Emotional Wellness & Restoration
Create space to process emotions, find calm, and restore your inner balance through the mindful act of making something meaningful with your own hands.
Community Workshops
Healing Blanket Workshops
An inclusive, universal tool for healing, comfort, connection, and transformation — inspired by Indigenous roots, created for everyone.
About Our Workshops
Your Blanket. Your Healing.
The Healing Blanket Workshop is a powerful, hands-on experience where you create your own personal healing blanket. An inclusive, universal tool for healing, comfort, connection, and transformation. A no-sew, easy to make traditional tie blanket. Each workshop is a guided journey through self-expression, reflection, intention setting and emotional healing. Experienced and trusted by TDSB schools, shelters, addiction treatment programs, and youth organizations like the Girl Guides, our workshops offer a compassionate, empowering, and safe environment where participants feel valued and supported throughout their healing journey. No needles, and no experience required. These workshops are offered in two settings: group sessions for shelters, schools, hospitals, retreats and community organizations, or individual private workshops for personal healing journeys.
Endorsed by:
- CUPE Toronto Education Workers
- North York Women’s Shelter
- Best-Selling Author & Keynote Speaker Sam Demma
Healing Blanket Workshop
$80
Proceeds fund The Helping Hippies outreach programs
Healing Blanket Kit
$68
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The Healing Journey
What the Blanket Promotes
Each workshop is a guided journey through self-expression, reflection, and emotional healing.
Empowerment
Participants leave feeling stronger, more capable, and deeply grounded — reconnected to their own resilience and inner wisdom.
Relaxation
The gentle, creative process invites deep relaxation and presence, helping participants step away from stress and into the present moment.
Positive Mindset
Through intention-setting, self-reflection, and creative expression, participants cultivate a more hopeful and compassionate perspective on life.
Grief & Trauma Processing
Sacha’s trauma-informed approach creates a safe, supportive space to gently move through difficult emotions and experiences at your own pace.
Connection & Community
Whether in a group or one-on-one, the workshop fosters genuine human connection — the kind that reminds us we are not alone.
What People Are Saying
Voices From the Workshop
It is with great enthusiasm that I endorse Sacha’s inspiring Healing Blanket initiative that has proven to have a positive impact in the world. She has created a powerful and inclusive program rooted in Indigenous culture while being culturally inclusive to everyone. Her workshops promote a positive mindset and emotional wellness. This creative process provides an opportunity for self-expression, emotional regulation, personal insight, intention-setting, and the development of emotional skills. Her ability to hold a safe space and guide participants through an empowering process has been consistently praised by shelters, educational partners, and community groups. She is highly professional, deeply compassionate, and gifted in holding safe and empowering spaces for both youth and adults.
Healing Blanket Workshop
North York Women’s Shelter Healing Blanket Workshop
20+ women created their own healing blanket at a workshop that included reiki, guided meditations, self-reflection exercises, intention setting and blanket making.
The Healing Blanket is an incredibly powerful and transformative tool that we have used in the shelter to support survivors of violence. It provides a safe, comforting space for healing, resilience, and empowerment. Through this program, survivors are guided on a journey of self-discovery, reflection, and emotional restoration. Sacha is truly exceptional, bringing warmth, wisdom, and deep empathy to every workshop. With a compassionate and trauma-informed approach, she creates an environment where people feel heard, valued, and supported in their healing process. This program has been a source of profound comfort and strength, reaffirming the power of collective healing and community support.
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Etobicoke Collegiate Institute – Toronto District School Board
Students at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute participated in a Healing Blanket Workshop, creating their own healing blankets and connecting through a shared, reflective experience. A day of compassion, connection, reflection, intention setting and learning.
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Salvation Army Healing Blanket Workshop
Offering healing blanket workshops for those in recovery at Salvation Army addiction treatment programs for women. A day of healing, reflection, sharing, compassionate listening, and connection.
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Thriveability community connections
At ThriveAbility Community Connection’s Annual Event, hosted a Blanket Making Workshop and partnered on creating several blankets to gift to local adults and children with life-threatening illnesses. The blankets were created by youth with special needs.
Workshop Videos
The story of our first healing blanket
Presenting a blanket for Mississauga to Ward 1 councillor Stephen Dasko
Healing Blanket Workshop
CUPE Local 4400 Toronto Education Workers Workshop
CUPE Local 4400 TEW’s most attended event. Led to arranging a workshop involving over 185 post-secondary students!
We recently learned of Sacha Gendron’s vision to help bring positivity, empowerment and healing to the world through her Healing Blanket workshops and welcomed her to facilitate a Blanket making workshop at our Toronto Education Worker Local 4400 office. Sacha’s exceptional project management skills and meticulous preparation, organization and attention to detail ensured that the project ran smoothly for all involved. Sacha’s genuine passion for healing and empowerment shines through every aspect of her workshop and her heart-felt intentions are both evident and inspiring. Sacha was successful in empowering and uplifting our group and many attendees and staff commented on their enjoyable experience and desires to have Sacha back. Sacha brought skill, sincerity and dedication to her work, and this had a profound impact on each of us. We look forward to inviting her back soon for future events.
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Balance Retreat Healing Blanket Workshop
Families and individuals at the Balance Retreat in Midland, ON creating their own personalized healing blanket.
Who It Serves
A Great Fit For
The Healing Blanket Workshop is designed for individuals and groups across a wide range of settings and backgrounds.
Shelters & Support Services
Healing Blanket Workshops have been used successfully in women’s shelters and victim support services, offering survivors a safe space for healing and empowerment.
Hospitals & Nursing Homes
Ideal for patients, residents, and healthcare communities looking to support emotional wellness and create meaningful connection during difficult times.
Schools & Youth Programs
Students from elementary through post-secondary have participated in Healing Blanket Workshops, building emotional literacy and creative confidence.
Workplaces & Community Groups
A meaningful team-building and wellness experience for organizations, unions, and community groups seeking deeper connection and collective healing.
Individuals
Private one-on-one workshops are available for anyone ready to begin or deepen their personal healing journey in a supported, compassionate setting.
Families
Healing Blanket Workshops welcome families as a shared experience of creativity, intention, and love — open to all ages and skill levels.
Get Involved
Join a Workshop
Interested in attending a Healing Blanket Workshop? We’d love to welcome you. Reach out through our contact page to be added to our notification list for upcoming workshops in your area, or to inquire about private and group bookings.
Workshops fill up quickly. All are welcome — no experience necessary.