About One Sanctum
One Sanctum is an initiative born out of a need to stress the importance of community building and shared experiences of intimacy, authenticity, and vulnerability in order to remember our common humanity. It aims to create spaces where individuals can connect meaningfully, fostering deeper relationships that go beyond the surface.
One Sanctum emphasizes the need to slow down and engage in honest conversations, by creating a sanctuary for growth, understanding, and mutual support. By championing the values of trust and openness, this initiative invites individuals to step into a space of self-discovery and shared humanity through self compassion and connection with the natural world.
Through intentional gatherings, workshops, and storytelling, One Sanctum aims to dismantle barriers, encourage empathy, and celebrate the power of community. It is a movement that believes true belonging is found in the courage to show up authentically and embrace the powerful life force that is augmented by our shared vulnerabilities.
Lara Tambacopoulou, One Sanctum Founder
Lara Tambacopoulou was born in Switzerland, grew up in Greece and pursued her studies in business management and photography in England. She contributed to the Greek press as a photographer and writer until 2012, when she moved with her family to Vancouver to study counseling at the University of British Columbia and remained there until 2018.
Influenced by her unique family background—her mother was married to Timothy Leary in the 1970s —alongside her extensive research and friendship and mentorship under Dr. Gabor Maté, Lara embarked on a path into the field of therapeutic studies, with a particular interest in the healing potential of expanded states. She continues to train and work under the guidance of pioneers of this work.
Lara frequently travels and immerses herself in the wisdom of indigenous communities in Central and South America, learning from their ancestral traditions. Through the use of entheogens and sacred rituals, these communities safeguard practices that reconnect humanity to its rightful place within nature's ecosystem. Today, they stand as some of the rare and vital reminders of what it truly means to be deeply embedded within the cosmos.
She has received training in multiple therapeutic modalities, amongst them, she is a certified facilitator through the Centre for Systemic Constellations in London and has completed a 3 year training in Psychedelic Studies with the Awe Foundation.
Dedicated to fostering psychological and spiritual growth, Lara works with individuals seeking to deepen their awareness, personal development and spiritual realisation and is passionate about bringing people and important causes together to weave what is asking to emerge in these times. She resonates deeply with concept of unconditional belonging for all living beings into the sacred ecosystem of life.
To read Lara’s Ethical Manifesto, please CLICK HERE