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.

03/04/2026

One of my favorite ways to tune into my body is to place a hand on my heart and a hand on my belly and notice my breath.

I like the way the contact of my hands feel, it makes me more aware of my body and my boundaries. Feeling the rise and fall of my breath under my hands helps me feel more tuned into my body in the moment.

Nervous system regulation doesn’t need to be complex and simple things can be helpful and supportive.

03/02/2026

Finding more connection into our bodies doesn’t need to be so complicated. Taking a few moments to tune in, notice how you’re feeling, see if anything wants and needs to move, noticing any breath changes and looking around your environment are all ways you can support coming into your body.

01/29/2026

What does your body need today? Tune into noticing how your body feels, what is tight, what needs to rest and what needs to move and then explore the moments your body wants.

01/28/2026

Post snow and ice rollout! How are you moving your body after all the ice and snow?

01/20/2026

Movement heals. Movement allows us to integrate and process life’s experiences. Allowing our bodies to move in the ways they want and to express what is needed is empowering and healing.

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.

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!

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Charlottesville, VA

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+14348065999

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https://www.rootedwellnessandpilates.com/

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