October 2026 TheraCommunity Newsletter

Hello, October 🍂

We have arrived at our favorite month!

There’s something special about October.

The air feels a little cooler, the leaves begin to change, and suddenly the world seems to slow down just a bit. Fall invites us to trade long summer days for cozy evenings, warm drinks, crisp morning walks, and time spent enjoying the little things.

October is a month of transition. It reminds us that change can be beautiful. Trees let go of their leaves, the days grow shorter, and we naturally begin turning inward—creating warmer spaces, settling into familiar routines, and making room for the season ahead.

A Season for Slowing Down

Fall gives us permission to pause.

Maybe it’s enjoying a quiet morning with a cup of coffee, taking a walk beneath colorful trees, baking something that fills the house with the smell of cinnamon, or gathering with friends and family around the table.

These simple moments often become the ones we remember most.

Welcoming October

As we move through this month, let’s embrace everything that makes fall special: changing leaves, sweater weather, pumpkin-filled kitchens, cozy nights, and the anticipation of the holidays just around the corner.

October doesn't ask us to rush. It simply invites us to notice the season we're in.

So, here’s to crisp mornings, colorful afternoons, cozy evenings, and finding a little beauty in the everyday.

Happy October

✨ October Astrology : A Season of Spiritual Transformation

October arrives like a whisper from the universe, reminding us that change is not something to fear—it is a sacred part of our journey.

As the leaves begin to surrender their colors and fall gently to the ground, we are invited to do the same: release what we have outgrown, soften our grip on the past, and trust that something new is quietly taking shape.

This month carries an energy of inner reflection, spiritual awakening, transformation, and renewal.

🍂 The Spiritual Energy of October

October is a beautiful time to turn inward.

The changing season mirrors what may be happening within us. Old emotions may surface. Certain relationships or situations may begin to feel different. Things that once felt comfortable may no longer feel aligned.

Rather than resisting these shifts, October encourages us to listen.

Sometimes the soul knows we are ready to move on before the mind is willing to accept it.

Pay attention to your intuition this month. Notice the recurring thoughts, unexpected feelings, meaningful coincidences, and moments that seem to carry a deeper message.

♎ Libra: Restoring Inner Balance

The beginning of October carries Libra energy, reminding us of the importance of harmony.

Spiritually, this is a time to examine where we may be giving too much of ourselves or holding onto situations that disturb our inner peace.

Ask yourself:

What brings my spirit peace?
Where am I giving away my energy?
What relationships feel nourishing to my soul?

Balance does not mean making everyone else happy. Sometimes balance means choosing peace, setting boundaries, and honoring your own spiritual needs.

♏ Scorpio: The Deepening

As October progresses, Scorpio energy invites us to journey beneath the surface.

This is where the month becomes especially transformative.

Scorpio reminds us that healing often requires us to face what we have tried to avoid. Hidden emotions, old wounds, fears, and attachments may rise into our awareness—not to punish us, but to give us an opportunity to release them.

You may find yourself craving more solitude, deeper conversations, spiritual practices, or time away from distractions.

Listen to that desire.

Your soul may be asking for space to hear itself again.

🌑 Release & Renewal

October is an ideal month for spiritual cleansing.

You might choose to cleanse your home, journal about what you are ready to release, spend time in nature, meditate, pray, or simply sit quietly with your thoughts.

Write down what you no longer wish to carry with you.

Then, when you are ready, let it go.

You don't need to know exactly what comes next. Trust that releasing one chapter creates room for another.

🔮 Your Intuition Is Speaking

One of October's greatest spiritual lessons is learning to distinguish between fear and intuition.

Fear often feels urgent, loud, and repetitive.

Intuition can be much quieter. It may arrive as a feeling, a sense of knowing, a gentle nudge, or a thought that continues returning to you.

Give yourself enough stillness to hear the difference.

Not every sign needs to be interpreted. Not every coincidence needs an explanation. Sometimes the spiritual practice is simply being present enough to notice.

🌙 October Spiritual Guidance

This month, give yourself permission to:

  • Release relationships, habits, and beliefs that no longer feel aligned.

  • Protect your peace without feeling guilty.

  • Spend more time in nature and away from unnecessary noise.

  • Journal, meditate, pray, or practice whatever helps you reconnect with yourself.

  • Trust the wisdom that comes through stillness.

  • Make space for new beginnings without forcing them.

  • Remember that healing rarely happens all at once.

✨ October Affirmation

“I release what I have outgrown. I trust the timing of my journey. I listen to my intuition, honor my spirit, and welcome the transformation unfolding within me.”

October is not simply a month of endings.

It is a sacred threshold.

The leaves fall because the tree knows it is time to let go.

Perhaps we can learn to do the same.

Let this October be the month you stop forcing, start listening, and trust that what is meant for you will find you in its own time. 🍂🌙✨

Studio is closed Sept 28-Sept 30th Due to Retreat (No Classes on Saturday Oct 3)

Fall Class Schedule

Monday:

12pm Hatha Yoga with Miranda

5:30 pm Aerial Conditioning with Candace

Tuesday:

5:30pm Slow Flow Restorative with Miranda

Wednesday:

12pm Yoga Nidra and Meditation with Keisha

5:30pm Aerial Yoga with Miranda

Thursday:

5:30 pm Aerial Nidra Restorative with Miranda

Saturday:

9:00 am Aerial Conditioning with Candace

11:00 am Vibrational Sound Healing with Keisha (1st Saturday)

11:00 am Rooted and Regulated with Candace (2nd, 3rd, 4th Saturday)


2026 TheraCommunity Fall Event Alerts

October 24th Glow Halloween Yoga 7pm

Join our annual Halloween Glow Yoga Event! Dress up in your best costume and enjoy a fun yoga class under black lights and move to monster music. Bring your glow sticks and your yoga mat!

November 7th Friendsgiving 4pm

Join our annual Friendsgiving event. RSVP your side dish with Candace. Where we build connection and community. Bring a fold up chair.

December 21st Winter Solstice 6pm

Join our annual Winter Solstice event. Bring your yoga mat, journal, pen, and an open heart for this relaxing and restorative event. We will focus on the winter solstice blessings and manifestations.

January 2nd New Year Vision Board 3pm

Join our annual Vision board event. Bring your crafting materials, magazines, stickers, markers and lets build our 2027 vision board.

Keisha’s Holiday Harmony Aerial Sound Healing Workshop is back this season!

A quiet escape woven into the magic of the holiday season.

The holidays can be beautiful and beautifully busy. Come take a pause for a moment to immerse yourself in aerial silks hammocks

surrounded by soothing sound, breath, movement and stillness as you are invited to release the season’s noise and return to the quiet magic within releasing and reconnecting with your inner stillness.

3-Part Series

November 14

• December 12

• January 9
12:30–1:45 PM

Series Investment: $125
Your one-time fee includes all three sessions, equipment, sound healing experience, and amenities.

Come rest. Come breathe. Come be held. A little holiday magic for your own mind, body and sanity!

TEXT US TO REGISTER: SPACE IS LIMITED

307-258-9956

Special Buddhist Event Wednesday October 7th 6pm

Brian Lottman Wandering Monk

Biography:

Fourteen years ago, Brian, a wandering monk, renounced his former life and set out on the road to share the mystical path to Self-Realization. He has held hundreds of gatherings at spiritual centers, churches, and yoga studios all over the country. He is an inspirational speaker and a meditation teacher.

Satsang means “association with higher Truth.” In these sacred gatherings, Brian speaks about the nature of Truth and Love, and he recounts his amazing adventures as a monk and renunciant. He tells ancient tales about the mystical lives of saints. He holds a transformative space to bring the mind into deeper states of meditation. He plays harmonium and leads kirtan.

$ 30 dollars cash at door / Please bring exact change

RSVP to reserve your spot. Space is limited

AWAKENING THE HEART

Float in a blissful immersion of musical chanting

Wednesday October 7th @ 6pm - 7:30pm

at Theraexpressions Meditation

201 E. 2nd St.., #212 | Casper, WY | (307)258-9956


Learn different practices for clearing the heart chakra, activating Life Force and entering a meditation of joy and sweetness. Bask in the holy vibrations of mantra music and reverential sound of the harmonium, calling forth the awakening of the soul. Brian speaks in a dynamic way about the nature of Truth and Existence. As a wandering monk, Brian has held hundreds of these “satsangs” at yoga studios, churches and spiritual centers all over the US and Canada. Satsang is an immersion into profound states of consciousness through energy healing, mystical mantra, sweet harmonium music and guided meditation.

$30 cash at the door


Learn more about Brian at

stirtheheart.com

Follow Brian on Facebook at

Satsang with Brian Lottman

WHY you should become a MEMBER of the THERACOMMUNITY!

Being a member of TheraCommunity is invaluable. Building connection, relationships, and having adventures along the way. Making friends can be hard, showing up for others can feel challenging, fear of sustaining relationships can bring upon unwanted obligations. At Theraexpressions you can come and go as you please, you can get involved in the community as much as you want, you can create the relationships you choose. All you have to do is show up for yourself.

Being a part of the community means community outings, gatherings, adventures, workshops, & retreats.


With every class, memberships, sign up for workshops and retreats you are keeping our dreams alive and our doors open.

Data shows that participating in group fitness classes significantly increases a person's commitment to their personal health goals compared to working out alone. Group settings foster accountability, social connection, and structured routines, which help turn exercise into a long-term habit rather than a temporary effort.

Our Online Membership is for all of our lovlies that live far away!

OUR OM YOUR MENTAL HEALTH APP is Live in Apple and Google stores in 176 Countries!

Our online membership is for our distance TheraCommunity, our folks who can’t make it into in person classes, folks who have busy schedules, and people that live all over the world!

For all of our distance people near or far we are ready to support you when you are ready!

Our New Revitalized Online membership includes

Weekly live Meditation, Yoga, Breathwork classes

Deconstruction Spiritual Seminars

Journal Questions

Selfcare tracker

Online chat community

Online Class Schedule

Bi weekly - Sundays with Jemima - Breathwork (60 mins) live class

Zoom link is in the online app membership for classes

Fire Cider Recipe

Fire cider is a traditional herbal vinegar tonic made with spicy, aromatic ingredients. It’s especially lovely as a October ritual—something warming and grounding as the seasons change.

🌶️ Ingredients

  • ½ cup fresh ginger, sliced

  • ½ cup fresh turmeric, sliced (or 2 tbsp dried)

  • 1 small onion, chopped

  • 6–8 garlic cloves, roughly chopped

  • 1–2 fresh jalapeños or other hot peppers, sliced

  • 1 cinnamon stick

  • 1–2 tsp black peppercorns

  • 1–2 tbsp dried rosemary

  • 1–2 tbsp dried thyme

  • 1 orange, sliced

  • 1 lemon, sliced

  • 2–3 cups raw apple cider vinegar, enough to completely cover everything

  • 2–4 tbsp honey, added after straining, to taste

🫙 Method

  1. Place the ginger, turmeric, onion, garlic, peppers, cinnamon, peppercorns, herbs, orange, and lemon into a clean glass jar.

  2. Pour in enough apple cider vinegar to completely cover the ingredients.

  3. If using a metal lid, place parchment paper between the jar and lid to help prevent the vinegar from contacting the metal.

  4. Seal and shake gently.

  5. Store in a cool, dark place for 2–4 weeks, shaking the jar every few days.

  6. Strain through cheesecloth or a fine strainer, pressing out as much liquid as you can.

  7. Stir in honey to taste.

  8. Store the finished fire cider in the refrigerator.

🔥 A October Ritual

Rather than thinking of fire cider only as a tonic, you could make it as a little seasonal ritual.

As you add each ingredient, choose an intention:

Ginger — movement
Turmeric — healing and warmth
Garlic — protection
Chili — courage
Rosemary — remembrance
Citrus — brightness
Apple cider vinegar — transformation
Honey — sweetness

As you close the jar, take a moment to name what you want to carry into autumn—and what you're ready to leave behind.

Note: Fire cider is acidic and spicy and isn't appropriate for everyone. If you have reflux, stomach sensitivity, take medications, or have a medical condition, check with a healthcare professional before using it regularly. Never use it as a substitute for medical treatment.

🍂 October Spiritual Self-Care: A Month of Healing & Reconnection

October carries a beautiful energy of transition.

As the leaves change color and gently fall from the trees, we are reminded that letting go is not always a loss. Sometimes, releasing what we have outgrown is what allows us to make room for something new.

This October, instead of focusing only on staying busy, consider making space for rest, reflection, healing, and spiritual connection.

Self-care isn't just about pampering yourself. It can also be about creating a safe space to understand your emotions, reconnect with your body, quiet your mind, and listen to what your spirit may be trying to tell you.

🌙 Create an October Intention

Begin the month by choosing an intention rather than making a long list of things you need to accomplish.

Your intention might be:

“I choose peace.”
“I am learning to let go.”
“I trust my healing journey.”
“I give myself permission to rest.”

Write your intention somewhere you will see it throughout the month.

Let it be a gentle reminder rather than another expectation.

🕯️ Try a Spiritual Reflection Ritual

Create a quiet space in your home.

Light a candle, make a warm cup of tea, put on calming music, and spend 10–15 minutes journaling.

You might ask yourself:

  • What am I ready to release?

  • What has been weighing on my heart?

  • What do I need more of right now?

  • What boundaries would bring me greater peace?

  • What am I grateful for?

  • What part of myself needs more compassion?

Don't worry about writing perfectly.

Let your thoughts come out honestly.

🍁 Take a Therapeutic Nature Walk

October is an ideal time to reconnect with nature.

Take a slow walk and leave your phone behind if you can. Notice the colors, sounds, smells, temperature, and feeling of the ground beneath your feet.

This can become a simple grounding exercise.

Pause occasionally and name:

5 things you can see
4 things you can feel
3 things you can hear
2 things you can smell
1 thing you are grateful for

Grounding activities like this can help bring your attention back to the present moment when your thoughts feel overwhelming.

🧘 Practice Gentle Movement

Your body carries more than we sometimes realize.

Try gentle yoga, stretching, breathwork, dancing, or a slow walk.

Instead of exercising because you feel like you should, approach movement as a way of thanking your body.

Ask yourself:

“What would feel nourishing to my body today?”

Maybe the answer is movement.

Maybe it's rest.

Both can be forms of self-care.

✍️ Try Therapeutic Journaling

Journaling can be a wonderful way to explore emotions and recognize patterns.

Try a “release and receive” exercise.

On one page, write:

What I am ready to release…

On the next page:

What I am ready to welcome…

You might release resentment, perfectionism, people-pleasing, fear, or old expectations.

You might welcome peace, confidence, healthier boundaries, creativity, connection, or self-compassion.

You don't have to solve everything on the page.

Sometimes simply putting feelings into words can help create clarity.

💛 Practice Self-Compassion

Talk to yourself the way you would speak to someone you deeply love.

When you make a mistake, instead of saying:

“Why did I do that?”

Try:

“I'm human. I'm learning. What do I need right now?”

Place your hand over your heart, take a slow breath, and remind yourself:

“I am allowed to be a work in progress.”

Self-compassion isn't ignoring our mistakes. It's creating enough kindness and safety to learn from them.

🌿 Create a Personal Healing Evening

Choose one evening in October to completely slow down.

Take a warm bath or shower. Put on comfortable clothes. Make tea. Dim the lights. Light a candle if you enjoy candles. Put your phone away.

Then spend some time doing something restorative:

  • Journaling

  • Reading

  • Meditation

  • Prayer

  • Gentle stretching

  • Listening to calming music

  • Creative art

  • Deep breathing

  • Gratitude practice

Let the evening be about being, rather than accomplishing.

🔮 Create a Spiritual Check-In

At the end of each week, sit quietly for a few minutes and ask yourself:

How am I really doing?

Not how you're supposed to be doing.

Not how everyone else thinks you're doing.

How are you doing?

Notice your emotions without judging them. Notice where you're feeling tension in your body. Notice what has been giving you energy and what has been draining you.

You don't need to have an immediate answer.

Awareness itself can be a powerful first step.

🌑 Release What No Longer Serves You

October's changing leaves offer a beautiful metaphor for letting go.

Write down something you're ready to release on a piece of paper.

It could be a fear, an old belief, a past disappointment, or simply something you've been carrying for too long.

Then safely tear up the paper and throw it away.

As you do, take a deep breath and say:

“I honor what this taught me, and I give myself permission to move forward.”

This isn't about magically erasing the past. It's a symbolic way of acknowledging that you are ready to relate to it differently.

🍂 Give Yourself Permission to Rest

Rest is not laziness.

Rest is part of healing.

There may be days when your greatest act of self-care is taking a nap, going to bed early, saying no to plans, or sitting quietly with a cup of tea.

You don't always have to be productive.

Sometimes your body, mind, and spirit simply need space.

✨ Your October Spiritual Reminder

This month, let nature remind you that transformation doesn't have to happen overnight.

Trees don't force themselves to change.

They simply move with the season.

You can do the same.

Release what you're ready to release.
Nurture what needs care.
Protect your peace.
Listen to your body.
Make room for joy.
Give yourself compassion.

And remember: you don't have to have everything figured out to be healing, growing, and becoming.

🌙 October Affirmation

“I honor where I am today. I release what I no longer need, nurture my mind and body with compassion, and trust the unfolding of my journey. I am allowed to rest, grow, heal, and begin again.” 🍂✨

Theraexpressions Meditation