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What is the healing sanctuary?

The Healing Sanctuary is a new kind of health care clinic, a clinic built from the ground up to deliver excellent outcomes-based care. As a result, The Healing Sanctuary is starting right from day one in the delivery of care as suggested by forward-looking experts.

What is the Idaho Falls healing sanctuary?

At the Idaho Falls Healing Sanctuary we look to our patients as people, instead of reducing them to a diagnosis. The Healing Sanctuary is a new kind of health care clinic, a clinic built from the ground up to deliver excellent outcomes-based care.

What is Taylor’s experience at the healing sanctuary?

He loves being a part of the healthcare team at The Healing Sanctuary and working with the integrative medical approach they provide. Taylor believes that health is so much more than just physical wellness, and includes emotional, social, spiritual, and communal well-being as well.

What is healing sanctuary?

The Healing Sanctuary is focused on the health and healing of your entire family, from your youngest member, to innovative senior care. Our team works with your family to find solutions that fit your life, offering a variety of primary care services.

Why is the Healing Sanctuary important?

Women’s experience of health and disease differs from those of men, due to unique biological, social and behavioral conditions. The Healing Sanctuary provides excellent women-tailored care in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

What is naturopathic care?

Naturopathic medicine is a distinct system of primary health care that emphasizes prevention and the self-healing process through the use of natural therapies and a focus on nutrition, sleep, and stress management. Learn More.

What is the power of mind body spirit medicine?

Mind | Body | Spirit Medicine uses the power of thoughts and emotions to influence physical health. As Hippocrates once wrote, “The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.”

What is IV therapy?

IV Therapy is an amazingly easy method of delivering vitamins, minerals and amino acids into the body through the bloodstream. This method of delivering micronutrients is not a new concept and has been used for many years. Learn More. IV VITAMIN.

Phone Consultation

As a patient at The Healing Sanctuary you can setup any appointment as a phone consultation with your provider.

Video Consultation

Schedule your appointment online through a Video Calls with applications like Zoom. Let us know your preference when you book.

In-Person Consultation

In-Person Consultations and Appointments are also available as an option when booking your appointment with your provider.

Jeffrey B. Baker, MD

Dr. Jeffrey Baker is the owner and founder of The Healing Sanctuary. He has dreamed of doing this for over 10 years and is excited to be able to make it happen.

Taylor Drew Smith MSPH, PA-C

As a native of Idaho Falls, Taylor is excited to practice in this wonderful town and serve the community that gave so much to him in his youth. He became interested in healthcare at a very young age after having the opportunity to work at his grandfather’s pharmacy in Idaho Falls, Eastgate Drug.

Ena Cardona-Mason, APRN, FNP

Ena has thoroughly enjoyed working in the family practice and women’s health fields for the past 14 years. Helping families and women with their medical needs has been her passion and one of her greatest accomplishments.

Laurie Pinkerton, PA-C

Born and raised in Northern Virginia, Laurie graduated from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology.

Joseph Armbruster, APRN, MSN, FNP-BC

Joseph was born and raised in St. Louis Missouri and lived there for 38 years. He chose nursing as a way to help others, and began his nursing career working in neurosurgery patient care and neurology research.

What is healing sanctuary?

The Healing Sanctuary is a premier sober-living home dedicated to providing evidence-based care for people struggling with addiction. Built on key principles proven to support lasting sobriety, The Healing Sanctuary’s transformative programs offer an alternative to traditional recovery services. Our curriculum's holistic approach opens the door to self-understanding, personal development – and the opportunity to move successfully down the path of sustainable sobriety.

How does the gut affect mental health?

After making numerous groundbreaking discoveries (one being that our gut-friendly bacteria produce hundreds of neurochemicals our brain uses for mental processes such as learning, memory and mood), scientists now refer to the gut as the second brain. When the lining of the gut becomes damaged, infection and inflammation occurs. This inhibits communication between the gut and the brain that is necessary for both to function properly, stresses the immune system, is directly linked to depression and anxiety, and is a leading factor in a long list of digestive disturbances.