Stress is more than a mental experience—it has measurable effects on nearly every system in the body. This educational session explores the science of stress and how it influences the nervous system, hormones, digestion, immune function, sleep, and emotional regulation. Participants will gain a clear understanding of why common stress-related symptoms occur, such as fatigue, tension, irritability, brain fog, and overwhelm.

This class introduces the body’s stress response and explains how chronic stress can keep the nervous system stuck in survival mode. Along the way, participants will be given simple, practical strategies to begin regulating the stress response and supporting nervous system balance in everyday life. The session is designed to increase awareness, normalize stress responses, and lay the foundation for building long-term resilience.

This class stands alone, but also serves as the scientific groundwork for the follow-up session, Breaking Toxic Cycles, offered two weeks later.

This isn’t about Valentine’s Day.
It’s about choosing yourself.

Love Yourself First is a heart-centered experience created to support healing, self-connection, and nervous system calm. Through guided meditation, gentle coaching, sound healing, and intentional atmosphere, we’ll create space for you to reconnect with what you need most right now.

From candlelight and essential oils to cacao, tea, and small gifts you’ll take home — every detail of this evening is designed with care.

This mid-day reset meditation and sound bath is designed to help you release accumulated stress, regulate your nervous system, and transition into the weekend feeling grounded and restored. Through guided meditation, breath awareness, and therapeutic sound, this session supports relaxation, mental clarity, and emotional balance without requiring prior experience. Ideal for those navigating chronic stress or simply needing a pause, this offering creates space to soften, reset, and reconnect before the pace of life picks back up.

Join us for the official grand opening and Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting of Lifted Soul by Elysium, a new wellness collective created to support stress relief, nervous system regulation, and holistic healing in the Sumter community.

This celebration also marks the simultaneous opening of two complementary wellness practices operating within the collective space:

LS Wellness Solutions, founded by Lorianna Steele, and
Elysium, founded by Timika L. Watkins.

Together, these practices come together under one roof to offer a collaborative, integrative approach to care—combining sound healing, meditation, breathwork, vibroacoustic therapy, energy work, and education in a calm, welcoming environment.

Building on the science of stress, this session focuses on how chronic stress and toxicity reinforce one another—creating a feedback loop that impacts emotional well-being, relationships, and self-identity. Participants will explore how stress becomes internalized through thought patterns, people-pleasing, self-doubt, and social pressures, often keeping individuals stuck in cycles of over-functioning, burnout, or emotional exhaustion.

This class shifts the focus from understanding stress to actively building resilience against it. Through education and practical reflection, participants will learn how to interrupt toxic patterns, strengthen self-worth, and develop healthier internal and external boundaries. Topics include social stress, internalized criticism, identity erosion under chronic stress, and the role of self-trust in long-term well-being.

Participants will leave with tangible tools for resilience, increased self-awareness, and a renewed sense of agency—learning how to stop apologizing for existing and begin living from a grounded, regulated, and empowered place.

This mid-day reset meditation and sound bath is designed to help you release accumulated stress, regulate your nervous system, and transition into the weekend feeling grounded and restored. Through guided meditation, breath awareness, and therapeutic sound, this session supports relaxation, mental clarity, and emotional balance without requiring prior experience. Ideal for those navigating chronic stress or simply needing a pause, this offering creates space to soften, reset, and reconnect before the pace of life picks back up.