The Rooted Life Experience
Duvall, WA | October 18-20, 2024
A 2-month online experience and a 3-day healing retreat for your whole person.
Story. Body. Soul.
Knowing our story creates a map of where we’ve been so we better know where we’re meant to go. Our stories regulate the way our bodies and minds work together (or don’t). We are designed for harmony so that we can live lives of flourishing and meaning, work through obstacles, and make an impact in our communities. But sometimes living in that harmony can be difficult to achieve.
Everything is connected to everything. Our story is complex and layered. Our body, beautiful and resilient, holds our story. And it is through our story and body that we enter into our communities.
Rooted Life exists to create space for women who seek to better understand the interconnectedness of their story, body, and soul, and how it connects with the stories, bodies, and souls of others. Join women from all seasons and stages of life to discover how your story has:
shaped your way of being in the world
impacted your physical and mental health
created your relational roadmap
Learning to read your story well is sacred work. Hard work. The women we gather are ready to engage all of themselves because they sense they were made for more. More life, more love, more connection, more rest, more freedom, more groundedness, more courage. More is possible.
“Exploring my story in community has been one of the most life-changing experiences. It literally changed the way I see myself … and the way I get to show up in the world.”
Quote from past attendee
The details
What will we do?
The Rooted Life Experience is a 2-month online experience + a 3 day in person retreat that introduces the holistic healing of your story, body, spirit, and soul. Our workshops & small group sessions with counselors, assessments & activities, as well as outdoor experiences will be the catalyst to engage your story, body, and soul. You can expect to:
Understand what it means to live a “rooted” life, grounded in your story and values
Understand how your story impacts your physical, mental, emotional, and relational health
Understand how childhood wounds (emotional, physical, spiritual) continue to impact and shape your life
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Notice and name current emotions and communicate them for relational flourishing (shame, guilt, contempt, loneliness, anger, etc)
Grow in kindness, compassion, and tuning out your inner critic (fighting against feeling like you’re too much or not enough)
Make connections between physical symptoms or diagnoses and your story or significant life events and recognize the barriers to healing (emotional, relational and physical)
Understand how the gut, muscles, and heart are intricately connected with the brain and mental health
Develop a lifestyle plan to remediate symptoms, improve function, and increase relational satisfaction
Identify and remove toxins (toxic thoughts, toxic relationships, environmental toxins) as a pathway to healing
See how your story affects your core values and your core values affect your story
Understand why unbecoming may be better than becoming (pulling up and destroying compulsions, habits, or patterns)
To determine where you are stuck, in transition, or not taking action
How community, connection, and character matter
How to engage with people, practicing grace, trust, and vulnerability
Grow in naming desire, needs, priorities
Understand the role of boundaries and accountability
How your circle of influence & growing community contribute to flourishing
Who is it for?
EVERYONE! The Rooted Life Experience is for any woman:
Feeling anxious, stuck, depressed, sluggish, stressed, guilty, etc.
Struggling with self-loathing, negative self-talk, or compulsive people-pleasing, etc.
Experiencing numbness, disassociation, PTSD, or body dysmorphia
Longing for meaningful work, deeper relationships, greater creativity, etc
Desiring freedom, transformation, rest, or restoration
The Rooted Life Experience
Two months + three days. Our desire is that through pre-work and post-work you will have time to engage and process the content before and after the retreat. This will help you begin to embody what you learn, as well as incorporate it into your regular rhythms and routines of your life. We strongly encourage (and hope) you’ll choose to continue on after the three-month experience by joining a Rooted Group, where you’ll continue to meet with someone from our team along in a small group coaching experience, to learn, grow, and support one another.
The pre-work for August includes a video tutorial, some assessments, and a written story exercise. In the month of September, you’ll be engaging your story during an online Story Workshop. Then in October we’ll gather in person for the Rooted Life Retreat at beautiful Mosswood Hollow. We promise the investment will be worth it.
August
Guided Online Content
Write – 1 Writing Exercise
Listen – 3 Podcasts
Discover – 2 Assessments
October
1-day Online Story Workshop, October 5th
A small group experience to explore the themes in your story.
October
Retreat Oct. 18-20 at Mosswood Hollow
3 days of learning, laughing, crying, playing, resting, & tending to the parts of us that need healing.
October-December
Join a Rooted Group (included!)
Led by Amy, Crystal, & Karla, you’ll continue your healing journey with the Rooted Life community through a series of monthly topical small group coaching sessions designed to empower your continued care, growth, and transformation.
“This was so helpful In guiding me out of some serious gut issues. I really appreciated that my health issues were addressed from a whole body and mind perspective. I have gained great new habits and feel 100% better. I highly recommend it.”
Quote from past attendee
(founders of Rooted Life)
A note from Amy, Crystal, Karla, & Stacy
We fully believe each woman has been created for love, purpose, and flourishing. But we live in a world where it can be hard to know, let alone root ourselves in that truth. The Rooted Life Experience was born out of our desire to share the goodness we’ve encountered on our journey—healing, transformation, and deeper connection—with other women. Our hope is to facilitate just such a journey for you by creating space for you to engage your physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental health through the lens of your story.
“For some reasons universal to all, and other reasons specific to just me - I was feeling stuck. My life had come to a complete standstill. I wasn’t sure how to proceed...and some days I lacked the motivation to even dream of another way. Through guidance and wisdom I rediscovered my core values and began to set new life giving goals for myself. I began to move again. I am so grateful and I would highly recommend this to anyone feeling as though they too need some movement in their heart and soul. #fivestars #allthethumbsup”
Quote from past attendee
Schedule while in Duvall
We’re eager to set a table for you; amazing location, food, drink, and a community of unique women who find themselves on a similar journey. We’ll gather at beautiful Mosswood Hollow, nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, where we intend for our time together to be insightful, encouraging, restful, and even a bit challenging. We hope you leave changed, energized, and ready to step more fully into who you were created to be. We can’t wait to meet you.
Below is a tentative schedule for each day.
Day One
11a-1p Arrive at Duvall House
1-2p Welcome Session
2-5:30p Afternoon Sessions
6:00p Dinner
7:30p Story Group Connect
8:30p Social Time
Day Two
7:00a Morning Movement (calming and awareness)
8-9a Breakfast + Grounding
9a – 12p Morning Sessions
12:00p Lunch
1-6p Afternoon Sessions
6:00p Dinner
7-9p Evening Session
9:00p Social Time
Day Three
8:00a Breakfast
9a-12p Morning Sessions
12:00p Interactive Lunch
1:30p Group Activity
2:30-4:30p Afternoon Sessions
5:00p Dinner & Sending
6:00p Safe travels
Investment
What your investment includes:
2 months of online content PRIOR to arriving October 18th
Story Workshop - online group experience
Meals – All meals, drinks, & snacks
Lodging – Registration includes your choice of a private or shared room
Outdoor experiences – Facilitated group experiences in beautiful Duvall, Washington
Individual Consultation – Dedicated time to debrief and talk through next steps
Sessions – Full access to all workshops and activities
Resources - A wide array of support, tools and groups
Community – You’ll meet & leave with a community of friends
Swag from our amazing brand partners
Group Photo taken by our Rooted Life photographer
What it does not include:
Airfare and transportation to Duvall, WA is not included.
Registration
for October 18-20, 2024
$350 deposit due on registering, balance will be due 10/1.
*limited to 16 women
Full payment and payment plans available. For scholarship information, email us here.
