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The FourthSanctuary

Postpartum Recovery Retreat

Eastern Wisdom · Expert-Led Care

A clinically guided postpartum recovery retreat, hosted in a five-star hotel in the Netherlands.

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The fourth trimester

The first weeks after birth are a season of their own. You deserve to recover in them, not simply cope.

The Fourth Sanctuary gives these weeks the attention they ask for. Warmth, nourishment and rest, held together by continuous care, so that you can give your body time and your baby your presence.

Hands holding a warm ceramic cup

Warmth

Your body is kept warm, as sanhujori has long advised. Warm rooms, warm drinks, warm hands.

A steaming bowl of seaweed broth on linen

Nourishment

Food prepared to restore you. Nourishing, simple and brought to you, so you need not think of it.

A made bed in warm afternoon light

Rest

Rest without interruption you did not choose. Quiet rooms and time that belongs to you.

Eastern wisdom · Expert-led care

Two traditions, one way of caring

Eastern wisdom

Sanhujori

The Korean practice of caring for a mother after birth. Generations of understanding that the body recovers best in warmth, with nourishing food and true rest.

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Expert-led care

Western midwifery

Clinically guided care, grounded in Western midwifery. Attentive to you and your baby, continuous through day and night.

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An illustrative rhythm

A day at the Sanctuary

An impression only. Each day follows you and your baby, not a timetable.

  1. Morning

    You wake slowly, in warmth. A nourishing breakfast arrives. Care checks in quietly with you and your baby.

  2. Midday

    A warm, restoring meal. Time with your baby, with support at hand whenever you would like it.

  3. Afternoon

    Rest, uninterrupted. Your partner close by. Care continues in the background, never intruding.

  4. Night

    The day settles. Care remains through the night, so that you can sleep while help is near.

For whom

Two doorways in

For new parents

For mothers and their partners who want these first weeks held with the care they deserve, in a fully self-funded stay.

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For international families

For expats and international families far from home, who miss the support that is a given in other cultures.

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A quiet suite corner with a linen armchair in soft light

The stay

A five-star hotel, quietly yours

The retreat is hosted within an existing five-star hotel in the Netherlands, location to be announced. A suite to recover in, with the discretion such a place affords.

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A note from the founder

“In many cultures, a new mother is cared for as a matter of course. I believe every mother deserves that same care, given with expertise and with warmth.”

Dominique Demirci, Founder

A mother holding her sleeping newborn, seen from behind

The waiting list

A place is held for you

The Fourth Sanctuary is preparing to open. Leave your name and we will be in touch personally.