Healing Connections - Monthly Support
A supportive monthly gathering where people come together to explore different paths to healing - from sound, movement, meditation, nature, art, EFT Tapping, and energy work. My mission is to create a safe and welcoming space where no one has to heal alone, and where connection itself becomes part of the healing journey.
What to Expect:
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Explore New Modalities - Experience different practices including sound, movement, nature, and energy work.
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Mind, Body & Spirit Renewal - Learn simple tools to bring healing, balance, and connection into every day life.
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Heal with others - share your journey in a supportive community where you are not alone.
Yoga & Reiki: Healing the Heart
A Self-Love & Heart Chakra Immersion
Sunday, February 22, 12 to 2 p.m.
Join us for a 2-hour heart-centered immersion designed to support deep heart healing and self-love.
The heart chakra, or anahata, is the energy center of love, compassion, and emotional balance. When blocked or misaligned, it can show up as loneliness, difficulty trusting others, emotional numbness, or unresolved past hurts. This workshop is designed to guide you in opening and aligning your heart chakra through movement, energy work, meditation, and a symbolic self-empowerment ritual.
Why attend:
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Cultivate self-love and compassion for yourself and others.
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Release emotional blocks and old patterns that no longer serve you.
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Experience gentle yoga poses to stimulate heart energy.
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Receive the restorative benefits of Reiki to restore emotional and energetic balance.
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Experience a symbolic empowerment ritual using creative, reflective practices that leave you with a tangible reminder of your personal growth and inner strength.
This workshop is for anyone ready to nurture their emotional well-being, build healthier relationships, and experience a deeper sense of peace, empathy, and connection. Whether you are new to yoga and Reiki or an experienced practitioner, you’ll leave feeling lighter, more centered, and deeply nourished in body, heart, and soul.
Whether you’re seeking to deepen your connection with yourself, open your heart to self-love, or simply enjoy a restorative experience with others, this co-ed immersion offers a supportive space to grow, reflect, and reset—complete with tea and snacks to nourish your body as well as your spirit.
Hosts: Lindsay Rogers & Candice Duffek
Sunday, 2/22/26
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Cost: $50.00
Location: Ether Wellness
25 N Pinckney St Suite 310
Madison, Wisconsin
Facilitated by Lindsay Rogers (Lindsay Michelle, LLC) and Candice Duffek (Moonlight Lotus Healing), this experience supports emotional release, self-love, and heart chakra alignment in a safe, nurturing group setting. Through reflective and creative practices, participants explore intentions, set personal affirmations, and engage in a meaningful empowerment ceremony that encourages transformation, release, and renewal.
Lindsay Rogers
Lindsay Michelle, LLC
Yoga Instructor • Trauma-Informed Healer • Reiki Master • Past Life Regression Facilitator
Lindsay blends yoga, Reiki, trauma-informed healing, and intuitive guidance to support holistic healing and embodied transformation. Her work integrates the body’s energy centers with a deep love of music and movement, creating supportive and empowering spaces for emotional release, self-discovery, and renewal.
Candice Duffek
Moonlight Lotus Healing
Intuitive Healer • Reiki Master Practitioner • Access Bars Practitioner • Workshop Facilitator
Candice brings a compassionate, grounded approach to energy healing and group facilitation. She is the creator and coordinator of the Healing Connections support groups, offering monthly heart-centered workshops that integrate energy healing, reflection, and community connection.
Healing through Creative Expression
Thursday, March 19th at 6:00 p.m.
Join Lisa Nelson, LN Design Studios and Candice Duffek, Moonlight Lotus Healing for a special workshop focusing on how you can add creativity to your life to help you with stress and healing through chronic conditions.
Healing Through Creative Expression is a guided, hands-on experience that uses creativity as a pathway to process emotions, ease stress, and support overall well-being. Art offers a non-verbal way to explore what we’re feeling—especially when words fall short—making it a powerful tool for emotional release, self-reflection, and mindfulness.
This workshop is rooted in holistic well-being, honoring the connection between mind, body, and spirit. Drawing from principles of positive psychology and mindfulness—the focus is not on artistic skill or the final result, but on the experience of creating and what it reveals along the way.
Connection and community are also an important part of this offering. Creating art together fosters shared experience, reduces isolation, and reminds us that we are not alone in what we carry.
Each participant will create a meaningful art piece during the workshop to take home—a tangible reminder of the experience and the insights that emerged. All materials are included in the cost.
Hosts: Lisa Nelson &
Candice Duffek
Thursday, 3/19/26
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $20.00
Location: Near Monona, address given after registration
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An interactive art-based experience for emotional release, stress-relief, and self-discovery
Lisa Nelson
LN Design Studios
Lisa Nelson is a graphic designer, intuitive creator, and author who brings heart, resilience, and deep presence into her creative work. As someone who lives with epilepsy and is a cancer survivor, Lisa understands firsthand how creativity can be a powerful companion through uncertainty, healing, and transformation. Her approach invites people to step out of perfection and into expression—using art as a gentle, accessible way to listen inward, honor lived experience, and reconnect with their own inner wisdom. Lisa creates welcoming spaces where you don’t need to be “an artist” to benefit—just open to exploring what wants to be expressed.
Vocal Meditation, Sound Healing & Reiki
Thursday, April 23rd at 2:00 p.m.
This immersive group experience weaves together vocal meditation, sound healing, gentle movement, and Reiki to support relaxation, self-connection, and nervous system balance.
At the heart of this offering is vocal meditation—a powerful yet gentle practice that uses the voice as a tool for grounding, resonance, and inner awareness. Unlike traditional meditation, vocal meditation invites you to feel sound moving through the body, creating a sense of presence and calm that many people find both accessible and deeply embodied.
Sound healing utilizes the power of vibrational frequencies to restore balance and harmony within the body. Using instruments such as Tibetan and crystal singing bowls, gongs, and chanting, sound waves move through the body at a cellular level, helping to release energetic blockages and support the brain’s natural shift into an alpha state of deep relaxation.
The combination of sound vibration and Reiki’s gentle supportive energy, this combination creates a powerful opportunity to quiet the mind, restore harmony, and open space for healing on physical, emotional, and energetic levels.
What to Expect
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Guided vocal meditation to encourage grounding, breath awareness, and gentle self-expression
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Gentle movement to release tension and support ease in the body
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Sound healing to promote deep relaxation and integration
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Reiki energy healing, offered individually during the sound portion of the session
Participants bring their own yoga mat, with chairs available for accessibility
Hosts: Iris Mickey &
Candice Duffek
Thursday, April 23
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $35.00
Location: Blue Soul Yoga
5440 Willow Rd. Waunakee, WI
Iris Mickey
Soma Sounds Yoga
Certified Yoga Therapist • M.S. Rehabilitation Psychology • Sound Healer • Founder of YAFA (Yoga Accessible For All)
Iris Mickey is a sound and vocal meditation facilitator who guides individuals in reconnecting with their inner voice as a powerful tool for healing, grounding, and self-expression. Through vocal toning, breath, and sound-based practices, Iris creates inclusive, embodied experiences that support nervous system regulation, emotional release, and deep presence. Her work emphasizes accessibility and empowerment, helping participants feel comfortable using their own voice regardless of musical background. Iris’s approach is informed by her study of sound, meditation, and yoga, including advanced training in India, and is rooted in the belief that the voice is one of our most natural and effective instruments for healing and connection.
Candice Duffek
Moonlight Lotus Healing
Intuitive Healer • Reiki Master Practitioner • Access Bars Practitioner • Workshop Facilitator
Candice weaves together intuition, Reiki, and gentle mindfulness practices to support emotional well-being and nervous system regulation. She is the creator and coordinator of Healing Connections support groups, offering monthly heart-centered workshops that integrate energy healing, reflection, and community connection. Candice has 30 years experience working with older adults and is passionate about making holistic healing accessible, especially for individuals navigating chronic conditions, pain, life transitions, and stress.
Past Events
New Year - New Energy: Unlocking Your True Potential from Within
Thursday, January 15th at 6:30 CT
As we step into a new year, it’s easy to set goals, make resolutions, or change external things — a new job, a new relationship, a new habit. But true and lasting transformation begins within. If you've ever felt like your resolutions fade by February, it’s usually because the inner shift hasn't happened yet.
Join Yesi Montenegro, Intuitive Healer & Mindset Transformation Coach, and Candice Duffek, Reiki Master & Access Bars Practitioner of Moonlight Lotus Healing for a 90-minute online experience designed to help you reset your energy, reconnect inward, and create intentions that feel aligned.
This workshop will help you move past the "quick fixes" and master the thoughts and beliefs that actually shape your reality. You’ll leave with more than just a plan—you’ll leave with a reset energy and a deep sense of inspiration.
What You’ll Experience:
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Energy clearing and inner alignment
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A powerful intention-setting process
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Reflection on how your inner world shapes your outer life
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Community connection and insight for lasting change
Hosts: Yesi Montenegro & Candice Duffek
Online Workshop
Thursday, 1/15/26
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. CT
Cost: $20.00
About Yesi Montenegro
Yesi Montenegro is an intuitive healer and mindset transformation coach specializing in inner alignment, belief reprogramming, and intention creation. Through a blend of energy awareness, neuroscience-informed mindset tools, and soul-led reflection, Yesi guides participants to shift from autopilot living into conscious choice. Her approach helps people create intentions rooted in clarity, self-trust, and alignment — laying the foundation for meaningful, lasting transformation.
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/YeseniaMontenegroCoaching
Why Attend:
Because when you shift your inner world — your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs — your outer world naturally transforms. Doing the inner work now is how you make 2026 the year your life expands with purpose, joy, and ease.
Oracle Card Workshop
Sunday, December 14th at 11:00 am CT/12:00 pm ET
Oracle cards are a gentle tool for reconnecting with your own inner wisdom and they help you access guidance. This Oracle card shop is in perfect time to help you to set your energetic intentions for the holidays and step into 2026 with clarity.
In this workshop, you will:
• Learn the basics of Oracle Cards
• Explore how to use oracle cards for daily guidance
• Participate in a Group Collect LIVE Read with Wendi
• Practice asking powerful holiday and New Year–focused questions
• Begin or deepen your oracle card practice with techniques for ongoing clarity
Whether you’re holding your first deck or have been reading for years, this workshop offers the guidance and tools you need to step confidently into 2026.
Hosts: Wendi Giulano & Candice Duffek
Hosted on Zoom
Sunday, 12/14/25
11:00 a.m CT/12:00 p.m. ET
Cost: $20.00
Join Wendi Giuliano, One Wendi and Candice Duffek, Moonlight Lotus Healing for a special seasonal workshop is designed to help you reconnect to your intuition during the holiday season.
About Wendi Giuliano — One Wendi
Wendi is a transformational healer, intuitive guide, and spiritual mentor known for helping people create powerful personal breakthroughs. Through her platform One Wendi, she supports individuals in releasing emotional blocks, shifting limiting beliefs, and reconnecting with their personal truth through Reiki and Oracle card readings.
Website: https://www.onewendi.com/
Sound Bath & Reiki Healing
Sunday, November 9th at 11 a.m.
Join us for a unique Healing Connections gathering featuring a Sound Bath and Reiki Immersion. In this deeply restorative experience, participants will relax in gravity chairs as Krista Pfohl of Awakened Center creates a soothing soundscape with crystal bowls, gongs, and other healing instruments. At the same time, Candice of Moonlight Lotus will channel Reiki energy, supporting balance, release, and renewal. The combination of sound vibration and Reiki’s gentle energy creates a powerful opportunity to quiet the mind, restore harmony, and open space for healing on every level.
📍 Awakened Center, 17 Applegate Ct Unit 9 Madison, WI 53713
Cost: $35.00
Hosts: Krista Pfohl & Candice Duffek