SacredSummit™ Newsletter — Winter 2025–2026 Programs
- Elena Fraser
- 4 days ago
- 5 min read
Updated: 3 days ago
A Note from SacredSummit.
As we celebrate our third year of SacredSummit, I’m thrilled to introduce a series of new offerings launching in December 2025 and January 2026. Registration is now open. Below you’ll find details for three upcoming programs—Full Moon Walks, Stillness Ceremonies, and Women-In-Power—including dates, times, locations, and how to register. We’ve also included a reflection on making small yet powerful movements through adversity—steps that can lead us toward greater freedom and restored function.
Full Moon Walks
Why
The full moon symbolizes culmination and renewal—an ideal time to celebrate gratitude, release what no longer serves us, and align with nature’s rhythms. Our walks create a physical and communal way to honor these intentions under the moonlit sky.
What to Expect
We begin with a gathering and gratitude ceremony, then walk 5–6 miles under the full moon. We close with a gentle release and candle-lighting ceremony. Please check the website for start times, which may vary by date.
When
- 2025: Dec 4, 2025
- 2026: Jan 3; Feb 1; Mar 3; Apr 1; May 31; Jun 9; Jul 29; Aug 28; Sep 26; Oct 26; Nov 24; Dec 23, 2026
Duration: Approximately 2 hours
Rate: $5.00
Where: Turkey Creek Golf Course, 11400 Turkey Creek Blvd, Alachua, FL 32615
Stillness Ceremonies
Why
“Stillness inspires new ideas. It sharpens perspective and illuminates connections.” — Ryan Holiday
Stillness isn’t about doing nothing; it’s about creating space for clarity, insight, and strategic action.
What to Expect
A warm welcome leads into grounding, mindfulness, and a contemplative stillness practice. Afterwards, participants may share insights if they wish. The ceremony may include the Tibetan healing bowl, a shamanic drum, and soothing guitar. We close with a brief tea ceremony. Please check the website for final times and venue details.
When (2026)
Generally scheduled on the second or third Wednesday of each month:
Jan 14; Feb 11; Mar 11; Apr 15; May 6; Jun 17; Jul 15; Aug 19; Sep 16; Oct 14; Nov 11; Dec 9, 2026
Start Time: Promptly at 7:15 PM
Duration: 1.5 hours (7:15–8:45 PM)
Rate: $5.00
Please Bring: Meditation cushion (or pillow); journal and pen/pencil; tea light candle
Where: Turkey Creek, Address provided upon registration
Women-in-Power Program
Why
You were never meant to play small. This program isn’t self-help — it’s self-illumination. It’s where vertical development meets the sacred, and where you meet your true Genius. If you’re ready to rise from alignment rather than effort, join this one-of-a-kind program for professional women and leaders.
Success may no longer feel like enough. You’ve built the life, the work, the reputation — and yet something deeper is calling. This program was created for that moment.
What to Expect
Across 10 transformative modules, we use the Gene Keys (Richard Rudd) as a compass to decode your spiritual blueprint. You will explore: - What activates your Genius — the work your soul came here to do. - How shadows, gifts, and siddhis reveal your purpose, radiance, and evolutionary path. - A sacred map for living in alignment with your deepest truth — your divine feminine power.
Ten weeks. Ten portals into who you were always meant to be.
Duration: 10 weeks: January 13 – March 17, 2026
When: Tuesdays · 7:30–9:00 PM EST - Online via Google Meet
Details and Rate: See website
Article: Shoulder Replacement Surgery — Constriction, Restriction, and the Small but Significant Movements Toward Freedom
If there is one major impediment to truly feeling alive, it’s the experience of restriction and constriction — both physically and emotionally. Restriction from feeling, as in sensory awareness, and restriction from moving, as in motor function.
My recent total reverse right shoulder arthroplasty on October 29, 2025, brought both of these realities into sharp focus.
The Constriction: Losing Sensation, Losing Self
I opted for a nerve block before surgery, imagining something similar to local anesthesia used for dental work. But this block was profoundly different. Administered through the interscalene muscles into the axillary nerve, it numbed everything — my shoulder, upper arm, elbow, forearm, thumb, pinky, and the tips of all my fingers.
For three days, I couldn’t feel my right arm or hand. I kept asking my partner, “Where is my hand?”, genuinely unsure it still existed. She would gently lift the sheets and guide my left hand to touch my right, reassuring me that my arm was still there.
The experience was deeply disorienting. I felt a kind of temporary body dysmorphia — a profound disruption in body awareness and self-image. When sensation began to return, it almost felt worse: tingling, buzzing, strange flickers of awareness that were foreign and unsettling.
Eventually, I chose to stop the nerve block. The pain surged from a manageable 2–3 to a sharp 7–8 out of 10. But despite the pain, I felt whole again.
My arm rejoined the map of my body, and my sensory world came back to life — touch, pressure, temperature, proprioception, and subtle movement awareness. It felt like a lost part of myself had returned.
The Restriction: Learning Stillness in Motion
The next challenge was — and continues to be — restriction.
Post-surgery, my arm must remain almost entirely still: no shoulder movement, no lifting, and no weight-bearing for six weeks. The sling stays on nearly all day except during hygiene or brief supported resting.
For someone like me — who teaches 16 classes a week at Gainesville Health & Fitness, walks 55–60 miles weekly, and takes occasional 35-mile bike rides — this is a profound change.
Movement isn’t just an activity. It’s an expression of identity.
Now, only my fingers, wrist, and elbow can move — carefully and intentionally, without engaging the shoulder. Strict compliance is essential; pushing too soon risks the integrity of the new joint.
Finding Freedom in Small Ways
Restriction doesn’t have to mean confinement. I’ve discovered new ways to move — mentally, creatively, and spiritually.
Lately, I have been: - Journaling and capturing insights through voice-to-text tools. - Walking short distances, keeping my arm supported, to stay connected to nature. - Resting intentionally, honoring what my healing body needs. - Reading long-awaited books. - Developing the Women In-Power Program launching in January 2026 — channeling energy into something meaningful.
The Lessons in Healing
The constriction reminded me of the miracle of sensory feeling — the simple, profound act of experiencing your own body.
The restriction is teaching me how to find joy and purpose even within limitations — to cultivate presence, patience, and subtle forms of freedom.
I am deeply grateful for my partner Nancy, whose patience, love, and steady presence carry me daily. And to everyone who has reached out — your words have made this journey brighter.
Healing is neither linear nor predictable — but it is always transformative.
Even when constrained or restricted, we can still make small but powerful movements toward freedom and function.
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