Rev. Lisa Sarick, M.A., R.Y.T
Here are the credentials (the boring stuff): I am an ordained Interfaith Minister and Registered Yoga Teacher. I have a Master's Degree in Art Therapy and have worked as a counselor and teacher in different capacities and settings for 25 years. I trained extensively with Dr. Henry Grayson in energy psychology techniques — what he calls Synergetic Therapy. This includes the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT, or "tapping") and variations on this energy clearing modality.
What appeals to me about all of these is the way in which we can transmute energy and thus, our experience — whether it's through yoga, art, meditation, prayer, tapping. I have always felt that it is my work to act as a guide, to point the way out of the suffering of the mind and toward the freedom of the spirit. It is a journey that I am on as well. I can show you where I have been and where I feel my inner wisdom leading me next.
Last year I founded the Spirit of Love Interfaith Community (SoL, for short), which is a non-profit organization whose aim it is to provide opportunities for spiritual growth and exploration. (That's why you will see your registration for this weekend goes to the SoL account when you use PayPal.) The future for SoL is a gathering space, a spiritual wellness center, where we can host Sunday celebration services, workshops, yoga classes, healing practitioners and events.
For now, I don't mind being a gypsy minister — teaching yoga and mindfulness in schools, yoga classes in rented spaces, officiating weddings in barns and co-leading wonderful experiences such as the Best.Year.Ever. !
I have a website where you can read some of my writings and more about SoL, if you have that kind of time.
Namaste.
Alise Christie, R.N., C.M.T., Reiki Master
I thought it would be fun to introduce myself by trying to pick a theme or a word that would best describe my sense of self. The first thing that came to mind was “healing”. Since I was a child, I've been fascinated with the idea of healing, especially the idea that we have the innate ability to heal ourselves and one another if we can just be open to the possibility.
On my winding path, starting with a BS in education, I made many stops along the way...becoming a Reiki Master, attending natural healing school, massage therapy school, and nursing school, 15 years of working in the mental health field, lots of spiritual exploration, and now working as a labor and delivery nurse.
At times along the way, I wondered how I would ever find a way to merge my varied interests and skills. I know now, that together they have prepared me to humbly (and hopefully gracefully) hold others in a safe, healing space, supporting them in body, mind, and spirit on their journey of self-discovery.
Though I have treated others through a blend of many different modalities over the years, at the root of each one is my intuitive connection to Spirit. I have recently been excited and amazed to receive many beautiful, guided messages from Spirit in the form of writings and teachings. I have learned, and continue to learn so much from this process and I look forward to seeing what wonderful things Spirit has in store for all of us on this retreat!
I'm so excited to join with all of you as we create that beautiful space for each other and help one another take the first steps into our Best. Year. Ever.
Fast Friends
We met four years ago when Lisa landed in the PA Wilds from New York. Alise had already been transplanted here after some time living in Asheville, North Carolina. We bonded as the moms of little girls and being spiritual seekers and energy healers. We found that we had been in training at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health the same summer and may have passed in the halls!
We love getting our families together but also call on one another when we need some "me time" — which for us really means girlfriend time. We might go to yoga or a workshop or take a walk in the woods. And it's possible we'll just go out for Indian food and a cocktail!
We support each other in our spiritual growth and each encourage the other's dream of bringing a little more Light to the world in her own unique way. We have drawn around us a circle of lovely women and understand the importance of the reflection we see in the beauty of others. We hope that this weekend retreat calls to friends wanting to get away together and to those open to seeing their own glorious reflection shining back in the faces of new friends.