Enchanted Mountain Wellspring

11/02/2025

A very dear project my friend Brynn and I have been working on over the last year and a half is blooming and expanding. We are so grateful to the families who have participated while we have developed these rhythms and cannot wait to share this with the wider community.

If you're looking for a one or two day preschool-kindergarten program or if you've got older homeschooled kids who want a waldorf-inspired class to add in to your current efforts, join us! Or if you've just got the tiniest of little ones, sign up for our monthly parent-toddler offering. Enchanted Mountain Waldorf is an educational program designed to support families in holistic, small group learning environments. Applications are now open, classes are limited to 10 kids per group so sign up now! Classes start January 5th, 2025!

https://www.enchantedmountainwaldorf.com/

11/01/2025

Here we are Saturday evening and I’m sharing this week’s journal prompt but here we are nevertheless. Week 3: gratitude for place. Slow breath in, slow breath out. Imagine a safe place with which you are so familiar that you can see it, you can feel it… you could recognize it in a dream. What qualities exist in this space that make it so comforting? How thankful we can feel when we pause and reflect on space, can we carry the comfort forward out into the world? Can we revisit these spaces in our minds or perhaps in our bodies to refuel and recenter? Take a pencil to paper and draw a map or sketch of this place that has come to mind. It doesn’t have to be perfect. Just a way to connect and slow down. 🕯️

10/31/2025

Good evening friends,

I'm feeling my feelings tonight and apologize this calendar came out so late. How grateful I am for the rain and shifting of seasons. I'm looking forward to the time to turn inward more so, to enjoy candlelight and woodstove fires, and to seek the company of close friends as we journey towards Winter Solstice.

As we navigate unprecedented times politically, if you are someone experiencing food insecurity, please let us know and we will work as a community to be sure no one goes hungry.

We have decided to set the date of our 2nd annual "Free Market" for Friday 11/21 from 12-6pm. We are still working on the details but hope to offer again a new way to consider gifting. This date being the week before Thanksgiving is also an opportunity to reach our friends who are worried about putting a holiday meal on their table. We will be taking donations to make this event a success, contact us to arrange a drop off time if you plan to donate outside of class times.
We are asking our community for the following:
-Very gently used giftable items such as books and toys. Ideally these are toys that do not need batteries or wifi to function.
-Shelf stable food items.
-Gift wrap, tape, bows, etc.
-If you are financially able, we will also have a way to gift a holiday meal to families in need.

Stay tuned for more information coming this week!

*Class descriptions in chronological order:*

🫶 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. There are two meetings this month with the holidays bringing the need for extra support. Sundays: November 2nd and 23rd from 11:30pm-1pm. Donation based.

🌿 Gratitude Yoga with Jessie
Jessie continues leading a series of yoga and journaling on the first three Tuesdays of November at the studio from 6-7:15pm. No need to attend all sessions but the themes do build. Just in time for Thanksgiving. $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass! All levels welcome.

🧘‍♀️ Saturday Morning Yoga
Join Kelly to follow your feel good with this vinyasa class for all levels. Most Saturdays in November! The 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th from 9-10am. Cost: $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass!

🪐 Astrology Club with Sarah S.
Join Sarah S. (Naturally Grounding ) on 11/9 from 5-7pm to discuss the astrology of the current phase of the moon. Card reading included. Cost: $15 sliding scale.

📚 Free Market
Looking for a more conscious way to
give this holiday season? Our free "shop" features upcycled books and toys, plus a gift-wrapping station with donated supplies. Come by Friday 11/21 between noon and 6pm. Everyone is welcome! & free! This year, we will also have opportunities for gifting funds for a holiday meal. Stay tuned for more details.

🎵 Kids Music with Leah
Join Leah, a local music teacher, on Saturday 11/22 from 10:30-11:15am 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.

Thank you all for your continued support. May you care for yourself, wisely.
-Jessie and your Soulful Gardeners

10/26/2025

Well I apologize I’m 4 days late on my word to post the journalling prompts from our Gratitude Yoga Series! Here we are on a Sunday sharing what we worked through on Tuesday but it happens.
🕯️ Week two: gratitude to self, as well as Self. Consider all the things you do in this vehicle, can we be proud of such things? Can we be grateful for a body and organs that work to keep us alive? Invitation without expectation; deep breath in, slow breath out. Take out your notebooks and write a thank you card to yourself. Decide - is it to your body, to your younger self, to your work part or good citizen part? To whom are you addressing? Write a thank you note to yourself. Maybe write another tomorrow. We have so much to be thankful for.

Join Jessie in person on Tuesday evenings at the Wellspring 6-7:15pm until 11/18 for yoga and gratitude or stay turned for our continued prompts shared here as well. 💚

10/19/2025

I’m so lucky to get to do this kind of work!

10/15/2025

Last night was our first week of the gratitude yoga series. I will be sharing our prompts every Wednesday after class for our larger community to consider - invitation without expectation - join us in cultivating a practice of gratitude as we move towards the end of the year. 🕯️ week one: “easy gratitude” that which is in fact easy to take for granted. Can we pause and notice? Running water, a bed to lie on, shoes, sunshine, clean air, the library, toast, music, ears to hear it with, children, trees… in a stream of consciousness type fashion, start somewhere and just list the easy things that come to mind of which you’re thankful. Deep breath in, deep breath out. In through the nose, out through the mouth. Smile. Then draw a circle, write an anchor in the center and radiating out like rays of the sun list the things that warm your heart. Repeat through the week. ❤️ join us in person every Tuesday 6-7:15pm or stay tuned for your journal prompt for the week on Wednesday mornings. May you care for yourself, wisely. ☀️ YOU are easy to be thankful for. Thank you all for being a part of this spinning world.

10/14/2025

Tonight Jessie is back in the studio with a yoga series on gratitude! Every Tuesday from 6-7:15pm for 6 weeks come and practice a vinyasa style flow with prompts for your week on living mindfully and with gratitude. No need to attend all 6 weeks but the themes do build. All levels welcome, $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass. Bring along a small journal if you've got one, I will have paper if not! Hope to see you there!

10/12/2025

The Wellspring is hosting this homeschool info night for Enchanted Mountain Waldorf - a side project Jessie and Brynn have been working on! Join them on 10/25 at 5pm for info!

Sign up for updates and first enrollment here:
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10/11/2025

Coming up next Saturday:
🕺Creative Movement (10-10:45 am)
🥁 Music and Me (11-11:45 am)

Sign up to attend both of these back-to-back classes for $5 off each class!

10/10/2025

I am so proud of these 3 young artists! Just look at these Haunted House sculptures!
😁👻🏚 🎃🦇
First off, I have to say how much fun I have hanging out with these kiddos.... I am truly thrilled to see their minds at work. ⭐️

Second - they are so talented! Such creativity, energy, and life! I'm thankful for this time! ..... Cheers to you! - Stacie

10/10/2025

Will you be joining me tomorrow, 9-10 am for a gentle flow? I hope to see you there, the water will be warm for tea ☕️🧘‍♀️

10/05/2025

Tonights Astrology Club is canceled. Take some time for some reflection as the Full Moon in Aries has stirred up lots of emotions and probably some rage to bring a chapter to a close. 🙌 See you next month! 🫶 SarahS.

Happy October Eve!
Here is October's calendar of events:

🎷 Uptown Olean Music & Art Walk
On 10/3 from 3-7pm come walk North Union St. to see local musicians and artists and be in great company! The Wellspring will be set up in front of the studio from 5-7pm with some kids activities and homeschool class info. For details: Uptown Olean Music and Art Walk

🧘‍♀️ Saturday Morning Yoga
Join Kelly to follow your feel good with this vinyasa class for all levels. Several Saturdays in October: 10/4, 10/11, 10/25 from 9-10am. Cost: $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass!

🫶 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 10/5 from 11:30pm-1pm. Donation based.

🪐 Astrology Club with Sarah S.
Join Sarah S. (Naturally Grounding ) on 10/5 from 4-6pm to discuss the astrology near the Full Moon. Card reading included. Cost: $15 sliding scale.

🎨 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. October projects feature: Cardboard Haunted Houses, Tic Tac Toe Candy Dishes, Halloween Sensory Art for the littlest ones, and Day of the Dead Nicho Boxes. Email her directly for more info: brushmoreacademy@gmail.com

🌿 Gratitude Yoga with Jessie
Jessie is leading a 6 week series of yoga and journaling on Tuesdays at the studio from 6-7:15pm. No need to attend all six sessions but the themes do build. Just in time for Thanksgiving. $15 drop in or use your Wellspring pass! All levels welcome.

🕺 Creative Movement with Hannah
Join Hannah Forrest for a playful, creative kids movement class from 10-10:45am on Saturday 10/18. 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! *Preregister for Hannah's movement and Leah's music class this month to save $5 per family!

🎵 Kids Music with Leah
Join Leah, a local music teacher, on Saturday 10/18 from 11-11:45am 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! *Preregister for Hannah's movement and Leah's music class this month to save $5 per family!

✏️ Homeschool Info session
Seasoned homeschool mothers, Brynn & Jessie, are running this free info session on all things homeschool! If you're curious about the different ways to do this in NYS as well as the new programming the Wellspring is putting together, please consider stopping in! Enchanted Mountain Waldorf

📖 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.

May you care for yourself, wisely.
-Jessie and your Soulful Gardeners