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The Barefoot Sanctuary offers a space for emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing through a range of mindful experiences, online and in the beautiful coastal town of North Berwick.
Founded by life coach Bernadette Petrie, The Barefoot Sanctuary empowers people to love and cherish who they are and give themselves permission to shine.
Our experiences range from 1-2-1 or small group sessions in life coaching, meditation, mindfulness and creative wellbeing classes.
The Barefoot Sanctuary Experiences
There is life before and life after which means you are ready to come on The Barefoot Sanctuary journey. We have group and one-to-one experiences provide support and experiences that nurture the mind, body and soul.
It’s time to allow yourself to be you – by doing so, you instantly give yourself permission to shine.


Permission to Shine in 60 Thoughts
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How to feel alive and at peace.
Just doing this always makes me feel at peace and alive. A couple of weeks ago I spent a few hours on the beach. This is in itself, an essential part of my mental health wellbeing and is fully integrated into The Barefoot...
And so God became a swallow.
We had some tech issues last week which meant this post disappeared so here it is again for those that didn't get to the chance to listen. With East Lothian going into level 2 we are also delighted to be able to say that group sessions will begin again inside The...
It is safe for me to be seen and heard.
This seems like the most natural thought to start the first blog entry just in time for Halloween. For those that have followed my writing for a while, you’ll have seen lots of stories which ultimately culminated in the book Permission To Shine. Whilst I haven’t...