Modern Root Woman

03/10/2026

WOW Watering Wholeness | Celebrating our 7th Year!
Embodying Grandmother Wisdom w/Marla Durden

PLEASE JOIN US on WEDNESDAY, March 18th, 6-7 pm PST

REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/v5EpcuGgrj4tMVR5bk-yEfUR73F0yXtdTw

Marla Durden

Embodying Grandmother Wisdom

remembering the quantum nature of prayer

Join Marla for an hour of inspiration, inquiry and community. We told that every breath ever taken is still within our realm. The prayers of the Ancestors still ring through the aethers. Join us as we listen, explore and embody the wisdom and prayers of the Grandmothers. Bring a candle, journal and curious mind as we allow the power of music, poetry and community to remind us of what’s real and important.

Marla Durden's Bio

A highly sensitive, intuitive empath, energy shaman and artist, Marla leads retreats, facilitates community well-being, offers private 1:1’s, and leads a weekly Dance Chapel with The Hidden Monastery. Author of the highly-praised, The Magical You Playbook and Embodied Self-Care Journal, she helps and collaborates with creatives, leaders + mystics in embodying and sharing their innate power, vision and gifts. You can learn more about Marla at http://ModernRootWoman.com

Celebrating our 7th Season
Grounding into what nourishes and holds you in this transformative time, by activating the gifts, deep wisdom and immense love of the sacred feminine...............

+ Feed your mind, nourish your Soul as you nurture
connection with other women.
+ Listen to inspiring speakers who will share their wisdom with us.
+ Time for intimate discussions, to share our stories and learn from each other.
+ Leave inspired.

03/10/2026

🌟 Your soul already knows the way. 🌟

Are you ready to move beyond merely understanding your Human Design chart? Join me for “Embodying Human Design: A Somatic Journey Into Your Soul's Blueprint.”

📅 7 Thursdays - April 2nd - May 14th, 2026
🕓 From 4-5:30 pm PT on Zoom

This isn't just another class; it's an activation of your true self! We'll explore ways to align with our authentic path through playful and engaging exercises that bring about transformation.

✨ Scholarships are available—don’t hesitate to reach out!

To introduce this journey, I'm hosting a FREE session on WEDNESDAY, March 11th at 4pm PT. Secure your spot today! 👉 https://bit.ly/4cu7CXD

Let's embrace knowledge together and create ripples of change in our lives and the world around us. 💫

03/09/2026

03/03/2026

03/01/2026

👀“Emotional pain leaves molecular scars. Those scars are inheritable.”

Epigenetics researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and INSERM have completed the most definitive human study of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance ever conducted — following three generations of Holocaust survivor families, Cambodian genocide survivor families, and control populations across 25 years — finding specific, reproducible methylation changes in stress-response genes (particularly the FKBP5 and NR3C1 glucocorticoid receptor genes) that are present in trauma survivors, transmitted to their biological children, and detectable in grandchildren who never experienced trauma themselves. Emotional pain leaves molecular scars. Those scars are heritable. 🧬
The mechanism — once considered impossible in mammals because the genetic dogma held that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited — operates through the germline epigenome. During the formation of s***m and eggs, the genome undergoes near-complete epigenetic reprogramming to remove parental marks. "Near-complete" is the operative word. Certain loci, including stress-response gene promoters, resist this reprogramming when the parent's stress exposure has been sufficiently severe and prolonged, maintaining their trauma-induced methylation patterns through the reprogramming process and passing them to the offspring's genome. The trauma experience writes itself into the reproductive cells.
The clinical implications are profound and already actionable. Children and grandchildren of trauma survivors show elevated baseline cortisol levels, altered HPA axis responsiveness, and increased risk of PTSD, anxiety, and depression — not because of how they were raised, but because of how their grandparents suffered. Understanding this mechanism means targeted epigenetic therapies could potentially reverse inherited stress marks, liberating future generations from trauma they never personally experienced.
The Pasteur team is now working with EMDR and methylation-targeting drug combinations. This is no longer metaphor — the inheritance of trauma is molecular, measurable, and potentially reversible.
Source: Institut Pasteur Paris / INSERM, Nature Reviews Genetics 2025

02/18/2026

02/18/2026

02/18/2026

Happy Lunar New Year Friends!
May it bring you much love, beauty, happiness and success in 2026.

12/17/2025

Please join us later.

Email from Women of Wisdom Foundation Happy Holidays Women of Wisdom Please remember WOW in your year end donations for our new programs for young women! Best wishes for 2026 We appreciate you! Dear

10/14/2025

WOW Watering Wholeness | Celebrating our 7th Year!

PLEASE JOIN US on WEDNESDAY, October 15th , 6-7 pm PST

REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/v5EpcuGgrj4tMVR5bk-yEfUR73F0yXtdTw?

Marla Durden

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 + 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴

Now, more than ever, we are called to nurture practices that support us during times of great change and transformation. Join WOW Watering Wholeness producer and host Marla Durden for an hour of poetry, sacred meditation, journaling and somatic tools of InterPlay. We will bask in the grace and beauty of Nature and sacred feminine energy, as we move from chaos to coherence. Come savor the nourishment, love and support that is here for us.

Marla Durden's Bio

A highly sensitive, intuitive empath, energy shaman and artist, Marla leads retreats, facilitates community well-being, offers private 1:1’s, and leads a weekly Dance Chapel with The Hidden Monastery. Author of the highly-praised, The Magical You Playbook and Embodied Self-Care Journal, she helps and collaborates with creatives, leaders + mystics in embodying and sharing their innate power, vision and gifts. You can learn more about Marla at ModernRootWoman.com

WOW Watering Wholeness, now in our 7th Season
Season 7 Theme:
Grounding into what nourishes and holds you in this transformative time, by activating the gifts, deep wisdom and immense love of the sacred feminine.

09/18/2025

The wheels on the bus… 🎶💕👀💃🏾🥰

08/08/2025