Activating Calm - a 4 week supportive experience to release overwhelm & access your authentic power
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Activating Calm has made an enormous difference to my life and to my practice as a therapist. Lance brought me back to my body! While body-mind connections have long been important recognitions in the psychotherapy world, most of us are still very much in our heads, as are our clients. Now I’m much more consciously starting a session with breathing, recommending bodywork, and someday when this plague ends I’ll model it. Most importantly though, Lance reminded me to be a spacious, open learner, and showed me how valuable it is for me to work on my own muscle tension. Spaciousness allows for more intuition and perception, and feels much better too! Lance, I am in your debt and very grateful. Your open, kind, affirming, funny approach to teaching is one I will carry within. - Susan H.
What You’ll Learn
Activating Calm is a 4 week supportive experience designed for those of us fed up with feeling overwhelmed and/or exhausted.
As a collective, we will work together, through weekly coaching sessions and practices, to release our exhausted, anxious or overwhelmed state and anchor more deeply into our authentic power, a calm and focused state.
This workshop exists to help us shift out of a fight or flight response, give us a new perspective, and most of all reclaim our power to help be a force for good in the world.
How this supportive experience works:
1. Four Live 1 hour Coaching Sessions on Zoom
Each week we join our peers for a live group session.
(Can't make it? No problem. The sessions will be recorded.)
LiveSchedule -
Session One -- Friday February 3rd 10am-11:15 am
Session Two -- Friday February 10th 10am-11:15 am
Session Three --Friday February 17th 10am -11:15 am
Session Four -- Friday February 24th 10am-11:15 am
Bonus Date if needed: Friday March 3rd 10am-11:15 am
2. Bite-Sized Resources & Practices
Each week will unlock a set of practices and resources that will guide you through each day of that particular week. I have been fostering these tools over the last 25 years, they include practices from the ancient wisdom traditions including Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, meditation, yoga, and breath-work. Anyone can do these daily practices and they will not take more than 10 minutes to complete - the minimum dosage required for effective change
3. Non-Judgmental Support & Accountability
Share support, insight, and questions in our 24/7 online, safe, non-judgmental circle of peers.. You'll soon discover just how much you have in common with others on this journey.
Pricing:
$249. General Public
$149 for Active Patients Use the code “VWPATIENT”
*** I never turn anyone away for financial reasons - reach out if you need support
Join us on this supportive journey !
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Lance’s thoughtful and well-structured course has improved the quality of my life in every aspect! I am experiencing more ease, patience, creativity, motivation and joy than I have in years. And the great thing is that all of the exercises are portable and accessible to us whenever/wherever we need a little more calm in our daily lives. I am also immensely grateful for the powerful sense of community created by the amazing beings on this journey. The level of compassion and awareness of each participant was inspiring and nourishing, and honestly a little surprising giving we are all remote, but sooo wonderful. Activating Calm is a gift to yourself that should not be missed! - Pauline, Boston
It’s not often that I can say I have been in a constant continuous blissful state. And yet with Lance’s Activating Calm series over a 4 week period, I have woken up each day with a smile on my face, joy in my heart and peace in my soul. The gathering of like minded individuals in community, the easy to access practices and the additional resources all have contributed to an amazing experience. I didn’t want it to end! I can’t wait for part 2. -Marion V.
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It has been said that the mind is a terrible master and a wonderful servant.
Did you know that It's normal to feel anxiety and fear, especially when faced with unknowns?
Our brains are terrific problem solvers (even when those problems are completely made up!). We have evolved over thousands of years with a brain designed to keep us safe and ultimately continue our species.
Have you experienced this?👇🏼
Our minds are able to make up lots of scenarios, especially worst-case scenarios in order to solve potential problems and keep us safe.
This gets overwhelming for our nervous system, and when put in the driver's seat often leads to activation of our flight or fight response and hormones that are all over the place.
When left unchecked this constant protection response leads to an anxious, distracted, and exhausted state.
a 4-week supportive experience
Activating Calm will expose you to your peers, powerful practices, and different perspectives.
Instead of simply giving you access to information (no need, it’s everywhere), Activating Calm is built around a supportive community. You and your fellow students will engage together in practices that will transform the way you hold yourself in the world.
the time is now
In this time of uncertainty and unknown, many of my patients, friends, and family (myself included) are experiencing new levels of overwhelm and stress.
I just saw a patient who has never experienced anxiety, say "oh, this is what anxiety feels like!"
To be honest, my nervous energy levels have been overwhelming lately. Even little things can trigger anxiety in me.
I know now more than ever that the wellness practices I have been fostering over the last 25 years; meditation, yoga, breath-work, etc are life-savers for me right now. I want to share this with you.
we don't have to go it alone
Best of all, this journey is not a solo one. You will be along side your peers who are also seeking more balance and calm in our lives. Rest assured, our journey will take place in a private, safe and inclusive space where there is mutual respect and a wealth of support.
Through these practices, you will become aware that even in overwhelm, there is always a way back to peace and well-being.
About Your Facilitator
Shamanic Foundational Apprenticeship with Lance & Amy – Valley Forge Mountain 2022-2023 (Waiting List)
Shamanic Apprenticeship
A foundational study in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition (PMT):
Cross-Cultural Shamanic Arts for Personal and Planetary Renewal
with Lance Isakov and Amy Mermaid Isakov
Sanctioned Shamanic Teachers in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition
You are invited on a sacred journey…
Discover a soul-animated user-friendly multiverse
Participate in 5 intensive trainings over approximately 1 year
90+ hours of in-depth apprenticeship with a lineage sanctioned teacher
Join an evolutionary community of shamanic initiates
Create your personal healing altar ground
Apprentice ceremonial arts of ancient Peru
Reclaim your life as a heart-awakened steward of Mother Earth
About the Shamanic Apprenticeship
The Pachakuti Mesa Tradition™ (PMT): Cross-Cultural Shamanic Arts for Personal and Planetary Renewal is a series of immersive intensives that aligns the traditional teachings of Peru and the wisdom of its heritage with the needs of the present day.
Providing a comprehensive foundation and profound initiation into the living heart and soul of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, this apprenticeship ensures participants cultivate a deeper relationship with nature and the unseen world, receiving multiple opportunities for self-exploration, empowerment, and personal growth.
This powerful series is open to all people who desire to be of service to themselves, their families, their community, and Mother Earth, whether they are long-time mesa carriers or new to this tradition. The Pachakuti Mesa was originated by Oscar Miro-Quesada, known worldwide as a Peruvian Kamasqa curandero.
Benefits of the apprenticeship:
Greater connection to spirit, nature, and heart-awakened community
A tangible way to offer healing for self, others, and the world at large
A knowledge that you are keeping this ancient sacred wisdom alive for future generations
Provides a practical and compassionate outlook for navigating these times
Offers a time-proven experiential path for safely exploring non-ordinary realms of consciousness
A community that honors unity in diversity and teaches love by the way we live
You will leave this apprenticeship with powerful healing tools that you can use for your own soul’s growth and help your friends, family, pets, mama earth, your clients, or patients.
Who is this Apprenticeship For?
People who love to adopt and make friends with rocks, crystals, feathers, shells, etc.
Healers looking for a tradition to hold and evolve their practices within
If you are reading this, this apprenticeship is for you — Welcome Home!
Anyone looking to find meaning in life through deeper spiritual relationship and communion with our Great Originating Mystery
Beginners, intermediate, and advanced practitioners of shamanic arts
Folks from all walks of life who seeking to maximize their presence as sources of healing light in the world
No experience in healing work or shamanism is necessary and beginners are encouraged to apply.
“The PMT apprenticeship has changed my life. I view everything with so much more appreciation and awe as well as with a greater sense of personal responsibility. In each of the five weekends over the year, I learned so many things (material, meditations, practical applications and more) and then had the opportunity to go home and integrate it into my life for a few months and then reconvene to do it again. Each weekend, my understanding grew deeper. I wish it didn’t end, but I so appreciate the community I am now a member of and look forward to more classes in the future. My personal and community connections continue to grow through the Wednesday night link-ups and other gatherings. ”
APPRENTICESHIP SCHEDULE
Retreat Weekend Schedule:
Friday night: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM
Location:
7 Stars Medicine Lodge
(Address available upon registration)
on Valley Forge Mountain
Phoenixville, PA 19460
DATES: Five Weekend in-person Retreats
Part 1: May 20th-22nd, 2022
A Call to Heal: Releasing the Past
Participants will be initiated into the Pachakuti Mesa, a powerful and sacred altar. Each student will learn how to create their own mesa and work with it for self-empowerment, transformation, and helping others. Through shamanic journey and visionary states of consciousness, participants will explore the three worlds of the Andean cosmovision, sacred reciprocity with all that is, the core ingredients of ceremonial mastery, sacred sound and ritual language, healing and curanderismo, and the inner world of the ukhupacha.
Part 2: August 5th-7th, 2022
A Balance of Power: Transforming the Present
An apprenticeship in the center direction of the mesa, traditional Peruvian perspectives on the flow of energy through the realms, focusing on the kaypacha, the middle world. Students will explore the kaypacha’s elemental matrix and magico-spiritual power, and learn about the sun and moon’s presence in the middle world, mapping the cosmos on Earth, and celestial death and rebirth.
Part 3: October 28th-30th, 2022
The Condor’s Quest: Creating the Future
This initiation is a deep dive into the paqokuna, don Benito’s contribution to the PMT. The Andean Shaman/Priesthood mystical path, the lineage of the sacred mountains, and the five virtues of the mesa come alive in this intensive, including how to make a desapacho (earth offering). Participants will also journey to and experience the hanaqpacha, the upper world beyond the physical realm, work with the unseen world there and deepen their connection to their own spiritual resources.
Part 4: February 3rd-5th, 2022
The Hummingbird’s Ascent: Living the Mystery
Participants will be initiated into the healing arts of this tradition and learn about the lightning bolt of mystical illumination - the flow of kamasqa - the power of Creation. They will work with the elements, the forces of the universe, the body of Mother Earth, and sacred healing objects. In sacred reciprocity participants will create despachos to honor the sacred mountains, the elements, the unseen world, and prepare for a paqowachu, a sacred pilgrimage.
Part 5: May 19th-21st, 2023
The Shamanic Self: Serving the Earth
An experiential intensive into soul and spirit through ritual process, including the spiritual creation, activation and care of an apacheta (stone altar). Students will work with the power of dimensionality and time, the hampikamayoq breathing techniques, and be exposed to ancient hermetic wisdom. Participants will be further empowered by evoking both seen and unseen sources of cosmic awareness within their mesa, sacred objects and own being, and initiation into the lineage of this revered tradition.
Tuition:
Tuition below is for the full 5 Part Apprenticeship
$1675 paid in full ($335/weekend) or $430 paid per weekend (5 weekends)
Cancellation Policy
We know that schedules can change and cancellations are sometimes necessary. Tuition will be refunded less cancellation fees according to the following schedule:
$50 processing fee until 8 weeks before class,.
$200 cancellation fee from 4-8 weeks prior to the first day of class.
No refunds for cancellations less than 4 weeks prior or no-show. (In cases of family emergency or illness we will put your tuition towards a future apprenticeship.)
All cancellations must be in writing, by email that has been acknowledged and responded to by us. Cancellation dates are the date of an email response by us. Refunds will be processed within 2 weeks of request.
Covid19 Policy
Our medicine lodge will have plenty of fresh air circulating. It is heated with a wood stove. All participants are spaced at least 6” apart. Masks are optional. Anyone who feels unwell or has any cold symptoms is asked to stay home. We also ask everyone to take care to remain extra mindful of their contacts in the week before we meet so we can continue to enjoy a safe and peaceful mask-optional gathering. Depending on the situation in March and through 2022, we may ask that everyone test 72 hours before arriving.
For Questions: Contact Lance
This Year’s apprenticeship is currently full. However, if you are interested in getting first access to our next year’s apprenticeship please fill out the application form below
Application form
Once we review your application we will be in touch with next steps.
Please take your time to thoughtfully answer the questions below
About Lance Isakov,
Sanctioned Teacher of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition
Lance has been drawn to shamanism since he was 5 years old and has practiced holistic and traditional medicines since 1996.
With diverse training in multiple healing arts, Lance currently practices as a licensed Five Element Acupuncturist, Shamanic energy medicine practitioner, and Yoga & Meditation teacher at his center Village Wellness, outside of Philadelphia. Lance is passionate about fostering the healing relationship between practitioner and patient and building a community focused with Loving awareness at its core.
for more about Lance visit his bio page at Village Wellness.
About Amy Mermaid Isakov,
Sanctioned Teacher of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition
Amy Mermaid Isakov is an innovative dreamer, passionate about connection, spirituality, music, ritual arts, and how the Divine can manifest in all its forms. Having left the traditional education path, she has studied in-depth with shamans, bodyworkers, evolutionary thought leaders and green builders since 2001. While working at The Shift Network, she hosted and managed all of don Oscar’s courses, while having the privilege to host and learn from many of the world’s leading mystics, dreamers and visionaries. She is a Pachakuti Mesa Sanctioned Teacher, writer, singer and mother — among other things — and looks forward to helping as many people as possible return to the truth of interconnection in this time of dire beauty. She regularly leads gatherings in her region and beyond, subscribing to the truth she recognizes in Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching “The next buddha will be a sangha.” Amy resides in Pennsylvania.
Shamanic Apprenticeship – Valley Forge Mountain 2021-2022 {sold out - waitlist available}
Year long
Shamanic Apprenticeship
with Amy Mermaid Isakov
Sanctioned Shamanic Teacher in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition
Cross-Cultural Peruvian Shamanic Arts for Personal and Planetary Renewal
You are invited on a sacred journey. . .
Shamanic Apprenticeship 2021-2022
Valley Forge Mountain
This five part initiation into the living heart and ancestral soul of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition is intended to awaken in every participant who completes the program, a remembrance of their incarnational purpose as luminous strands of the Great Web of Life in service to the Seven Generations.
The apprenticeship is made up of 5 in-person weekend retreats,
Through the apprenticeship:
you will receive personal healing
be guided in the use of time-honored Peruvian shamanic rituals, healing methods, and ceremony
learn how to create your own Mesa, a sacred altar for self-exploration, empowerment, and transformation,
cultivate your relationship with the unseen world by discovering your personal guide(s) who will help you “re-member” on your new path of expanding possibilities.
You will leave this apprenticeship with powerful healing tools that you can use for your own soul’s growth and to help your friends, family, pets, mama earth, your clients, or patients.
No experience in healing work or shamanism is necessary and beginners are encouraged to apply.
“The PMT apprenticeship has changed my life. I view everything with so much more appreciation and awe as well as with a greater sense of personal responsibility. In each of the five weekends over the year, I learned so many things (material, meditations, practical applications and more) and then had the opportunity to go home and integrate it into my life for a few months and then reconvene to do it again. Each weekend, my understanding grew deeper. I wish it didn’t end, but I so appreciate the community I am now a member of and look forward to more classes in the future. My personal and community connections continue to grow through the Wednesday night link ups and other gatherings.
Amy is a powerful and interesting teacher of the material, with an amazing ability to communicate all concepts in a practical way. She teaches with reverence and humility while also exuding love, light and joy. I couldn’t imagine up a more inspirational teacher.”
APPRENTICESHIP SCHEDULE
Retreat Weekend Schedule:
Friday night: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM
Location:
Held at a Private Residence
(Address available upon registration)
on Valley Forge Mountain
Phoenixville, PA 19460
DATES
5 Weekend in-person Retreats
Part 1:
A Call to Heal: Releasing the Past
April 23rd-25th, 2021
Part 2:
A Balance of Power: Transforming the Present
July 23rd-25th 2021
Part 3:
The Condor’s Quest: Creating the Future
October 22nd-24th, 2021
Part 4:
The Hummingbird’s Ascent: Living the Mystery
January 21st-23rd, 2022
Part 5:
The Shamanic Self: Serving the Earth
April 22nd-24th 2022
Testimonials
“This apprenticeship has changed who I am to the core and given me the ability to navigate through life with grace and purpose. I am so grateful.”
“This apprenticeship really exceeded my expectations and helped me connect deeply to a powerful wisdom tradition and community.”
“I experienced profound shifts after participating in the PMT apprenticeship. The PMT is the only tradition that consistently manifests transformations in my life. The fullness and magic I feel in these circles is unparalleled and real.”
Registration: (This hoop is FULL - however if you are interested in either being on the waitlist or reserving a spot for our 2022-2023 hoop please fill out the application below)
Payment Options:
Pricing below is for the full 5 Part Apprenticeship
Tuition:
$1675 paid in full or $430 paid per weekend (5 weekends)
Application form
Once we review your application we will send details and payment information.
Please take your time to thoughtfully answer the questions below
Cancellation Policy
We know that schedules can change and cancellations are sometimes necessary. Tuition will be refunded less cancellation fees according to the following schedule:
$50 processing fee until 8 weeks before class,.
$200 cancellation fee from 4-8 weeks prior to the first day of class.
No refunds for cancellations less than 4 weeks prior or no-show. (In cases of family emergency, we will put your tuition towards a future apprenticeship.)
All cancellations must be in writing, by email that has been acknowledged and responded to by us. Cancellation dates are the date of an email response by us. Refunds will be processed within 2 weeks of request.
For Questions: Contact Amy at (443) 955-2211 or email
About Amy Mermaid Isakov,
Sanctioned Teacher of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition
Amy Mermaid Isakov is an innovative dreamer, passionate about connection, spirituality, music, ritual arts, and how the Divine can manifest in all its forms. Having left the traditional education path, she has studied in-depth with shamans, bodyworkers, evolutionary thought leaders and green builders since 2001. While working at The Shift Network, she hosted and managed all of don Oscar’s courses, while having the privilege to host and learn from many of the world’s leading mystics, dreamers and visionaries.
She is a Pachakuti Mesa Sanctioned Teacher, writer, singer and mother — among other things — and looks forward to helping as many people as possible return to the truth of interconnection in this time of dire beauty. She regularly leads gatherings in her region and beyond, subscribing to the truth she recognizes in Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching “The next buddha will be a sangha.”
Online 3 Day Intensive: The Journey from fear to Fulfillment
Note: from Lance - I am sharing Todd’s workshop because I personally found his work immensily valuable. If you are suffering from Anxiety or Fear I hope you can go through this porcess…
3 Day Intensive
(thursday eve to Sunday afternoon) Workshop With Dr. Todd Pressman, Ph.D.
About:
A deep dive into the theory and practices of the Deconstructing Anxiety Method, a powerful new approach to resolving the “core fear” at the root of our suffering and opening a path to meaning, purpose and fulfillment. Participants will come away from the webinar having mastered the practices of Deconstructing Anxiety for profound transformation--including “The Alchemist”, “The Witness”, “The Warrior’s Stance” and more. Past participants have called this program “life changing”, “revolutionary” and “by far the best seminar I have ever taken”.
3 Day Intenstive Dates:
3/11/21 (7:30 - 9:30 pm) and 3/12/21 - 3/14/21 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm) - EST
(Please write in the “notes” section when you register that you learned about this program through Village Wellness).
Praise for Todd’s Book “Deconstructing Anxiety”
“Outstanding and ingenious. This is worth the world’s attention”—Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Psychologist
“Truly profound”—Ken Wilber, author of Integral Meditation
“Remarkably comprehensive”—Ronald D. Seigel, Psy.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
“The key to health and happiness”—C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., Founding President, American Holistic Medical Association
“An Important resource that must get out to people!”—Raymond Moody, M.D., author of Life After Life
"Pressman takes us on an archeological dig down through the many strata of our fears...that we may find our way back.”—Sharon Salzberg, author of Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
“Really fascinating”—Seth Gillihan, Ph.D., author of A Mindful Year
“Kudos! A truly excellent book…for clients and therapists”—Peter Gariti, Ph.D., former clinical associate professor of psychiatry in social work, University of Pennsylvania
“An extraordinary work of love, insight and wisdom”—Bernardo Merizalde, M.D., Psychiatrist, Assistant Clinical Professor at Thomas Jefferson University
“Visionary”—Christine Batra, Psychotherapist
“A book that this troubled world longs to have”—Richard Simon, Spiritual Director and Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Har Zion
About your presenter: Todd Pressman, Ph. D.
Todd Evan Pressman, Ph.D.is an international presenter, psychologist and author. He is the founder and director of Logos Wellness Center and Pressman and Associates Life Counseling Center, dedicated to helping people design lives of meaning, purpose and fulfillment. His studies under some of the world's leaders in the Consciousness movement, as well as the personal grooming he received from a father whose teachers were students of Sigmund Freud, prepared the way for the discovery of the holistic principles he espouses. His work with Olympic athletes and high performing CEOs has further honed his understanding of the secrets of excellence and the path to fulfillment.
More on Dr. Pressman, including his latest Book - “Deconstucting Anxiety” can be found at https://www.toddpressman.com
Activating Potential - a 4 week supportive experience to foster your energy of possibility and manifestation
Who this is for
This is a Level Two Course designed for graduates of our Activating Calm Course (or basic training course)
What You’ll Learn
Activating Potential is a 4 week supportive experience designed for those of us who are ready take our inner development to the next level.
We now have tools for activating our Parasympathetic nervous system to induce a calm state when needed. Once in this calm state, steeped in this energy of being, we can continue to develop our innate potential energy and direct it for manifestation .
As a collective, we will work together through weekly coaching sessions and practices to develop our energy of becoming. Within this Parasympathetic state of rest and digest, we will learn tools to create potency to empower our future manifestation. Like a bulb, wintering in the earth, building its own potential energy, so that when the time is right, its powerful energy of possibility can manifest into its beautiful flower.
This course exists to help us see the world differently, help foster our authentic power, and most of all, help us change the world around us.
How this supportive experience works:
1. Five Live 1 hour Coaching Sessions on Zoom
Each week we join our peers for a live group session. (Can't make it? No problem. The sessions will be recorded.)
LiveSchedule -
Session One -- Friday February 12 10am-11 am
Session Two -- Friday February 19 10am-11 am
Session Three -- Friday February 26 10am-11 am
Session Four -- Friday March 5 10am-11 am
Closing Ceremony -- Friday March 12th 10am-11 am
2. Office Hours
Office Hours to ask questions and check in
(Can't make it? No problem. The sessions will be recorded.)
Office Hour Sessions -
Tuesday February 16th 11am-12 pm
Tuesday February 23 11am-12 pm
Tuesday March 2 11am-12 pm
Tuesday March 9th 11am-12 pm
3. Bite-Sized Resources
Each week will unlock a set of practices and resources that will guide you through each day of that particular week. I have been fostering these tools over the last 25 years, they include practices from the ancient wisdom traditions including meditation, yoga, and breath-work. Anyone can do these daily practices they will not take more than 10 minutes. - the minimum dosage required for effective change
4. Non-Judgmental Support & Accountability
Share responses, support, insight, and questions in the 24/7 discussion board.
You'll soon discover just how much you have in common with others on this journey, even if they live in a different country, serve a difference audience and have access to different resources. This diversity is hard to find anywhere else. Lance is available to support your progress.
Pricing:
$249. Class size limited to 10 folks.
Join us on this supportive journey !
About Your Facilitator
Activating Calm - a 4 week supportive experience to release overwhelm & access your authentic power
What You’ll Learn
Activating Calm is a 4 week supportive experience designed for those of us fed up with feeling overwhelmed and/or exhausted.
As a collective, we will work together, through weekly coaching sessions and practices, to release our exhausted, anxious or overwhelmed state and anchor more deeply into our authentic power, a calm and focused state.
This workshop exists to help us shift out of a fight or flight response, give us a new perspective, and most of all reclaim our power to help be a force for good in the world.
Lance’s thoughtful and well-structured course has improved the quality of my life in every aspect! I am experiencing more ease, patience, creativity, motivation and joy than I have in years. And the great thing is that all of the exercises are portable and accessible to us whenever/wherever we need a little more calm in our daily lives. I am also immensely grateful for the powerful sense of community created by the amazing beings on this journey. The level of compassion and awareness of each participant was inspiring and nourishing, and honestly a little surprising giving we are all remote, but sooo wonderful. Activating Calm is a gift to yourself that should not be missed! -Pauline, Boston
How this supportive experience works:
1. Four Live 1 hour Coaching Sessions on Zoom
Each week we join our peers for a live group session. (Can't make it? No problem. The sessions will be recorded.)
LiveSchedule -
Session One -- Friday January 8th 10am-11 am
Session Two -- Friday January 15th 10am-11 am
Session Three --Friday January 22nd 10am-11 am
Session Four -- Friday January 29th 10am-11 am
BONUS - Closing Ceremony - Friday February 5th 10am-11 am
It’s not often that I can say I have been in a constant continuous blissful state. And yet with Lance’s Activating Calm series over a 4 week period, I have woken up each day with a smile on my face, joy in my heart and peace in my soul. The gathering of like minded individuals in community, the easy to access practices and the additional resources all have contributed to an amazing experience. I didn’t want it to end! I can’t wait for part 2. - Marian V.
2. Bite-Sized Resources & Practices
Each week will unlock a set of practices and resources that will guide you through each day of that particular week. I have been fostering these tools over the last 25 years, they include practices from the ancient wisdom traditions including Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, meditation, yoga, and breath-work. Anyone can do these daily practices and they will not take more than 10 minutes to complete - the minimum dosage required for effective change
3. Non-Judgmental Support & Accountability
Share support, insight, and questions in our 24/7 online, safe, non-judgmental circle of peers.. You'll soon discover just how much you have in common with others on this journey.
Activating Calm has made an enormous difference to my life and to my practice as a therapist. Lance brought me back to my body! While body-mind connections have long been important recognitions in the psychotherapy world, most of us are still very much in our heads, as are our clients. Now I’m much more consciously starting a session with breathing, recommending bodywork, and someday when this plague ends I’ll model it. Most importantly though, Lance reminded me to be a spacious, open learner, and showed me how valuable it is for me to work on my own muscle tension. Spaciousness allows for more intuition and perception, and feels much better too! Lance, I am in your debt and very grateful. Your open, kind, affirming, funny approach to teaching is one I will carry within. - Susan H.
Pricing:
$249. General Public - includes Access to Village Wellness Online Community
$149 for Active Patients & Village Wellness Online Members. Use the code “VWPATIENT”
*** I never turn anyone away for financial reasons
Join us on this supportive journey !
More details 👇🏼
It has been said that the mind is a terrible master and a wonderful servant.
Did you know that It's normal to feel anxiety and fear, especially when faced with unknowns.
Our brains are terrific problem solvers (even when those problems are completely made up!). We have evolved over thousands of years with a brain designed to keep us safe and ultimately continue our species.
Have you experienced this?👇🏼
Our minds are able to make up lots of scenarios, especially worst case scenarios in order to solve potential problems and keep us safe.
This gets overwhelming for our nervous system, and when put in the driver's seat often leads to activation of our flight or fight response and hormones that are all over the place.
When left unchecked this constant protection response leads to an anxious, distracted, and exhausted state.
a 4 week supportive experience
Activating Calm will expose you to your peers, powerful practices and different perspectives.
Instead of simply giving you access to information (no need, it’s everywhere) Activating Calm is built around a supportive community. You and your fellow students will engage together in practices that will transform the way you hold yourself in the world.
the time is now
In this time of uncertainty and unknown, many of my patients, friends, and family (myself included) are experiencing new levels of overwhelm and stress.
I just saw a patient who has never experienced anxiety, say "oh, this is what anxiety feels like!"
To be honest, my nervous energy levels have been overwhelming lately. Even little things can trigger anxiety in me.
I know now more than ever that the wellness practices I have been fostering over the last 25 years; meditation, yoga, breath-work, etc are life-savers for me right now. I want to share this with you.
we don't have to go it alone
Best of all, this journey is not a solo one. You will be along side your peers who are also seeking more balance and calm in our lives. Rest assured, our journey will take place in a private, safe and inclusive space where there is mutual respect and a wealth of support.
Through these practices, you will become aware that even in overwhelm, there is always a way back to peace and well-being.
About Your Facilitator
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
These days more than ever, we are struggling with an unhealthy world, one in which we need support and practices to find and maintain balance each day. Join our kind, caring, and experienced Stress Management Guide, Heather Bloodworth, as she shares the latest research and proven practices to help reduce stress in your life.
.LOCATION -Online - Via Zoom - Online Meditation Room Link Sent with Registration
DATE: 7-8 pm on December 8th
COST: $10
RSVP: Please reserve your space below
about Heather Bloodworth
A National Trainer specializing in Mindfulness, Meditation, and Movement. Heather has a BA in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, attended the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program at the University of Pennsylvania in 2014, and recently attended Teacher Training Intensive at the University of California – San Diego for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, along with being a Certified Yoga Instructor
Past Lives & Their Influence on Today
You have lived many lives on planet Earth. Those lives are past, yet their energetic blueprint exists in time. Former lives affect all you do, how you think and the decisions you make today.
By remembering former lives you become aware of the patterns you’ve created through time. Once you understand, you are free to create new pathways and move beyond your limitations.
You enthusiastically planned to be on earth at this time, and you have everything you need for your mission here. It’s time to remember who you are. It’s time to remember your own magnificence.
In this workshop together, you will access lives that your unconscious mind has perfectly chosen and recall pleasant lives of empowerment and self-assurance. You are invited to bring forth those parts of your vast capable multidimensional self and know that you are invincible and indestructible. It’s time to free your soul, to live your purpose, and to celebrate true freedom.
When? Join us on November 12th from 7-8:30 PM ET for a journey back in time.
Where? This is a virtual class on ZOOM. Your link will be sent to you once you register
Cost: $39.99
Bonus: Along with your class access you will gain access to our private Village Wellness Online Past Lives Circle - a place to connect to others who share an interest in Past Lives. Click here to request access - once you have registered we will grant you access.
Register:
About Sue King
Certified Hypnotist, Certified Past-Life Regression Therapist, Member of the National Guild of Hypnotists, Homeopath, Beekeeper
Co -creator Woman Wisdom ⓡ Training Series 1989-2005
Co -Owner Heart of the Goddess Center 1990- 2005
Author Sacred Animal Wisdom, A Handbook for the Human Heart, Book and CD
Activating Calm - a 4 week supportive experience to release overwhelm & access your authentic power
a message from Lance
Learn more 👇🏼
What You’ll Learn
Activating Calm is a 4 week supportive experience designed for those of us fed up with feeling overwhelmed and/or exhausted.
As a collective, we will work together, through weekly coaching sessions and practices, to release our exhausted, anxious or overwhelmed state and anchor more deeply into our authentic power, a calm and focused state.
This workshop exists to help us shift out of a fight or flight response, give us a new perspective, and most of all reclaim our power to help be a force for good in the world.
How this supportive experience works:
1. Four Live 1 hour Coaching Sessions on Zoom
Each week we join our peers for a live group session. (Can't make it? No problem. The sessions will be recorded.)
LiveSchedule -
Session One -- Friday November 6th 10am-11 am
Session Two -- Friday November 13th 10am-11 am
Session Three --Friday November 20th 10am-11 am
Session Four -- Friday November 27th 10am-11 am
Bonus Date if needed: Friday December 4th 10am-11 am
2. Bite-Sized Resources & Practices
Each week will unlock a set of practices and resources that will guide you through each day of that particular week. I have been fostering these tools over the last 25 years, they include practices from the ancient wisdom traditions including Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, meditation, yoga, and breath-work. Anyone can do these daily practices and they will not take more than 10 minutes to complete - the minimum dosage required for effective change
3. Non-Judgmental Support & Accountability
Share support, insight, and questions in our 24/7 online, safe, non-judgmental circle of peers.. You'll soon discover just how much you have in common with others on this journey.
Pricing:
$249. General Public - includes Access to Village Wellness Online Community
$149 for Active Patients & Village Wellness Online Members. Use the code “VWPATIENT”
$99 - I have (10) $99 spots open- first come first serve - Use the code: “IMREADY”
*** I never turn anyone away for financial reasons
Join us on this supportive journey !
More details 👇🏼
It has been said that the mind is a terrible master and a wonderful servant.
Did you know that It's normal to feel anxiety and fear, especially when faced with unknowns.
Our brains are terrific problem solvers (even when those problems are completely made up!). We have evolved over thousands of years with a brain designed to keep us safe and ultimately continue our species.
Have you experienced this?👇🏼
Our minds are able to make up lots of scenarios, especially worst case scenarios in order to solve potential problems and keep us safe.
This gets overwhelming for our nervous system, and when put in the driver's seat often leads to activation of our flight or fight response and hormones that are all over the place.
When left unchecked this constant protection response leads to an anxious, distracted, and exhausted state.
a 4 week supportive experience
Activating Calm will expose you to your peers, powerful practices and different perspectives.
Instead of simply giving you access to information (no need, it’s everywhere) Activating Calm is built around a supportive community. You and your fellow students will engage together in practices that will transform the way you hold yourself in the world.
the time is now
In this time of uncertainty and unknown, many of my patients, friends, and family (myself included) are experiencing new levels of overwhelm and stress.
I just saw a patient who has never experienced anxiety, say "oh, this is what anxiety feels like!"
To be honest, my nervous energy levels have been overwhelming lately. Even little things can trigger anxiety in me.
I know now more than ever that the wellness practices I have been fostering over the last 25 years; meditation, yoga, breath-work, etc are life-savers for me right now. I want to share this with you.
we don't have to go it alone
Best of all, this journey is not a solo one. You will be along side your peers who are also seeking more balance and calm in our lives. Rest assured, our journey will take place in a private, safe and inclusive space where there is mutual respect and a wealth of support.
Through these practices, you will become aware that even in overwhelm, there is always a way back to peace and well-being.
About Your Facilitator
Deconstructing Anxiety - Online Weekend Intensive: The Journey from fear to Fulfillment
Weekend Workshop (thursday eve to Sunday afternoon) Workshop With Dr. Todd Pressman, Ph.D.
International Presenter, Psychologist, and Author of “Deconstructing Anxiety”
During these turbulent times, the anxiety we feel about the coronavirus is itself going viral.
This can compound other anxiety (or depression, relationship issues, financial worries, etc.) we may already be struggling with.
The challenge before us is to adjust to the extraordinary changes all around with clarity, grace and calm.
Now, more than ever, we need the right tools to find our deep center, and expand beyond our fear!
A VIRTUAL Weekend Seminar Online
Deconstructing Anxiety is a groundbreaking seminar for rapidly uncovering the root causes of anxiety in even your most difficult clients. You will learn never-before-presented techniques for releasing the resistances that keep anxiety alive, getting at their source and transforming them into a sense of high purpose and meaning, yielding powerful change and lasting results.
With the revolutionary understanding that anxiety (fear) is at the root of all suffering, you will gain insight into the five core fears--“universal themes of loss”--we all share, including:
abandonment (loss of love),
loss of identity,
loss of meaning,
loss of purpose (the chance to express oneself) and
fear of death (including fear of sickness and pain).
We develop our primary defenses, usually early in childhood or at times of trauma, as our best attempt to protect ourselves from these fears, but always at too great a cost. This leaves us constantly holding vigil, on the lookout for the resurfacing of the fear. We build our entire personality upon this fear-defense dynamic. When it spins out of control, an anxiety disorder develops.
The theory and techniques offered in this workshop, such as “The Alchemist”, “The Witness” and “The Warrior’s Stance”, will teach you how to uncover the core fear and chief defense quickly and reliably.
These will be understood as the architects of personality and the creators of our perceptual world. Armed with this knowledge, new strategies for “doing the opposite” of the chief defense and its secondary defenses have proven extremely successful in even the most anxious clients.
Incorporating psychodynamics, mindfulness, Gestalt, CBT and transpersonal psychology, participants will undergo the actual techniques being presented, making for a rich and highly experiential presentation.
At the deepest level, we will pinpoint the precise moment where resistance is created and how to release it. This leads to the ultimate goal of letting go “the resistance to resistance”, a key to transforming our entire view of Self and redefining the limits of the human experience.
The way is then paved for the final section on “Vision Questing”, wherein the five core fears are fully resolved, and one may live their lives with a solid sense of identity, meaning, purpose, love and even a true freedom from the fear of death.
Come prepared for an exciting adventure into the deepest regions of the unconscious, where the hidden fears at the source of our difficulties live, to bring them out into consciousness, available for rapid and lasting transformation.
Dates and Time:
Thursday evening August 27th to Sunday 30th - The full agenda is listed on the registration page. Access by clicking the button below.
Cost:
Currently $799 -(Usually $1600)
30 CE credits for Mental Healthcare workers available for an additional $40)
SAVE $100 (for a total of $699) by entering VILLAGE WELLNESS in the notes section when booking
Registration:
Use the following button and scroll down to the bottom of the page. With the VILLAGE WELLNESS coupon the total price to enter is $699
Praise for Todd’s Book “Deconstructing Anxiety”
“Outstanding and ingenious. This is worth the world’s attention”—Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Psychologist
“Truly profound”—Ken Wilber, author of Integral Meditation
“Remarkably comprehensive”—Ronald D. Seigel, Psy.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
“The key to health and happiness”—C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., Founding President, American Holistic Medical Association
“An Important resource that must get out to people!”—Raymond Moody, M.D., author of Life After Life
"Pressman takes us on an archeological dig down through the many strata of our fears...that we may find our way back.”—Sharon Salzberg, author of Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
“Really fascinating”—Seth Gillihan, Ph.D., author of A Mindful Year
“Kudos! A truly excellent book…for clients and therapists”—Peter Gariti, Ph.D., former clinical associate professor of psychiatry in social work, University of Pennsylvania
“An extraordinary work of love, insight and wisdom”—Bernardo Merizalde, M.D., Psychiatrist, Assistant Clinical Professor at Thomas Jefferson University
“Visionary”—Christine Batra, Psychotherapist
“A book that this troubled world longs to have”—Richard Simon, Spiritual Director and Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Har Zion
About your presenter: Todd Pressman, Ph. D.
Todd Evan Pressman, Ph.D.is an international presenter, psychologist and author. He is the founder and director of Logos Wellness Center and Pressman and Associates Life Counseling Center, dedicated to helping people design lives of meaning, purpose and fulfillment. His studies under some of the world's leaders in the Consciousness movement, as well as the personal grooming he received from a father whose teachers were students of Sigmund Freud, prepared the way for the discovery of the holistic principles he espouses. His work with Olympic athletes and high performing CEOs has further honed his understanding of the secrets of excellence and the path to fulfillment.
More on Dr. Pressman, including his latest Book - “Deconstucting Anxiety” can be found at https://www.toddpressman.com
Cultivating Freedom from Anxiety & Fear - Village Wellness Basic Training
Basic Training
Become a wellness warrior
Become a Wellness Warrior!
Cultivating Freedom from Anxiety and Fear
We start our Basic Training Journey with much needed emotional wellness practices to support you with feelings of anxiety, fear, and overwhelm.
Each of us deserves to live a life filled with joy and peace, and we can do this even in the face of the unknown.
My hope is that through this month's practices, you become aware that even though overwhelm, there is always a way back to peace.
This month’s Basic Training is designed to help you :
Increase ease
Reduce the impact of negative emotions
Gain a new perspective on stressful situations
Build skills to manage your stress, anxiety, & fear
Increase self-awareness
Focus on the present
Increase imagination and creativity
Increase patience and tolerance
Includes:
Introductory Call for participants: We will have an introductory Zoom Call August 1 @ 11am EST to go over some of the practices for the month.
Can’t make the call? No problem! This call will be recorded and send to all registrants.Weekly Outline with daily practices (about 10 minutes/day) , tools, and resources delivered through email
Downloadable Daily Practices reminder calendar
Community Support via private online forum
How this program works:
ONE. ZOOM CALL We start the program with a live zoom call on August 1st at 11 am EST. (You should have received a confirmation of this call with the proper zoom link.) We will use this time to go over the program, practices, and answer any questions that you may have.
TWO. WEEKLY PRACTICES. Each Week you will receive a set of practices and support via email that will guide you through each day of the week. I have limited your time commitment to 10 minutes/day or less - the minimum dosage required for effective change
THREE. GROUP SUPPORT You will have group support throughout the program. to ask any questions or share in the journeys of those of your fellow wellness warriors.
Cost:
one time charge of 110 for the month (NOTE: i never turn anyone away for financial reasons)
About Your Facilitator
Slow Flow Yoga Workshop {online}
Slow Flow
This classes is a combination of Vinyasa Flow and Hatha yoga, with fewer transitions than Vinyasa yoga and more flow than Hatha yoga. This class will focus on moving mindfully with breath and will help you find the space between poses while still retaining the gentle rhythm of a flow yoga class.
This class is suitable for all levels. Beginners are encouraged to attend.
Suggested donation: $20. But we understand many of us are in a difficult financial situation right now. So pay what ever you would like. Minimum is $5 then just add a custom tip for the amount you would like to pay at Checkout
Once Registered you will be sent the link to our Online Studio
Recording: if you can't make the class time, register for the class and receive a recording for 48 hours to do on your own time!
Activating Your Divine Blueprint - A Neuro-Linguistics approach to achieving your potential
With Kevin Arba
Have you ever had the experience of getting something that you wanted, only to feel unsatisfied? Have you ever felt the inner conflict of wanting two incompatible things? Have you ever felt “blocked” by some part of yourself from pursuing your dreams?
Inner conflict and confusion is part of the human experience. In this class I will teach simple strategies and concepts that are designed to help you clarify what’s truly important to your soul so that you can create a vision for your life that will lead to fulfillment, joy, and inner peace.
This class will be based upon a few key ideas:
Every circumstance in your life is there by your soul’s design for your benefit.
Every person has a Divine Blueprint which is unique. It includes all qualities of their personality and character, strengths and weakness, as well as preferences and aversions.
Every person has all of the resources they need to fulfill their highest potential.
Access to Divine Guidance and Empowerment are always available to everyone.
Techniques from a variety of modalities will be utilized in this class to help you access the wisdom and resources from within so that you can Activate your Divine Blueprint and fulfill your highest potential.
Cost is on a sliding scale. Pay whatever you want!
Just add a "custom tip" at checkout and choose your amount.
(your donations mean so much to us right now! 50% will go to Kevin our teacher and 50% will go to support Village Wellness)
Note: everyone who registers will get access to the recording for 48 hours.
About Kevin Arba
Eight years ago, Kevin’s life dramatically changed by the Grace of Divine Miracles, leading him from a dark heavy existence into the Light. From that day on, he immersed himself in a variety of healing approaches and spiritual teachings, first to heal himself, and then others.
He is a Certified Life Coach, Reiki Practitioner, and Trainer/ Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. With training in Astrology, Matrix Energetics, Master Energy Dynamics, Spiritual Psychology, Core Transformation, Internal Family Systems, and Spring Forest Qi-Gong, Kevin has a deep passion for connecting with and supporting individuals on their journey. He trusts that each individual holds the keys to their own healing, they just need support in unpacking it all.
Believing that every soul has a unique Divine Blueprint which seeks to fulfill its spiritual mission, Kevin’s calling is to guide and empower all those who cross his path in honoring their Soul's Purpose and allowing authentic expression of their True Self.
Qi Gong for Stress Relief & Immune System {online workshop}
With Susan Grace
Qi Gong is a gentle energetic exercise that will help you to center, ground, relax, support your immune system and move your chi.
We will be placing focus on Lung energy, which is your defensive chi and during this time will be beneficial in staying strong.
Cost is on a sliding scale. Pay whatever you want from $1 — $5,000,000.
Just add a "custom tip" at checkout and choose your amount.
Note: everyone who registers will get access to the recording for 48 hours.
About Susan Grace
Susan Grace is a Diplomate of Asian Bodywork Therapy, (NCCAOM) National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Certified Practitioner (AOBTA) American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia, LMT, Certified in Chakra Healing with Applied Integration, Shiatsu Shin Tai Teacher, Certified Qi Gong, Tai Chi and Reiki Master.
Full Moon 🌕 Gong Bath Sound Journey {online FUNdraiser}
With Lance Isakov, L.Ac.
Join Us for this VERY SPECIAL ONLINE Full Moon Sacred Sound Healing Journey and fundraiser.
Thanks to the gifts of video conferencing, great microphones and awesome earphones -you can bliss out and touch the infinite as you bathe in the AMAZING universal vibrations of the GONG!!!
The Gong is an awesome tool to help release overwhelm and strengthen the nervous system.
This class is open to everyone and absolute beginners are encouraged to attend!
Please note that this can be a very powerful experience, if you have questions please call Lance at (610) 203-3747.
You will need a good pair of earphones or speakers to fully experience these vibrations. Your phone speaker will not work well for this.
Cost is on a sliding scale donation - pay what you can. All funds will be used to help cover operational expenses during our closure at Village Wellness. To pay: Just add a "custom tip" at checkout and choose your amount.
Note: Everyone who registers will have access to the recording for 48 hours.
Your Space: For the session -if you are able find a comfortable space you can lay down and relax in where you wont be disrupted.
Sign Up! for the Zoom Link
Acupressure and Qigong for Respiratory Health {online workshop}
Learn to use acupressure and a qigong technique to nourish your immune system with a focus on respiratory health. We will include techniques that are helpful for managing seasonal allergies as well as illnesses.
Our online workshop will include
Amazing acupressure points
a Qigong exercise (including breath-work)
You will leave this class with tools you can use to neutralize stress, increase energy, prevent illness, and support rejuvenation of your body mind and spirit.
Cost is on a “pay what you want” sliding scale . Anywhere from $1 — $5,000,000 ;)
To use the sliding scale - Just add a "custom tip" at checkout and choose your amount.
Chair Yoga {Online Class} with Siubhan
This gentle yoga class consists of mindful movement and breath sitting in a chair and standing, using the char for support. You will need a firm but comfortable chair, and a towel or strap if desired.
Gain the heath benefits of yoga by improving mobility, reducing stress and build strength from the comfort of your own chair!
Suggested donation: $15. But we understand many of us are in a difficult financial situation right now. So pay what ever you would like. Minimum is $1 (for insurance purposes) then just add a custom tip for the amount you would like to pay at Checkout.
Once Registered you will be sent the link to our Online Yoga Studio.
Note: if you can't make the class time, register for the class and receive a recording to do on your own time!
Testimonial
I had an awesome class with Siubhan yesterday. Her knowledge, her soothing voice and easy to understand cues are helping me to stay grounded while practicing at home. - Therese N, West Chester
Finding Wellness Amidst Chaos - A Holistic Response
Let’s talk about Spiritual, Emotional, Physical, Financial, Social, and Intellectual Health
Covid-19 has impacted each and every one of us in ways expected and unexpected. The toll on our mental, physical, spiritual, and financial health has been strong. Many of us are in situations we never imagined, and we want to make it simpler for you.
We are here to offer you integrated access to a group of holistic professionals who can provide you quick tips and an open Q&A forum to make this time clearer and easier for you!
The town hall will be a panel consisting of a mental health professional, a financial counselor, an integrative nurse practitioner, an acupuncturist, a sacred ceremonialist and an organizational & personal leadership consultant who have made time to support you on the many dimensions of your life.
WHEN? Sunday May 3rd @ 11am
COST? Free
FOR WHO? Open to everyone and you’re welcome to invite anyone you think may benefit from this gathering!
RECORDING WILL GO OUT TO ALL WHO ARE REGISTERED: If you can’t make it the recording will be available simply register below
About the Wellness Board Members
George Scott EdS, LMFT
Emotional, Mental & Family Wellness
George is a Licensed Family Therapist practicing at the Center for Counseling Services, LLC in Mercer County, NJ, specializing in helping individuals and families recover from the effects of life’s traumatic and toxic stress events.
He is a former adjunct instructor in the Counselor Education Department at the College of New Jersey; the former Director of Student Services in South Brunswick, NJ schools; as well as the former Coordinator of the Traumatic Loss Coalition (TLC) in both Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, NJ.
George currently continues his work with the TLC as a State-wide Resource Coordinator through Rutgers UBHC, supporting the work of County Coalitions throughout NJ. He is well known as a presenter at numerous state-wide conferences and professional development programs.
With a strong belief in the ability of children and families to heal from emotional hurt, George has focused his work on helping parents, professional educators and other adults understand their work in that healing.
Megan Scott, MSOL
Organizational Wellness
Megan consults with business owners across the country on their corporate mission and values, helping them to create sustainable plans for business development, strategic visioning, operational design and growth, while helping their teams discover their priorities and power.
Personally, she is a wife, mom, daughter, and avid student of the holistic, integrative medicine world as well as organizational design and ethics and as it relates to healthy people and companies. Knowing that stress creates illness, her personal mission is to find ways to help people reduce and manage stress, create a self-care plan that is sustainable and impactful, and implement an integrated plan to help them and their families live well. Her bigger vision includes helping people find communities that can support them in times of struggle and champion them in times of success.
Megan truly believes at her soul level that “when I becomes WE, even illness becomes wellness”. There is nothing more important than being well, and no better way to find a path to wellness than being connected. Together is better!
Lance Isakov
Physical, Spiritual & Emotional Wellness
Lance is the owner and an Acupunturist at Village Wellness in Berwyn, PA. Lance has studied numerous healing techniques over the years including: Five Element & Esoteric Acupuncture, Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, Reiki, Life Coaching, Plant Medicine, Acupuncture Detox Specialist (NADA), Magnified Healing Master, TaeUlju, Qi Gong (Mantak Chia), Guided Visualization and many others.
In his current practice, he works with individuals one on one both with words and with acupuncture needles. His acupuncture training had a heavy emphasis on the understanding of psychology and using "words as needles.” His patients describe his work as part talk therapy, part acupuncture, and very healing for the body, mind and soul.
Lance continues to be a source of treatment and inspiration to his practitioners, his clients and his community as he helps them maintain their balance and right relationship with the world around them.
Amy Mermaid Isakov
Social, Spiritual & Environmental Wellness
Amy Mermaid Isakov is an innovative dreamer, passionate about connection, spirituality, music, ritual arts, and how the Divine can manifest in all its forms. Having left the traditional education path, she has studied in-depth with shamans, bodyworkers, evolutionary thought leaders and green builders since 2001.
While working at The Shift Network, she had the privilege to host and learn from many of the world’s leading mystics, dreamers, shamans, and visionaries. She is a Pachakuti Mesa Sanctioned Teacher, writer, singer, and mother — among other things — and looks forward to helping as many people as possible return to the truth of interconnection in this time of dire beauty. She regularly leads ritual of gatherings in her region and beyond, subscribing to the truth she recognizes in Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching “The next buddha will be a sangha.”
Lynda Sherland, CRNP, FNP-C
Medical, Physical, Integrative Wellness
Lynda is an Advanced Practice Integrative Nurse Practitioner and brings 18 years of clinical experience to Philadelphia Integrative Medicine. She completed her Integrative Medicine fellowship at Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona--formerly Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. She completed her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1999.
Lynda is exceptional at partnering with patients where they are. She is trained in all aspects of Integrative Medicine including hormone balance, autoimmune including IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis), thyroid, adrenal, mood, bone health and sleep disorders, and is an expert in assisting patients to achieve weight loss. She also brings expertise in gastrointestinal concerns including IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), bowel regularity, food sensitivities and how to expand dietary choices in a way that works for patients and their bodies.
All integrative plans are highly personalized and Lynda helps you to articulate your specific intention to live into a healthier life.
Steve Krzywicki, CFP®,
Financial Wellness
Steve has been a Private Wealth Advisor with Ameriprise Financial for over 19 years and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner. Steve’s purpose is to guide people through their journey of the three stages of financial wellness – uncertainty, confidence and impact – so they may have a positive influence on the world.
Steve and his team at Beacon Bridge Wealth Partners, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. strive every day to help people identify and navigate their financial stresses, organize their financial lives, prioritize their financial goals and simplify their financial picture. By helping people get through financial uncertainty into a state of confidence provides them with a plan to maintain financial wellness and gives them the opportunity to spend their energy on more important things like their family, their work and their purpose.
Beacon Bridge Wealth Partners is a financial resource for you whether you have a question or issue, would like to set up goals and a plan for your financial future, or would like to talk about your confidence level for retirement. We are honored to offer a 30 minute complementary initial consultation via video or phone consults to everyone looking for advice.
The initial consultation provides an overview of financial planning concepts. You will not receive written analysis and/or recommendations.
Past Life Gathering {online workshop} with Sue King
With Sue King
In the many lives you have experienced, you have become a seasoned Earth traveler. The current crisis on this planet is one of many your soul has experienced and weathered. You have more courage and resilience than you know.
In our virtual past life gatherings, we will journey to lives that reveal parts of the invincible resourceful you. It’s fun to know the signature of your soul and gather with other fellow travelers as you remember resources to fearlessly face the challenges of this life. In the session, your unconscious mind will select the perfect lives to remember, and you will benefit by seeing your current and past lives from a broader perspective.
Cost is $10
Note: everyone who registers will get access to the recording for 48 hours.
About Sue King
Certified Hypnotist, Certified Past-Life Regression Therapist, Member of the National Guild of Hypnotists, Homeopath, Beekeeper
Co -creator Woman Wisdom ⓡ Training Series 1989-2005
Co -Owner Heart of the Goddess Center 1990- 2005
Author Sacred Animal Wisdom, A Handbook for the Human Heart, Book and CD
Qi Gong for the Lungs & Immune System {online workshop}
With Susan Grace
Qi Gong is a gentle energetic exercise that will help you to center, ground, relax, support your immune system and move your chi.
We will be placing some focus on the Lung energy, which is your defensive chi and during this time will be beneficial in staying strong.
Cost is on a sliding scale. Pay whatever you want from $1 — $5,000,000.
Just add a "custom tip" at checkout and choose your amount.
Note: everyone who registers will get access to the recording for 48 hours.
About Susan Grace
Susan Grace is a Diplomate of Asian Bodywork Therapy, (NCCAOM) National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Certified Practitioner (AOBTA) American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia, LMT, Certified in Chakra Healing with Applied Integration, Shiatsu Shin Tai Teacher, Certified Qi Gong, Tai Chi and Reiki Master.
Deconstructing Anxiety: Transforming Overwhelm into Fulfillment
Workshop With Dr. Todd Pressman, Ph.D.
International Presenter, Psychologist, and Author of “Deconstructing Anxiety”
Dr. Todd Pressman is back with a new webinar called “Deconstructing Anxiety: Transforming Overwhelm into Fulfillment”. The response to his last event was quite the turnout, with people saying how much they could use these daily reminders, so we’re honored to be able to host again.
This time, he’ll be focusing on how to take the overwhelm so many of us are feeling these days and do “psychological jiu jitsu” with it.
You will learn powerful techniques—such as “The Warrior’s Stance”—that use the very circumstances causing our distress as a vehicle for deep, enduring fulfillment. Discover the full potential of your mind and spirit to create a new reality for yourself and become a healing presence to those around you!
Sliding Scale Donation: Minimum is $1 then just add a custom tip for the total amount you would like to donate.
Everyone who registers will receive a recording of the workshop.
Your donations help us continue to offer relevant programming in these challenging times.
Praise for Todd’s Book “Deconstructing Anxiety”
“Outstanding and ingenious. This is worth the world’s attention”—Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Psychologist
“Truly profound”—Ken Wilber, author of Integral Meditation
“Remarkably comprehensive”—Ronald D. Seigel, Psy.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
“The key to health and happiness”—C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., Founding President, American Holistic Medical Association
“An Important resource that must get out to people!”—Raymond Moody, M.D., author of Life After Life
"Pressman takes us on an archeological dig down through the many strata of our fears...that we may find our way back.”—Sharon Salzberg, author of Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
“Really fascinating”—Seth Gillihan, Ph.D., author of A Mindful Year
“Kudos! A truly excellent book…for clients and therapists”—Peter Gariti, Ph.D., former clinical associate professor of psychiatry in social work, University of Pennsylvania
“An extraordinary work of love, insight and wisdom”—Bernardo Merizalde, M.D., Psychiatrist, Assistant Clinical Professor at Thomas Jefferson University
“Visionary”—Christine Batra, Psychotherapist
“A book that this troubled world longs to have”—Richard Simon, Spiritual Director and Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Har Zion
About your presenter: Todd Pressman, Ph. D.
Todd Evan Pressman, Ph.D.is an international presenter, psychologist and author. He is the founder and director of Logos Wellness Center and Pressman and Associates Life Counseling Center, dedicated to helping people design lives of meaning, purpose and fulfillment. His studies under some of the world's leaders in the Consciousness movement, as well as the personal grooming he received from a father whose teachers were students of Sigmund Freud, prepared the way for the discovery of the holistic principles he espouses. His work with Olympic athletes and high performing CEOs has further honed his understanding of the secrets of excellence and the path to fulfillment.
More on Dr. Pressman, including his latest Book - “Deconstucting Anxiety” can be found at https://www.toddpressman.com
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Yin Yoga & Meditation {Online Class]
With Siubhan Every Friday at 10:30am
Yin Yoga is a still and passive practice. Focusing on longer holds, Yin Yoga encourages the connective tissue to release, enhancing the natural range of mobility in the joints, and ultimately help develop greater strength and flexibility across the entire body. Pose sequences are designed to open the body’s meridian system and allow for a continuous flow of Qi.
This class is suitable for all levels. Beginners are encouraged to attend.
Suggested donation: $15. But we understand many of us are in a difficult financial situation right now. So pay what ever you would like. Minimum is $1 (for insurance purposes) then just add a custom tip for the amount you would like to pay at Checkout.
Once Registered you will be sent the link to our Online Studio.
Note: If you can't make the class time, register for the class and receive a recording to do on your own time!
Acupressure and Qigong for Stress and Anxiety {online workshop}
Learn to use acupressure and qigong techniques for letting go of stress and anxiety, and come back to a place of balance and calm.
Our online workshop will include
Amazing acupressure points
a Qi Gong exercise (including breath-work)
You will leave this class with tools that you can use everyday to help bring ease to stress and anxiety.
Cost is on a sliding scale from $1 — $5,000,000.
Just add a "custom tip" at checkout and choose your amount.
Hatha Yoga {Online Class}
With Siubhan every Wednesday at 9:30am
In this class you can expect an accommodating practice full of static postures, mindful breathwork and a manageable pace. This allows for a greater focus on alignment and mindful breathing, making the practice accessible to yogis of all levels.
Please have props handy, a blanket, pillow, blocks (or books) and a pole or broom handle if you need assistance in balance postures.
Suggested donation: $15. But we understand many of us are in a difficult financial situation right now. So pay what ever you would like. Minimum is $1 (for insurance purposes) then just add a custom tip for the amount you would like to pay at Checkout.
Once Registered you will be sent the link to our Online Yoga Studio.
Note: if you can't make the class time, register for the class and receive a recording to do on your own time!
Testimonial
I had an awesome class with Siubhan yesterday. Her knowledge, her soothing voice and easy to understand cues are helping me to stay grounded while practicing at home. - Therese N, West Chester
Yin Yoga & Meditation {Online Class}
With Siubhan every Sunday at 5:00pm
Yin Yoga is a still and passive practice. Focusing on longer holds, Yin Yoga encourages the connective tissue to release, enhancing the natural range of mobility in the joints, and ultimately help develop greater strength and flexibility across the entire body. Pose sequences are designed to open the body’s meridian system and allow for a continuous flow of Qi.
This class is suitable for all levels. Beginners are encouraged to attend.
Suggested donation: $15. But we understand many of us are in a difficult financial situation right now. So pay what ever you would like. Minimum is $1 (for insurance purposes) then just add a custom tip for the amount you would like to pay at Checkout.
Once Registered you will be sent the link to our Online Studio.
Note: If you can't make the class time, register for the class and receive a recording to do on your own time!
Deconstructing Anxiety: Finding Calm in the Midst of the Storm
Workshop With Dr. Todd Pressman, Ph.D.
International Presenter, Psychologist, and Author of “Deconstructing Anxiety”
During these turbulent times, the anxiety we feel about the coronavirus is itself going viral.
This can compound other anxiety (or depression, relationship issues, financial worries, etc.) we may already be struggling with.
The challenge before us is to adjust to the extraordinary changes all around with clarity, grace and calm.
Now, more than ever, we need the right tools to find our deep center, and expand beyond our fear!
Please join us for what promises to be an exciting and important Webinar
How to understand your core fear and chief defense—the dynamic duo that create your anxiety in the first place
How to safely face and walk through your fears…and find they are not what you thought they were.
How to use this freedom from fear to become the master of your own choices—first in your thoughts and then in your life!
You will leave this webinar with powerful and reliable tools for transforming anxiety into opportunity, and fear into fulfillment.
This program is a mini-experience of the “Deconstructing Anxiety” program Todd has been presenting on around the country. It has been called “life changing”, “groundbreaking" and “essential for living a meaningful life”. I hope you’ll join us!
Sliding Scale Donation: Minimum is $1 then just add a custom tip for the total amount you would like to donate.
Everyone who registers will receive a recording of the workshop.
Your donations help us continue to offer relevant programming in these challenging times.
Note: Everyone who registers for the event will receive access to the recording along with a free copy of Dr. Pressman’s e-book “Quotes and Stories that can Change your Life!”
Praise for Todd’s Book “Deconstructing Anxiety”
“Outstanding and ingenious. This is worth the world’s attention”—Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Psychologist
“Truly profound”—Ken Wilber, author of Integral Meditation
“Remarkably comprehensive”—Ronald D. Seigel, Psy.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
“The key to health and happiness”—C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., Founding President, American Holistic Medical Association
“An Important resource that must get out to people!”—Raymond Moody, M.D., author of Life After Life
"Pressman takes us on an archeological dig down through the many strata of our fears...that we may find our way back.”—Sharon Salzberg, author of Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness
“Really fascinating”—Seth Gillihan, Ph.D., author of A Mindful Year
“Kudos! A truly excellent book…for clients and therapists”—Peter Gariti, Ph.D., former clinical associate professor of psychiatry in social work, University of Pennsylvania
“An extraordinary work of love, insight and wisdom”—Bernardo Merizalde, M.D., Psychiatrist, Assistant Clinical Professor at Thomas Jefferson University
“Visionary”—Christine Batra, Psychotherapist
“A book that this troubled world longs to have”—Richard Simon, Spiritual Director and Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Har Zion
About your presenter: Todd Pressman, Ph. D.
Todd Evan Pressman, Ph.D.is an international presenter, psychologist and author. He is the founder and director of Logos Wellness Center and Pressman and Associates Life Counseling Center, dedicated to helping people design lives of meaning, purpose and fulfillment. His studies under some of the world's leaders in the Consciousness movement, as well as the personal grooming he received from a father whose teachers were students of Sigmund Freud, prepared the way for the discovery of the holistic principles he espouses. His work with Olympic athletes and high performing CEOs has further honed his understanding of the secrets of excellence and the path to fulfillment.
More on Dr. Pressman, including his latest Book - “Deconstucting Anxiety” can be found at https://www.toddpressman.com
Spring Yin Yoga & Meditation Online
with Siubhan
In this practice we will work with the Liver and Gallbladder meridians, focusing spinal flexion and extension, twists and hip opening. The Liver governs the body’s immunity, and as stress weakens our immune system, this practice work to remove deep stagnation and allow for a better flow of liver Qi. We will close the practice with a Quiet Mind meditation allowing you to find calm in times of stress.
Time is 3PM EST
Suggested donation: $20.
But we understand many of us are in a difficult financial situation right now. So pay what ever you would like. Minimum is $1 (for insurance purposes) then just add a custom tip for the amount you would like to pay at Checkout
Founder of Village Wellness, Acupuncturist, Yoga & Meditation Teacher