Felicitas at Sacred Wellness Grove

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Are you between age 49 and 99 and are wondering about your path? Do you want to explore the realities of the third age of your life with a group of other women in a supportive, non judgmental, creative and vibrant environment? Do you want to explore a foundational map for the third phase of your life? Do you want connect to your soul’s journey?... Do you want to establish a daily spiritual practice that nurtures you? Do you want gain more clarity about your purpose in this this phase of your life? Do you want to ignite your curiosity, confidence and sense of adventure as you age? DM to join the class or go to the website/link in bio #womenagewisely#stopageism #womenpower #wisewomen #crone #soulful #wisdom #womenswisdom #celebrateage #evolve #connectwithwomen #growtogether #elderhood #sacredtempleofelderhood

Joyfully announcing on this International Women's day: #CreativeWomenAge&49andup. Women over 49 have a vibrant and unique creativity: Why? because they have lived,laughed, cried,failed, created,invented , celebrated, explored and persisted for half a century and they are bringing a deep wisdom to the world. I want to celebrate all women age 4&Up and will feature a woman every week on my Instagram Page Women Age Wisely. How are you expressing your creativity? DM to be featured !!! There is lot's of space, respect and appreciation for you! #womenagewisely #stopageism #celebratewomenover49#age49to50fiftyyearsofwisdom#creative&beautiful#wise#greypower #celebrateage #celebrateageing #yinpower #iamanelderandproudofit

There is something special about Sunday mornings #sundays #dreamyday#lazysundays#eggs #letsgetcomfy #homebuddy #sundaymorning

February 2021, year of the ox: The snow here at the farm is so deep I have not been able to go on my long daily walks on the hills. Instead the dogs and I have been following the narrow tractor tracks my brother in law makes on the large fields on the hill where he goes every day to spread the cow manure on the fields. So we make our daily trek up the hill ,find the tractor tracks and then carefully negotiate that path. No meandering, but instead following the narrow line, one step after the other. One dog running ahead and two following behind. #theyearoftheox#patience#tracksinthesnow#

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82834400167 TODAY at noon EST The MaLa Mindfulness circle meets every Tuesday online at 12:05pm EST for 45 minutes ( until 12:50pm ) and is attended by 18 to 25 participants from the Buffalo area, various areas within the US and from countries around the world such as the UK, Italy, Germany and South Africa. All are welcome. No prior experience is needed .There is no charge. It is an opportunity to connect and practice together during these challenging times: Circle starts with a centering exercise, then stretching, a guided 10 minutes meditation and after that we have an open circle and draw an oracle card with a message for the week. It's relaxing and fun. Join us !

In yesterday‘ s circle we explored how our emotions show up when we meditate. During this challenging year we may experience emotions that usually are not so apparent in our lives when we are super busy. mindfulness at it‘s best cultivates emotional intelligence: when we still our mind and feel our emotions in a more spacious container we are not trying to push them away ,judge them or cling to them but we honor them. The card that we drew is posted below : a lot of us felt that it may signal the end of this cycle which astrologically will truly be be shifting on December when the mighty planets of Jupiter and Saturn are moving into the sign if Aquarius. As always it was a wonderful circle with participants from Buffalo, East Aurora, Montana , Florida, Italy and Wales

Do you feel your emotions? Mindfulness is about feeling, without judging, not detaching. Join the Tuesday Mindfulness Circle today at 12.05 ESTMindfulness free Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82834400167 Meeting ID: 828 3440 0167... meets every Tuesday online for participants to come together for a mindful and embodied break.During the circle Felicitas offers a theme for the day and guides practices to stretch the body, breathe deeply, get in touch with emotions and to still the mind. At the end, the circle is open for participants to ask questions or share their experience. We close the circle by drawing an oracle card with a message for the week and everyone sharing one word that best describes their feelings at that moment. The circle is usually attended by 18-25 participants from the Buffalo and from other states in the US and countries around the world during their lunch break or after work break, depending on time zone) 12:05 EST Buffalo 11:05 CST 6:05 pm Italy 5:05 pm UK 7:05 pm South Africa #minfulnesspractice #mindfulnessonline#emotionalintelligence #circle#connect#takeabreak #pause#relax #cometogether #sacredwellnessgrove #sacredwellnessgroveonline #yin#yinyang#feel#presence#cultivate#share See more

Join Felicitas & Kristie in the virtual Grove to start, deepen and expand your home Yoga & Mindfulness practice and learn about the 8 fields of mindfulness. Because:If not now, then when ? 16 hours of lectures, practice, guided mediations and embodiment sequences for you to learn and create your own home practice. Starts on December 4th. Link in bio.... #mindfulness#createyourhomepractice#sacredwellnessgroveonline#stayembodied#yin#be##spiritualpractice#ifnotnowthenwhen See more

The day that I completed the End of Life coaching course, through the University of Vermont, last week, was the day that the sale of the 11 acres and the building formerly known as Healing Waters, a center I founded and ran for 20 years, was finalized. When I sold Healing Waters ,three years ago, I had done everything I could to pass this space to someone who would continue it as a place for the Community, Healing and Yoga. Even though I totally understand that running a pla...ce such as Healing waters, given the present circumstances, is very challenging, I am deeply saddened the way that this process unfolded .In the last few months I have been training in how to face my own mortality and the mortality of others and how to accept, on a deep level, that our lives comes with inevitable loss, of people we love, places we love , projects we love.Loss is part of life, death is part of life and now that Healing Waters ‘ died’ I mourn it’s death once again. I also turn a page, knowing that for many many years Healing Waters sparkled with light, love and community and that whatever magic that held it together ran its course and will live on in the heart of many. #loss#endings #memories #turningapage #magicliveson #sacredwellnessgrove See more

Our MaLa circle today had the theme of letting go of outcome . In our open circle we shared how sometimes we push our agenda rather than letting things unfold. It was beautiful to see new faces from around the globe. It is lovely to have a Yin circle that spans time zones and also connects us locally here in Western New York. Please find the card that we drew below :The drum. It would be lovely to hear from you how letting go of outcome may be an invitation showing up in your life. Please share your experiences in this group. We all can learn from each other and knowing that we all face similar challenges can be a great source of support.Have a spacious week everyone !

Join us today at 12:05 pm EST and take a break to center , stretch, quieten the mind and connect with an online mindfulness community. No registration, no charge and no commitment needed. All are welcome. #malamindfulness #sacredwellnessgrove #sacredwellnessgroveonline #joyfulaging #consciouslivinganddying #mindfulnessonline

Join us today for the weekly MaLa weekly online Mindfulness circle today, Tuesday at 12:05pm EST or 6:05pm -Europe, to take a break , center, stretch, quieten the mind and connect with an online Mindfulness community. No registration, charge or commitment needed. Just show up.All welcome ! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82834400167. #MaLamindfulness#MaLaonline#sacredwellnessgroveonline #sacredwellnessgrove #artfulwisdomcoaching#joyfulaging #consciouslivinganddying

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82834400167 Join me today for the weekly Tuesday MaLa Mindfulness Circle at 12:05pm EST for 45 minutes to center, stretch, quieten the mind & connect. No registration, no charge, no commitment ,no experience needed. All are welcome. Come when you can. We look forward to see you!

In 1986 I spent 6 months in New Mexico to conduct research for my thesis in Anthropology, that I would discuss later that year, about the changes in the Taos Pueblo culture over 50 years, using as a reference a text of American Anthropologist," Taos Pueblo, 1936" by Elsie Parsons. In order to access the Taos Pueblo reservation members, archives and land for my research I had to gain official permission from the Tribal chief. Needless to say I was quite nervous as I was w...alking towards the chief's home on a cold January morning. In the distance I could see the blue mountain, sacred to the Pueblos, covered with a dust of new snow that was glittering in the winter sun. As I left for the appointment I was told by an acquaintance to remember not to speak until the Tribal chief would start the conversation. I arrived at the modest home and an older man waited for me and signaled me to sit down when I walked through the open door.I did and what followed were about 30 minutes of silence. I was sitting there with my eyes gazing on the floor. It was hard not to speak. I wanted to tell him about my studies, my illustrious professor back in Rome, my field trip to Ethiopia years earlier. Instead we sat in silence. After what felt an eternity, he smiled and said. You are okay, go ahead, do what you need to do. Incredibly relieved, I thanked him and left. This experience was a powerful moment in my life.It does not matter what you studied, how many masters you have, which professors you studied with. All that mattered to the tribal chief that I could sit in silence. Often I wish that in our culture we could do the same. I bow to the wisdom of the indigenous elders that have so much to teach.#indigenouswisdom #honortheelders #taospueblo #sacredwellnessgrove #joyfulaging #silence #thepowerofsilence #felicitasatsacredwellnessgrove See more

The cows are heading out to pasture. We had a beautiful and long summer and the cows have spent most of their days and nights in the meadows eating lush and rich grass. They happily come in twice a day to get milked. Some of that milk gets made into the delicious yoghurt that my husband makes every day to sell at the farmshop in Buffalo. A farm has its own rhythm and its own cycles that are beautifully grounding. There are very few farms like this left as most milk productio...n is now approached from an industrial perspective. The difference is clearly felt by all those who love our yoghurt, who drive hours every Saturday to get their yoghurt share. When you eat the yoghurt, made here, you feel nourished , because the cows are nourished and fields are tended to in a loving way. #whitecowdairy#livingonafarm #smallfarms #sacredwellnessgrove# See more

You have lived long enough to know when to stop and appreciate. When we have been initiated into elderhood we have the opportunity to let go of restlessness and truly take in the beauty that surrounds us. Restlessness has been exchanged with gratitude. #joyfulaging#soulfulness#soulfulaging #sacredwellnessgrove #Felicitasatsacredwellnessgrove #agingwithgrace #wisdom #artfulwisdomcoaching... #MaLamindfulness #meadowbarn #gratitude See more

Our circle today was about resilience , flexibility and patience. In our open circle we shared how we need to tap into these qualities now more than ever and how we may do that by spending time in self care and with our practice. The poem I read the fruits of our practice is by Danna Faulds (posted below) the card we drew is the circle! ( also posted below) So appropriate ! Thank you to all who showed up from Buffalo , Wales and Italy . Love it how the circle is widening

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To prepare for our move to our converted barn in Cattaragus county,this last August, we let go of about half of our possessions.It was a liberating process and sometimes very emotional. I am so glad though that we held on to some our funky antique furniture that looks happy and at home in our barn loft. Being surrounded by objects I love brings me much happiness and pleasure, particularly now that I spend so much time at home. #happyathome #meadowbarn #joyfulaging #lettinggo#convertedbarn #funkyantiques #countryliving #cattaraguscounty #fall2020

t is beautiful that even though we are physically distancing we can practice online across continents ! It was so fun to hear different accents and experiences. Here in the northern hemisphere we are entering autumn with shorter days and more darkness coming. It was not surprising then that the sweat lodge oracle card came up inviting us to use the quiet of darkness for reflection and introspection.One participant shared that she took advantage of the darkness in her basement at night to dance . How fun! We also noted that the full moon will be coming p this Thursday and how soothing it is at this time to tune into the natural cycles of planets and nature around us.