Classes, Groups & Workshops Winter 2025
As we settle in to our new location on Pine Hall Road in State College, The Healing Room will be offering a variety of classes and workshops. From movement and mindfulness, to expressive arts and self-care, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter (scroll to bottom) to stay up to date on all of our offerings!
WORKSHOP
Connecting with your heart’s intention (Sankalpa)
Wednesday January 29, 6:30-8:30pm
Discover and nourish your heart’s resolution for 2025 in this two-hour workshop that includes gentle yoga, reflection, yoga nidra, and expressive arts!
Typical New Year’s resolutions are decisions to change, sometimes made from the notion that we’re not good enough or that we need to do something to make us “better” or more worthy. Yoga philosophy offers an alternative approach—“Sankalpa” or heart’s intention—identifying a quality or way of being that you want to embrace and embody. Your Sankalpa provides clarity about how you wish to live and can be a powerful touchstone in navigating life’s challenges.
This workshop offers an opportunity to connect with your Sankalpa through gentle yoga, time for reflection, guided meditation (yoga nidra), and creation of an “Intention Tile” to seal in the seed of your intention. This small canvas you design can then be displayed in your home or office as a reminder to return to your Sankalpa regularly. Participants will also receive a recording of the guided Sankalpa meditation to use at home.
Offered on the Lunar New Year, this workshop provides an opportune time to tap into your own inner wisdom and heart’s resolution as we enter a new cycle. The session will be led by Lori Wieder, LAPC, C-IAYT, Counselor and Yoga Therapist at The Healing Room, and Amy Frank, artist, counseling degree candidate with a concentration in Art Therapy from PennWest University (formerly Edinboro University), and Counseling Intern at The Healing Room.
All art supplies will be provided. Participants will receive a link to the guided meditation to access anytime. The gentle yoga and yoga nidra practices will be offered on the floor; accommodations can be made as needed. Space is limited.
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Sacred Sounds: Music & Mindfulness
Fridays 5:30-7:30 pm, Feb. 7-March 14
An exploration into the power of sound to reset the nervous system and unlock transformative healing. Achieve calming balance through the combination of music and mindfulness This group incorporates simple drumming, rhythmic exercises and mindfulness practice into a fun therapeutic experience of connection and emotional regulation and expression. No experience is necessary to participate. Instruments will be provided but feel free to bring your own as well. Groups led by Josh Crownover, LAPC.
Benefits of drumming:
Stress Reduction: The rhythmic nature of drumming helps lower stress levels by reducing cortisol (the “stress hormone”) and increasing endorphins.
Emotional Expression: Drumming provides a nonverbal outlet for emotions that may be difficult to articulate otherwise. It can also help to soothe and calm your nervous system
Community Building: Group drumming creates a sense of belonging, togetherness, and connection with others, enhancing social-emotional development.
Mindfulness: . Music can fully engage our senses and help us slow down and focus on the present moment. The focus required to create music promotes present-moment awareness, a key component of mindfulness practices.
Increases brain activity- Making music can help with problem solving and with creativity. It also helps your brain release dopamine-This impacts mood, thinking and behavior
Benefits of mindfulness:
Participation in music-based mindfulness can help improve mood, relieve anxiety, reduce pain, and improve a greater overall sense of well-being.
Mindfulness brings about various positive psychological effects, including reduced psychological symptoms and emotional reactivity, and improved behavioral regulation.
Consistent mindfulness practice is associated with fewer PTSD symptoms, depressive symptoms, physical symptoms, and addiction issues such as cravings.
Mindfulness-based treatments may also be effective in restoring connectivity between large-scale brain networks among individuals with PTSD.
Mindfulness-based therapy has been shown to be effective as a treatment for addictions & for aiding in relapse prevention.
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Gentle/Therapeutic Yoga: 8-Week Winter Series
Every Tuesday!
5:30 PM
January 7 - March 4, 2025
A weekly opportunity to unwind and nourish yourself! Combining mindful movement, somatic release, and relaxation techniques, this class is designed to help reduce stress, release tension, and promote overall well-being. Led by Lori Wieder, LAPC, C-IAYT, these sessions are designed for all levels, ensuring everyone feels welcome and supported.
This is offered as an eight-week series, Tuesdays at 5:30pm starting January 7 through March 4, 2025 (no class 1/21). Cost for the series is $120. Single class drop-in is $20.
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Yoga Nidra: Rest and Restore
First Thursday of every month!
6:00pm
NEXT SESSION: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Feb. 6 | March 6 | April 3 | May 1
Join us in person OR online via Zoom!
(Make your selection when you register.)
Yoga Nidra is a guided relaxation practice intended to induce deep physical, mental, and emotional relaxation and restoration. Students are invited to lie down and use supportive blankets and props to get as comfortable as possible. (Yoga Nidra may also be practiced sitting up if preferred.) All that’s required is to relax and listen!
Studies have shown that Yoga Nidra can help regulate the nervous system, improve sleep quality, and help support conditions including cardiovascular disease, stress-related illnesses, chronic pain, and anxiety/depression.
Sessions will be led by Lori Wieder, LAPC, C-IAYT. Yoga Nidra will be offered the first Thursday of each month at 6pm. You can choose to attend in person at The Healing Room or online via Zoom. Cost for each session is $20.
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Somatic Release Class
7:00-8:30pm
DATES: To Be Announced
When was the last time you let yourself feel? That you gave yourself space to think about what you really want? During this class, you’ll be guided through joy, grief, confidence, and more by licensed trauma therapist and women’s empowerment coach, Kathy Gates LCSW CTT and live musician, Jennifer Bitner. Through physical and emotional movement, you are invited to step into your power and release what you no longer need to carry. Learn how to give yourself permission to relax into abundance and receive all the juicy bits of life.
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The Emotional Tour Class
The Emotional Tour™️ Class is offered monthly by licensed trauma therapist and women’s empowerment coach, Kathy Gates, LCSW, CTT, and live musician, Jennifer Bitner. Through physical and emotional movement, you are invited to step into your power and release what you no longer need to carry. Learn how to give yourself permission to relax into abundance and receive all the juicy bits of life!