The Nook

03/13/2026

We are honored to be a part of a really amazing lineup of local teachers, sharing the healing practice of yoga at Bitanga's Martial Arts Center. Michelle is teaching tomorrow at 11am. Join us!

Our 11:00 AM yoga class wraps up on March 28th. This first quarter of 2026 has been a blast with some pretty awesome people. :)

03/13/2026

March Shop Hours at The Nook

Thank you all for your patience while we were away supporting family. We are grateful for this community and the care you extend to us.

The shop will be open on the following days in March:
Friday, March 13 | 11–2
Saturday, March 14 | 11–2
Friday, March 28 | 11–2

We’ve added some beautiful new books, expanded our Kate McLeod Body Stone collection (a shop favorite), grew our high protein snack offering, and brought in Dragon Tree intention papers for ritual, manifesting, and intention setting.

Perfect for spring birthdays, Easter, Mother’s Day, or simply a meaningful gift for yourself.

Come wander the shelves. We look forward to seeing you.

03/07/2026

What a gift to have these 2 incredibly talents musicians and remarkable humans here in Pomeroy co-creating a magical experience! Cabin Fever Fest Pomeroy Merchants Association Thank you Asa Roach and Baron Walker for allowing us to experience your deep talent. Thank you Brent Patterson Brent Patterson Music for making this such a wonderful day, year after year.

03/07/2026

Cabin Fever happens Saturday, March 6, and we are so excited to share a truly unique musical offering.

Clairaudience is the collaboration of classical bassoonist Asa Roach and global percussionist Baron Walker, weaving together deep classical training with rhythmic traditions from around the world. The result is a rich, unexpected fusion of sound that you don’t often get the chance to experience in a small town.

We’ll begin with a warm cup of ceremonial cacao at 1:30 PM, followed by the performance at 1:45 PM.

The shop will be open 11 AM – 1 PM before the show, and again for a little while afterward. Stop in to explore some of our favorite things — high-quality chocolate, beautifully curated gifts, tinfish, greeting cards and thoughtfully curated body care products you won’t find anywhere else in town.

Come warm up, sip cacao, and enjoy something a little different here in Pomeroy. We will gather a few doors down at Doug’s Vault event space (the old location of My Best Friend’s Closet)

03/02/2026

This Saturday! One of our favorite events of the year. The shop at the nook will be open before and after (closing during the show because NO ONE wants to miss this) so you can stop in to get some of the most unique gifts and delicious goodies in the area. Be sure to read all the details in this post. There really is some fun information here! Thank you Brent Patterson for making Cabin Fever Festpossible year after year! And thank you and for sharing your remarkable talent with our precious community.

Cabin Fever Artist Profile:

The Clairaudience Project
Michael Douglas Event Space
210 E. Main Street
March 7th, 1:30 p.m.

As part of Cabin Fever Fest, The Nook is honored to sponsor a truly unique musical experience happening in downtown Pomeroy.

At 1:30 PM, we will begin by serving ceremonial cacao and offering a brief grounding meditation to gently open the heart and settle into presence together.

At 1:45 PM, The Clairaudience Project begins their one hour set. You won't want to miss a minute of it!

The Clairaudience Project

“We like to vibrate. And people that like to vibrate like to vibrate together.”

The Clairaudience Project is a collaboration between Baron Walker and Asa Roach. While a duo consisting of bassoon (or recorder) and percussion may seem unusual, this partnership has led to plentiful discussion about what else is possible when we stop focusing on limitations.

Baron and Asa come from diverse musical backgrounds — from the concert stage to drumlines at football halftime shows, as well as the rock and roll medium. Their collaboration is rooted in curiosity. Instead of asking what is typical, they ask what might emerge when breath meets rhythm, when classical training meets global percussion, when structure meets improvisation.

The term clairaudience refers to the divine sounds experienced by Joan of Arc — a form of inner hearing beyond ordinary perception. But clairaudience also offers everyday examples. How many times have you heard a song in your head? Asked yourself a question and then “heard” a response arise from somewhere within?
Through this performance, the audience is invited to explore what becomes possible through a deeper awareness of their own hearing — not just listening with the ears, but feeling vibration in the body.

This is more than a concert. It is an experience in resonance.

The Musicians

Baron Walker — Percussion
Percussionist Baron Walker brings over 30 years of playing experience, including work with the WVU and Marshall University Drumlines. While studying at Marshall University, he focused on music theory and music education and was also a student of Jeff Friedl, rock drummer for Puscifer, Devo, and Beta Machine.
Baron is proficient in traditional West African rhythms on the djembe and plays many frame drums of various global origins. Most recently, he studied sound healing at The Sage Academy of Sound in Woodstock, NY. He resides in Davisville, WV, where he offers shamanic energy healing, gong baths, and other immersive sound experiences.

Asa Roach — Bassoon, Recorder, Voice
Asa Roach is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Indiana University, and The Eastman School of Music. He previously served as principal bassoon of the Orquesta Filharmónica de Acapulco for two seasons. Now residing in Parkersburg, WV, Asa seeks to share his passion for musical interpretation in a deeply personal way. His major musical influences include bassoonist Judith Leclair, and vocalists Linda Ronstadt and Whitney Houston.

If you attended Cabin Fever Fest last year and heard Asa perform on recorder and bassoon, you already know the depth of presence he brings to a room. If you missed it, this is your opportunity.

Why This Is Special
What Asa and Baron are creating for this day is not something you can experience just anywhere.
Bassoon and global percussion. Classical training and rock lineage. Concert artistry and sound healing. Breath and rhythm meeting in a way that opens something deeper in the listener.
And it is happening here. In Pomeroy.

There is something profoundly meaningful about world-class musical training and global rhythmic traditions converging inside a small Appalachian town during Cabin Fever Fest. In the middle of winter, when we are all ready for warmth and connection, we gather to vibrate together.

Come drink cacao.
Come ground yourself.
Come listen with your whole body.
This is going to be something special.

02/18/2026

February has been such a hit Linda will be back at the nook in March! Get one of the few spots available!

Happy Soles is growing!

We have added Luxury ADD ON to our service list- to be released soon!

Also, big news, we have added a new location in Point Pleasant- Tillie’s Salon & Spa on March 20th!

With the growth, I am working on automated scheduling. It's been a bit of a bear to align locations with appointment days... still trying to figure that part out.

Here is a sneak peak into our dates and locations for March.

02/13/2026

Cabin Fever Fest Special
The Nook Presents: The Clairaudience Project

🗓 Saturday, March 7
🕜 1:30 PM – Ceremonial cacao + grounding meditation
🕑 1:45 PM – Performance begins
📍 Michael Douglas Event Space(a couple doors down from the Nook, where My Best Friend’s Closet used to be) Pomeroy, Ohio

What Asa and Baron are creating for this day is not something you can experience just anywhere.

Bassoon and global percussion.

Classical training and rock lineage.

Concert artistry and sound healing.

Breath and rhythm meeting in a way that opens something deeper in the listener.

And it is happening here. In Pomeroy.

There is something profoundly meaningful about world-class musical training and global rhythmic traditions converging inside a small Appalachian town during Cabin Fever Fest.

In the middle of winter, when we are all ready for warmth and connection, we gather to vibrate together.

Come drink ceremonial cacao.
Come ground yourself.
Come listen with your whole body.

This is going to be something special.

02/11/2026

Today. At werk. Grateful to be a part of a community of rad women who lift up and support one another.

02/07/2026

Calling in our Summer Partners in Healing

We’re in the early planning stages for another season of Yoga on the River, and we’re inviting local businesses to join the circle of support that has made this offering possible for the past three summers.

Each year, Yoga on the River continues to grow. More people gather. More bodies move and breathe together. More connection happens. What began as a simple weekly class has become a thriving community ritual, and it exists because local businesses have consistently said yes to the health and wellbeing of the people who live here.

This summer, we have some really fun things planned. Special guest appearances. Creative collaborations with local businesses. Thoughtful touches that make each Wednesday evening feel welcoming, alive, and rooted in care.

By becoming a Partner in Healing, your business joins an amazing group of past sponsors who are recognized as champions of community wellness. You’re not just sponsoring a class. You’re supporting accessibility, connection, and a healthier, more vibrant community.

If your business feels aligned and you’d like to be part of this growing tradition, we’d love to hear from you.

Let’s make another beautiful season together.

DM or email to learn more.

02/05/2026

I recently had the opportunity to receive a reflexology session with here at The Nook as a practice run to experience firsthand what she will be offering during her upcoming pop-up sessions.

Even within this familiar space, Linda brought such a deep sense of presence, care, and attunement. I felt incredibly relaxed and safe throughout the session. She was fully there energetically, intellectually, and relationally in a way that allowed my nervous system to soften almost immediately. Her work is thoughtful, skillful, and deeply respectful of the whole person.

At the start of the session, Linda offers you a choice: reflexology focused just on the feet, or on both the feet and the hands. I will say this plainly. Do not skip the hands. They were incredible. Grounding, soothing, and unexpectedly profound.

It was important for us to experience this offering exactly as clients will, and I can honestly say I left feeling regulated, cared for, and genuinely tended to. We are grateful to be welcoming Linda’s work into The Nook, and to be part of a local community of women healers who are actively working together to support and uplift one another. We are in this together, and we are stronger as a community.

There are still a few reflexology sessions available during Linda’s upcoming pop-up at The Nook. If you are feeling the call to slow down and receive, we encourage you to book while spots remain.

01/30/2026

We’re Open Today in Support of the Nationwide General Strike

Today is part of the nationwide general strike. No work. No school. No shopping as usual.

We want to be clear about why The Nook is open today, and why for us this is part of supporting the nationwide general strike, not stepping away from it.In Appalachia, resilience has never meant “every person for themselves.” It has meant community. Mutual aid. Looking out for one another when institutions failed, disappeared, or caused harm. It has meant neighbors feeding each other, sharing heat, watching each other’s kids, and refusing systems that exploited or abandoned people.

That legacy matters to us.

The nationwide general strike is calling for an end to state violence, dignity and safety for immigrants and workers, and a society organized around care rather than fear and punishment.

This stance aligns directly with our mission at The Nook: to be a space rooted in care, dignity, presence, and the belief that healing and justice are inseparable.

Today, we want to open our doors to people who may not feel safe right now. To those carrying rage, grief, exhaustion, fear, or heartbreak. To anyone feeling the weight of the world in their body.

Come in. Warm up. Sit for a while. Spend some time in community connection.

You do not have to buy anything.
You do not have to perform hope.
You are welcome here today.

This is Appalachian resilience as we understand it. Looking out for one another and building something local, relational, and rooted in care.

We stand with workers.
We stand with immigrants.
We stand against systems of fear and dehumanization.

Today, being open is how we practice solidarity with the nationwide general strike.

01/27/2026

Lately, the world feels so loud with division.
So much harm. So much fear. So much forgetting of one another.

And it keeps clarifying something for us:

That how we move through the world matters.
How we listen.
How we meet difference.
How we remember our shared humanity.

Over the last few years, we’ve been quietly dreaming into a series of small, intentional journeys rooted in land, culture, creativity, and reciprocity. Tanzania 2026 is full so we are looking at the years ahead.

Some are pilgrimages.
Some are cultural immersions.
Some are fundraisers.

All are slow, relational, and designed for people who want to experience the world with presence and care. Not extraction, not spectacle, not “othering.”

Here are a few journeys that are taking shape:

Cambodia – January 2027 (9 days) - This is being booked NOW. If you want in... let us know. Sacred sites, history, resilience, and contemporary culture. This journey would be guided in partnership with an incredible team of facilitators, including a Cambodian-American somatic, family constellation practitioner, alongside trusted local guides and community partners.

Camino de Costa Rica – March 2027 (14–16 days) A coast-to-coast pilgrimage hike (174 miles) as a fundraiser for a rural Appalachian nonprofit focused on land, artists, and community restoration.

Colombia – June 2027 (7 days) Coffee region immersion, food, culture, street art, and daily gentle yoga in partnership with River Roasters Coffee Co.

Peru – August/September 2027 (7 days) Land-based culture, traditions, plant medicine, ceremony, and time in the sacred valley, in collaboration with local cultural guides and teachers.

India – January 2028 (Dates TBD)
A deeper pilgrimage into spiritual traditions, architecture, daily ritual, and cultural life. This journey would be guided in partnership with an amazing team, including an Indian-American Vedanta Scholar alongside long-standing local teachers and guides.

Across all of these journeys, we are committed to working with local guides, cultural practitioners, and community partners, and to prioritizing ethical relationships, fair compensation, and experiences that honor place rather than extract from it.

We know no one can do everything. Time, money, seasons of life all matter.

These are simply different invitations to practice remembering:
that people are not abstractions,
that cultures are not backdrops,
that the earth is not a resource,
and that none of us are meant to walk alone.

If any of these make your body lean forward, we’d love to hear. No commitment at all. Just listening.

DMs are open, and there’s a short interest form here.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3lemHayGFUpw4Lt-NI-wcp62uoYOZzfwJguv2qsyruTvrjg/viewform

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