ADDICTION, BIPOLAR, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, BURNOUT, ABUSE…
THE SANCTUARY WAS BORN OUT OF THIS!
WE GOT YOU!
For the past four years, Oli Pluck, the heart and soul behind The Renaissance Sanctuary in the UK, finally gets to ground his roots here in U.S. soil. Married to his loving wife, their recent addition to buy a beautiful old ‘first settler’ family estate was their mission to help and support others in life's voluntary and vulnerable healing process.
Oli developed the first Renaissance Sanctuary retreat in the UK, a groundbreaking program dedicated to helping individuals overcome addiction and dependencies. This coaching and research retreat achieved unprecedented success, with a life-changing success rate in the high 90s. Rooted in Oliver’s revolutionary work with the mind and his concept of “The Tenet,” this approach has proven to be a breakthrough in both coaching and mental health, paving the way for new standards of care and personal transformation.
Oli Pluck - Owner & Founder
“The idea for The Renaissance Sanctuary had always been in my head because it was exactly what I needed multiple times in my life, but it didn’t physically exist. Therapy and life coaching supplies you with a fantastic day-to-day band-aid, but sadly, for those who are veterans to self-help, know that the options are between a doctor's prescription pad or a compassionate ear. These archaic systems do not work for the deep level of support that true shadow work requires when dealing with deep-rooted trauma.
When it came to dealing with my trauma, I wanted to remove myself from my life and work on why I say, do and think the things I do. I didn’t want a rehabilitation centre, and a yoga retreat wouldn’t cut it. I longed and yearned to find a place where I could feel seen, heard and nurtured, within a one-to-one setting coupled with quick, insightful answers and immediate lasting change.
After finally doing the shadow work myself, in November of 2019, I adopted a Boddhisattva Vow, entered into sobriety, mastered meditation and returned my focus to higher education, where I committed my time to study modern applied psychology, wellness, and coaching.
The concept of The Sanctuary came to me one day while I was meditating. I navigated myself back from Australia, and six months later, The Sanctuary was born: a nonjudgmental space built on unconditional love, intent, enlightenment, unwavering focus and attention, and 24/7 consistent support.
Due to my consultancy background in hospitality spanning 20 years, inviting people to stay with me in a dedicated, curated, holistic healing space seemed the only way to get true, authentic, lasting mental health support. Compounding a year's worth of therapy down into a 1-week residential retreat (with the added skill of making it seem like you are staying at a friend’s house)
This was where everything changed!
Therapy without therapy…
A retreat like a holiday…
Answers…
Enlightenment…
Instant change…
Finally, knowing who you are and why you are here…
A life-changing feeling of stillness, peace, love and accomplishment!
The reviews all speak for themselves, and I am proud of every one I have received.
I still talk to every single client I have ever had, and we still laugh about the concept of going to live with a complete stranger in the middle of nowhere. To do this in America, but offering 36 acres of woodland and giving clients their own cottage to stay in, is just sensational. It just goes to show how a client-centred approach to therapy has not just changed the low statistics from conventional therapy, but knocked them out of the park and into the high 90s.
I was shocked to understand that 60-80% of people relapse in the first year when they leave rehabilitation. That blew my mind. It was ecstatic to see that I reversed those figures within the First Year of The Renaissance Sanctuary.
Having the opportunity to move to America to finally be with my wife and family means that with our newly beautiful purchased property and land, we can do this all over again, but bigger and better.”
DOCUMENTARY
In 2023, we started documenting the journey of The Renaissance Sanctuary, how it operates and the profound life-changing results that were being delivered. Over the past two years we have gone from the original Sanctuary in Yorkshire, up and down the UK, across to Europe, a hop, skip and a jump over to Nepal(Everest) and now America. What originally started off as a 12-month project has extended into something far bigger than we could have ever dreamt of.
With the filming schedule to continue to document Oli’s move to America and the relaunch of The Sanctuary, will his dream to help people in a bigger and better space work out in his favour?
Make it stand out.
FOUNDATIONS OF SUCCESS
The bedrock of The Renaissance Sanctuary is underpinned and solidified by a robust, luminous blueprint designed to provide only the best, consistent service to all welcomed guests. Driven by a core philosophy of what is truly important from a new age holistic perspective of healing and transformation. Please see below our transparency of scope which highlights our roadmap to coaching all clients and guests.
Transparency of scope
The Renaissance Sanctuary is a transformational coaching retreat, not a licensed therapy provider, and therefore does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions, nor is it a substitute for medical or psychological intervention; while our work may explore deep-rooted patterns shaped by past experiences, including childhood the intention is always to support clarity, empowerment, and forward movement through a unique coaching framework. In a modern world where people are often encouraged to focus solely on positive emotions, many have never been taught how to fully acknowledge or process the more difficult feelings like fear, sadness, grief and shame. Therefore, these emotional energies are often suppressed from a young age.
In a coaching scenario, when the past surfaces, we do not dismiss or bypass it; instead, we gently work with what arises using holistic coaching methods that allow unresolved emotional energy to move through the body and mind in a natural, healthy way. This may include tools such as guided meditation, reflective journaling, and intuitive practices that help bring awareness to these emotions and create space for release. As coaches, our role is not to pass judgment or offer clinical interpretation, but rather to support clients in understanding the root of their current patterns so that, if needed, they may choose to pursue further psychological support or medical diagnosis after their retreat experience. In line with ethical coaching practices, we remain transparent about our scope, use trauma-informed language and boundaries, include clear disclaimers, and uphold a commitment to conscious, responsible support that honours the distinction between coaching and therapy.
