10/16/2026
"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." (NIV) Isaiah 43:19
Thea Bill Kincaid and I have known each other over 20 years. She kept asking me to come to Healing Waters Studio New Bern and “rest”. I always thought that was so odd. In my former life, I would run hard hard and crash in exhaustion. I always thought more was better. The new way …”better is better”.
I finally showed up to a restorative class in 2019 and fell asleep on the mat. I had no idea how exhaustion was stealing my joy. I put on a great face but inside my soul was draining dry. Then I attended a retreat Katie Pearson
Be New Living Soul Institute and connected with women who were seeking more of God and ways to rest in Him. I had no intention of becoming a certified instructor. After a discovery 💡 call with Living Soul Institute in CO, I realized this was my next step.
Last year I became a YT200 instructor and now in the next year of course work to earn my YT500 level. Who knew? Only God.
I used to believe that riding 200 miles on a bike, boot camps, and extreme workouts were the way. I have learned to have more grace with my self lowering cortisol levels and allowing the breath to move in and out of my body to heal places I never knew healing.
We have 2 more weeks here at Healing Waters. Come and join us for YIN class on the next 2 Sundays at 4 pm withMary Nowatnick Wallenn and Restorative Class on the next 2 Wednesdays at noon. The last class will be
Oct 28th …you don’t want to miss it.
Thea will be posting a special message later this month highlighting the moments here at the studio.
Thank you Thea for asking me to learn more about how to truly rest in HIM.
Mary Wallen will continue to teach Transcendent Wellness and
Mary Ann Bender LeRay will be teaching
Classes Pollocksville Presbyterian Church
221 Main Street in Pollocksville
Poem by Danna Faulds
Walk Slowly
It only takes a reminder to breathe,
A moment to be still, and just like that
Something in me settles, softens, makes space for wonder.
I choose to walk slowly. To watch
The light filter through the trees, to feel the ground beneath my feet, and let the rushing of the world fall away, just for this heartbeat in time.
