Hi Friend,
With the new year comes a dawning of new possibilities for our lives. Peak around the corner with us at ISD to see what’s next for you in 2026. What classes & events invite you to explore? Follow your heart and join us in bringing spiritual balance and healing into our lives and into the lives of everyone you cross paths with.
May Peace, Love and Light be with you ALL.
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Sunday's Spiritual Service
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WHEN: Sunday, February 1st at 10am
WHERE: ZOOM or at The NEW Lotus Center
297 River St. Service Road, Suite 3, Oneonta, NY 13820
Homily by Rev. JoAnn Wormuth
“Spiritual Endurance”
What is it? and how to achieve it. With spiritual endurance, You know whether asked by a friend or God, you can survive anything that is asked of you.
Emcee: Rev. Diana Friedell
With Special Guest Musicians: Virgil’s Lantern
with Anna Kinney (Anna with Intention) and Sean Kinney!
Join us in person or on zoom:
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* There is limited parking in the front of the building, by I-88 and the elevator. Lots more parking is in the back of the building, where there is a flight of stairs to climb and a hallway leading to our Lotus Center on the second floor.
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Exciting News!! Anna with Intention will sing for us! WHEN: Sunday, Feb. 1st, 10am during the service at the Lotus Center WHO?: "Virgil's Lantern" - Anna & Sean Kinney's musical group WHAT?. . . Music to lift your souls and spirits high while taking a journey into the depths of love, loss and joy encapsulated within the sacred sounds of strings and stirring vocal harmonies.
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Seventeen members and friends gathered on Sunday, January 18th for our ISD Oneonta's 2026 Annual Convention to review our progress in 2025 and set our goals and intentions for 2026. Joann Wormuth chaired, as acting President, until Jaya Buckland can resume that position. We are very pleased about the growth since we arrived at our beautiful new space at 297 River Street Service Rd in Oneonta. We continue to build this wonderful community where we play and explore our spiritual path together, and maintain this beautiful building, without having to dip into savings! Many thanks go to all the amazing people who wrote this very comprehensive report on all our doings in 2025. View it here! From: Diana Friedell & Kimberly Winsor, Co-Directors on behalf of the ISD Board of Trustees JoAnn Wormuth, Acting Chair for Jaya Buckland JoAnn Wormuth, Vice-President Tom Landon, Secretary Sali Dellysse, Treasurer Trustees: Connie Lull, Doug Lull, Dale Capristo, Chantal Doktor, Susan Owens
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Integrated Energy Therapy's
Steps to Transformation Workshop Series
with Rev. JoAnn Wormuth
RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 5:30 - 7:30 pm
The first class is FREE,
"How to Heartlink with an Angel" is on ZOOM only
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"Heart Link with Your Angels"- Who are my angels? Make a heart-to-heart energetic connection with your angels for guidance in This First Workshop in the Series (Free) and you can register below. It is the First Step, With the rest of the series, you can decide to take one or all! The only pre-requisite is Step 1- the free workshop on Jan 27. See all about this series below.
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Living through Grief Circle- with Ron Zisa
Weekly Starting this Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Living Through Grief Circle:
Facilitated by Ron Zisa, this is an opportunity for participants to witness and share loss. We gather, we listen, we witness, we unburden our grief, we heal, and we live through grief. The circle is open to all, and meets every Tuesday at 1pm. Come to share or just to sit and listen. We find that grief comes from losses of many types.
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Yoga, Journey Into the Body Through Breath & Mind, with Ron Zisa
Starting every week on Friday, February 6, 2026 at 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
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Yoga is relationship, our lives are a series of living relationships. In this 6 part workshop through a breath centered asana (physical practice), with Ron Zisa, a 30 year Yoga Teacher and Shiatsu practitioner, we will each discover our own capabilities, strengths, weaknesses and inner power. Mostly moving with silence and sometimes with sound we will move the body, focus the mind, increase breathing to open and build grounding, flexibility, growth both without and within. This is a holistic heart centered practice to help us face our day to day challenges.
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"The Everyday Psychic" with Rev. Diana Friedell
6 session series starting January 15, 2026 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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There is sweeping change in Universal Energies right now, giving us more access to our intuitive gifts like never before. Tune in with Diana, ISD Faculty & Psychic Medium, in this six session teaching & practice group, and get the keys to using & trusting these gifts for every day decisions on your life path. Whether you are tuning in to help yourself make life path decisions, or to help others, you will find more accuracy and evidence with regular disciplined practice with a like minded group.
“The Everyday Psychic” – A six session series Exploring some powerful Tools for getting accurate messages for yourself & others-
- Join the fun--- We'll see where Spirit takes us!
Join in on any session that fits in your schedule!
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Oracle Group, at Lotus Center and on Zoom
with Rev. Story Ducey
Wednesdays 1:00pm - 3:00pm- Jan 21st - Feb 25th, 2026
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This Wednesday Group is called an Oracle Group because we will be focusing first, on deep meditation for healing and renewal for ourselves as we attempt to reenter the world together.
Then, we will be seeking guidance, teachings and home work from Spirit together for all of us and our families as we move through this transition. This is experimental work with Spirit. We allow Spirit to direct us and present the teachings they want us to focus on.
We will record the messaging and seek the overall message as confirmed by the majority of the messaging.
The overall goal is to dissolve challenging personal and communal karma while we seek strength and guidance in creating a new chapter for ourselves as individuals and for our world.
Join us for any day that fits in your schedule. The sessions are not sequential.
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Designed to Speak: New Year, New Voice, with Anna With Intention - January 31, 2026 at 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Your voice is one of your most powerful spiritual tools. It carries the energy for communication, creativity, and purpose—but years of conditioning can make authentic expression feel challenging. This workshop, with Anna with Intention, invites you to step into the new year with a more aligned, confident, and spiritually attuned voice.
In this immersive experience, you’ll explore your Human Design chart through the lens of the Throat Center—the energetic gateway for expression, manifestation, and creative flow. You’ll uncover how your voice is naturally designed to operate and learn practical, embodied ways to express yourself with ease and integrity.
Don't Miss Sunday Service, February 1st, when Anna, and her husband Sean Kinney will present several songs & chants, LIVE, as part of Sunday's Service!
Scroll up to see the picture of their band & music, "Virgil's Heart".
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UnMask Your Creative Self and Make a Theater Mask, 2 Day Workshop, with Barbara Gregson
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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February 15, 2026 at 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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For ages 10 and up! Bring a family member, Ages (10 to 16, must be accompanied by an adult). This class will be limited to 12 people total.
During this 2 Day workshop, you will learn the ancient mask-making tradition from the Commedia dell'Arte actors of the Italian Renaissance.
Day 1: We will make the plaster cast of your face and a papier-mache neutral mask within it, or a character mask on the outside of your cast.
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Day 2: We will paint and finish your mask.
While the masks are drying, in small groups, you will learn how to wear a Theater mask and create mask and mime improvisations.
By the end of the workshop, you will leave with your Paper mache mask and the plaster cast of your face, from which you can make many more masks and wall hangings.
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Chakras- Your Spiritual Growth Highway
with Rev. JoAnn Wormuth
February 21, 2026 at 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Chakras form our energy anatomy. When clear of blockages, they keep us healthy and balanced.
JoAnn Wormuth, Master Energy Healer, leads us to discover the meaning and purpose of each chakra. We will learn to address & clear any impurities in our own energy system. There will be energy exercises & as well as self-discovery and healing meditations.
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CALLING ALL VENDORS! SHIFT New York Psychic & Holistic Living Fair (in its 20th year) is NOW OPEN for VENDORS, workshop leaders, healers and readers! Do you have something to offer to spiritual seekers, like-minded folks looking for tools to enhance their practice, and services for wellness and intuitive connection? You know who you are! Please reach out to us and fill out an application. We are looking forward to hearing from you - check out the link below. . .
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To see more of what ISD has available click the button below.
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If you have a metaphysical, healing or spiritual practice and you are looking for a permanent office of your own, we have a beautiful sublet available. If your business is in harmony with the principles of ISD Oneonta, please contact a member of the property committee, and let's talk!
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EVENT & CLIENT SPACE at ISD. . .
Did you know? You can host your meeting, class, private party, or see clients in our beautiful Great Room with kitchen, or in the OWL Room or PHOENIX Room, set up as practitioner rooms for a modest fee to ISD. Inquiries about renting space at the Lotus Center for your event or to see clients, please reach out to Kimberly Winsor.
For more information & to fill out a space use request go here- https://isdoneonta.org/about-us/rental-at-isd/
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What is the Institute for Spiritual Development?
It's both a metaphysical church and an educational center originally founded 49 yrs ago in Sparta, NJ. With the belief that all paths lead us Home, ISD is dedicated to helping each spirit walk their path with courage and joy.
The Oneonta NY chapter of ISD was Lovingly created by Rev. Diana Friedell & her sister Rev. Sue Landon. We are now led by a powerful leadership team, and executive board.
Welcome Home!!!
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ISD Oneonta Board of Directors
Jaya Buckland - President
Jo Ann Wormuth- Vice President
Tom Landon-Secretary
Sali Dellysse - Treasurer
Connie Lull-Trustee
Susan Owens -Trustee
Dale Capristo -Trustee
Douglas Lull-Trustee
Chantal Doktor-Trustee
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Our ISD Leadership
Diana Friedell - Pastor, Co-Director
Kimberly Winsor - Co-Director
JoAnn Wormuth- Healing
Program Director
Jaya Buckland - Adult Ed Chair
Ally Sutton-Pyle with Diana Friedell and Kimberly Winsor - Newsletter
Tami Barrows- Tech/Admin Assistant
Amy Gallop- Social Media
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Thank you for being a part of the ISD community!
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