Carla Bates Barzetti will lead guided healing meditation at The Resiliency Center of Newtown (RCN) on Friday, January 16, from 9:30 until 10:30 am.

This program had originally been planned for January 9, but was rescheduled to this week, according to RCN Office Manager Jennifer Holguin.

Each month’s guided meditation session focuses on a different virtue. January’s is joyfulness.

Ms Barzetti, the mother of two children and a resident of Newtown, has been doing intuitive energy healing work since 2001. Last summer she completed a free online guided healing meditation video series called All Calm Down with the help of The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation.

Her passion for helping people on a deep spiritual level led her to the Resiliency Center, where she continues to offer free monthly guided healing meditations. All of the meditations will have a general theme which will change each month, but they will all have a clear healing, centering, grounding aspect to them.

Ms Barzetti’s hope is to help people hold their grounded connection to their true selves as often as possible. By participating in these monthly meditations, she hopes attendees will be able to see more clearly when they are ungrounded/disconnected, and they will have the tools to find their way back.

Reservations for this program are not necessary

Next week the center will host its next monthly series of chair massage sessions.

On Friday, January 23, from 9:30 to 11:30 am, 15-minute massages will be administered by Heidi Skowronski, a Sandy Hook resident who has been a licensed massage therapist since 2005. Her modalities include Swedish, deep tissue, chair, hot stone, pregnancy, and sports massage. She is currently employed at Tres Jolie Spa in Southbury.

As with all RCN programs, this is being offered to the community at no charge. Due to time limits, however, reservations are required for this program.

The Resiliency Center of Newtown is at 153 South Main Street. RCN is a program of Tuesday’s Children a 501(c)(3) nonprofit family service organization that made a similar long-term commitment to meet the needs of individuals directly impacted by September 11, 2001.

For additional information or reservations when needed, call 203-364-9750, send e-mail to jholguin@resiliencycenterofnewtown.org or visit resiliencycenterofnewtown.org.