Naturally Grounding

09/14/2025

Join us for ninety minutes on Tuesday, September 16 at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Garden to learn how to help sustain the planet—even if you think you might not be too good at it. To give you a hint, Karie says the secret to making sustainability feel less monumental and more approachable lies at the center of a Venn diagram and is upheld by “Three Pillars.” Come find out what the “Three Pillars” are all about. We would love to see you there! Location: Canticle Farm Market & Community Garden, Old State Rd, Allegany, NY.

09/08/2025

Happy Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Pisces! 🌝

The Moon is aligned with the North Node in Pisces and Saturn is nearby (and in retrograde).

The Sun is aligned with the South Node in Virgo and Mercury is nearby.

Uranus is now retrograde in Gemini.

Energy you might be feeling:
• anxious and on edge - full moon/eclipse feels
• feeling a huge change coming - eclipse feels, plus Uranus Rx
• communication struggles - Mercury & Gemini
• big emotions pulling at the heart - Pisces

The path forward (N. Node) is leading you to follow your heart (Pisces). Tune in, feel, and move toward what will help you feel more you.

08/31/2025

Coming up next week ✨️

Astrology Club meets to talk about astrology, how it relates to what's going on in our own lives, and just be in good company 💙

If you're new to astrology, come check it out! We explain the energy very thoroughly for those who are new and curious. We can also dive into birth charts - bring yours along!

🔸️When: Sunday, Sept 7, 2025 4-6pm
🔸️Where: the Wellspring (133.5 N Union St Olean)
Enchanted Mountain Wellspring
🔸️Cost: suggested $15 donation (or pay what you can)

Message me for additional details!

08/11/2025

Astrology Club was fun. Aquarius energy is rad. Full Moons are overwhelming. Mercury Retrograde loves to cause setbacks. Leo season is ambitious. Have you been able to sleep?

This full moon brought reflection of the last 6 months, the communities that surround you (unhealthy or fulfilling), and if you're being your true self.

Remember, only when you are being authentically you will you attract the people and community you need most 🫶

08/09/2025

Next weekend is the Olean Holistic Fair ✨️
We have 40+ vendors, food, entertainment, activities for kids too!

https://facebook.com/events/s/the-holistic-healing-and-welln/733319265983522/

07/29/2025

Coming up next week ✨️
Oh how I've missed yous!

Astrology Club meets to talk about astrology, how it relates to what's going on in our own lives, and just be in good company 💙

If you're new to astrology, come check it out! We explain the energy very thoroughly for those who are new and curious. We can also dive into birth charts - bring yours along!

🔸️When: Friday, Aug 8, 2025 6-8pm
🔸️Where: the Wellspring (133.5 N Union St Olean)
Enchanted Mountain Wellspring
🔸️Cost: suggested $15 donation (or pay what you can)

Message me for additional details!

07/28/2025

August awaits us! ☀️
Calendar chronologically ordered for your dreaming and scheduling!

🎷 Uptown Olean Music & Art Walk
On 8/1 from 3-7pm come walk North Union St to see local musicians and artists and be in great company! For details:
https://facebook.com/events/s/music-art-walk/1078177460499067/

🧘‍♀️ Saturday Morning Yoga
Join Jessie or Kelly to follow your feel good with this ashtanga-inspired vinyasa class for all levels. First two Saturday mornings from 9-10am. Cost: $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass!

🌲Outdoor Yoga with Jessie
Tuesdays all Summer with Jessie up at Pfeiffer Nature Center 6:30-7:30pm! An Ashtanga inspired vinyasa yoga class for all levels. Come and enjoy yoga under the cover of the beautiful pavilion on Lillibridge Rd. at the top of the hill overlooking one of the best views in town. Relax, move your body and practice together while we listen to the birds and the leaves. Cost: $15 drop in (a portion of class fees are donated to Pfeiffer Nature Center) or use your Wellspring pass!

🌼 Blossom Yoga with Kelly
Stretch, lengthen, and bloom this summer with a refreshing 60-minute Hatha yoga flow held in a warm, inviting setting. This class blends mindful movement, breathwork, and intentional pauses to promote full-body lengthening and deep stretching. Wednesdays at 5:30pm. Cost: $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass!
🌸 As a special seasonal offering, enjoy bi-weekly flower pickups provided by Harts Hallow Farm. See calendar for special flower pickup dates! Contact Kelly at Harts Hallow Farm to purchase a bouquet or join the subscription!

🌅 Morning Flow with Sarah B
Join Sarah Burt on 8/7 at the studio from 9-10am! Start your morning with intention alongside Sarah in our beautiful space! Treat yourself to this practice of mindfulness and movement before the day really gets rolling. All levels welcome! Cost: $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass!

🪐 Astrology Club with Sarah S
Join Sarah S. (Naturally Grounding) on 8/8 from 6-8pm to discuss the astrology during the Full Moon in Aquarius. Card reading included. Cost: $15 sliding scale

🌈 Cawnie's Creative Kids!
Join Cawnie (Cawnie C Art) in designing your own T-shirt on 8/11 and 8/18 from 10-11am. For ages 6-11. Cost: $25 Theme: "The world needs your art!"

🎨 2D & 3D Kids' Art with Stacie
Join Stacie, local elementary art teacher, for many different 2D and 3D options for kiddos to get artsy in the studio. Email her directly for more info: brushmoreacademy@gmail.com

🫶 Infertility and Loss Support Group
Join us as we gain a sense of empowerment, control, and hope with the guidance of a trained facilitator who continues to walk this journey. Sunday 8/17 from 11:30pm-1pm. Donation based.

✨️ Holistic Healing and Wellness Fair
Sunday 8/17 from 10am-4pm at Lincoln Park in Olean! Sarah & Cayla put on this beautiful event with 40+ local holistic practitioners and vendors, as well as a variety of food vendors. For details: https://www.facebook.com/share/176aNZx3LM/

🕺 Creative Movement with Hannah
Join Hannah Forrest for a playful, creative kids movement class from 10-10:45am on 8/19. For kids ages 2-5 years. Cost: $10 per kid, $20 max per family. Please come anyways if this cost is prohibitive and just pay what you can!

🎵 Kids Music with Leah
Join Leah, a local music teacher, on Thursday 8/21 at 10:30am for a fun musical offering geared toward ages 1-4 years with parents! Cost: $10 per kid, $20 max per family. Please come anyways if this cost is prohibitive and just pay what you can!

📖 Prosperity Book Club
Join Geena Tripodi for this deep dive book club. Email us for more info on this month's book! Cost: suggested donation $10. Zoom option available. PM for link, suggested donation of $5 for the virtual connection.

⛺️ Family Campout Weekend
Join the Wellspring crew for a fun filled weekend of community, events, and camping! DM for details!

May you care for yourself, wisely.

07/25/2025

What started as a way to reduce my carbon footprint in high school has grown into the way I connect deeply to nature. One simple mindful practice can turn into endless habits and routines to benefit our environment 🌿

All of this started with gardening, composting, and using a shower timer.

Now: ✨️
Gardening & composting
Eating plants & flowers from the backyard
Making/buying herbal medicine
Mindful use of water - rain barrel/bucket
Shampoo & conditioner bars (locally made by Our Twisted Tree)
Bar soap for hands & body (local or organic)
Metal razor (leaf brand)
Laundry detergent sheets (Clean People is made in the USA)
Wool dryer balls (from Clean People)
Dishwasher detergent (from Clean People)
Dish cloths instead of paper towels
Buy used clothes instead of new
Recycling worn-out clothes (with Trashie)
Buying local produce
Compostable items - toothbrushes, sponges, etc
& more

Above all, the most important one here is composting🪱 I could go on a rant about our depleted soils, but I'll save that for another day. Our soils are very important and are the basic foundation of life. Give back 🫶

(I do recycle ♻️ as well, but recycling isn't a promising practice since about 10-30% is actually recycled.. also a rant for another day)

Choose one thing at a time to focus on. There is no need to jump all in all at once.

07/04/2025

As I am making mugwort tea this morning, I am reflecting on how much this plant has helped me in the past. Mugwort was one of the first plants I began using as a forager/herbalist.

In the summers when I woke up early to scout farm fields to document the weeds, insects, and crop growth, mugwort tea was my morning beverage of choice. This plant is loaded with energy.

So here's to starting my morning right. Let's hope I dont get behind on this routine again. 🤞

06/22/2025

06/19/2025

We're stoked and we know you are too 🎉

Join us for the 4th annual Olean Holistic Healing and Wellness Fair! Mark your calendars now! Go follow along on the Facebook event page - we are posting each vendor and a little about them 🥰

https://facebook.com/events/s/the-holistic-healing-and-welln/733319265983522/

See you soon!
🫶

05/31/2025

Happy June! 🌞
Here are this month’s class descriptions in chronological order:

🧘‍♀️ Spring Yoga with Sarah Burt
Join Sarah for a vinyasa style yoga class on the first two Tuesdays from 6:30-8pm. This is open to all levels and is a wonderful way to connect to your breath, body, and mind. Cost: $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass.

🧘‍♀️ Morning Flow Yoga
Start your morning intentionally with Sarah, Jessie, and/or Kelly on Thursday mornings of June from 9-10am. Cost: $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass!

🎷 Uptown Olean Music & Art Walk
On 6/7 from 3-7pm come walk North Union St to see local musicians and artists and be in great company! Check out Uptown Olean Music and Art Walk for details.

🫶 Infertility and Loss Support Group
Join us as we gain a sense of empowerment, control, and hope with the guidance of a trained facilitator who continues to walk this journey. Sunday 6/8 from 11:30pm-1pm. Donation based.

🧘‍♀️ Yoga with Jessie
Join Jessie to follow your feel good with this ashtanga-inspired vinyasa class for all levels on Saturday mornings from 9-10am. Cost: $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass!

🧘‍♀️ Outdoor Yoga with Jessie
Tuesday evenings 6/17 and 6/24 at Pfeiffer Nature Center, Lillibridge property, from 6:30-7:30pm. Bring a mat & some water! All levels welcome. Cost: $15 drop in (a portion of class fees are donated to Pfeiffer Nature Center)

📿 Cawnie's Creative Kids
Join Cawnie C Art for a 2 week polymer clay pendant sessions! Ages 6-12 on the 16 & 23 from 10-11:30am. $20 per student

🎨 Pool Party Art
Join local art teacher, Stacie Ermer, for a whimsical design that mixes geometric and organic shapes as well as form, figures, and fun! For ages 8-12. $15 per student

🐟 Fin Prints Art
Join local art teacher, Stacie Ermer, for printmaking with an underwater twist! Techniques include foam carving and monoprints. For ages 8-12. $15 per student.

🎶 Kids Music with Leah
Join local music teacher, Leah Cornell, on Saturday 6/28 at 10:30am for a fun musical offering geared toward ages 1-4 years with parents! Cost: $10 per kid, $20 max per family. Please come anyways if this cost is prohibitive and just pay what you can!

📖 Prosperity Book Club
Join Geena Tripodi for "On Thriving" by Brandi Sellerz- Jackson. A renowned doula and co-founder of Moms in Color shares powerful lessons on healing and thriving through the murky seasons of life. Cost: suggested donation $10. Zoom option available. PM for link, suggested donation of $5 for the virtual connection.

May you care for yourself, wisely 💙