Emerge Asheville

26/09/2025

friends!
This is the first year (and perhaps only year) that I will have a booth at VeganFest, and I could not be more excited. In fact, I am really geeking out about it. And I would be DELIGHTED if you could stop by and say hello!

If you have not yet experienced the joy of VeganFest, it is a full day of delicious food trucks, great vegan merchandise, music, facepainting, and lovely festivities. And this year my friend Amy is driving from Wisconsin so we can sell the books and inspirational decks that we have made together to the Asheville community.

This awesomeness is happening October 5th from noon until 5:00pm in Pack Square. Look for the booth with the sign “Vegan Besties Art Hearts”.

Cannot wait to see you there!

14/06/2025

Please


If you are one who has practice
meeting the pain of the world,
we need you. Right now we need you
to teach us it is possible to swallow
what is weighty and still be able to rise.
We need you to remind us we can
be furious and scared and near feral
over injustice and still thrill at the taste
of a strawberry, ripe and sweet,
can still meet a stranger and shake
their hand, believing in their humanness.
We need you to show us how
we, too, can fall into the darkest,
unplumbed pit and learn there
a courage and beauty
we could never learn from the light.
If you have drowned in sorrow
and still have somehow found
a way to breathe, please, lead us.
You are the one with the crumbs
we need, the ones we will use to find
our way back to the home of our hearts.

—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

16/10/2024

Emerge Asheville is open once again! We are here to support our gorgeous community as we all find our way after the devastation. If you need support right now please book at www.emergeasheville.com. I am available both in person and online and Niki Kurdos is providing deeply healing reiki sessions remotely. We are so grateful to be able to provide this work as we all continue to heal.

05/05/2024

Asheville friends!

Tomorrow night Billy Zanski (from Skinny Beats Sound) and I are coming together at a new location (the fabulous Restoration Hotel) to host a sound healing and reiki event. We would be delighted if you attended! Information and registration information can be found in the link below.

Hope to see you there!
Rachel

Come relax and rejuvenate under the new moon with a soothing sound bath at The Restoration Hotel!

12/07/2023

Podcasts are amazing! Especially this one- The 1 Girl Revolution. Feeling honored to share my story about my evolution from anti-human trafficking advocate to healer and hiker. Thank you to
Kate Bryan Milligan for giving me a platform to share my story!
https://1girlrevolution.com/racheldurchslag/

14/01/2023

I am excited to announce my colleague is hosting this wonderful free seminar this week. Dr. South is extraordinary and I strongly recommend attending this if you can!

15/12/2022

Asheville friends! I still have a few spots open Sunday night for a collaborative reiki/sound healing event at 5 at Skinny Beats Sound Shop. It is a beautiful event to welcome in the solstice. If you are interested please message me!

04/11/2022

I am excited to announce an amazing opportunity- the chance to become Reiki Level 1 certified in Asheville! Check out the information below. This is an exquisite opportunity to elevate your healing journey.

17/08/2021

I am so honored to have been included in this article and as part of such a stunning healing journey. If you are at all interested in EFT then check this out:

Shameika Rhymes is a North Carolina-based writer who writes about wellness, pop culture, lifestyle and culture. Here, she shares how she used EFT tapping to relieve stress and anxiety.Stress has been a constant sidekick of mine during the pandemic, affecting my sleep cycle, eating habits, and more.....

01/10/2020

This book is simply delightful- filled with great mindfulness articles and sweet activities. If you are looking for a resource to bring some sunshine into your life, I highly recommend this one.

19/06/2020

Self-care tip of the day: Celebrate Juneteenth! Today is the anniversary of the day slavery officially ended in the United States. Commemorate the day buy virtually tuning into one of these events: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/holiday/virtual-juneteenth-celebrations/73-6c4e12ba-01d9-452f-bca8-77d1eb0bb42c, signing this petition: https://www.change.org/p/united-states-congress-make-juneteenth-a-national-holiday-in-2020, or support an anti-racist organization in your community.

Here is how you could take part in the celebrations while also practicing social distancing.

11/06/2020

Self-care tip of the day: Join me in doing the "21 Day Racial Equity Challenge." I am so grateful to my partner for making me aware of this initiative which asks participants once a day for 21 days to do one action to further our understanding of power, privilege, supremacy, oppression, and equity. The website is full of great resources to fulfil the goal. Learn more at:

https://www.eddiemoorejr.com/21daychallenge.