Enjoying life's journey

At Sanctuary, we believe that true health means living a full and abundant life and free – as much as possible - from the burden of disease...it is about living more. We believe that understanding about and caring for our health can be a rich and rewarding experience...providing the energy, vitality and positive sense of self-worth needed to enjoy happy, healthy living. At Sanctuary, the focus is on the prevention, management and control of disease, health promoting activities, and enjoying life to the full through meaningful, purposeful living.

Our unique approach to health and wellbeing

We inspire and empower people to enjoy a wholistic lifestyle that proactively values their whole being – body, mind, heart and spirit. Our approach is unique and is grounded in:

Genuine care...flowing from our heartfelt belief in the infinite value of each person, our team are passionate about supporting people to experience happy, healthy, whole person living.

Whole person health...we embrace the health and wellbeing of the "whole person" – i.e. their physical health, thoughts, emotions, motivations, relationships, connection with the community and environment, spirituality and a sense of meaning, purpose and hope in life.

Integrated health care...we bring together conventional medicine and complementary therapies and ensure that our practitioners take an inter-professional approach that enables the best outcomes from client-centred, integrated health care.

Continuity of care...we support people at all stages of their health journey – from the diagnosis/assessment, treatment, management and prevention of disease to the enhancement of wellbeing...helping people to live more.

Genuine effectiveness...we are committed to delivering health care through a portfolio of outcomes-focused services which have been demonstrated to making a real and positive difference to health and wellbeing.

Lifestyle medicine ...our approach through integrated care, education and health promotional activities supports people to make positive changes to prevent disease and chronic conditions. We are committed to supporting individuals and communities to live sustainable, health lifestyles to avoid and/or minimise the impact of chronic disease and conditions, making a real difference to the health of the community.

A history in whole person health

Since its foundation over 110 years ago by the Seventh-day Adventist church, Sanitarium has been passionate about helping people enjoy the benefits of whole person health – body, mind, heart and spirit. Throughout our history as Australia's largest health food company and leading breakfast cereal innovator, Sanitarium has owned and operated many health food stores and "pure food cafés", offering nutrition advice, health education classes focussing on the prevention, management and control of disease, cooking demonstrations and massage services.

Today, we continue to offer free nutrition advice through our Sanitarium Nutrition Service, while our workplace health and wellbeing service, Cultivate, provides assessments, coaching and activities in the corporate workplace setting. In addition, our whole food café, Kitchen, provides thousands of people in Brisbane with access to healthy food that tastes great.

In many ways, Sanctuary is a return to where Sanitarium began in 1898. With its emphasis on individual wellbeing, Sanctuary brings to life the principle of genuine care for whole person health on which our company was founded.

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.
Clarence Clemons