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KIND MIND, OPEN HEART, CALM BODY
The Rooted Heart Healing Center offers holistic blend of psychotherapy services for individuals and couples, supporting emotional and relational well-being.

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12/21/2025

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new moon in sagittaurius
2025 is closing out a universal 9 year : clearing + purifying : release : completion : it’s time to lean into expansion : big picture thinking : let Winter stoke your inner fire :

sag dark moon energies
align with truth : freedom : vision : shedding the old skins : outworn beliefs, behaviors, relationships : release old karmic + ancestral wounds : trust your instincts :

create time for
walk in nature to move stuck energies : enjoy warm grounding foods : read a book : pranayama : fire ritual : journal : letting go ceremony : vision mapping ie vision board, or letter to you future self : meditation for deep listening : connect with the fire element :

Journal prompts:

🔥Which inherited beliefs (family, culture, conditioning) no longer align with my soul?

🔥What would freedom look like if it came from alignment rather than escape?

🔥Where have I been editing myself to stay safe, liked, or understood?

🔥What guiding word, mantra, or prayer wants to anchor this lunar cycle?

🔥How does my body respond when something is a clear yes?





.Presence doesn’t ask us to go anywhere else. It invites us to arrive; right here, right now.There is an ancient wisdom...
12/21/2025

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Presence doesn’t ask us to go anywhere else. It invites us to arrive; right here, right now.

There is an ancient wisdom that awakens when we walk slowly. A remembering that lives in the body, not the mind.

Walking a labyrinth becomes a quiet conversation with the self.
Each step an invitation…to release effort and slow the mind, to loosen control and return to the body, to trust the turning of the spiral path. Nothing to solve. Nothing to prove.

A silent meditation reset is not an escape from life, but a re-entry into it. Where the breath deepens. The nervous system settles. The heart is finally given space to speak.

Stillness becomes medicine. Presence becomes the guide. We remember…we were never lost.The way has always been beneath our feet.





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12/10/2025

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.As we stand at the edge of this final month, many of us are feeling the quiet rumble of a cycle completing. This year h...
12/08/2025

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As we stand at the edge of this final month, many of us are feeling the quiet rumble of a cycle completing. This year has carried the vibration of a nine year! A powerful threshold of endings, release, & sacred closure. In the medicine of the Snake, this time has asked us to shed the skins that have grown too tight: old identities, outdated patterns, lingering heaviness, & the ways we’ve kept ourselves small.

It has been a year of peeling back the layers, returning to essence, & making space for the next, more aligned version of Self to emerge. And with every shedding, a little more light, breath, and life-force has been able to move through.

This is why practices like Red Hat Qi Gong feel so resonant right now. They mirror the very process the year has carried us through; cleansing, clearing, renewing, and awakening the Qi so that the mind, body, & soul can step into the new with vitality rather than exhaustion. As the Snake teaches, we do not fear the shedding; we honor it as an initiation into what is next.

This ancient healing art works directly with the life-force energy; “Qi” (also known as chi or prana) to cleanse, balance, & recharge the mind, body, & soul. Through gentle yet powerful energetic movements, it dissolves blockages, releases outgrown patterns, & restores the natural flow of Qi throughout the system.

This deep soul-centered work is profoundly purifying & harmonizing, supporting the energy within & around the individual so that a sense of equilibrium, spaciousness, & vitality can be felt at the core.

While Red Hat Qi Gong is a complete practice on its own, it can beautifully complement psychotherapy. Many experience shifts in their energetic patterning that open the way for emotional movement & growth which allows forward momentum where there was once stagnancy.

Now is the time to book your end-of-year shedding for December, January, or February…closing the Snake year with intention & preparing to step into the fiery, forward-moving energy of the Fire Horse on February 17, 2026.

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12/08/2025

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Pranayama + breath work

NADI SHODHANA OR ALTERNATE NOSTRIL
BREATHING INSTRUCTIONS:

Nadi Shodhana:
when you’re feeling stressed, anxious, or in need of a reset button.

* Take a comfotable and tall seat, making sure your spine is straight and your heart is open.
* Relax your left hand on your left knee. Lift your right hand up toward your nose. with your pointer finger + middle finger to rest between your eyebrows.
* Exhale completely and then use your right thumb to close your right nostril.
* Inhale through your left nostril and then close the left nostril with your ring finger so both nostrils are held and closed.
* Retain your breath at the top of the inhale for a brief pause.
* Open the right nostril and slowly exhale through this side; pause briefly at the bottom of the exhale.
* Inhale through the right nostril and then close this nostril.
* Open the left nostril and exhale through the left side.

*This is one cycle. Continue for up to 5 minutes. Always complete the practice by finishing with an exhale on the left side.

Repeat 5-10 cycles, allowing your mind to follow your inhales and exhales. If you’re moving through the sequence slowly, one cycle should take you about 30-40 seconds.

Tip: Consistency is helpful, so try to match the length of your inhales, pauses, and exhales. For example, you can start to inhale for a count of five, hold for five, exhale for five, hold for five. You can slowly increase your count as you refine your practice.

*Please note that some tools may have medical restrictions. Consult with a medical professional for guidance.

















.Lately I’ve been hearing the same thing from so many people. There’s a collective sense of being distracted, scattered,...
12/01/2025

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Lately I’ve been hearing the same thing from so many people. There’s a collective sense of being distracted, scattered, unfocused, & unable to get anything done.

If this is you, you’re not alone. Truly.

We’re living in a time where nervous systems are stretched thin, overloaded, & trying to process more than they can comfortably hold. What looks like procrastination or chaos on the outside is often a sign that something inside is overwhelmed & needing support.

Distraction isn’t a character flaw; it’s a sign your nervous system is overwhelmed.
When you’re dysregulated, your brain shifts into survival mode, not focus mode.
Your attention scatters, not because you don’t care, but because your system is trying to protect you. The moment you feel yourself spinning out, try coming back into your body:

Here are 7 Instant Nervous System regulating Techniques (see slides for more detail) ➡️

1. Lengthen your exhale
Inhale for 4, exhale for 6–8. A long, slow exhale activates the parasympathetic system and invites your body back into center.

2. The Vagus Nerve Hum
Hum on your exhale…long and steady. Vibration stimulates the vagus nerve, helping the body shift out of fight-or-flight quickly.

3. Butterfly Tapping
Cross your arms over your chest and alternate gentle taps on your shoulders. This bilateral stimulation calms overwhelm and brings you back into your body fast.

4. Ear Pull & Ear Massage (Auricular Reset)
Gently tug your ears outward and massage the ridge from top to bottom.

The ear is rich with vagus nerve endings, and this simple touch sends a rapid calming signal to the whole system. It’s like flipping your body’s “relax” switch.

6. Ground Through Your Feet
Press your feet firmly into the ground. Hold for 10 seconds. You can also alternate the feet for bilateral stimulating benefits.
This engages the lower body and interrupts the freeze/fawn response.

7. “Havening” Touch
Slow strokes down your arms from shoulders to elbows. This releases calming delta waves and reduces distress quickly.

When your nervous system is overwhelmed, focus becomes fractured.

Scattered thoughts, disorganization, procrastination, and constant distraction aren’t signs that you’re failing. They’re signs that your body is carrying more than it can hold.

Your system isn’t misbehaving. It’s communicating.

The moment you shift from blame to understanding, everything softens. With simple regulating practices, you can return to clarity, presence, and the grounded version of yourself that’s always waiting beneath the noise.

Your attention comes back online when your body feels safe.

Regulation is the doorway home.

The nature of illusion is that,when you see through it,it disappears.
11/30/2025

The nature of illusion is that,

when you see through it,

it disappears.














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11/20/2025

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new moon in scorpio
cross quarter between Autumn equinox + Winter Solstice : thinning veils : deep dive into the underworld : portal of death + rebirth : presence :

scorpio dark moon energies
stirring the inner cauldron : cleanse the dark corner of your psyche : release the stagnant energy : emotional honesty : leave nothing unturned : heightened intuition : clarity :

create time for
slowing down : getting present with yourself : stream of consciousness journaling : soak in water : meditation : explore the water element through a water ritual :

Journal prompts:

🐍 What truths have you been avoiding? Write them down, sit with them, and release.

🐍 What masks are you still wearing…how have they protected you? What gets I the way of removing them?

🐍 What part(s) of you needs to die for the new you to rise?

🐍 Where are you ready to step into your personal power? What is holding you back?

🐍 Write down 3 goals you would like to plant seeds for future harvest?

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11/20/2025

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The solo quest arrives like a tremor beneath your ribs...
a quiet, undeniable signal that your life is shifting at the level of soul.

This isn’t a journey of escape.
It’s a summoning. An ancient initiation pulling you toward the places within you that still hold the echoes of your lineage.
You feel the threads of old stories,
the weight of inherited patterns,
the pulse of ancestral agreements that once shaped your path.

And something in you knows:
it’s time to break the spell.
You begin walking with your eyes open and your heart bare,
each step is like a pathway of sacred geometry being lit up beneath you and within you...meeting the wounds that were passed down, the identities you learned to wear, the protections you no longer need.
Piece by piece, what isn’t yours begins to fall away.

The shedding is real.
The unraveling is gut wrenching and painful especially if you attempt to hold on...but, the letting go is sacred.
The rebirth is already happening.

Athough the pathway ahead is not clear,
there is a new path forming, although faint
like footsteps appearing just as you lift your feet.
You don’t see it.
You feel it.
A deep internal knowing that the forward motion is not optional,
it is soul-led, inevitable, true.

This is the remembering of your original self.
The one beneath the lineage.
Beneath the conditioning.
Beneath the lifetimes.

A return.
A reclamation.
A raw, heart-centered awakening into the next version of your becoming.

Keep going…
Your soul knows the way.















.Dendera has always felt like a portal…not simply a sacred site, but a living doorway of consciousness. A place where ti...
11/12/2025

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Dendera has always felt like a portal…not simply a sacred site, but a living doorway of consciousness. A place where time dissolves, the veils thin, and the ancient feminine rises in our bones.

When I walked those passageways last year, beneath Hathor’s star drenched ceilings, something in me stirred awake.

It was a remembering.
A cellular knowing.
A return.

Although I couldn’t make the pilgrimage this year, the temple of Dendera still lives in my field, and deep in my being. Especially on this 1111 gateway, as the northern lights paint the sky with cosmic prayers. It’s as if the universe is whispering the same truth the temple once did: we are not separate from the sacred, the ancient, or the divine.

You don’t always need to stand in the temple to feel its power. Some places imprint you forever…they travel with you.

So today, instead of stepping across ancient thresholds, I step inward.
Into quiet.
Into devotion.
Into the part of me that still carries the dust of those sacred corridors and the stories carved in stone.

Some portals open when you arrive.
Some open when you remember.

And this one…opens simply because I am listening.

May your heart remember what your soul has always known.


.After infidelity comes to light, it can feel like the ground beneath you disappears.The life you thought you knew sudde...
11/10/2025

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After infidelity comes to light, it can feel like the ground beneath you disappears.

The life you thought you knew suddenly dissolves.
The person you trusted most now feels like a stranger.
Your nervous system is in shock…your mind racing, your heart aching, your body holding more than you know what to do with.

If you’re here, please hear this:
The pain you’re in right now is real, valid, & it will not always feel this overwhelming.

Infidelity isn’t “just a betrayal.”
It is a trauma. One that shatters safety, identity, & connection.
And healing requires time, support, and space to grieve what was lost before you can rebuild what may still be possible.

There is a path forward; not rushed, not forced, not bypassed, but rooted in truth, repair, & conscious rebuilding.

Healing is possible.
You don’t have to walk this alone.

Tangible Steps: Moving Forward After Betrayal (see slides for more details)➡️

1. Stabilize your nervous system
2. Name & Honor the Loss
3. Establish emotional boundaries
4. Seek truth…at a pace your body can handle
5. Create a containment plan
6. Begin rebuilding through slow, intentional action steps
7. Get Support

Restoring trust after betrayal takes courage. It begins with understanding the roadmap, reclaiming your power, & choosing, from your deepest truth, what comes next.

Whether you rebuild the relationship together or you choose to walk a different path…

Healing is possible.

It’s not linear.
It’s not fast.
But there is a map.
And there is hope.

You are not defined by what happened.

You are not broken.
You are a survivor of something deeply painful & you are allowed to rise from this.

From here, you get to rebuild your life with intention, power, & truth, one grounded step at a time.

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11/04/2025

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