The members' app
A quiet place between classes.
Sanctuary is the Soma Bloom members' app. It is free with your account, opens straight in your phone's browser with nothing to download, and keeps working offline once you have opened it. Inside are fourteen written practices to follow at your own pace, Francesca's recorded rests, small moderated circles for your season and your class, and a private journal that never leaves your device.
It is not a replacement for class. It is what fills the six days in between — the ten quiet minutes on a Tuesday night, the question you meant to ask, the people who were on the mats beside you.
Freewith any Soma Bloom account
No downloadit opens in your browser
Works offlineonce you have opened it once
Members onlyso every circle knows who is in it
What is inside
Fourteen written practices, from three breaths at the kitchen sink to a twenty-minute Yoga Nidra the app will read aloud to you. Step by step, at your pace, with a way out at any point.
Francesca's recorded rests, streamed privately to members as she adds them. Until a recording lands, the written Yoga Nidra can be read to you in the app's own voice.
The live calendar is on the website’s schedule page, with current dates and prices from Acuity Scheduling.
Small moderated circles — one for your season, one for each class. The people on the mat beside you, in a room that knows who is in it.
A private journal with an optional feeling word. It is written to your own device and never sent anywhere; Soma Bloom cannot read it or recover it.
A breath pacer that learns your rhythm from four of your own breaths, and a quiet timer for one, three or five minutes. No scores, no streaks, no notifications.
Questions
What is Sanctuary?
Sanctuary is the Soma Bloom members' app: a quiet companion for the days between classes. It holds fourteen written practices you follow at your own pace, Francesca's recorded rests, small moderated circles for your season and your class, and a private journal. It is free with a Soma Bloom account.
Do I have to download anything?
No. Sanctuary opens in your phone's browser at soma-bloom.co.uk/app/. There is no app store, no download and no update to install. If you would like an icon of its own, open it once and choose Add to Home Screen — after that it opens full screen like any other app.
Does it cost anything?
No. Sanctuary is free with your account and there is nothing to upgrade to. Book through the website’s Acuity calendar.
Does it work without signal?
Once you have opened Sanctuary while online, the written practices, the breath pacer, the journal and the support page all keep working with no signal at all. The recordings need a connection to stream. Current class dates and prices are on the website’s schedule page.
What does Soma Bloom see?
Your name, your email, an optional phone number and the class interests you tick. Your journal is written to your own device and never sent anywhere — Francesca cannot read it, and neither can we recover it if you clear your browser. Your season and any due date stay on the device too.
Why do I need an account at all?
Because of the circles. They are small rooms where people talk about pregnancy, early motherhood and their own practice, and everyone in them should know who else is there. Signing in is what makes that true.
Ready when you are
Create an account with your email, confirm it, and you are in. If you already come to a class, use the same address Francesca has for you.
Not been to a class yet?
Sanctuary makes most sense alongside a class. Start there, and the app will be waiting.