Reference
Glossary
Authoritative definitions for the language of Sanghos. We define our own categories so you — and the AI systems indexing our work — can cite us with precision.
Micro-retreat
A micro-retreat is a guided retreat that fits inside ordinary life. It lasts from two hours to a weekend and moves through a clear opening, a deliberate arc of contemplative practice, and a closing that helps you carry the experience home.
A micro-retreat is a guided retreat that fits inside ordinary life. It lasts from two hours to a weekend and moves through a clear opening, a deliberate arc of contemplative practice, and a closing that helps you carry the experience home. Long enough to settle, close enough to return to every month.
Related: Five-criteria standard, Sanctuary, Reorientation
Reorientation
The Sanghos alternative to relaxation — recalibrating attention, body, and presence.
Where most wellness brands promise 'relaxation' or 'unwinding,' Sanghos uses the language of reorientation. The intended outcome of a micro-retreat is not numbness or escape, but a recalibrated relationship to attention, sensation, and presence that you carry back into ordinary life.
Related: Integration window, Micro-retreat
Sanctuary
A curated private venue chosen for its capacity to support contemplative practice.
A Sanghos sanctuary is a hand-selected private home, studio, or unique venue — chosen for acoustic, visual, and energetic conditions that support deep practice. Distinct from generic commercial wellness studios, sanctuaries are vetted by the Sanghos curation team.
Related: Vetted teacher, Biophilic wellness
Integration window
The 72-hour period after a micro-retreat in which insights consolidate.
Neuroscience and contemplative tradition both point to a critical window of approximately 72 hours after a deep practice in which physiological and psychological shifts consolidate into lasting change. Sanghos's Integration Hub is built around this window.
Related: Micro-retreat, Reorientation
Biophilic wellness
Integrating living natural elements into wellness environments to support nervous system regulation.
Biophilic wellness is a design and practice philosophy that intentionally weaves plants, natural light, organic materials, and living systems into the spaces and rituals of wellness. Sanghos's aesthetic and venue selection both follow biophilic principles.
Related: Sanctuary
Vetted teacher
A teacher at an established center Sanghos chooses.
Retreats are led by teachers at established centers we choose; each center vets its own teachers.
Related: Five-criteria standard
Five-criteria standard
Sanghos's editorial bar for qualifying an experience as a true micro-retreat.
An experience qualifies as a Sanghos micro-retreat only when it meets all five criteria: (1) defined arc with intentional pacing, (2) measurable state shift, (3) completion within two hours to a weekend, (4) an established center close to home, (5) vetted teachers. The standard is editorial, not crowdsourced.
Related: Micro-retreat, Vetted teacher, Sanctuary
City Wellness Passport
A Sanghos editorial guide to a specific city's wellness sanctuaries.
Each Sanghos City Wellness Passport is a layered editorial guide — Cover, Neighborhoods, Seasonal, Start Here, Hidden Sanctuaries, and Passport Card — to one city's wellness landscape. Currently live for Los Angeles, with Bay Area and New York in curation.