Rooted Holistic Center

Rooted Holistic Center Rooted Holistic Center is a 501c3 nonprofit offering trauma informed healing through recovery groups,somatic bodywork, sound, rhythm, stillness and education.

All offerings are grounded in nervous system science, lived experience and accessible care.

The holidays test boundaries in quiet and relentless ways. Saying no can feel heavier than saying yes, especially when y...
12/22/2025

The holidays test boundaries in quiet and relentless ways. Saying no can feel heavier than saying yes, especially when you have been conditioned to keep the peace at your own expense. But boundaries are not cruelty. They are protection. They are how recovery stays intact. They are how your nervous system stays regulated when old dynamics try to pull you back into familiar harm.

You are allowed to disappoint people to stay well. You are allowed to opt out of spaces that cost you your peace. You are allowed to choose your mental health and your recovery even when others do not understand.

I wrote more about boundaries, guilt, and protecting your healing during the holidays. Full piece is up on Substack

Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to trauma-informed recovery through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Every class and training is grounded in nervous system science and lived experience, guiding individuals from survival toward regulation and connection. Through The Rooted Method, we integrate recovery meetings, somatic bodywork, sound healing, and professional education to make healing accessible, inclusive, and embodied.

Here’s the Rooted Training offerings in 2026 as of right now, a full year of trauma-informed education for the body, bra...
12/21/2025

Here’s the Rooted Training offerings in 2026 as of right now, a full year of trauma-informed education for the body, brain, breath, and nervous system.

Trauma-Informed Yoga Nidra (20 hrs | $375)
Learn the neuroscience of Nidra, trauma-safe scripting, and why this practice is one of the gentlest, most effective tools for healing the brain and regulating the nervous system. May 16/17 and June 13/14 12-5

Trauma & Nervous System Education (8 hrs | $199)
A deep dive into what trauma really is, how it changes the brain, how dysregulation shows up in real time, and how to understand people through the nervous system instead of judgment. Feb 28 9-5

Trauma + Addiction (8 hrs | $222)
Explore addiction as a nervous system adaptation, not a moral failing. Paired with my book Rooted Through Recovery, this training reframes relapse, shame cycles, and emotional survival patterns. April 18 9-5

Somatic Trauma Release (6 hrs | $177)
A body-based immersion in fascia, meridians, emotional imprinting, and somatic unwinding. Learn safe, grounded techniques for supporting release without overwhelm or retraumatization. Sept 13 11-5

Trauma-Informed Breathwork (4–5 hrs | $144)
A grounded approach to breathwork that prioritizes safety over intensity. Learn breath patterns for freeze, flight, shutdown, and fawn, and how to guide breath without triggering dissociation or overwhelm. Nov 8 12-4

Bundles available

If you’re ready to learn the science of trauma through the body, breath, and nervous system — or want bundle pricing for multiple trainings — everything is now live.

Find full details + registration at the link in my bio.

pre-register on square as space is going to be limited. donation deposits required at the time of registration with full payment prior to the start.

Rooted Through Recovery is a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based recovery practice I developed after three decades of tr...
12/21/2025

Rooted Through Recovery is a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based recovery practice I developed after three decades of trying to heal in spaces that were never built for people like us. It’s a completely original 12-step-inspired framework designed for survivors of trauma, addiction, chronic dysregulation, and anyone who’s rebuilding a life from the inside out.

Our weekly Rooted Through Recovery meetings happen every Sunday at 10 AM, in person and on Zoom.

These aren’t traditional meetings.
There’s no hierarchy, no shame, no pressure to share, and no forcing a “one-size-fits-all” model on people whose stories are anything but simple.

Each week we explore the deeper layers of healing through nervous system science, embodiment, reflection, and community connection — honoring the truth that trauma is the root, and recovery grows from safety, self-understanding, and compassion.

If you’re looking for a place where your story isn’t minimized, where your trauma isn’t dismissed, and where your healing is honored as a whole-body, whole-life process, join us.

Rooted Through Recovery. Sundays at 10 AM.
In person and on Zoom.
Come as you are.

Zoom info is in class registration
https://rooted-holistic-center.square.site/

12/20/2025

I went out this morning to catch the final blue hour of autumn even though my body feels wrecked from the flu and my mind feels heavy and everything in me wanted to stay inside. It is strange to stand in this light and realize we are still technically in autumn, still in the thinning days before winter arrives, still in that in between space where things are not gone yet but are clearly letting go. Maybe that is why it felt important to witness it. Not to do anything with it. Not to turn it into something productive. Just to stand there and feel it.

This season asks for something different than the world usually demands. It asks us to slow instead of push, to move inward instead of performing, to listen instead of fixing. Stillness is not laziness. Darkness is not failure. Rest is not giving up. These months are meant for tending what is tender, for letting the nervous system exhale, for releasing the pressure to be constantly becoming something else.

If you are reading this and you feel exhausted, hollowed out, disconnected, overwhelmed, or simply quieter than usual, that does not mean you are doing something wrong. It might mean your body and mind are responding exactly as they are meant to. This is a good time to take a gentle pulse of your mental health. Not to judge it. Not to diagnose it. Just to notice. How am I really doing right now. What feels heavy. What feels numb. What feels alive. What feels like it needs less noise and more care.

You do not need to rush through this season. You do not need to be brighter, stronger, more motivated, or more healed. You are allowed to move slowly. You are allowed to rest. You are allowed to be quiet. You are allowed to feel what you feel without turning it into a project.

Autumn into winter is an invitation to soften. To conserve energy. To turn inward and trust that stillness is not stagnation but preparation. Even when everything feels dark, something is always rooting itself beneath the surface.

Happy Anniversary to us! 6 years ago we signed a lease that changed my life. We have done so much, and have so much more...
12/18/2025

Happy Anniversary to us! 6 years ago we signed a lease that changed my life.
We have done so much, and have so much more to do
Thank you to every soul whose ever walked through the doors, in any capacity
My heart is full of love & gratitude

Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to trauma-informed recovery through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Every class and training is grounded in nervous system science and lived experience, guiding individuals from survival toward regulation and connection. Through The Rooted Method, we integrate recovery meetings, somatic bodywork, sound healing, and professional education to make healing accessible, inclusive, and embodied.

Every few years, the wellness world finds a new toy, something shiny to sell. We’ve seen it all: somatic work, the vagus...
12/14/2025

Every few years, the wellness world finds a new toy, something shiny to sell. We’ve seen it all: somatic work, the vagus nerve, breathwork, sound baths, cold plunges, inner child healing, all being marketed to “ heal “ the nervous system in just one session. Someone mentions it once, and suddenly everyone’s offering it without understanding it.

When we opened our doors to the public in February 2020, Rooted was already a trauma-informed studio, not because it was trendy, but because it was truth. Everything we do is built through the lens of trauma, how we speak, how we set up rooms, how we hold space, how we move, how we teach.

We don’t sugarcoat.
We don’t chase trends.
We don’t change our integrity to fill the room differently.
We stay rooted.

Because being trauma-informed isn’t a vibe, it’s a responsibility.
It’s not something you learn from TikTok.
It’s not a certification you grab on a weekend.
It’s deep study, neurobiology, physiology, psychology, lived experience.
It’s understanding how trauma reshapes the brain, rewires the body, and redefines safety.

If you want to be part of this revolution to help people at the root the lease study. Learn. Do the real work. Don’t become a disservice to your people by skipping the depth that keeps them safe.

We’ve been trauma-informed since day one, and our 2026 trainings are designed for those who actually want to do this right.

Don’t become another buzzword.
Be part of the change.

Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to trauma-informed recovery through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Every class and training is grounded in nervous system science and lived experience, guiding individuals from survival toward regulation and connection. Through The Rooted Method, we integrate recovery meetings, somatic bodywork, sound healing, and professional education to make healing accessible, inclusive, and embodied.

We’re expanding Rooted in 2026 with donation based community music spaces designed for nervous system safety, not perfor...
12/13/2025

We’re expanding Rooted in 2026 with donation based community music spaces designed for nervous system safety, not performance.

Rooted Community Guitar and Rooted Drum and Meditation Circle are for people navigating trauma, PTSD, recovery, and mental health challenges who may not otherwise have access to music education or regulated creative spaces.

These are beginner friendly groups. No experience required. No pressure to perform. Participation is always optional. Rhythm and sound are used as grounding tools the body can borrow when regulation feels hard to find.

Throughout the year, Rooted will also host optional community open mics offering gentle space to share spoken word, art, music, or any creative expression you have planted roots in as part of your journey with us. Sharing is always a choice, never an expectation.

Guitars and drums provided on site, you can always bring your own.

Space will be limited! Stay tuned for schedules to be posted.

All offerings are by donation making this accessible to all

Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to trauma-informed recovery through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Every class and training is grounded in nervous system science and lived experience, guiding individuals from survival toward regulation and connection. Through The Rooted Method, we integrate recovery meetings, somatic bodywork, sound healing, and professional education to make healing accessible, inclusive, and embodied.

super bummed but shop hours saturday are cancelled due to unexpected indoor maintenance that has to get done this weeken...
12/12/2025

super bummed but shop hours saturday are cancelled due to unexpected indoor maintenance that has to get done this weekend

12/12/2025

Come inside! Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to trauma-informed recovery through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Every class and training is grounded in nervous system science and lived experience, guiding individuals from survival toward regulation and connection. Through The Rooted Method, we integrate recovery meetings, somatic bodywork, sound healing, and professional education to make healing accessible, inclusive, and embodied.

keep an eye out for 2026 offerings

If you’ve ever wondered why people shut down, lash out, freeze, fawn, dissociate, or withdraw, this training will make e...
12/11/2025

If you’ve ever wondered why people shut down, lash out, freeze, fawn, dissociate, or withdraw, this training will make everything finally make sense.

This Training for humans who work with humans.
Nurses, teachers, parents, yoga instructors, therapists, caregivers, police officers, social workers, community leaders — and anyone who wants to understand people through the nervous system instead of judgment.

We’ll explore:
• what trauma actually is
• how trauma changes the brain
• fight/flight/fawn/freeze/flop/fragment/dissociation
• what dysregulation looks like in real time
• how trauma shapes relationships
• emotional survivorship
• trauma-informed communication
• how to support without triggering
• nervous system tools you can use immediately

This is not a certification but it is a new lens for how you move through the world and the people you interact with.

Donation: $199 with a $50 deposit due a registration. Pre-registration is required on Square https://rooted-holistic-center.square.site/

donations can be made through Venmo
Bundles are available if you’re enrolling in more than one training in ‘26

Address

308 White Horse Pike
Haddon Heights, NJ
08035

Telephone

+18569938654

Website

https://rooted-holistic-center.square.site/

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