Recovery is a sacred journey.

Recovery For Social Change Rituals + Workshops

Welcome human. You are sacred. You are your own spiritual authority.

You are perfect in your imperfection.
It is an honour to have you with us.

Whether you are currently struggling with your addiction, are new in recovery, love the idea of a sober lifestyle, have long term abstinence, have no relationship with a higher power, are discovering yourself, are suffering from co-dependency, are a fierce workaholic, are a work in progress and everything in between – you are welcome here.

Everything in your life has prepared you for this moment. And the next – we are all on this sacred journey together. This is an opportunity to go deep – to go beyond SURVIVING. A calling to recover the parts of you that have been lost along the way, a chance to rise up and meet yourself – after all, you have been with you all along.

We are grateful to be on this sacred journey with you. We want to witness your transformation from a human DOING to a human BEING. It is our jam, after all.

Advocates, supporters, and champions of recovery…

Vasalisa and Lucy are each phenomenal women in their own rights – as advocates, supporters and champions of recovery. Together – their skills and offerings know no bounds. I am excited to watch their beautiful collaboration unfold.

- Dawn Nickel, PhD

Founder, She Recovers

{ Sacred } – sa·cred \ˈsā-krəd\ adj.

As defined by Sacred Recovery: highly valued and important; deserving great respect; worthy; perfectly imperfect;
a simultaneous masterpiece and work in progress; deep belonging; divinely inspired; collectively connected.

See also – you, us, human being, mother nature, spirit, creator, the universe, everything.

We see our recovery as a gift + we are committed to a social change model.

We believe that working as a collective community, we can truly make a change. At Sacred Recovery we give you the opportunity to contribute to the recovery of others, while taking exceptional care of yourself.

We donate

10% of all product proceeds towards programs and resources for those suffering from addiction

We offer

Sliding scales to cultivate diversity and make our offerings accessible to all income levels.

We spend

10% of our time volunteering in our community

An important part of justice is access + we stand for leveraging our privilege to support others.

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A guiding force and an unwavering passion for serving others…

Vasalisa has shown me how much she gives to the present moment, she always learns from her struggles and overcomes. Vasalisa is a guiding force and has an unwavering passion and need to do service, give, share and support others. She has taught me to trust my intuition and use it as a tool as a guide in my life. She has helped me remove old belief systems, and improve my relationships. She is wise beyond her years, and so inspiring! Her passion for recovery and creative expression is contagious. I couldn’t be more grateful to have Vasalisa’s support on my path of healing.

- Sandy N.

Recovery Rituals Participant

The “trend” of sobriety

Ok. So this has been a long time coming. What I have to say may make some people angry. It may give some people hope. It may bring some of us closer together. It may have some feeling further away - and that’s ok. First of all let me make something clear: only talking...

Sacred Mentor Series – Suzanne Sterling

Words cannot express the profound and resonate impact Suzanne Sterling has made in both of our lives. She introduced Lisa to the world of sound healing. How to heal individual and collective core wounds with the magic we hold within us and the power of our own voice....

Somatic Experiencing in Addiction Recovery

There are many challenges we encounter during the different stages of our lives. Major life events can leave lasting effects on our physical and mental welfare. Whether it’s a traumatic life event like abuse or assault, a tragic life event such as the death of a loved...

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Reclaiming Priestesses w 16+ years #sober
🌈she/her
🌙 Sacred Leadership
🔮 Recovery Rituals
🧹 Coast Salish Territory
🌿💨🔥🌊⚫️ #wearesacred

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My daily #tarot practice gets me connected with my intuition, keeps me open to universal guidance, and receptive to feedback. It reminds me that I can trust the flow (or jenkyness) of my life. It asks me to take a #sacred pause and consider that which may not yet be known. It calls me to reconnect with the sacred within and all around me. My #recoveryritual when it comes to Tarot is: 1. Open my journal upon waking and write about my dreams and what landed on my heart when I opened my eyes. 2. If it’s Monday - pull a card from The Goddess Oracle by Amy Sophia Marashinsky and navigate the week through the wisdom of who shows up (this week it is Corn Woman). 3. Draw a simple three card spread - Mindy, Body, Spirit and navigate my day through these lenses. 4. Journal at night my reflections, what arose throughout the day in relation to my reading, what went well, what didn’t, and what I may do different in the future. 5. Seal the deal with a gratitude list. Do you have a tarot practice in recovery? Feel free to share it 💕 Blessed be, Lisa. #sacredrecovery #ritualsforrecovery #recovery #wakethewitches #wedorecover 📸Tarot deck by @lisasterle

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Reading this passage, in the Spiral Dance by Starhawk, was one of (many) profound moments on my path of Reclaiming in recovery. Lucy can attest to this because I legit read it to her over and over and over again with heightened enthusiasm and passion each time.
A few pieces of my spiritual puzzle were missing before I found the Reclaiming Community (or rather - it found me). I am not going to add much personal reflection to this piece for now, because my hope is that perhaps for you it make spark a deeper knowing within. My wish is that it could happen with little interference or influence from another, because after all - you are your own spiritual authority.

I may write a blog on this as I do have many heart reflections to share about this particular passage and reclaiming as a whole but for now, let’s let this title ditty marinate in the cauldron: "People often ask me if I believe in the Goddess. I reply, ‘Do you believe in rocks?’ …The phrase ‘believe in’ itself implies that we cannot know the Goddess, that she is somehow intangible, incomprehensible. But we do not believe in rocks—we may see them, touch them, dig them out of our gardens. In the Craft, we do not believe in the Goddess—we connect with her; through the moon, the stars, the ocean, the earth, through trees, animals, through other human beings, through ourselves. She is here. She is within us all.” - @starhawk_spiral
If you feel called to deepen your spirituality in recovery or are curious to learn more about reclaiming, we welcome you to join the Reclaiming Recovery gatherings (available online and in person). Please visit @reclaiming_recovery at www.reclaimingrecovery.com for more information. Space is limited and registration is required. Admission is by donation and no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

And remember - we are sacred.

Blessed be,
Lisa #sacredrecovery #wearesacred #reclaiming #starhawk #recovery #recoveryquote #addictionrecovery #witchesofinstagram🔮🌙 #wedorecover #sherecovers

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Two weeks before we lost our son my friend Charlene passed away. She was a doula and creator of Healing Hearts Foundation. An organization dedicated to supporting families who experienced the loss of a child. I met Charlene as she was building her organization as the volunteer graphic designer. I quickly fell in love with Charlene’s spirit, passion and ability to hold space for those whose lives were shattered. She showed me what it was to be in sacred service to ourselves and others by allowing grief to move through us. She was an example of truth in motion. I watched her tirelessly mend hearts by sharing her truth. She was the thread of hope for many, and this hasn’t changed. Loss is painful. It’s shitty. It is the worst thing ever. Our world will not be the same. At the same time, her passion and spirit live on in all of us. Now that I too am impacted by the loss of a child it is bittersweet for me today to remember Charlene. While I would give anything to change the past to have Rowan and Charlene earthside again, I know now that meeting Charlene was no accident. At Sacred Recovery we often say “may the work we do in this world (and between) change all the worlds”. Charlene I know you are a spirit caring for our angel babies. The work you did in this world truly changed all the words. May this be the reminder we need today to tread with intention, hold space for all of our feelings, and send love to all of those who hold us in this life and the next. Recovery from anything is a sacred journey. Healing is a sacred art. We are sacred. I love you. Blessed be, Lisa #sacredrecovery #healinghearts #recovery #griefandloss #wedorecover #onedayatatime #justfortoday #recovery

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Hello beloved Vancouver Island Community. We are thrilled to announce this upcoming workshop: 'Plant Allies - An Introduction to Herbal Medicine in Recovery', May 3, 2020. ---This workshop includes--- 🌱 Identifying specific plant allies for recovery 🌿 Intuitive exploration and play with plants as medicine 🌱 Simple herbal preparations you will feel empowered to make yourself 🌿 Hands on medicine making 🌱 An introduction to Plant Spirit Wisdom ---This workshop is designed to deepen your recovery. All participants will take away--- 🌿 An awakened physical, emotional, spiritual connection to plants as medicine 🌱 Herbal Medicine preparations you have made yourself! 🌿 The confidence to integrate plant medicine into your Sacred Recovery journey

This workshop is intended for those who are curious about herbs as medicine. As this introductory class is centered towards a beginner's approach, no previous herbal medicine experience is necessary.

About Your Facilitators: 🔮Störii Wild

@storiiwild is a herbalist, medicine maker & small-scale farmer/co-steward of the Wild Ellipsis Medicinal Herb Farm, an organic farm nestled on a small island off the West Coast of Canada. 🌳Tony Oakworth

@tonyoakworth is a registered herbal therapist, owner of Woodward Phytotherapy (herbal medicine clinic in Brentwood Bay, BC), and educator at Pacific Rim College in Victoria, BC working in the fields of plant medicines, nutrition, and mycology. 🌙 At Sacred Recovery we see our recovery as a gift + we are committed to a social change model. We compassionately provide a sliding scale fee structure for all of our offerings.

To learn more about this offering, for full facilitator bios, and to register please visit:
bit.ly/Herbal-Medicine-Recovery-1 *link in bio*
#sacredrecovery #plantallies #herbalmedicine #recovery #addictionrecovery #herbsforrecovery #recoveryrituals #recoveryworkshop #partysober

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“And you who seek to know Me, know that the seeking and yearning will avail you not, unless you know the Mystery: for if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find it without. For behold, I have been with you from the beginning.” – Excerpt from The Charge of the Goddess, Doreen Valiente ✨ #wearesacred #wedorecover #recoveryquotes #earthbasedspirituality #sacredrecovery #recovery #addictionrecovery

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In recovery we befriend our shadows. The place where mystery lies just beyond our fear and our "defects" of character. If we dare to explore the landscape of the unknown, we will remember and reclaim many aspects of ourselves that we may have been suppressing. In addiction we hide our true potential, numbing ourselves away from our power. In recovery we embrace all of who we are in exchange for our personal and collective liberation.
Our recovery is sacred, and so are we. We are here to hold you as you explore the depths of your shadow and celebrate your light. All of who you are, is welcome here.

Blessed be.

Lucy + Lisa #sacredrecovery #wearesacred #shadowwork #recovery #addictionrecovery #codependency #wedorecover #transformationtuesday

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#Repost @storiiwild
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(Hawthorn)
I remember back to a time when my grief was all consuming; fear and anxiety had taken ahold of my life and were intergected into my entire being. At this time I was living in a small cabin in the woods with a newborn baby. There was no internet access, I didn't have a vehicle; I was isolated from my family and community. It wasn't until I was well into my pregnancy with my second child, that I was "diagnosed" with post-partum depression/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (from trauma's that I had experienced as a teenager). A few years after this time, during one of my herbal apprenticeship's, I was gifted the opportunity to work with an "herbal ally". At random, I picked the name of a plant out of a hat: Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn); I was to spend the entire year deepening my relationship with this medicine.

The beginning of my year long journey with Hawthorn was prickly and challenging. Everytime I would begin to work with this plant (making tea, taking tincture, meditating), I would break down into uncontrollable, heaving sobs that would deepen with every inhale. It felt as if I was collectively feeling every injustice that I had ever experienced. I was angry; I was in purgatory. Eventually, through my commitment to self and trust in the wisdom of this plant medicine, I felt an inner surgence; an unexpected shift within the system of anxiety, fear and grief I had become so accustomed to. For the first time in a LONG time, I felt movement.

Hawthorn showed me how to sit with my grief, not to be consumed by it. Hawthorn taught me that I was able to call upon my inner strength, with the power and conviction I needed cross the tresholds of fear. Hawthorn has been a major catalyst and ally in my unique sacred recovery journey.
Plants are my greatest teacher's; I am forever in awe on their medicine and wisdom.

If you feel the call to working with plant medicine in your own recovery journey, join myself and plant/fungi wizard @tonyoakworth on May 3rd for 'Plant Allies: An Introduction to Herbal Medicine in Recovery'. For registration info visit sacredrecovery.ca/thework Blessed Be,
Störii #sacredrecovery #recovery #plantmedicine

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