Leadership Retreat, September 26, 2025, 10:30 a.m., Taughannock State Park, Central Pavilion.

If you serve on a SCRLC advisory committee, the Plan of Service Design Team, Membership Dues & Fees Task Group, or any other groups associated with SCRLC, you are invited to join the Board of Trustees for an unplugged, restorative leadership retreat! The retreat will focus on well-being, mindfulness, recharging, finding joy, inspiration, and a modicum of peace. 

The aim is for everyone to leave the retreat feeling refreshed, energized, and hopeful.

Schedule

9:30   Board meeting

10:30 Retreat Begins--Welcome, Summary, Announcements

11:00  Meditation - Relaxed Body, Calm Mind: Discover the power of nervous system regulation through a guided mindfulness experience. Learn how intentional body awareness can reset your mind, reduce stress and create space for internal calm.

11:15 Presentation - “Glimmers: Micro-Moments of Well-being for Library Leaders”

Uncover the transformative potential of these micro-moments of joy, hope and connection. This interactive workshop reveals how small, positive experiences can reshape our neurological responses and approach to leadership. Explore the science behind glimmers and their profound impact on personal and professional resilience.

You will:

Understand the concept of glimmers
Learn how to identify glimmers in your daily life
Practice strategies for cultivating strengths-based leadership

12:15 Lunch  (your choice of boxed lunch from Panera)

1:15   Qi Gong, Hiking, or Reflections

2:30   Depart

 

Deadline to register: Thursday, September 18

 

Please email Diane Capalongo with your boxed lunch choice.

 

Park Entrance Fee: $10 which SCRLC will cover if you do  not have an Empire Pass or are not eligible to use the Golden Park Program.

Presenters:

Shasta Savage is a trainer, speaker, consultant, leadership coach and yoga/mindfulness instructor. With a background in the trauma-informed lens and human rights perspective, she provides support on topics such as DEIJA, leadership development, organizational development, employee well-being, self- and community-care. She integrates data-driven and leading/promising practices with an intersectional approach to support the greatest outcomes.

   

 

Bryan Isaacs has been training, teaching, and practicing acupuncture, Oriental medicine, and qigong in the Finger Lakes for over twenty years. During his career he developed a qigong curriculum for people in recovery at Cayuga Addiction recovery services.

 

Additionally, he has contiually run a high volume acupuncture practice in Trumansburg, NY specializing in sports medicine and pain management since 2007. Isacks has also served on the faculty of the Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine for thirteen years, where he taught Tui Na (Chinese medical massage), and Qi Gong since 2007. He has hosted dozens of students and interns who came to learn acupuncture and body work in his clinic, and has assisted some of the finest practitioners of East Asian healing arts in the world in teaching Chinese medical massage, qi gong, and tui na in Europe, Canada, and the United States.