The Sanctuary of Art and Healing in Pacific Beach is a home away from home for those favoring holistic practices and preventative medicine.

In fact, the founder and CEO of the business at 945 Hornblend St., Suite C, Jordan Delagrange, an ex-Marine and an MMA fighter, has a book being published soon titled “The Five Elements of Preventative Medicine.”

“I founded the business in 2020, with the vision of re-educating and spreading the importance of preventative medicine rather than solely relying on reactive medicine,” said Delagrange. “We created a sanctuary for preventative health practitioners to practice without being profited off of.”

Delagrange on his website, sanctuaryofartandhealing.com, that a truly healing environment is “one that feels safe, comfortable, and nurturing – a place that feels like home. That’s why I’ve put so much effort into creating a space that embodies these qualities. From the moment you step into our sanctuary, you’re welcomed into a peaceful, serene atmosphere, where you can let go of stress and focus on healing.”

Dr. Jeffrey Odnert, who works with Delagrange, is a doctor of acupuncture and a holistic healer. “We are an interdisciplinary practice open to all avenues,” Odnert said of their holistic practice clients serving a large number of locals who are responsive to alternative medicine. “The people of Pacific Beach are a lot more open-minded to alternative, complementary medicine and more interested in self- and preventative care,” noted Odnert who added, “Seventy-five percent of my patients have actually ended up being within a half-mile radius (of Hornblend Street).”

Delagrange did all of the remodeling with his dad, a carpenter, of their tucked-away space just a couple blocks from the beach. He said his going from being a Marine to creating an acupuncture practice involved a traumatic brain injury, which caused him to undergo acupuncture treatments for about a year with a Wounded Warrior battalion. “By the time I had completed my acupuncture treatment I had regained all my physiological functions, and I had great control over my mind and body again,” Delagrange said adding, “Since that was such a transcendental experience for me, I wanted to give back.”

On being a healthcare provider, Delagrange noted: “It’s not easy. There is a lot of greed in our society, and that was what motivated me to create something more. Not everything has to be getting the most you can out of something. So I developed this company to give back to health providers.”

Services offered at the sanctuary include wellness consulting, herbology, advanced manual massage, acupuncture, T.E.N.S. electrical nerve stimulation, chiropractic alignment, and cupping, an ancient musculoskeletal technique.

Delagrange blames the “American profit model” for shortcomings in the healthcare system, which prioritizes making money over providing quality service. “When we’re talking about curing disease as a profitable thing, that really sets me off,” he said. “With healthcare, we shouldn’t be thinking like a company. It’s a sacred thing. We should be taking care of each other as human beings.”

In his book, Delegrange pointed out that, among other things, he explores the corporate mindset of pharmaceutical companies that he noted “have all this money from the government, about 18% of GDP devoted to healthcare, $3.5 trillion. So instead of this money being used for healthcare, it’s being used for profit. That’s the problem, and that is something I’m trying to face head-on right now. That’s why I fight, to spread awareness of this.”

SANCTUARY OF ART AND HEALING

Where: 945 Hornblend St., Suite C
Info: sanctuaryofartandhealing.com, 260-444-1159.