 04 · Integrate

Take-Home & Reflection Stations

Integrate Station 🙏

Gratitude Wall

Name what supported you, who you are thankful for, or what you want to carry forward. Add it to the wall as a visible anchor for the room.

Integrate Station 🫙

Intention Jar Creation

Optional paid add-on ($9.99). Create a small intention jar as a take-home anchor for what you are calling in.

Integrate Station 📱

Content Studio

Styled backdrops, perfect lighting, flat-lay station. Capture content worth posting. Enter our contest while you're there.

How It Works

A Guided, Yet Flexible Experience

You won't be rushing between activities or trying everything. You'll move through each phase of the protocol using a core experience, with the option to deepen your journey through additional enhancements.

Every path leads to the same outcome: a felt shift in your nervous system state.

Your Phase Leads

The Practitioners Behind the Protocol

Carrie Crossman
Phase 01 · Discharge

Carrie Crossman

Stress Resiliency Specialist · The InnerWork Studio

Carrie Crossman is a Certified Energy Psychology Practitioner, Certified HeartMath Interventions Practitioner, and Certified Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP / RRP) Provider, and the founder of The InnerWork Studio in Los Angeles.

Her path from Genetic Counselor to nervous system specialist gives the Discharge phase clinical depth. She combines decades of evidence-based training in Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), HeartMath Coherence, and the Safe & Sound Protocol to help her clients release the stress patterns held in the body, not just the mind.

Her work is grounded in a simple truth: stress isn't only a mental experience. It lives in the nervous system. Whether she's coaching executives, anxious teens, or burned-out caregivers, Carrie meets each person where they are and helps them rebuild the capacity to process stress without becoming consumed by it.

Carrie leads the EFT core experience that opens the Sanctuary protocol, giving guests the foundation, the tools, and the felt sense of what it means to actually feel okay in the body. She also closes the day with the HeartMath Coherence training in Phase 04, anchoring everything that came before into a tangible practice anyone can take home.

Her superpower: making nervous system regulation feel less clinical and a whole lot more human.

Learn more at theinnerworkstudio.com →

Jenny practicing yoga
Phase 02 · Regulate

Jenny

E-RYT Yoga Teacher · Yoga with Jenny Guzon-Bae

Jenny brings nearly two decades of rich teaching experience to her classes, having been registered with Yoga Alliance as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) and Continuing Education Provider (YACEP) since 2008. Her classes are designed to be both invigorating and grounding—offering a thoughtful blend of challenge and calm. With intelligent, breath-led sequencing and a deep understanding of anatomy, Jenny weaves together the physical and spiritual dimensions of yoga, always adapting to meet her students where they are.

Each session emphasizes functional movement, structural strength, and mindful alignment, inviting students to explore their edge while cultivating inner peace. Jenny’s intention is for every student to leave class feeling uplifted, empowered, and deeply connected—carrying that sense of clarity and vitality into their daily lives.

In 2012, Jenny founded Yoga Within You, a retreat company that has taken her across the globe, guiding yogis in transformative experiences from Crater Lake to Costa Rica. In 2023, she published her debut book, The Yoga Within You: Living Beyond the Mat, a heartfelt exploration of life’s universal challenges and joys. Through the lens of yoga philosophy, Jenny offers practical wisdom and soulful insights to help readers navigate life with resilience and authenticity.

Jenny credits her yoga practice with bringing profound transformation to her own life. She views yoga as a lifelong journey of self-discovery—one that strengthens our connection to what truly matters and invites us to evolve with grace and intention.

Fun Fact: Born and raised in Chicago, Jenny once swapped her yoga mat for a machete—competing on CBS’s Survivor: Cook Islands in 2006!

Erlinda Vo
Phase 03 · Activate

Erlinda Vo

The Actualizing Architect · The Spa for Your Soul

Erlinda Vo is the founder of The Sanctuary and the visionary behind NeuroWellness Events, immersive experiences designed to help people regulate their nervous systems, reconnect with themselves, and explore the future of wellness.

Known as the "Actualizing Architect," Erlinda blends systems thinking, wellness innovation, environmental design, and emerging technology to create spaces and experiences that support human restoration in a chronically overstimulated world.

After years of studying human behavior, energetic environments, wellness technologies, and transformational systems, she began designing experiences that bridge nervous system support with real-world accessibility. Her work focuses on creating practical pathways for people to feel safer, clearer, calmer, and more connected in their everyday lives.

Through NeuroWellness Events and The Sanctuary, Erlinda curates experiences featuring wellness technologies, education, immersive environments, and community connection, introducing people to tools and practices that support regulation, recovery, focus, and overall well-being.

Her mission is simple: Vibe Up the Planet, by helping to create a lifestyle of nervous system support for the modern world.

Learn more at thespaforyoursoul.com →

The Roster & Supporting Brands

Curated Practitioners Aligned to the Protocol

Wellness practitioners and aligned brands joining us on June 20.

Toy Demmings of The Joy Bar
The Joy Bar · Relationship Wellness

Toy Demmings

Relationship & Wellness Coach · LoveJoy Relationship & Wellness

Toy Demmings is a Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and the founder of LoveJoy Relationship & Wellness; a platform built on the belief that whole people build whole families, and whole families build everything else.

At The Sanctuary, Toy brings the Joy Bar — a curated wellness activation designed to help you regulate your emotional state, reconnect with what matters, and carry the day’s shift into your closest relationship. The Joy Bar blends intentional reflection and evidence-based tools into an experience you can feel — not just think about.

Toy holds an NBC-HWC board certification and a graduate certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching from UW–Stevens Point. Her work centers high-touch, transformational experiences for individuals, couples, and corporate teams ready to build from the inside out.

Joining us June 20

Abby Nickerson
Reiki & Intuitive Healing

Abby Nickerson

Reiki Master · Intuitive Healer · Body Whisperer

Abby is a gifted Reiki Master, intuitive healer, and body whisperer with a unique ability to help people return to themselves. She specializes in clearing energetic blocks, releasing stored emotions, and creating deeply safe spaces where the nervous system can soften, recalibrate, and heal.

For over 23 years, Abby has supported clients through physical, emotional, and energetic transformation. Her work gently guides people out of self-abandonment and back into connection with their truth, their bodies, and their inner wisdom.

A free spirit at heart, Abby embraces growth, new experiences, and the beauty of being human. She holds a B.S. in Family Resources & Human Development, has completed extensive leadership and human potential trainings, and remains a lifelong student of healing, consciousness, and the human experience.

Joining us June 20

Reserve Your Spot

Reserve General Admission

General Admission
$75 $95

General Admission · Current price

Experience all four phases of the NeuroWellness Protocol, plus lunch, vendors, and self-paced enhancements throughout the day.

Core

  • EFT with Carrie Crossman (Phase 01)
  • Restorative Yoga with Jenny (Phase 02)
  • Energy Alchemy with Erlinda (Phase 03)
  • HeartMath Coherence with Carrie (Phase 04)

Enhancements

  • Truth Release Wall
  • Rage Corner
  • Intentions for the Universe
  • Gratitude Wall
  • Sanctuary Lounge (limited 20-min sign-up sessions)
  • I Am Aligned (sound frequencies)
  • Intention Jar Creation (optional add-on, $9.99)
  • Content Studio

Also Included

  • Lunch & community time
  • Curated vendors aligned to all four phases
Reserve General Admission →
Plan Your Visit

Getting There & FAQ

Aerial map of Saltbox in Tempe, Arizona, with green arrows showing parking access from S Hardy Drive and W Carver Road, and a gold star marking the entrance.

Saltbox

910 West Carver Road
Tempe, Arizona 85284

Parking

Free parking is available in the lots off S Hardy Drive and W Carver Road. Follow the green route on the map to the parking area, then walk to the entrance.

Entry

Look for the entrance marked with the gold star on the map. Doors open at 10:00 AM.

Arrival Tip

Plan to arrive 10 to 15 minutes early so you can settle in, find your name tag, and ground into the space before the protocol begins.

What should I bring or wear?

Wear comfortable layers you can move in. We will be doing tapping, restorative yoga, and group coherence work, so something stretchy and breathable works best. Please bring your own yoga mat and a water bottle. Heads up: essential oils are used throughout the day, so wear something you do not mind picking up a light scent.

Is lunch included? What about dietary options?

Yes. Lunch is included for all guests. We will offer both vegetarian and standard options. We are not able to accommodate every dietary restriction, so if you have severe allergies (nuts, gluten, etc.) or strict requirements (vegan, kosher), please email support@thespaforyoursoul.com in advance so you can plan accordingly.

Do I have to do every phase?

No. The protocol gives the day its structure. The exploration is yours. You are welcome to skip any anchor moment that does not call to you, and the enhancements stay open throughout the day for you to wander into at your own pace.

What is the refund policy?

Tickets are non-refundable but fully transferable. If you cannot make it, you are welcome to gift your ticket to a friend. Email support@thespaforyoursoul.com at least 48 hours before the event so we can update your guest information.

What if I am pregnant, have an injury, or new to this work?

All experiences are designed to be accessible. Practitioners offer modifications throughout the day. If you have specific concerns, mention them when you check in and Carrie and the team will adapt the work to meet you where you are.

I am sensitive to fragrances or essential oils. What should I know?

Essential oils may be present in the ambient space and in select optional wellness elements. If you are hypersensitive to scents, prone to fragrance-triggered migraines, or have known oil or fragrance allergies, please email support@thespaforyoursoul.com before the event so we can prepare. Some experiences can be modified or skipped to accommodate sensitivity.

What if I feel emotional during the day?

This is normal and expected. EFT, HeartMath, and somatic work often surface feelings that have been held in the body: tears, laughter, sudden release, or simply feeling more present than usual. Carrie and the practitioners are trained to hold space for whatever comes up. You can opt out of any moment that feels like too much. Come with self-compassion.

What if I am not feeling well on the day of the event?

If you wake up unwell (fever, contagious illness, recent injury) or simply not up to it, please stay home. Tickets are transferable, so a friend can use yours. Email support@thespaforyoursoul.com so we can update your guest information. Guests with health conditions affecting Sanctuary Lounge participation (pregnancy, pacemakers, recent surgery, etc.) should reach out in advance so we can plan modifications.

Will I be photographed or filmed?

We will have a photographer capturing the energy of the day, and a Content Studio station for guests who want their own shots. If you would prefer not to be photographed, let us know at check-in and we will respect that.

I have never done EFT or HeartMath. Will I be lost?

Not at all. Both modalities are designed to be accessible on the first try. Carrie will guide you through every step. The protocol works for total beginners and experienced practitioners alike.

For Wellness Brands & Practitioners

Apply for a Vendor Table

Free · By Application
This could be you

Aligned Practitioners Welcome

Vendor tables are free for approved practitioners and brands aligned with one of the four protocol phases: Discharge, Regulate, Activate, or Integrate. Tell us about your offering below and we'll reply within 48 hours.

Prefer email instead? Reach us at support@thespaforyoursoul.com.