Array of Light

10/31/2025

Have a safe and fun evening. Consider giving out stickers and fruit as a fun/healthy alternative for the littles. 😉

10/30/2025

We are here to support you and your journey to holistic wellness. Let us help you rebalance your nervous system.
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10/29/2025

10/27/2025

Stress Activates the Sympathetic Nervous System...

When life feels fast, loud, or overwhelming, your body’s fight-or-flight system wakes up — the sympathetic nervous system.
It’s designed to protect you, but constant activation can leave you feeling anxious, tense, and exhausted.

Common signs your body is in fight-or-flight:
• Racing heart or shallow breathing
• Tight jaw or clenched muscles
• Restlessness or irritability
• Trouble sleeping or focusing

Your body isn’t broken — it’s communicating. 💛

Simple ways to return to calm:
• Deep, slow exhalations
• Sip warm tea or water
• Ground through touch — place your hand on your heart
• Step outside and notice the rhythm of your breath

Each gentle act reminds your body that you are safe.
From survival → back to presence. 🌾

10/25/2025

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, pause…

🍂step outside into nature
😮‍💨breathe deeply
🙏name 3 things you are grateful for

This small daily practice reminds us that very few things are urgent.

This small daily practice reminds us of the beauty in life.

This small daily practice brings us:
☮️peace
settles our nervous system
decreases anxiety
improves our aerobic metabolism

Have a beautiful weekend! ✨💛

10/22/2025

🌿 Mind–Body Therapies for Autumn

As the season turns inward, so do we. 🍁
Autumn invites rest, reflection, and gentle grounding — a time to tend both the body and the emotions.

Mind–Body Therapies to support balance:
🧘‍♀️ Slow, intentional movement — yoga, qigong, stretching
🌬️ Deep breathing and mindfulness meditation
💆‍♀️ Massage, acupressure, or energy work
📖 Journaling to process transitions and emotions
🌙 Restorative rituals — candlelight, warm baths, soft stillness

This is the season to listen closely.
Your body and spirit already know what’s needed.

10/20/2025

🍂 Protect Your Body from External Wind🍂

As the seasons shift, wind can easily disturb the body’s natural balance — bringing tension, headaches, or chills.
Protecting your most vulnerable areas helps preserve warmth, immunity, and calm. -- even when the temperature may not seem frigid, the wind can be!

Cover these key areas:
• Ears – to shield the sensory gates
• Neck – where wind most easily enters
• Wrists & Ankles – to keep circulation flowing
• Lower Back – to protect kidney energy and warmth

Wrap yourself in soft natural fibres — scarves, layers, cozy fabrics.
This simple act is a form of care, a gentle boundary between you and the changing world. 🤎

10/18/2025

We are here at the sanctuary until 2:00pm today!

Stop on in for a *FREE* 15-minute consultation, grab a warm tea, and browse our wellness goodies for some Fall nourishment!

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10/18/2025

Grounding & Warming Foods for Autumn -- 2 recipes in photos!

As the air cools and the days shorten, our bodies call for nourishment that grounds and warms from within. 🍲

Choose foods that are rooted, slow-cooked, and spiced — they support digestion, calm the nervous system, and balance the shifting energy of the season.

Autumn Nourishment Tips:
🥕 Root vegetables – sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, butternut squash, etc
🍎 Seasonal fruits – COOKED apples, pears, figs
🌾 Whole grains – oats, quinoa, brown rice
🌰 Warming spices – cinnamon, ginger, cardamom
🥣 Broths and stews – deeply mineralizing and grounding, opt for gelatinous bone broth!

Each bite brings you closer to balance — body, mind, and spirit.
Let your meals be medicine this season. 🌿

10/18/2025

Cannot beat fresh foods! Local and in-season is always the best for health. See you at the Dolgeville Farmers Market!

Good Morning, Everyone! It's Saturday, and that means it's Farmers' Market Day! It is forecast to be a beautiful Fall day, so join us at the Dolgeville Farmers' Market today from 9 AM - 1 PM. Just two weeks left to take advantage of all the farm fresh goodness!

10/17/2025

Stay tuned for more posts on Autumnal Attunement!

Each season here on mama earth is an opportunity for us to realign with nature. By doing so, we can reset and harmonize our own natural cycles. Autumn is the time to enjoy the fruits of our labor, take a deep breath in, and begin to settle into ourselves in preparation for winter.

Begin the phase of warming with additional clothing, root vegetables, slow-cooked soups, and warming spices like cardamom, cinnamon and your favorite pumpkin spice blend! Cleanse your body letting go of all the to-do's and excitement from the summer.

It is now time to integrate, journal, reflect.

10/15/2025

🌿Beaver Moon Tincture and Extract Workshop 🌿
NOV 4, 2025 @ 6:00PM, LITTLE FALLS, NY

Join us under the energy of the Beaver Moon for an evening of connection, creation, and herbal wisdom. With a sprinkle of humor and a dash of knowledge, we will learn how to harness the potent healing power of plants and the lunar cycle to craft your own personalized remedies.

You’ll learn:
🌕 The magic of making herbal tinctures and extracts step-by-step
🌿 How to choose herbs for body, mind, and spirit
💧 How to determine menstruum ratios
💫 Simple, soulful ways to bring plant medicine into your daily life

Leave with your own handmade tincture, a deepened connection to the moon, and the confidence to continue this healing practice at home.

✨ When: November 4, 2025
🌾 Where: Array of Light Sanctuary - Little Falls, NY
💛 Reserve your spot — limited spaces available!

Ready to elevate your herbal remedy game? Join us for Medicine Making 101 - Tinctures and Extracts! Learn the art of crafting potent potions to boost your health and wellness. With a sprinkle of humor and a dash of knowledge, we will cover the basics of tinctures and extracts with hands-on experienc...