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Woven Roots Collective, Atlanta, GA (2025)

10/13/2025

The popular opinion of the wellness model of our times seems to be that the goal is to always be open: open-hearted, open-minded, etc. The accompanying assumption is that to be guarded is to be shut down or cut off from connection, from feeling. But what if some guardianship and protection doesn’t cut us off from feeling, but actually allows more feeling?

Unboundaried openness does not always bring feelings of just expansive bliss; it can also bring so much openness that it can also bring feelings of anxiety, overwhelm, or excessive feeling to the point it turns the corner into numbness.

Hawthorn is a brilliant teacher for the balancing of opening and guarding, of vulnerability and protection. She is known to be a heart medicine, supporting both the physical and emotional heart. Her soft blossoms and tender leaves and berries help clear out and release what steels the heart. Surrounding these gentle parts are severe, nail-like thorns. And while these thorns are not consumed, their protection supports the survival and thriving of the flowers, leaves, and berries, so that they might offer their gifts of opening and clearing when they’re ready. Embedded in her being is a powerful example that to guard ourselves wisely is not about closing off, but about creating sufficient safety needed for deeper love, connection, and vitality to take root.

How do you discern between guarding and closing down? What are instances in your life that you might need more protection to let your heart open fully and freely?

Inspiration for ways to work with Hawthorn:
-in a tea or infusion, such as our herbal tea blend WATER
-as a tincture
-in a vingar or oxymel
-as a flower essence
-in meditation or ritual, such as sitting with a Hawthorn tree, or placing a thorn in spaces you seek protection

10/06/2025

We took a little day trip to to visit our friends at .market

We met these spectacular coffee connoisseurs and delightful people at one of our very first markets when we were just little fledgling vendors.

They were and continue to be so kind, supportive, and generous with sharing their wisdom and experience.

And it has been an absolute joy and inspiration to watch them grow! They continue to do market events, and now they have their own coffee room nestled in the unique town of Serenbe! They offer delicious coffee they roast themselves, as well as a variety of events, such as Story Time they co-host with the adorable bookstore next store. They’re beautiful space is decorated with art from their other vendor friends—just another amazing way they show support and participate in their communities.

And they’re making moves and growing! We cannot wait to see what they do next.

Having friends like them is such a lifeline in this business.

Thank y’all, Birdhouse!!! We are grateful for you and inspired by you! 💜

And our friends reading this, if you’re ever in Serenbe, be sure to check our Birdhouse Coffee Room!
and tell them we say hi! 🤗

09/29/2025

I have two spots left for the next round of my Authentic Movement group! Who’s going to join me?

What is Authentic Movement (AM)? AM is a form of dance movement therapy created by Mary Whitehouse in which a mover listens and responds to internal impulses from their own body in the presence of a non-judgmental witness. This practice emphasizes presence with sensations, images, and emotions as they spontaneously arise, without directing or analyzing them in the moment. The witness holds space with compassion and curiosity to create a container of sufficient safety and reflection. With repetition, the practice supports the cultivation of self-awareness, integration, and trust in the wisdom of the body.

While AM can look like dancing at times, it is not a strictly dance and not only for dancers. This practice is for anyone curious and willing to explore, and be in relationship with their body in the presence of a community of a witness and other movers.

Details for this group:
This group will last for 6 weeks (attendance to all sessions recommended but not required; please do not sign up if you are not able to attend at least 4 sessions in the series).
We will meet in my office near downtown Decatur on Thursdays from 7-8:30 pm, from October 16- November 20
The cost of this series is $222 ($37 per session).

Please DM me if you are interested!

09/25/2025

We’re coming back to Pine LakeFest this year!!!

We have not done very many pop-up markets and events this year, but LakeFest was one of our absolute favorites last year, so we just had to come back.

LakeFest is a weekend of full of great music, arts, food, games, and overall fun!!!

We’d love to see you there!!! Come enjoy this hidden gem tucked away between Decatur and Stone Mountain, and join us for a cup of chai on Saturday & Sunday, October 11 & 12 outside the Pine Lake Beach House.

09/24/2025

Huge gratitude to and to all of those who came out for the Composting & Seeding workshop (a bit late in sharing our gratitude, but better late than never I hope!)

This was such a sweet offering by our dear friend, Leah. We hope that others left feeling as moved and inspired as we did! We were filled with the energy of this gathering for days!

This workshop concluded our first series, WE ARE WOVEN ROOTS, in which we introduced our mission through workshop offerings and explored different ways we are all connected and can experience that connection. We are feeling incredibly full, proud, grateful, and excited with the culmination of this series.

We’re ready for more! More ways to connect. More ways to tend to ourselves, our communities, and the Earth. More ways to play and to cultivate awe. More ways to get off screens. More ways to dream.

Here we gooooo!

Thank you again to all of our facilitators and participants who support this work and mission. We literally cannot do this without each other.

09/22/2025

Happy fall, y’all! 🔥🍁🐛🍂🍄🌾

Feeling full of gratitude and joy after a weekend in the woods with dear friends who joined us in ritual to mark the turning of the season.

Marking the fall equinox is a beautiful way to embody our wildness and align with the rhythms of nature.

The fall equinox is the time when light and dark are evenly balanced in the cycle of a day.

It offers an opportunity to reflect on balance in our own life: where do I feel in balance? Where do I feel imbalanced? How do I restore balance in a way that is authentic and meaningful or effective RIGHT NOW?
(Balance is not a fixed point but rather a living, dynamic relationship to the moment).

It’s also a time of harvest, of taking stock of how things are as we prepare for darker days. It’s a time to orient towards gratitude, to integration, and to reflect on what we need in preparation for winter here in the Northern hemisphere.

Share with us how you’re marking this transition in the Wheel of the Year and celebrating the arrival of fall!

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09/16/2025

Wonder is an orientation of consciousness, a potential contained not within the subject but within the beholder.

Wonder is an enlivening force, a potency of presence.

Wonder is a choice, an act of rebellion.

Practice wonder ✨🪷🪸🐛🕸

09/15/2025

Stop telling yourself—or anyone else, for that matter—to just calm down.

While this phrase might be well-intended, it is rarely effective.

Because what it usually means is some variation of…
-I am not able or willing to handle your (or my) feelings
-I am not able or willing to tolerate what this feelings brings up in me
-I am not able or willing to get curious and understand what this feeling is about
-I am not able or willing to look for the wisdom of this feeling

“Calm down” usually leads to shutting down.

What most people are trying to say is some version of “it look likes you need to regulate”, or “I need you to regulate right now”.

But here’s the thing…REGULATION DOES NOT MEAN CALM

Regulated means connected—connected to ourselves enough to access choicefulness about how to act or respond in the moment, connected to others enough to feel sufficiently safe, held and protected, and connected to environment enough to feel a sense of place or containment and to resource as needed.

Rewilding the Autonomic Nervous System is a three week series in which we will dive deep into what regulation (and dysregulation) really is, and how to apply that perspective across a range of emotions or feeling states to feel more resilient in our daily lives.

When? Thursdays, September 25, October 2 & 9 from 7-8:30pm
Where? In-person at 315 W. Ponce de Leon Ave near downtown Decatur
Investment? $90 for the full series

To register, please simply DM us and we’ll fill you in on the details.

Interested but can’t make those dates? I’d love to know that, as well! I will definitely be offering this again in the future.

09/10/2025

Sometimes the medicine is simple: just sit with the fire 🔥

I had been noticing some stuck energy lately— a general malaise that felt hard to put my finger on where it was coming from or where it needed to go.

Of course, when I look around, it isn’t hard to find reasons to feel low…anxious…angry…

And all of that was part of it, but I could also feel there was something more going on.

I am in a process of unlearning, of unearthing. I feel the restlessness that comes when the impulse to move and not knowing how or where to move coexist.

It’s unsettling.

And part of the work is to be in the discomfort of that. To allow it; to welcome it, even.

But the other part of the work is to find and create movement.

For me, sitting with fire helped me do just that.
Simply being present with the dance of the flames, the crackling sound, the nostalgic aroma settled me, and suddenly flow felt possible again.
Tending the fire reoriented me, my relationship with me, and gently but powerfully burned away the stagnant barriers within.

On the outside, so little changed; but on the inside, so much shifted while sitting with the living, shimmering element of fire.

And after…that shift has carried on into the week. The balance of movement and acceptance continues, but the discomfort of my process doesn’t feel as limiting.

Perhaps the stagnancy I was feeling was the indicator that the fire within me needed tending, feeding. It was the reminder to return to the ritual fire, as so many of our ancestors know how to do.

Thank you to the ritual fire. Thank you for the medicine.

What do you notice when you sit with the fire?

09/09/2025

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Leah for a cup of tea and a conversation about her upcoming workshop, Horticultural Therapy: Composting & Seeding as Metaphor for Healing…

“Nature helps me with hoping and believing in the future, which is sometimes hard to do these days. It’s kind of like when during the pandemic and everything was shut down, I saw bees in Freedom Park, like, pollinating the little clover flowers, or getting their nectar from the little clover flowers, and I felt like, oh, it’s gonna be okay. Like, nature’s still going. We haven’t messed it up so much that there aren’t parts of nature still doing what they’re doing.

…

This workshop is for anyone who finds healing and peace in connection with nature–or anyone who wants to! We’ll do some mindfulness practices and self-reflection guided by nature; we’ll get our hands in the soil and some dirt under our fingernails; we’ll plant some literal metaphorical seeds; and perhaps most importantly of all, we’ll build a relationship with nature.

I hope that everyone that attends will leave feeling a little more grounded than when they came; that they’ll feel more open to the possibility of connecting nature in their day-to-day; and that they’ll feel inspired and empowered to sow seeds of connection, or of intentionality and whatever is growing within.”

Read the full interview to learn more about Leah on our blog.

Join Leah this Sunday, September 14th, to experience a few Horticultural Therapy practices for yourself to cultivate mindfulness and a deeper, supportive relationship with nature.

Links for all the things in our bio!

09/05/2025

Join Elizabeth for a three-week deep dive into your nervous system!

-Learn about the fundamental states of the nervous system

-Explore movement and mindfulness practices as a way to practice tuning in and being with various states on purpose

-Challenge the usual ideas of regulation and dysregulation to support greater self-understanding and acceptance

-Befriend and tend to your own unique nervous system profile to build emotional fortitude and resilience (strength and flexibility), and expand your authentic expression

*The nervous system is a hot topic these days. This workshop is for anyone who has ever been curious to learn more about the nervous system, including ways to understand your own nervous system and how to apply that understanding to foster healing and well-being.

We’ll meet on Thursdays, September 25, October 2, and October 9 from 7-8:30 pm, in-person at Elizabeth’s office in downtown Decatur.

$90 for the 3-session series.

Only 5 spots left! DM us to claim your spot today.

02/19/2025

Wild W**d Spring Tonic

-Chickweed
-Cleavers
-Deadnettle
-Henbit
-Dandelion

Chop up foraged* weeds.
Put into a jar, filled to the top. Top off to the tippy tippy top with apple cider vinegar so that the plants are fully covered.
Close the jar with a plastic or non-metal lid (vinegar corrodes metal— you don’t want that in your tonic!)
Shake it real good.
Place the jar somewhere dark and cool, such as a cabinet. Keep it somewhere where you won’t forget about it, because you’re going to shake it real good everyday.
After the first day or so, top off the tonic with apple cider vinegar again— as the plants soak it up and settle, there might not be enough apple cider vinegar to completely submerse the plants.
Allow your tonic to sit for 4-6 weeks, shaking daily (a great time to do a little dance and give some gratitude to connect with the plants)
After that time, strain and store it. Stored at room temperature, the tonic can last up to 6 months. Stored in the fridge, it can last up to a year.
Use it as a salad dressing or in cooking, or take a little shot of it 1-3 times a day to support your body’s inner spring cleaning and to flow with the change of seasons! See previous post for more details about the benefits of this spring tonic)

*be mindful of where you’re pulling weeds (foraging/harvesting) for your tonic. Avoid pulling from places where the plants likely carry extra toxins that will mess up your spring cleaning, such as from road sides or under gutters.

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