The Sagewood Center

The summer solstice is on June 20th at 4:51 PM. EDT in the northern hemisphere. It has the longest amount of daylight and marks the beginning of the summer season. In the spring time we planted the seeds for what we want to manifest in this journey and new beginnings.

We lay down the groundwork and get everything ready to start or in some cases to continue on our journey. However, the summer time is when we must nurture what we have planted and w**d out what doesn’t add value in our life anymore.

Learn more about celebrating the summer solstice on our blog:

Words of Wisdom from Sagewood Practitioners Monthly updates, thoughts, and recommendations from practitioners at the Sagewood Center for Healing and Wellness.

Neurodiversity: From Awareness to Acceptance

Neurodivergent folks have a lot on their plates in this world that was built for the neuro-majority. Chances are, either you or someone you know is neurodivergent, a group that likely comprises 15-20% of the world’s population. Labels such as dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and others are part of the umbrella of neurodivergence.

Neurodivergent people have brains that think differently than neurotypical people (the majority). They have many different strengths and challenges that are different than for those with more typical brains.

Read more on our blog:
https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/neurodiversity-from-awareness-to-acceptance

Transformation Station: Increasing Happiness and Self-Connectivity

Making a personal connection with yourself is about more than knowing who you are and what you want. It is about being able to recognize signs from your body that help you to live a healthier life.

Connecting with yourself allows you to find interest in being with you to do things that are of interest to you. It means that you are never alone because you enjoy your own company. Can you imagine only being with you, not to do work or catch-up on anything; just being with you.

Read more on our blog! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog

𝘽𝙞𝙜 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 — Sagewood Center has been a place for healing and community for over 9 years. Angela started Sagewood to support Reiki students and practitioners in the community to grow this wonderful healing modality and provide space for practice, learning and sharing. It evolved into a space for Archangelic Light classes and shares, Massage, Hypnotherapy and QHHT, Intuitive and Life Coaching, Yoga, Counseling, Shamanic practices, Ayurveda, Akashic Records, Sound Therapy and Crystal Healing and Pop-up Stores. It has been a sacred and peaceful place where learning and healing happens.

As of September 30th, the center itself is closed, but the mission to bring holistic wellness to the community will continue. Though a difficult decision, the space was sold, and another wellness company has taken it over: Anne Till Nutrition Group provides support to patients through nutrition and lifestyle therapies. This group has been practicing in Cary for many years and more recently in Raleigh, and they are excited now to expand their Raleigh practice to larger premises this fall.

The Sagewood Practitioners will be practicing from new spaces, but we will remain a community and will continue to keep you informed of classes, workshops, and events. We will continue our newsletter to share our calendar, offer Words of Wisdom and Support, and highlight our practitioners and their services to help you find the therapies that you need.

𝗧𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼: www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/big-changes-for-the-sagewood-center

Do you sometimes feel unbalanced or overworked? For those of us who spend a lot of time caring for others and tapping into our inner "Mother" energies, self-care is incredibly important. Read more from health, wellness, and nature coach Dianne Vetter on the Sagewood blog - and learn more about Dianne's other great upcoming self-care and balancing events this month! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/self-care-and-the-goddess

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀! Come join your sisters at the Sagewood Center once a month to sit under the shawl of one another’s wisdom and love. We will learn, grow, and support one another through earth-based rituals, ceremonies, and exploration of the Divine Feminine within.

The next meeting will occur on Saturday Sep 17, from 9-11am at the Sagewood Center. The circle will include:

· Creating a Goddess Altar
· Group Sharing
· Theme: Balanced Self-Care and the Triple Goddess
· Activity: Medicine Wheel teaching and Mesa working with the elements to clarify where you lose energy in your life and how you can work with the elements to gain energy.
· Closing Circle

For more information, please visit: https://tockify.com/sagewoodevents/detail/1100/1663419600000

One of the most fundamental parts of meditation and mindfulness is controlling your breathing. And yet, when we feel stressed and overwhelmed, it's often one of the first things we forget!

This week on the Sagewood blog, get back to the basics and learn three simple breathing techniques to regain your calm and support your mental and physical health: www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/back-to-basics-just-breathe

Have you heard of the four agreements? 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨: 𝘼 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢, by Don Miguel Ruiz, describes how these four subconscious beliefs and practices shape our lives, and how conscious awareness and application of them can help each of us live our best lives.

Learn more this week on our blog, or join Sagewood practitioner Rebecca Striffler for a 4-week long book study! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/change-your-agreements-change-your-life

What's the difference between coaching and therapy? This week on Sagewood's blog, former therapist and current life and leadership coach Laura Haywood explains the difference between these two disciplines using the classic folk tale of Chicken Licken, who manages to convince herself that that the sky is falling down around her... www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/chicken-licken-coaching-vs-therapy

Do you ever wish you could press pause on the world? Fortunately, yoga can help you do just that! Yoga isn't just a type of exercise - it's a mindset and a tool anyone can use to press pause and re-engage with their mind and body. Learn more this week on our blog from Sagewood practitioner and Yoga instructor Kimber Quinby of Bridge2Yoga! www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/pressing-the-pause-button

How can each of us use the power of Divine Love to heal and bring inner peace? There's one very simple answer: just ask! This week on the Sagewood blog, read more about how we can invite Diving Love into our lives: https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/healing-with-divine-love

Are you sometimes overwhelmed by the amount of spiritual advice and recommendations you hear every day? Do you often find yourself setting too many goals at once, and not following through?

This week on Sagewood's blog, Lisa Litzsinger speaks on how to find the daily spiritual practices that will work best for YOU! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/your-daily-spiritual-practice

What does it mean when you dream about snakes? Snakes are an extremely common symbol in dreams, and can often be the subjects of nightmares; but just because real-life encounters with snakes can be scary doesn’t mean that they can’t also bear powerful and positive significance in your dreams! Learn more in this week’s blog post by Rev. Nancy Huslage, an interfaith minister with 30 years of experience helping people understand their dreams. www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/snakes-as-a-healing-symbol-in-dreams

If you are interested in learning more about dream symbolism and the valuable insights that our dreams offer, please join us for 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 - 𝗔 𝟲-𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀! tockify.com/sagewoodevents/detail/857/1647961200000

How does healing happen? How can our thoughts and intentions affect our own health and ability to recover — and that of others, too? Learn more from Lisa Litzsinger on this week’s Sagewood blog post at: https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/how-does-healing-happen

You can also sign up for her 𝟴 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹 support group, starting 23rd! https://tockify.com/sagewoodevents/detail/973/1645635600000

How much do you know about chakras? When these energetic centers are out of balance, we may feel 'stuck' in our lives, experience difficulty processing emotions or letting go, or even experience physical unease or distress. Read more from Sagewood practitioner Kris Krueger on how to work with & balance the chakras! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/balancing-the-chakras

These days, when the media and the news are filled with all that's wrong with the world, it can be easy to miss the countless acts of kindness and generosity that occur every day as well. This week on Sagewood's blog, read about how you can take a moment to tune your dial to kindness, and to spreaad the change you wish to see in the world!
https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/tune-your-dial-to-kindness

Have you made a new year's resolution yet for 2022? This year, why not make the simple but life-changing commitment to 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲! Take a look at Lisa Litzsinger's advice on how to make this goal a reality by treating yourself with patience, honesty, and compassion: https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/the-best-new-years-resolution

For many people, this past year has been a hectic time. We hope that however you're celebrating this winter, your holiday season is filled with joy, warmth, and plenty of time with your loved ones. Stay safe & healthy, and we'll see you again next year!

All of us experience anxiety at some point in our lives — but what do we do when anxiety becomes overwhelming? This week on Sagewood's blog, therapist and social worker Katie Penree shares some tips for how to cope with anxiety and relax your body and mind! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/managing-anxiety

Have you ever tried Shamanic Healing? This modality ties together a variety of healing and energetic practices, to help us return to our True Selves and form a deeper understanding of the roots of problems in our lives — and how to move past them into a greater state of awareness. Learn more about the benefits of Shamanic Healing from Sagewood practitioner Jade Perry! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/the-benefits-of-shamanic-healing

When our lives are busy, and we feel that much of what happens in the world is outside our control, it can be easy to run on 'automatic.' How often do *you* set an intention for your day, for your meals, or for your interactions with others? Learn more from Lisa Litzsinger on how we can live with intention! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/live-with-intention

Whether you're busy, self-isolating, or simply wish to try out energy work from the comfort of your own home, a remote healing session could be the perfect option for you! Wondering how it works? Learn more from practitioner Paula Smith on the Sagewood blog: https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/distance-healing-energy-work

Do you ever think about a food, or an item you've bought, or a friend you've made plans with, and feel a sense of disappointment and regret? Or, conversely, does the very thought comfort and uplift you? This is your body and your energy reacting to the world, and giving you valuable clues! This week on Sagewood's blog, Lisa Litzsinger gives tips on how to tune into what YOUR energy is telling you: https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/tune-in-to-your-energy

How is your self-care practice? This week on Sagewood's blog, join practitioner Sue Nicol for some tips on how to find peace and take care of yourself in these trying times! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/practice-good-self-care-what-lifts-you-up

Summer may be coming to a close, but the heat certainly isn't over yet. This week on the Sagewood blog, read some tips from Ayurvedic practitioner Olivia Fried on how to stay cool and release the heat! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/releasing-summers-heat

Have you heard of selenite? This often-overlooked stone is both beautiful and helpful, with powerful energy-clearing properties. Learn more in this week's "Words of Wisdom," with Sagewood Practitioner Deanna Frey! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/why-everyone-should-have-some-selenite

Have you ever wanted to learn more about angels? What about how to talk to your own Guardian Angel, or ask for help from Archangels like Michael and Raphael? You can find out more in this week's Words of Wisdom, from Sagewood practitioner Deanna Frey! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/working-with-angels

Even when things on the outside seem stressful, we can access inner peace by balancing our thoughts and emotions. This WoW Wednesday, learn more about HEART MATH, a quick technique designed to bring a sense of calm in minutes! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/instant-peace-through-heart-coherence

What do our dreams mean? Why do we have them? This week on Sagewood's blog, read about Rev. Nancy Huslage's tips for remembering your dreams - and join her for a 6-week dream interpretation group starting July 19th! https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/the-messages-in-your-dreams

Have you ever wanted to try sound therapy? In addition to a soothing atmosphere and music, our sound therapy room uses a BioAcoustic mat and an Amethyst Biomat! Curious? Want to book an appointment? You can learn more at https://www.sagewoodcenter.com/blog/sound-therapy-at-sagewood!