Danish word Hygge (Hoo-ga): to instill courage and give comfort and joy! $40 w/Rhonda. Give yourself this gift to uplift your spirit with positive and powerful brain programs to create an amazing 2026!

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Join us for a transformative Holiday Group Hypnosis Event inspired by the Danish concept of Hygge (pronounced "Hoo-ga")—a word that embodies the art of embracing courage, comfort, and joy. This special gathering is designed to uplift your spirit as you enter the holiday season and prepare for an amazing 2026. Why Attend?
• Create inner peace, confidence, and renewal during the holidays. Break free from procrastination of your goals.
• Experience group hypnosis to bridge the gap between your conscious and unconscious thought patterns.
• Learn how to cultivate feelings of courage, comfort, and joy in your daily life.
• Connect with others on a similar journey of self-care and transformation.

What Is Hygge?

Hygge is a Danish word that means creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people. In this event, we will harness the essence of hygge to support your well-being, boost your mood, and help you foster resilience as you move into the new year.

About Your Facilitator

Rhonda is an experienced hypnosis practitioner dedicated to helping individuals unlock their potential and find comfort and strength within themselves. Her group hypnosis sessions are both nurturing and empowering.

Join us for an evening of mindful meditation and spirit messages.
Relax with us through guided meditation and open to short messages from loved ones in spirit in a group setting with Spiritualist Mediums, Donna and Amy. As Mediums it is our intention to connect with loved ones in spirit to bring you messages of comfort, healing, love, wisdom and kindness. As a group we will hold space for each person to receive a message, however we cannot guarantee everyone will get one.
Register now via Venmo at Rhonda-Bartholomew-3, or private message now. Your $40 investment will hold your spot for this event. Maximum 10 people. Learn more about us below:

Donna Spence earned Professional Mediumship Certification through Santosha Holistic Center. She has studied mediumship with Lily Dale registered mediums and has served as a Visiting Medium at Lily Dale. She has taken numerous classes from world renowned mediums to heighten and expand her abilities to connect to your spirit loved ones. Donna has a master’s degree in counseling and over 35 years of experience as an educator.

Reverend Amy Vacca is a Spiritualist Medium who specializes in connecting loved ones inspirit to you. She has been trained by several Lily Dale Mediums in the Spiritualist tradition. Amy has served as a visiting Lily Dale Medium. Her Certificate of Completion is from Celeste Elliott’s Building Your Mediumship Development classes. She is an ordained Minister with the City of Light Spiritualist Church and enjoys serving at Church events. Amy’s education includes an associate’s degree in Forest Technology and Early Childhood Education.

Creativity Series #1 w/Artist & Author Lisa Scott! 4 workshops-Each taking place on the first Wednesday of December through March!
Creativity is one of the most ancient ways human beings make meaning. Long before we had language for emotions, we painted them, shaped them, sang them, carved them. When we create, we step into a space where the outer world quiets and the inner world become audible.
Imagination lifts its head. A sense of possibility returns. You move from passively experiencing life to actively shaping it. That shift is spiritual in nature. It is the moment you remember: I can create. I can choose. I can respond. I am not stuck.
Through guided discussion and creative exercises, Lisa shares how creativity helped her navigate a difficult season, and how the act of creating can gently stimulate joy and clarity.
Workshop One: Mapping the Heart — A Creative Collage Journey
In each session, we’ll begin with a simple, joyful warm-up project. In session one, that’s a gorgeous, beaded plant stake. This small creative exercise is intentional: making choices instantly wakes up the brain’s reward center. Once your creative spark is lit, we’ll move into our deeper work: a Heart Map collage.
We’ll focus on rediscovering what matters most to you—what fuels you, steadies you, and brings you back to yourself. Using curated materials and intuitive selection, participants will identify the feelings they want to nurture more fully in their lives and build a collage reflecting this.
In this session, you will:
• Explore how creativity activates the brain’s reward centers and supports emotional well-being
• Identify what’s most important to you right now
• Create a beaded plant stake and personalized Heart Map collage
• Leave with practical prompts to continue your creative reflection at home
No artistic skill is required—this is a supportive, soulful space to explore, play, and reconnect with your inner spark. Your $50 investment includes all artist materials and refreshments.
Refresh your spirit with good company, and creative transformation you will experience.

Reserve your spot via website, email or Venmo @ Rhonda-Bartholomew-3

Debbie’s approach to energy work is unique and integrative. She draws on her extensive training and experience in various modalities, including:

• Shamanic practices

• Reiki Mastery

• Energy Facilitation

• Bio Geometry studies

• Vocal Sound Facilitation

By blending these disciplines, Debbie creates a personalized experience for each client, addressing their specific needs and guiding them toward profound healing and balance. She believes that healing is a collaborative process, with both her guides and yours working together in each session.

As a Vocal Sound Facilitator, Debbie is guided to speak in Light Language—a form of intuitive vocalization—while also singing songs imbued with healing intent. These vocalizations use frequency and tones to help shift energy, promote well-being, and create a space for transformation. Whether you are listening with your eyes open or closed, you are invited to simply sit back and let the sounds and songs drift through and around you, offering support to your soul.

For your $30 investment you can expect a deeply supportive and nurturing environment to receive the sounds, songs, and energy work as they are brought forward for your highest good. Debbie encourages you to relax, be receptive, and let the experience unfold naturally trusting that your guides and hers are collaborating for your healing journey.

“Whoever said you can’t see stars on a foggy night?” Nancy Lombardo

In a world that leaves us breathless, women often crave a sacred space—a circle—where they can BREATHE, connect, and spark genuine joy and laughter. The practical magic of a women's circle is found with the intention of gathering to empower each other.

Our sanctuary space provides the perfect location to leave all heaviness at the door, invite your presence into your body and find transformation within. We speak aloud a shared intention, “We gather to support, uplift, and celebrate you.” We will be creating our own practical magic pressed leaf mason jars, set to glow with fairy lighting.

Your $30 investment includes all refreshments and materials to allow the evening to transform yourself into an enchanting version of all you can do, be or have at this time. Our circles close with a group visualization meditation. Reserve your spot here or via Venmo @ Rhonda-Bartholomew-3

This workshop is designed to help individuals explore healthy relationships, starting with understanding themselves. By focusing on becoming aware of their own habits and beliefs, participants will learn practical tools to nurture meaningful connections in all of their relationships.
Part 1: By HYL Coach Rhonda Bartholomew CCH explores Understanding Yourself through navigational tools and Identifying Relationship Patterns.
Part 2: By Intuitive Spiritual Psychic Medium Shatel Peters explores the topics of Building Communication, Recognizing Partners that compliment yourself, and Nurturing Connections.
Your $40 investment fee includes all educational materials, refreshments, an opening group hypnosis visualization by Rhonda and a closing sound bath circle by Shatel.
The journey to rooted relationships begins with you. By investing in personal growth and self-understanding, you lay the groundwork for healthy, fulfilling connections throughout your life. You’re all you’ve got for the long haul! Reserve your spot now via Venmo @ Rhonda-Bartholomew-3

Join us for an evening of mindful meditation and spirit messages.

Relax with us through guided meditation and open to short messages from loved ones in spirit in a group setting with Spiritualist Mediums, Donna and Amy. As Mediums it is our intention to connect with loved ones in spirit to bring you messages of comfort, healing, love, wisdom and kindness. As a group we will hold space for each person to receive a message, however we cannot guarantee everyone will get one.

Register now, your $35 investment will hold your spot for this event. Maximum 10 people. Learn more about us below:

Donna Spence earned Professional Mediumship Certification through Santosha Holistic Center. She has studied mediumship with Lily Dale registered mediums and has served as a Visiting Medium at Lily Dale. She has taken numerous classes from world renowned mediums to heighten and expand her abilities to connect to your spirit loved ones. Donna has a master’s degree in counseling and over 35 years of experience as an educator.

Reverend Amy Vacca is a Spiritualist Medium who specializes in connecting loved ones inspirit to you. She has been trained by several Lily Dale Mediums in the Spiritualist tradition. Amy has served as a visiting Lily Dale Medium. Her Certificate of Completion is from Celeste Elliott’s Building Your Mediumship Development classes. She is an ordained Minister with the City of Light Spiritualist Church and enjoys serving at Church events. Amy’s education includes an associate’s degree in Forest Technology and Early Childhood Education.

 8 person limit-sign up now!

Halloween isn’t just for kids! Calling all Ghouls for Book Trivia, Pictionary, Scary Swag Bags…Oh My! You can expect:

NOT HAVING TO COOK A SINGLE THING! Mingle with other bookworms, enjoy book themed games, challenges, and/or crafting-however spirit moves you! Win prizes throughout the event with the sound of the gong, disconnect from your daily grind and plug into your current or new reading list while staying cozy in Halloween attire (costume optional) So what are you waiting for? Turn the page toward this Halloween being the Best Book Retreat ever! The shadows are lengthening, the books are waiting, and your scary spot is calling. Whether you’re a lifelong devotee of the macabre or simply looking for a magical autumnal escape, your Halloween Book Retreat $60 event fee promises an experience you’ll never forget.

Book now before your place is taken by things that go bump in the night!

You can bring slippers, and a comfy blanket

Do I have to dress up? Costumes are encouraged but not required. Whether you come as a literary ghoul or in your coziest sweater, you’ll find yourself welcomed into our story-loving fold.

Optional-your own book (s) to read yourself and a loved wrapped book for game play! Our Book-Tacular Menu is as below:

BREAKFAST 10am

Sausage breakfast casserole

Homemade Danish

Gluten Free banana muffins

LUNCH 1pm

Taco/Burrito Bar

Nacho chips & queso

DINNER 5pm

Baked Ziti

Caesar salad & Garlic bread

TRICK OR TREATS

Pineapple Cream Cheese cake

Brownies/cookies

This workshop explores the science, wisdom and heart behind the practice of using AFFIRMATIONS. Cutting edge science and leaders in various fields of physical and holistic health swear by the art of affirmations. You will participate in personal and group exercises designed to get to the heart of the matter-what YOU choose to BE, HAVE and DO! Our Wednesday Workshop “book club in motion” approach means you’re not just reading about how to create a meaningful life — you’re living it, experimenting with techniques in real time, and integrating new understandings with the support of a skilled facilitator Rhonda Bartholomew and fellow participants. Your $40 investment includes all refreshments and take home materials. Sanctuary space is limited, Reserve your spot now!

The crisp air of beautiful Fall is upon us and what better way to relax, renew and rejuvenate ourselves than to gather under this new moon energy. New moon phases bring fresh beginnings and a clean mental slate which carves out a place of calmness to motivate our next step forward. Your $30 investment includes all refreshments and take-home tools designed to feel connected and inspired. Feel uplifted by the encouragement and wisdom of a supportive community. Sanctuary space is offered on a first come-first served basis-so serve yourself some sacred space and reserve your spot now! Each sacred circle closes with a group hypnosis visualization to support balance with your mind, body, and heart’s current desires.

Are you ready to step out of your shoes—literally and figuratively—and explore what Earthing and Grounding can offer you? Whether you’re battling chronic pain, seeking emotional balance, or simply curious about holistic health, this workshop is your invitation to gather wisdom and try out practical tools in a supportive environment.

At the workshop, you will:

·         Learn the science and philosophy behind Earthing and Grounding

·         Experience hands-on demonstrations of grounding tools and techniques

·         Explore the emotional and mental benefits of grounding practices

·         Connect with others on a journey toward greater well-being

·         Receive resources to continue your practice at home

Prioritize your health in all its dimensions—emotional, mental, and physical. Sometimes, the simplest tools are the most profound. Reserve your spot, slip off your shoes, and discover how reconnecting with the earth just might reconnect you with your best self.

Let the wisdom of Earthing and Grounding become interwoven with your wellness story. Your $40 investment feel includes all refreshments and educational take home materials.

Office Grand opening!

Walk through the red door of Soul Sanctuary of WNY and meet Certified Consulting Hypnotist and Workshop Leader Rhonda Bartholomew! Your entry earns you a ticket for giveaway prizes throughout the evening where you will learn about our services, enjoy catered refreshments and feel uplifted upon touring the new Sanctuary, Lending Library, and Hypnosis space.

Soul Sanctuary WNY is about you — your journey, your growth, your empowerment. Whether you are seeking clarity on a challenge, wanting to spark creativity, learn tools to handle current blocks, or simply hoping to connect with like-hearted souls, our services are designed to meet you where you are and support your next steps.

·         Glean practical tools and insights you can immediately apply to your daily life.

·         Feel uplifted by the encouragement and wisdom of a supportive community.

·         Experience greater alignment with your mind, body, and soul. See you there!

Leave your worries at the door and share love, light and laughter with others of like mind at our cozy circle. Join our Valentine's Day Sacred Circle to glean tips and tools to engage your spirit in loving the most important person in your life...don't know who that is? Then you must attend our Circle at Full Circle Mind and Body Yoga Studio Saturday, February 8th from 2-4pm. Our circles begin and close with a group hypnosis visualization by Consulting Hypnotist and Life Coach Rhonda Bartholomew to self-program change, love, abundance, and success in your life. Your $40 investment includes all educational materials and refreshments. Give yourself the gift that gives you the time and space to become more of the joyful person you are meant to be. Private message Rhonda Bartholomew now to reserve your space. Payments can be made online via PayPal or in person Venmo or cash.

Join us to enjoy an evening fire, and learn positive tools to resolve challenges, regardless of what is going on around us. Instead of hiding our skeletons in the closet (a secret that you find damaging or embarrassing about yourself) look at why we need to embrace our differences and learn from so-called past mistakes to find confidence and clarity about making more in the future! Growth can be messy, but it leads us to accept who we are now to become who we are meant to be. Your $30 investment includes all refreshments and educational materials. Recognize beliefs you have held in the past served you at one time, but like the leaves of Autumn, we can let them go to reveal our true purpose and nature. When we magically transform a challenge into an opportunity, we reveal our true purpose, which is change to become a better version of us. Private message now to reserve your spot and bring layers for our outdoor event-weather permitting.

JOIN US TO PURCHASE YOUR AFFIRMATION CARD DECK AND/OR AN AUTHOR’S SIGNED BOOK ON HOW TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.  LEARN HOW TO LET THE MAGIC SEEP IN FOR YOUR MIRACLES TO BEGIN! Purchase your author-signed book, A Cat’s Tale: A Journey of Spiritual Discovery and affirmation card deck over your favorite glass or bottle of Bella Rose’s unique wine selection fresh from the Niagara Escarpment.

THIS AFFIRMATION CARD DECK DOESN’T PREDICT YOUR FUTURE, IT HELPS YOU CREATE IT!

Meet Rhonda & Bill from Soul Sanctuary WNY to find satisfaction with daily living!  Join us for this free event as we discuss the purpose behind everything in your life as it is and learn how to allow abundance into your life NOW to make it even better! Your affirmation deck, Now Is Where the Magic Is, and/or book purchase entitled, A Cat’s Tale:      A Journey of Spiritual Discovery is offered with a customized talisman. Buy one for self-care and one to inspire a loved one.

SHATEL PETERS, INTUITIVE PSYCHIC MEDIUM WILL BE OFFERING A CIRCLE READING TO OFFER INSIGHT AND GUIDANCE FROM SPIRIT. RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW AS SPACE IS LIMITED. Readings begin at 2:30PM.

THIS AFFIRMATION CARD DECK DOESN’T PREDICT YOUR FUTURE, IT HELPS YOU CREATE IT!

Join us for an indoor/outdoor Mother's Day Market at the Presbyterian church in Lewiston! You will find many of your favorite Artisan Farmers Market staples plus some added vendors! Bring Mom and come shop small with us for Mother's Day!

Meet up at our table to check out our new 54 affirmation card deck entitled; Now is Where the Magic Is: Ponder Your Perfection. Our deck has proudly been designed and printed in the USA and its goal is to not Predict your future but to Create it. Your in-person purchase at our table comes with a pocket-sized talisman for you to ponder your perfection throughout your everyday moments. We will also have Bill’s book; A Cat’s Tale: A Journey of Spiritual Discovery available for author’s dedication. See you there!

Come and visit Rhonda and Bill at The Vegan Center’s Wellness Retreat from 11:00-5:00 featuring local artisans and vendors that offer such services as sound baths, qigong, plant-based cooking and much more! Meet up at our table to check out our new 54 affirmation card deck entitled; Now is Where the Magic Is: Ponder Your Perfection. Our deck has proudly been designed and printed in the USA and its goal is to not Predict your future but to Create it. Your in-person purchase comes with a pocket-sized talisman for you to ponder your perfection throughout your everyday moments. We will also have Bill’s book; A Cat’s Tale: A Journey of Spiritual Discovery available for author’s dedication. See you there!

Leave your everyday stressors at the door to gather with an energetic soul team! Join our circle during the Spring Equinox with women who inspire the best in you. Feel seen, heard and acknowledged simply for who you are, and support yourself with this healing. Your $35 investment includes all educational tools, visualizations, refreshments and your own take-home crystal collection of the synergistic gemstone trio of Amethyst, Selenite and Rose Quartz. This magic makes all the difference to our souls as we travel together through these challenging times.

Time to take a break from the same old, same old, and welcome all of who we are to feel complete. June’s Sacred Circle will offer tools on how to increase our energetic vibration to match what we want to create in our lives. In order to work smarter and not harder, we can notice what is going on around us, listen to our higher selves, spirit guides, guardian angels, and deceased loved ones, (and the living ones!) so we can take high vibe action. We feel fulfilled when our eyes, ears and hearts are fine-tuned towards higher frequencies that carry messages to solutions to our problems. Your $30 investment fee includes all refreshments and self-care supplies to transform limited thoughts to empowering beliefs about who you really are. Enjoy a gathering of magic, merriment and miracles with others of like mind. An outdoor fire experience will be offered to complete the evening if weather permits.
We are always surrounded by loving support to take our best step forward.

Stand tall like a hyacinth and join our upcoming circle, regardless of April bringing us blue skies or showers. Your investment of $30 includes all refreshments and materials to share what's important to you and learn simple tools to raise your vibration and elevate the energy you pour into every area of your life. Open the door to putting your best foot forward!

The Knights Templar; saints, archeologists, fierce warriors, devil worshippers or the protectors of Christianity? The Templars were attacked on Friday, October 13th, 1307, by the King of France making any Friday the 13th an unlucky day. Most historians state that the Knights Templar were destroyed and disbanded over 700 years ago but, were they? Why did all three of Columbus’ ships sport the red cross of the Templars on their sails in 1492 when he ventured to the new world? What role did the Templars have in the Americas and the formation of the United States? What secrets do the Templars protect? Templars, they still walk among us. Enjoy this workshop of fascinating discovery with Bill Angus and view actual artifacts that prove the Templars have survived.

Learn how people communicate with you without having to say a single word. Facilitator Bill Angus will teach you practical and persuasive factors on determining life cues in his workshop focusing on Body Language 101. Your workshop fee of $40 will cover all refreshments and educational materials, giving you the edge on identifying hidden and unconscious messages both you and others are always relaying. Reserve your spot here to attend this interactive experience at our Lewiston Library or text Bill @ 716-930-9685. Live your life on purpose and never stop learning!

Life Coach and Consulting Hypnotist Rhonda Bartholomew explains why she loves to facilitate Sacred Circles: "We come as we are and make a pact to see each other as enough. It is beautiful when our self-compassion emerges; when we are seen and heard in a safe space, solutions to everyday issues emerge in a brilliant way.” Reserve your spot at our circle on the Equinox of March 20th and let us welcome Springtime with open arms. Share laughter and make friends as we enjoy treating ourselves to sacred space. Your $25 investment includes all refreshments and educational materials for self-care.

Bill's Coffee Circles are back starting March 1st! Like everyone, you crave connecting with others, and expressing your own point of view. By dropping in for a Coffee Circle, you are free to discuss things of consequence: how to navigate various life situations, what's working for you now, and even your vision for the future. Your investment of $20 allows you to join Bill on the first Tuesday morning of each month at our Lewiston Library. Stop in at 9am. to enjoy refreshments, glean wisdom from Bill’s own journey, gain insight from others in the group while enjoying the comradery. Text Bill Angus at 716-930-9685 to reserve your spot for more clarity and less therapy.

Stop in at 7pm to enjoy refreshments, glean wisdom from Bill’s own journey, gain insight from others in the group and simply enjoy each others company. Text Bill Angus at 716-930-9685 to reserve your spot on the first Wednesday of each month for more clarity and less therapy.