Alissa Vreeland

Alissa Vreeland Anxiety therapist turned somatic flow teacher helping you to release stress + emotions with a combination of somatics + sisterhood

03/05/2026

What if by trying to fit into a box— you’re actually neglecting your greatest gifts? Your zone of genius? The parts of you that are the most authentic, the most you, and therefore— the most magnetic?

It took me decades to realize that yes, I can force myself to memorize and recite things. To remember the details. To live in the facts, but in doing so…. I abandon my actual gift— which is trusting my intuitive wisdom to come through in the way it needs to

I always believed that was less impactful, less valid, less credible. But we all have our own strengths and gifts. I admire people who can hear things one time and store it in a catalog in their brain to be referenced 5 years later, detail for detail. I am not that person.

Yet I find it so interesting how often I get approached after class by students/members asking me if I prep for class because I seem to just know what to say at exactly the right time. I don’t prep. Prepping actually makes me uncomfortable. And it is the only space professionally where I’ve learned to let myself sink into my gift to just speak and trust that the message I share is exactly what is meant to be shared in that moment

And that’s what I’d like this account to be a little more of. Me trusting my own voice. Stepping into my gift. Taking up space. And asking the questions, sharing the downloads, that get you to do the same— just like I do in class.

So where might you be placing yourself in a box? Or feel stuck in a box someone else placed you in? How far from your gifts and your authentic self and your zone of genius has this taken you?

embodiedhealing

03/04/2026

As sensitive, deep-feeling women— it is so so easy to take on the weight of hurting people who unconsciously hurt people. To feel their words, their judgments, their actions/behaviors/mannerisms and take it on as our own.

Because when someone makes us feel small, we let them. When someone makes us doubt ourselves, we let them. When someone covertly asks us to dim our light, we let them.

But stepping into our power is realizing we have the ability to magnetize toward us healing people who heal people. No one is ever “healed,” like what does that even mean— but there are many many people consciously unpacking their stuff so it stops negatively impacting those around them. Those are the people we want to be around. Because those are the people who heal simply by showing up as a flawed human doing the work, giving us permission to do the same.

And the more we do this work with ourselves, the more we encourage the universe to magnetize those people toward us— and the more we’ll recognize them when they arrive and feel safe letting them in.

Hurt people hurt people. Healing people heal people.
We become a compilation of the people we spend the most time with. Who is in your circle?

*if you’re looking for some expansion of that circle— root collective is growing to an online community and I have big plans for it that include more than just online relationships. Join the waitlist with the link in my bio and be notified when we launch! ✨

03/03/2026

You are allowed to change your mind

It doesn’t mean you failed. It doesn’t make you irresponsible. Or unreliable.

I believe that the more deeply we connect to ourselves, the more reliable and responsible we actually become— because we’re no longer acting from obligation, external expectations, or guilt. We are acting from intuition. And when something feels aligned, the truth is that we’re going to commit longer and give more of our hearts to it

… Until it no longer feels aligned. And then we change our minds.

I think the reputation of being “flippant” actually comes from making decisions from the head space rather than the heart space. When we follow the ‘thinking path’ and realize it wasn’t right and then we want to run in the opposite direction as soon as possible.

But when we feel into the body and take the path that emerges after sitting, moving, breathing, journaling, and feeling— we often have the reserves inside of us to stay longer and give more of ourselves to whatever choice we made

And when something stops feeling aligned— a relationship, a career, a location, a hobby, a goal… instead of spiraling into shame and criticism, maybe we give ourselves the space to sit, and move, and breathe, and journal and feel again until a new answer or direction emerges

Imagine how free we would all feel if we let that process unfold instead of stifling it due to unrealistic expectations that things can’t change: that we can’t change.

This is your permission slip. You are allowed to change your mind. But don’t take the process lightly: do the work to get to know yourself intimately. And then trust what you find on the other side ✨

“Sometimes transformation looks like unraveling before it becomes clarity”- a line from our theme last week: transformat...
11/03/2025

“Sometimes transformation looks like unraveling before it becomes clarity”

- a line from our theme last week: transformation.

I created a poll 2 weeks ago to see how many of us were feeling like we were stuck in the muck, uncertain, unclear. Over 80% of you said you were. Our word that week in RC was release— and as I led our Friday class that week, I vulnerability admitted that I had no idea what I wanted to share about release, because I felt so unclear that I wasn’t sure what even need to be released in order for something new to have room.

Then, the follow week our word was transformation. When I read this sentence I felt this breath of fresh air. Transformation can and does look like unraveling before clarity. We always want to get straight to the point of clarity, answers, direction, guidance, wisdom. Sitting in the complete lack of knowing is so dysregulating.

As I finally (after weeks of fighting it) surrendered to the muck, the fog, the uncertainty — and talked with others in the community about their own, I realized a really interesting threadline running through our experiences… this *uncomfortable* opportunity to sit with our most rooted survival responses and face them head on. Almost like the universe was like “this is a strong invitation to shift— to do something different than you normally do, will you take it?”

For me, that is my survival response to flee when things get hard. To leave. To start over. To create something new. To move. Anything to escape the discomfort of staying still. I felt like I was being challenged/sent into dysregulation while also being guided to just STAY put through it all.

For others it was to confront their response to fawn. To always prioritize other’s needs at the expense of their own. Again, being tested with opportunities to keep doing that, while also seeing how it’s so deeply impacting their well-being. Will they choose differently?

To others, it’s to fight. To get irritable/angry, to push people away because closeness feels threatening. To really confront how it’s wearing them down.

So if you’ve been stuck in the muck, I am curious, what have the last few weeks been asking of you?

Ahh! Root Collective is getting a home!!! After months of being nomadic and building our membership all over Sarasota, w...
07/02/2025

Ahh! Root Collective is getting a home!!!

After months of being nomadic and building our membership all over Sarasota, we’re opening the doors to our very own somatic studio—a grounded space where nervous system healing, movement, and connection can take deeper root.

Having a studio allows us to fully grow into the vision of Root Collective:
✨ A grounding and welcoming home for somatic healing and nervous system support
✨ A membership community filled with women who crave presence, connection, and the kind of sisterhood that reminds you who you are when you’re not running on stress and survival mode
✨ Expanding our classes and gatherings so there’s always a soft place to move, breathe, and feel into what’s alive in you

And our love for nature-based healing is still alive. You’ll also find us hosting outdoor gatherings and seasonal pop-ups at or the beach ☺️

But now, we also have our own place to return to.
A space that holds us while we hold each other.

Doors open July 15.
Memberships are live.
Come root in with us 🌿

A love note to the parts inside of all of us that we’ve kept hidden 🤍
06/27/2025

A love note to the parts inside of all of us that we’ve kept hidden 🤍

10 years ago I sat down on the floor of my one-bedroom basement apartment— about to graduate from my masters degree in c...
06/25/2025

10 years ago I sat down on the floor of my one-bedroom basement apartment— about to graduate from my masters degree in counseling — and feeling really overwhelmed and anxious about what my next steps should be . .
I had a vision for the future, but I didn’t feel close to reaching it at all. So I wrote it down to help me feel anchored to something I could work toward . .
To be honest, I wrote that list and haven’t looked at it since. But a few months ago I came across it and started adding check marks next to all the things I’ve actually held to along the way . .
Here I am 10 years later, about to make it all a reality. Exciting announcement coming soon ☺️ . .
This is a reminder that there is no timeline to that pull inside of us, tugging us toward the life we’re feeling called to live and the work we feel lit up to do . .
5 years ago, I felt so far from where I am now. But without even referencing this list, it continued to unfold on its own time . .
Trust the process. Be open to a fluid timeline. And write down your heart’s vision. The right doors will open and the right people will be there to greet you when it’s exactly the right time 🤍

You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re dysregulated.Your nervous system is wise—it’s trying to protect you, not puni...
04/02/2025

You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re dysregulated.

Your nervous system is wise—it’s trying to protect you, not punish you.

That constant scrolling, snappy mood, or deep exhaustion?
It’s not a personal failure. It’s your body saying “I don’t feel safe.”

This is where somatics can change everything.

Through slow movement, breath, grounding, and presence, you can come back into connection with your body and re-learn what safety feels like—on a cellular level.

No fixing. No hustling. Just remembering.

Root Collective is here to walk with you back to yourself.

Ready to feel more grounded, present, and alive?
Follow for nervous system wisdom, somatic practices, and seasonal embodiment rooted in sisterhood.

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You’re not too sensitive.You’re not overreacting.You’re not “too much.”You’re just holding too much.Too many roles.Too m...
04/01/2025

You’re not too sensitive.
You’re not overreacting.
You’re not “too much.”

You’re just holding too much.
Too many roles.
Too much pressure.
Too many feelings with no safe place to land.

At Root Collective, we make space for that.
For you.
To move.
To breathe.
To feel what’s real—and finally let it move through.

Come as you are. Let’s heal in community.

This is what we do inside of Root Collective.Come get rooted.
03/27/2025

This is what we do inside of Root Collective.
Come get rooted.

I did the drunk bestie trend but in reverse on accident (because I’m always bad at trends) — but I actually liked chatGP...
03/19/2025

I did the drunk bestie trend but in reverse on accident (because I’m always bad at trends) — but I actually liked chatGPTs down-to-earth explanation of how I support women 🤍

“Babe. Listen. You know how you’re always doing everything for everyone and then wondering why you’re exhausted, stressed, and low-key resentful? Yeah. That’s because your nervous system is straight-up frazzled, and no amount of deep breaths or bubble baths is fixing it.

That’s where I come in. I help badass, big-hearted women (like YOU) actually rebalance their nervous systems, so you can stop running on fumes and start feeling grounded, clear, and at peace—without having to move to a mountaintop or ghost your responsibilities. We do this through somatic practices, movement, and a community of women who actually get it.

Basically, I help you stop feeling like a burnt-out shell of yourself and start feeling like you again. Let’s go.”

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Holistic Psychotherapy

You have a lot on your plate. You’re pulled in too many directions. There doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish everything that needs to be done and still leave time for your self. To breathe. To relax. To rejuvenate. To feel re-energized.

If this is how you’re feeling, know that you aren’t alone. This is an issue plaguing our society as we continually face more distractions, responsibilities, and expectations-- and it’s called burnout.

So how do you know if you’ve hit the point of burnout?

Here a few hints...you’re struggling with an increase in anxiety. That nervous energy is with you through most of your week. You might find yourself feeling more irritable or edgy. You might be having trouble sleeping or getting more frequent headaches. You may be feeling like your losing your sense of motivation, your spark. Maybe you’re not feeling very fulfilled or inspired.