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Welcome to Root + Weave.

Earthy ritual, Women’s Circles, heart-opening + nourishing spaces. 🌿

Poetry / Shamanism / Sacred Spaces

Debut Poetry + Guided Journey book: ‘Embers Beneath the Stars’ is out now.

18/10/2025

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08/10/2025

WILD WEAVINGS // NOVEMBER SESSION 🍂

Welcome, Wild One,

This is your invitation to join me for my signature Shamanic Drum + Cacao evening.

What to expect / flow:

🦋 Connection + Community
🌷 Grounding Meditation
🪷 Guided Shamanic Journey
🌿 Shamanic Drumming
✨ Curated Playlist
🔥 Roaring Fire
❤️‍🔥 Warming Cacao

November Session
Sunday 16 November
17:00 - 19:00

Nantwich

6 spaces // book at rootandweave.com 🪷
🔗 tickets in b i o

📸: Dreamy snaps of me by .photography

23/09/2025

ALCHEMY: A 3 PART WOMEN’S CIRCLE SERIES with & .

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We are so excited to invite you to our exclusive 3-Part Women’s Healing Circle Series, honouring the last 3 Full Moons of 2025.

DATES:
Sunday 5th October
Sunday 9th November
Sunday 7th December

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WHAT IS A CIRCLE?
A women’s circle is a safe & sacred space for women to gather, to remember & reclaim their power through sharing stories, journalling, meditation & ritual.

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WHAT TO EXPECT:

☾ Grounding Meditations

☾ Warming

☾ Herbal Tea Infusions

☾ Oracle Card Reading

☾ Alchemical Journalling

☾ Shamanic Journeying

☾ Elemental Rituals

☾ Sound Healing

☾ Sweet Treats & Refreshments

☾ A Personal Gift for You

☾ & more…

We will journey with different themes in each circle, in Lumine Lunae - ‘by the light’ of the last 3 Full Moons of 2025. A full moon illuminates all that is ready to be seen & transformed.

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This is for you if you desire:

To deepen your connection to yourself.
To meet like minded souls.
To feel empowered & inspired.
Powerful tools & practices to integrate into your daily life.

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The circles will be held from 4-7.30pm by Melisa Karasu & Melissa Chiara (Root + Weave) at a private studio in Altrincham, South Manchester. You will receive an email upon booking with the address & preparation details.

Limited spaces // booking 🔗 in b i o

Melisa & Melissa

21/09/2025

About 7 months ago, I was scrolling through Instagram + I suddenly stopped in my tracks.

As I looked at my screen, a Drum stared back at me.

Like a Siren, she called through the ether.

Her skin, mirroring the Moon + dark as a cloudy Autumn sky …

I was mesmerised.

Patiently, I waited without expectation, but once you hear a Siren’s call there is an ache that gently rattles your bones in the quiet moments + she kept calling.

Drums have a spirit, in many ways they are alive. A living alter, a bridge between the worlds + they respond to a reciprocal relationship.

In July 2023, I met my first Shamanic Drum. Aspen wood frame, white Goat hide, this is the drum you see at Wild Weavings + in my photographs.

During my Shamanic Practitioner training with (+ Alison), my Drum + I built an even deeper relationship, one that I actually find hard to find the words for.

Drums are our gateway to the Otherworld, the Shamanic realms. Tended with care, they support us on our journey + open the mind through trance to a journey that has long awaited us.

I believe that you know in your heart when a Drum is calling to you. Yes, they are medicine tools but I feel as though they call to you, sometimes like a Siren in the mist or a song on the wind. They know when you are ready.

7 months later, I hold this Drum in my own hands. Dark Goat hide, with a light Oak frame, lovingly crafted by Jack at , she is a Drum that is here to do powerful work.

She is not a replacement for my white drum, she is a companion. The darkness, to its light.

Thank you, Jack, for the beautiful offerings + for this handcrafted Rattle, Drum Be**er + Drum Oil. 🪶

It is an honour to walk this path + to find kindred spirits along the way.

In October, I start University, but I also embark of continuation of my Shamanic path. I wonder where this Drum will lead me … 🖤

Blessed Autumn Equinox 🍂
The season of descent is here.

Tell me, did your Drum call to you? + if you currently don’t work with one, can you feel a Drum calling?
Share in the comments 💌

14/09/2025

WILD WEAVINGS // OCTOBER SESSION 🌹

Welcome, Wild One,

This is your invitation to join me for my signature Shamanic Drum + Cacao evening.

Descending toward Samhain we will honour the thinning of the veil, the darkened nights + the fires within.

What to expect / flow:

🦋 Connection + Community
🌷 Grounding Meditation
🪷 Guided Shamanic Journey
🌿 Shamanic Drumming
✨ Curated Playlist
🔥 Roaring Fire
❤️‍🔥 Warming Cacao

October Session
Sunday 19 October
17:00 - 19:00

Nantwich

6 spaces // book at rootandweave.com 🪷
🔗 tickets in b i o

📸: Dreamy snaps by .photography

12/09/2025

I am very excited to announce that I have joined the ambassador programme. ❤️‍🔥

Common Roots are based in Poole, Dorset + are a Woman-owned organisation (shout out to Jo + Louise for your amazing work in the Cacao space).

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Poole, Dorset is also my Mother’s hometown, with a large portion of my English / Welsh ancestry stemming back deep into the 17th Century. As a Woman of many roots, to work with Cacao that has been ethically sourced from Peruvian (+ Guatemalan) farmers + then offered with love from Dorset makes my heart sing.

It’s a sweet connection.

What does this mean for you?

During Wild Weavings: Shamanic Drum + Cacao, we weave the spirit of Cacao into the journey.

Cacao has long been honoured as a sacred plant medicine, a gentle guide that opens the heart + stirs the spirit.

When shared in ceremony, Cacao helps us drop into the body, expand our capacity for love, + listen to the whispers of our soul.

Paired with practices such as Shamanic Drumming + journeywork, Cacao becomes an ally that guides us into communion with ourselves.

This is why I only share Cacao that I have personally built a relationship with. 🤍

You will also be able to purchase these 30g bags at the end of sessions to aid your integration, or to savour the taste of this gorgeous medicine.

A little note: please always read the Cacao contraindications when signing up for any Wild Weavings event (these will appear upon booking).

Next Wild Weavings: 21 September at 🌬️

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27/08/2025

WILD WEAVINGS - AUTUMN EQUINOX // SEPTEMBER SESSION 🍂✨

Welcome, Wild One,

This is your invitation to join me for my signature Shamanic Drum + Cacao evening.

In this session, we will be stepping forth into the Autumn Equinox portal together.

As the Wheel turns once more, our journey into Autumn begins. The season of descent awaits + I’m so excited to meet you there. 🕯️

What to expect / flow:

🦋 Connection + Community
🌷 Grounding Meditation
🪷 Guided Shamanic Journey
🌿 Shamanic Drumming
✨ Curated Playlist
🔥 Roaring Fire
❤️‍🔥 Warming Cacao

September Session
Sunday 21st September
17:00 - 19:00

Nantwich

6 spaces // book at rootandweave.com 🪷
🔗 tickets in b i o

📸: Dreamy snaps by .photography

03/08/2025

WILD WEAVINGS - AUGUST SESSION 🐺🫶🏻

Welcome, Wild One,

This is your invitation to join me for my signature Shamanic Drum + Cacao evening.

What to expect / flow:

🦋 Connection + Community
🌷 Grounding Meditation
🪷 Guided Shamanic Journey
🌿 Shamanic Drumming
✨ Curated Playlist
🔥 Roaring Fire
❤️‍🔥 Warming Cacao

August session
Sunday 31st August
17:00 - 19:00

Nantwich

6 spaces // book at rootandweave.com 🪷
🔗 tickets in b i o

📸: Dreamy snaps by .photography (Wolf edited by me not AI).

22/07/2025

A reading list for curious souls. 🫶🏻

These are a few of my favourite books, from Shamanism, to women’s studies, to healing trauma + beyond.

If it’s a ‘vintage’ copy, then I’m even happier, but most of these books are fortunately still in print + I love nothing more than visiting independent book shops with a hot coffee. ☕️

Of course, there are many more books to share so, here’s your invitation to SHARE YOUR FAVOURITES in the comments! 📖 ⚡️

Have you read any of these? Let me know! ❤️‍🔥

21/06/2025

I’m going back to school. 🎓

I’ll be 33 when I officially return to University + follow a dream I thought was over.

A dream I carefully buried + laid to rest, during a time in my life when I thought the realms of academia were for everyone but me.

I started at age 21, studying psychology, social sciences, criminology + sports coaching - a journey that spanned 6 years + multiple deferrals due to life experiences.

For many moons, I have dreamt about a different career. Inspired by those that danced in the darkness, weaving their words + supporting the healing of our psyches.

I began to realise that perhaps the first time around, I just wasn’t ready.

There were many underworld journeys to traverse.

There were many relationships which taught me the powers of attachment + not always in the best ways.

There were moments of excruciating pain, physically + mentally that taught me resilience + how to move toward the future when all I wanted to do was leave.

Inspired, always, by films of those that chose to challenge the status quo, to go against the grain + carve out a new life for themselves.

In honour of younger Melissa, who despite thinking she was not academically minded, actually passed her exams, tried new things + always held within her heart the desire to be the best she could be with what she held in her hands.

So, together, we take that step once more through the doors into a decision that has not been made lightly, but one that carries a gift perhaps on the other side - one where we can make a difference in the ways that we always dreamed.

Here’s to starting over, for it is never too late + you were + are always enough - I promise you.

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📸: .photography

Pinterest board inspo: 🪶📜

2. ‘Whisper of the Heart’ Studio Ghibli - 1995
3. ‘Educating Rita’ - 1983
4. ‘Dead Poets Society’ - 1989
5. ‘Legally Blonde’ (bend + snap 🥹 IYKYK) - 2001
6. ‘Gilmore Girls’ obvs. - 2003

28/05/2025

The Secret Garden Women’s Circle - 14th June.

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Hosted by &

“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” - Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden.

Inspired by one of our favourite childhood films, you are invited to journey with us in The Secret Garden.

Can you hear the whispers of Mother Earth?
Spring has sprung, nature is alive & thriving, the days are warmer & longer.

This season is a powerful time to step into this portal of new life & new beginnings, to connect & commune with nature & the earth, spirit & the universe.

We will gather together to plant seeds of intention, honouring the fertile earth, welcoming Spring & the coming Summer, rebirth, renewal & growth it brings.

🌸 WHEN:
Saturday 14th June
2:30-7pm at a private studio in Altrincham, South Manchester.

You will receive an email upon booking with the full address and preparation details.

🌸 WHAT TO EXPECT:

☾ Grounding Meditation

☾ Cacao Ceremony

☾ Guided Shamanic Journey

☾ Secret Garden Ritual

☾ Alchemical Journalling

☾ Gentle Movement Medicine

☾ Poetry Reading

☾ Immersive Sound Healing Experience

☾ Soul Connections

☾ Sweet Treats & Refreshments

☾ & more…

Tickets & further information in the b i o 🔗
Limited spaces available. 🦋

With love,
Melisa & Melissa

22/05/2025

WILD WEAVINGS - JUNE SESSION 🐆🫶🏻

Welcome, Wild One,

This is your invitation to join me for my signature Shamanic Drum + Cacao evening.

What to expect / flow:

🦋 Connection + Community
🌷 Grounding Meditation
🪷 Guided Shamanic Journey
🌿 Shamanic Drumming
🌀 Embodied Movement
✨ Curated Playlist
🔥 Roaring Fire
❤️‍🔥 Warming Cacao

June session
Sunday 8th June
17:00 - 19:00

Nantwich

6 spaces // book at rootandweave.com 🪷
🔗 tickets in b i o

📸: Dreamy snaps by .photography. ❤️‍🔥
🐾: Pinterest - Artist unknown.

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