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Rooted Holistic Center, 308 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights, NJ (2026)

02/22/2026

sorry for the schedule changes need to cancel today due to an emergency that has to be handled before the storm. thank you for understanding we’ll continue next week

02/20/2026

This is what a modified practice looks like for me right now. 5 major surgeries in a year, 4 on the same area, breasts amputated, lymph nodes removed. Bicep detached. It’s taken a year to get back on the mat & the intention isn’t intensity or opening. It isn’t trying to get back to where I used to be. The intention is grounding. Staying present. Feeling sensation without tipping into overwhelm. Because that is a very easy thing to do when you’re living in chronic debilitating pain.

You’ll notice my left arm is supported the entire time. When it hangs, it feels unbearably heavy and there’s a deep burning sensation. Supporting it reduces the threat response. It allows me to feel into the pose without bracing 100%.

I typically practice with a thinner bolster, but right now I need something wider and more supportive so my back body feels held instead of forced open. And I am always bringing the ground up to my arm. I’m not chasing expansion, though i miss it deeply. I wish I could open my chest, engage and soften the back, but I can’t, at least not yet. So now I’m creating containment.

This is what trauma informed practice looks like in real time. It’s constantly checking in with pressure points. Noticing what feels steady and what feels activating. Adjusting before the body has to escalate the signal. CRPS is debilitating and one wrong move can flare me for hours if not days.

I am consistently nurturing the part of my body that doesn’t function the way it used to, while staying curious about what still does.

The shape is secondary. The relationship is primary.

And that relationship requires deep, honest listening, which is sometimes terrifying tbh.

Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering trauma informed recovery, education, and community through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Our work is rooted in neuroscience, neurobiology, and lived experience, with a focus on awareness, capacity, and choice rather than outcomes. Through The Rooted Method, we offer recovery meetings, somatic practices, sound experiences, and professional training that are accessible, inclusive, and ethically held.

02/19/2026

This year, many of our offerings are centered around sound because rhythm and tone can meet us gently and offer for regulation when words or effort feel like too much. In most classes we will explore different forms of breath and movement and sound as a means to show you various ways to help you regulate and connect. Come as you are and leave as you are , we don’t offer any promises, but we do offer safety and consistency. All group classes are donation based.

Rooted through Recovery, group recovery meeting. Sunday’s 10am.

Small Group Guitar
Led by Stephen, Small group guitar lessons focused on regulation, learning, creativity, and ease. We cover basic chords, strumming, and simple progressions in a relaxed, supportive setting. Instruments are provided, or bring your own. No experience required. Tuesday’s 5:30pm.

Yin / Yoga Nidra / Sound
Led by Jennie, A slow, quiet class blending supported Yin shapes, guided rest, and sound. Designed to encourage settling, release, and deep rest without pushing or effort. Props provided. All levels welcome. Alt Wednesday’s 5:30pm.

Drum Circle/Breath
Led by Jennie, A rhythmic group experience using simple drumming and breath to support grounding and shared presence. No prior experience needed. Drums are provided, or bring your own. Alt Wednesday’s 5:30pm.

First Friday Sound & Meditation
Led by Tamara, join this deeply restorative hour focused on allowing yourself to be. Guided by meditation, visualization and drums, you may unearth a gateway to healing. This class offers an experience for introspection and self discovery. First Friday 6pm.

5 week grief centered Yin Series
Led by Vianca, we have a teacher and licensed mental health clinician, A gentle, supportive Yin Yoga series for those navigating grief, loss, or major life transitions. Each class integrates principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yinpostures, breath awareness, and optional reflection. There is no expectation to fix, heal, or resolve grief, only to make space for what is present. Saturday 10am 3/7-4/4

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

Donate:Venmo

02/18/2026

We love boxes.

Diagnostic boxes.
Behavior boxes.
Addiction boxes.
Anxiety boxes.

It makes us feel organized. In control. Like we understand what we’re looking at.

But you cannot box trauma.

Trauma does not stay neatly contained in a category. It lives in the body. It reshapes perception. It rewires threat response. It becomes patterns of attachment, coping, shutdown, intensity, numbness.

What we call broken is often adaptation.

What we call dysfunction is often survival.

Addiction, control, dissociation, hyper-vigilance - it all makes neurological sense.

On February 28 I’m teaching an in person only 8 hour Trauma Informed Living training where we unpack what trauma actually does to the brain and body.

We go deep. Neurobiology. Pattern formation. Memory. Survival circuitry. Lived experience.

If you work with humans, love a human, or are a human who has survived something then you deserve to understand the system instead of stuffing it into a box.

Donation is $199, $50 due at registration the rest by class start.

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

Donate:Venmo

Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering trauma informed recovery, education, and community through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Our work is rooted in neuroscience, neurobiology, and lived experience, with a focus on awareness, capacity, and choice rather than outcomes. Through The Rooted Method, we offer recovery meetings, somatic practices, sound experiences, and professional training that are accessible, inclusive, and ethically held.

02/18/2026

Starting in March Wednesdays will alternate each week between drum circle (drums provided or byo) and gentle breathwork & then yin/nidra and sound. each week we will explore breath and movement and sound as a means to show you various ways to learn to regulate and connect. come as you are and leave as you are , we don’t offer any promises, but we do offer safety and consistency. we also offer all the props you need, including weighted blankets and red light therapy (daylight permitting)

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

Donate:Venmo

Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering trauma informed recovery, education, and community through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Our work is rooted in neuroscience, neurobiology, and lived experience, with a focus on awareness, capacity, and choice rather than outcomes. Through The Rooted Method, we offer recovery meetings, somatic practices, sound experiences, and professional training that are accessible, inclusive, and ethically held.

02/17/2026

First Fridays are back in March with Tamara! each class is guaranteed to be a unique experience of guided meditation and sound.

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

Donate:Venmo

Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering trauma informed recovery, education, and community through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Our work is rooted in neuroscience, neurobiology, and lived experience, with a focus on awareness, capacity, and choice rather than outcomes. Through The Rooted Method, we offer recovery meetings, somatic practices, sound experiences, and professional training that are accessible, inclusive, and ethically held.

02/16/2026

5 week grief centered Yin Series: Led by Vianca, yoga teacher and licensed mental health clinician, A gentle, supportive Yin Yoga series for those navigating grief, loss, or major life transitions. Each class integrates principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yinpostures, breath awareness, and optional reflection. There is no expectation to fix, heal, or resolve grief, only to make space for what is present. Saturday 10am 3/7-4/4

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

Donate:Venmo

Rooted Holistic Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering trauma informed recovery, education, and community through rhythm, sound, stillness, and story. Our work is rooted in neuroscience, neurobiology, and lived experience, with a focus on awareness, capacity, and choice rather than outcomes. Through The Rooted Method, we offer recovery meetings, somatic practices, sound experiences, and professional training that are accessible, inclusive, and ethically held.

02/15/2026

Small group donation based guitar lessons starting March 3 at 5:30pm, led by Steve Turner. Steve is a lifelong musician with over forty years of experience and nearly thirty years of teaching behind him. A staple of the Philadelphia music scene for decades, he has toured extensively with local bands and continues to perform regularly through corporate and wedding work, bringing professionalism, versatility, and deep musical intuition to every space he enters.

While guitar is his primary instrument, Steve is also well versed in piano, drums, and bass, giving him a broad and integrated understanding of rhythm, harmony, and musical structure. In addition to performing and teaching, he writes and records original music, with his first full length album scheduled for release this year.

Beyond his technical skill, Steve is deeply active in the recovery community and understands music as more than performance. For him, music has been a way to regulate, process, and stay connected through life’s harder chapters. That lived experience shapes how he teaches, meeting students where they are and creating an environment that feels grounded, supportive, and human.

At Rooted, Steve will be offering small, donation based group guitar lessons focused on regulation, creativity, connection, and accessibility rather than perfection or pressure. Individual lessons are also available by request. Guitars are provided for the lesson, so access is never a barrier.

We are incredibly grateful that Steve is choosing to share his time, talent, and experience with this community. Learning from him is not only an opportunity to study with a highly seasoned musician, but to experience music as a steady, regulating presence. Classes are offered on a donation basis pay what you can and if you cannot, you are still welcome here. No one is turned away. This space exists for you. Space is limited and so pre-registration is required.

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

Donate:Venmo

02/15/2026

This year, many of our offerings are centered around sound because rhythm and tone can meet us gently and offer for regulation when words or effort feel like too much. All classes are donation based.

Rooted through Recovery, group recovery meeting. Sunday’s 10am.

Guitar Classes
Led by Stephen, Small group guitar lessons focused on regulation, learning, creativity, and ease. We cover basic chords, strumming, and simple progressions in a relaxed, supportive setting. Instruments are provided, or bring your own. No experience required. Tuesday’s 5:30pm.

Yin / Yoga Nidra / Sound
Led by Jennie, A slow, quiet class blending supported Yin shapes, guided rest, and sound. Designed to encourage settling, release, and deep rest without pushing or effort. Props provided. All levels welcome. Alt Wednesday’s 5:30pm.

Drum Circle
Led by Jennie, A rhythmic group experience using simple drumming and breath to support grounding and shared presence. No prior experience needed. Drums are provided, or bring your own. Alt Wednesday’s 5:30pm.

First Friday Sound & Meditation
Led by Tamara, join this deeply restorative hour focused on allowing yourself to be. Guided by meditation, visualization and drums, you may unearth a gateway to healing. This class offers an experience for introspection and self discovery. First Friday 6pm.

5 week grief centered Yin Series
Led by Vianca, a yoga teacher and licensed mental health clinician, this is a gentle, supportive Yin Yoga series for those navigating grief, loss, or major life transitions. Each class integrates principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yinpostures, breath awareness, and optional reflection. There is no expectation to fix, heal, or resolve grief, only to make space for what is present. Saturday 10am 3/7-4/4

8 HOUR TRAUMA INFORMED LIVING Feb 28 $199
8 HOUR TRAUMA & ADDICTION WORKSHOP April 18 $222
20 HOUR TRAUMA INFORMED YOGA NIDRA TRAINING $375
May 16/17 and June 13/14
6 HOUR TRAUMA, FASCIA & EMOTIONS WORKSHOP Sept 13 $177
4 HOUR TRAUMA INFORMED BREATHWORK TRAINING Nov 8 $144

02/15/2026

Join us in person or online for Step 3 Week 2

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 link is listed in class description when you register. Copy it!
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02/14/2026

Spreading love on Valentine’s Day, but the kind that makes you stop breathing for a second.

Yesterday, my fine line floral tattoo artist, Nora, told me she is starting something called “The Jennie Project”. I didn’t expect it and totally didn’t see it coming. I just started crying as she explained it to me.

Every three months, she will offer a completely free fine line floral mastectomy tattoo to a breast cancer survivor. No catch. Just care. Just beauty. Just repair. WHO DOES THAT?

I have been working with Nora for over a year now. We started on my leg, bringing softness back into my body through fine line florals. Slowly, gently, letting me feel safe in my skin again. Over time, that work moved upward, and eventually onto my chest. Something I never thought I would be able to look at, let alone transform.

My partner has sat with me through every session. We cry. Deep cries. Not just from the pain, but from what it means to reclaim a body that has been through so much. Nora holds space in a way that feels rare. She lets me show up exactly as I am that day. Quiet. Emotional. Dissociated. Present. She meets all of it without needing anything from me.

People like her feel almost mythical. And I am still overwhelmed writing this, because the impact this will have on survivors is massive. Being able to look in the mirror again. Being able to see something beautiful instead of loss. That kind of healing changes lives. Nora will be changing lives.

If breast cancer has touched you or someone you love, please consider following my tattoo artist on IG. She is located in Mt Laurel NJ at . Her work is incredible, take it from me I am her walking canvas. Even if tattoos are not your thing, supporting work like this matters. This kind of kindness deserves to be seen. It deserves to spread.

I am endlessly grateful. And I am holding so much love right now.

02/13/2026

The word “nervous system” is so overhyped and overplayed right now that it’s starting to lose all meaning. Everything is suddenly “for your nervous system.”
This class will settle it.
This practice will calm it.
This room will “melt” it (however that happens).
And what we’re really saying, whether we mean to or not, is that if you come here, something specific should happen inside you.

That is a dangerous expectation to set.

Not just in yoga, but in any space where a class is framed as being “for” anxiety, for pain, for relief, for calm, for back pain, for weight loss. Because the moment we attach an outcome to a practice, we turn it into a quiet promise. And bodies do not respond well to promises.

Especially bodies that learned early on that stillness wasn’t safe. That quiet meant vigilance. That slowing down meant there was nowhere left to run. For a lot of people, stillness doesn’t soften anything. It amplifies. The mind gets louder. The body gets tighter. Awareness increases without any sense of containment.

And then what happens?

They assume they’re doing it wrong.
That they failed at the practice.
That their body didn’t get the memo.

This is where harm sneaks in, packaged up as healing language.

do you know how many people will walk into a slowed down yoga class such as restorative or yin or yoga Nidra and have a panic attack? Have a visceral reaction to the body having to be still, to the room being more silent?? a lot. And if you’re marketing a class as “ calming” and they are now hyper vigilant what do you do???? How do you safely deal?

Practices are not cures or guarantees. They are not delivery systems for relief. Sometimes they feel supportive. Sometimes they feel activating. Sometimes they feel neutral. Sometimes they feel awful. All of those responses are ok.

A truly responsible space doesn’t sell outcomes. It doesn’t tell people what they should feel by the end. It doesn’t imply that calm is waiting if you just show up correctly. It offers choice. It offers pacing. It offers permission. And it leaves room for the reality that bodies respond differently on different days for different reasons.

stop hopping on a trend, please

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