Rooted Wellness and Pilates

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Rooted Wellness and Pilates

Wellness is more than the absence of illness. It is you, living your most vibrant, happy, embodied life. Striving for wellness in your life?

Create a foundation of clean eating, nourishing and restorative movement, and somatic practices to support you in feeling your best in your body. We will work together, a partnership to listen to your body to support what you need.

01/16/2026

So much in the world feels like too much. All. The. Time. How can we be present with ourselves, our bodies and our nervous systems? How can we be aware and not let overwhelm take us out? I certainly don’t know the answer, but I think it starts with understanding ourselves and our nervous system and offering ourselves and communities care and support. Breathing. Moving. Resting.

01/13/2026

Who’s easing in to January? Personally I’ve loved getting back into a consistent routine with movement, less sugar and more vegetables. And foam rolling because I think it feels so good! 😊

01/07/2026

In case you are new here… I’m Desiree and the founder of Rooted Wellness & Pilates. I’ve been teaching Pilates for almost 20 years and am more recently a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. I’m passionate about approaching health through a trauma informed lens that looks at you as a whole person. I believe mental and physical health are intertwined.
I offer Pilates 1:1 sessions and Somatic Experiencing/ Nervous System Coaching in my studio in Charlottesville VA and virtually. Both Pilates and SE have changed my life and it is my calling to share them with you and support you in your healing.
I’ve loved to move even before I could walk and movement is what I turn to when I want to feel more grounded and regulated in my nervous system.
I’m glad you’re here and looking forward to sharing more with you.

01/06/2026

Happy New Year! Thank you for trusting me to support your health and wellness goals!

While 2025 was great for Rooted Wellness it was not great for my personal life, with lots of unexpected change and grief. For a while I tried to show up here, and then I just realized that I didn’t have the capacity to. I wasn’t sure what to share, I didn’t feel inspired to create content, and since my business doesn’t need social media to be successful, I gave myself permission to stop posting. I’m glad I did. It gave me time to prioritize my healing and to think about what I actually want to share in this odd online space.
So here I am… we’ll see what takes shape! I hope to share more about the nervous system as part of that as I’m really excited to put more intention into that part of my business this year.

Thanks for being here!

12/24/2025

Happy Holidays! Wishing you a season of health and happiness! 🎄🎁❄️

08/28/2025

The light this time of year is perfection .😍 And as a reminder your Pilates practice doesn’t need to be perfect! Just show up. Be as present as you can be with yourself and your body. Move. Breathe. Find deeper connection and awareness.

08/14/2025

So many of us aren’t aware of our bodies and tune out the signals our bodies send until they SCREAM at us. Don’t wait until your body is screaming. Learn today how to tune in, listen and be with the experiences your body is having today and learn how to tap into this as your super power of learning more about you. It can start with simple awareness of noticing something- your feet, your hands, your breath. Where is there ease and space? Where is there tension or tightness? What does your body want in this moment?

07/19/2025

Ok Virgina. Your summer heat and humidity is too much for me. See you in a couple of weeks. ✌🏻

Schedule is open for early August. www.vagaro.com/rootedwellnessandpilates

07/16/2025

4 years ago today I opened the doors to Rooted Wellness & Pilates! I’m so grateful for each of you that walk through the door, for your love or Pilates and somatic nervous system work.

As I reflect on 4 years of business ownership and 19 years (😳) teaching Pilates I’m feeling a lot of gratitude for this movement practice that I love, for how it helped me heal my chronic back pain and has supported and complimented my other activities and workouts throughout the years. I’m grateful I’ve been able to help so many others over the years and it’s fun to reflect on how my teaching has changed and how much Somatic Experiencing has changed my life and my approach to teaching.

Here’s to more strength, flexibility, mobility, kindness, curiosity and nervous system regulation!

07/08/2025

It’s summertime and hot and humid here in Virginia. 🥵 I want to like summer and while I do like the longer days the heat and humidity are hard on my body- lower energy, less motivation and not wanting the push my body as much. So while in the past I pushed through, now I listen. Walk and exercise early in the morning, rest when I need, get out to the mountains for slightly cooler temperatures for hiking and hydrate hydrate hydrate! Pilates is the perfect, restorative movement practice that I enjoy in the heat of summer.

06/10/2025

R E S T

This has been coming up alot in sessions. Bodies ask for rest & we override and push through. We think we have to earn or deserve rest. Even when our bodies call and cry for rest we ignore because there’s more to do or we feel like resting is a weakness. But when we do rest it feels so good. Restorative. Nurturing.

What if listening to your body and honoring what it’s asking you became your super power? What if resting allowed integration of what your nervous learns and time for your muscles to feel rejuvenated?

If you need permission, here it is. Let your body rest.

06/05/2025

Summer days… more movement, different movement, more time being social and being outdoors. Make sure you’re making time for restorative movement, stretching and caring for your nervous system.

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Charlottesville, VA

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+14348065999

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https://www.rootedwellnessandpilates.com/

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