When time was still known as a spiral, the ancient tree was a gathering place.
Under its towering canopy, people gathered. Sitting on the ground, they felt invisible roots growing deep into dark earth, nourishing them to rise towards sun + sky - like their relative, the tree.
Vision-filled stories guided them into the mysteries of above + below, within + without.
Butterfly + stag, eagle + snake shared their tales; so too the meandering river nearby.
All understood this: Knowledge untethered to Wisdom would run the river dry.
A dream - perhaps. Yet also a memory ready to be remembered back to life.
~ RW
Welcome to
Photo by Angela de la Agua
Root + Rise is an online group membership, teaching + mentoring space nourished by decolonial (inner-decolonization) principles, as a route to radical wholeness and liberation.
Guided by Rohini Walker, the intention of Root + Rise is to support you in a transformative journey of re-membering your soul-body, leading to a rich + resonant relationship with the continuum of your larger Self, the Earth + the Cosmos.
Winter enrollment is currently open and closes at midnight PST on December 31st.
Root + Rise is a cyclical journey of weaving wholeness in a dedicated container and community.
The focus is on inner alchemy through working with myth, somatic experiencing practices, and being in active relationship with the rhythms of nature - within + without.
If colonization is the cutting off of our innate meaning, our indigenous divine-human mythos…
…then the journey towards inner/outer decolonization begins with restoring the soul-body to their natural place of sovereignty within the human - and weaving authentic, empowering and valuable stories from this place.
You’ll benefit from Root + Rise if…
you’re emotionally and physically burned out - a rampant condition of colonizer culture - and want to live in harmony with your own cycles and authentic values, discover how they align with Nature’s, and bring about thriving space and flow into your life
you want the guidance, support and community to fearlessly embody - in the words of Carl Jung - being whole rather than good; and you sense that this is a radical path towards inner/outer liberation and authenticity
you want to organically create your life in collaboration with mythology and nature
you’re ready to trust yourself with your own power, and wield it with creative integrity
cultivating an embodied relationship with your own indigenous soul-identity and co-creating your life in rich, resonant partnership with this essence of you fills you with joyful possibility
you’re excited by the possibility of holistic, sustainable, soul-aligned thriving in all areas of your life
you recognize that the felt-sense of the body’s language - which is also the Earth’s language - has been forgotten, and you’re interested in engaging in this work from a somatic perspective
you understand truly evolving from the prevailing Earth-Human degrading status quo is an inside job
you’re not afraid of getting your hands delightfully dirty through deep shadow integration work that takes courage, compassion + curiosity - while being supported within a group container
there’s a sense of ~ there must be more to life/to me than this ~ nudging at you, and you want to answer the call to transformative adventure
you’re ready to shift out of the colonizer survival-scarcity mindset of either/or, into the Indigenous both/and way of thriving sufficiency
you sense that embodying the Divine/Human paradox of what you are is the lightning path towards the endlessly renewable resource of your innate magical, mythic power
you’re intrigued by the possibility of reclaiming perceived “problems” from the colonizer mindset of fixing, and restoring them to the Indigenous way of viewing healing as wholeness, where relating to these “problems” brings meaning, messages + resolution from your unseen depths
you want to understand how the patriarchal colonizer plays out in your psyche and body, and you sense the radical significance of this art of embodied liberation, regardless of ethnicity, and gender
you know that the dismantling of oppressive structures within will have powerful ripple effects out into the world, that the personal is universal.
What will I participate in?
Root + Rise has a seasonal framework
On Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox + Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere, we meet a new myth or story that will be our guide through the season. These myths, from storytelling traditions around the world, provide the overarching themes + symbols which inform our Monthly Practices.
At the beginning of each month, members receive teachings + practices related to rooting down to tend the soil of your soul-body in order to rise from a place of embodied integration.
Each Season’s Monthly Offerings
◐Monthly Practices at the beginning of each month
◑ Monthly Sessions
2 hour online group sessions every two weeks (usually on a weekday at 3pm PST)
deep-dive guidance on the Monthly Practices + the season’s myth
trauma-informed somatic experiencing + inner alchemical practice
inner-decolonization mentoring
Q&A
replays are sent to members after each session
◐ Alchemy Space
1 hour online group sessions every two weeks (usually on a weekday at 3pm PST)
trauma-informed space for processing (these sessions are not recorded)
somatic experiencing practice, inquiry, energy work + nervous system tending
supportive group witnessing space
◑ Extras
The Light Gets In - members receive free registration to this weekly somatic practice + meditation drop-in
Money + Me - members receive free registration to this monthly space to cultivate freedom from wounded money stories
Access to the Archives - which houses all of our previous season’s myths + Monthly Practices
“I spent around 6 months in Root + Rise. Lots happened to me during that time, I went through a phase of intense expansion and growth. Our sessions were a great melting pot of the esoteric: myth + practices from Native American and Egyptian culture, inner alchemy, Jung, embodied energetics, and much more. Countless seeds were planted in my psyche by the delicately explored and nourishing ideas Rohini brought. We went deep into the physical body sometimes, other times more in the ethereal and philosophical spaces.
Rohini is really able to hold space at the both the individual and group level. She context switches seamlessly when one person is called or has urgent needs. By facilitating one person in front of the group, everyone relates and heals a part of themselves through the witnessing. Some of my most powerful shadow work happened in this container that allowed me to integrate more of my true Self. The boundaries I thought I previously had were exposed to the light and strengthened after the exposure.
It had felt like I was the one who was so powerful and overcame my challenges, when in reality it’s also Rohini who has an amazing way of holding space as a clear channel and being a mirror.”
Lloyd Xie, Software Engineer, California
What’s the investment?
Membership to Root + Rise is ~
▽ $ 125 a month (cancel anytime)
▽ $450 for four months (cancel prior to next billing cycle)
▽ $1200 for 12 months (cancel prior to next billing cycle)
Root + Rise welcomes all ages, ethnicities, genders and levels of experience.
When does this cycle of Root + Rise begin, and what is this season’s myth?
We start the new story cycle of Root + Rise on Autumn Equinox, September 22nd, when we meet the story that we’re working with for the season.
(Registration for the season closes at midnight PST on September 30th)
The mythic excursion for winter is the old Brothers Grimm faerie tale, Sleeping Beauty
Image from the illustrated Old, Old Fairy Tales by Anne Anderson
Since Root + Rise began on Winter Solstice 2021, we’ve journeyed with:
the ancient Egyptian story of Isis, Osiris + Horus
the Lakota tale of White Buffalo Woman
the ancient Greek story of Psyche & Eros
the Hindu myth of Goddess Durga & the Buffalo Demon
the Celtic tale of The Fisher King
the Australian Aborginal creation story of Baiame & Yhi
the Greek Allegory of the Cave by Plato
Goddess Oshun & the Yoruba Creation Story from West Africa
the legend of Selkie from the Indigenous peoples of the colder northern regions
the Vedic myth of Goddess Lakshmi & the Churning of the Ocean from India
the Greek tale of Echo & Narcissus
the Cherokee Legend of the Cedar Tree
Upon registration, you’ll receive access to all of these, and the practices around them in our Archives.
The community interacts in a private + moderated group on Mighty Networks.
The online space operates within clearly outlined community guidelines.
“The wisdom and support I've noticed developing in me through Rohini's Root + Rise process blows my mind. The process develops at a moderate pace, and I’m highly impressed with how carefully she’s designed it. There's ancient learning from timeless myth, and fresh cutting-edge perspectives.
I feel much more at peace than I did prior to starting the course, and I have found the practices I've learned there to be of great benefit to personal growth. Working personally with Rohini is also something I highly recommend.”
- Doug Wilson, MD, FAAFP, California
“I feel honored to have been in the first group of members of Rohini’s Root + Rise space. I’ve always been drawn to finding connections within and outside myself and with Rohini’s guidance, I’ve been able to connect deep inner knowing I’ve always held but never quite knew what to do with it. In only a few months, I can sense these shifts within my being that I know will stay with me for a lifetime.
Thank you for being such a beautiful example of how these teachings can live through and light up a human being.”
- Carolina Rodriguez, Photographer, California
“My favorite thing about Rohini’s remarkable spaceholding and guidance is that no matter what I bring to our sessions — even the gnarly, taboo stuff — she affirms and encourages its expression and creates a warm safe sandbox to explore it. She gives such deep permission to dig into parts of myself that have never seen the light of day, and recover the glimmering gold that lives there. It’s so clear she’s been on a wild journey herself and she gifts everyone she meets with deep presence from her integrated, compassionate, gleaming-eyed, playful self. I learned so much about the alchemical journey I’m on, and I’m leaving with a new sense of self-connection and ‘being on my own team’ with some of the previously-alienated characters in my psyche. I highly, highly recommend letting her bless you with her presence.”
- Sophia Ciocca, Musician & Writer, Pennsylvania
How much time will the work + practices take?
Root + Rise is designed for you to go at your own pace, allowing you to be as involved as your schedule and lifestyle allow.
To receive benefit and transformation from this work and from your membership, it is recommended that you spend a minimum of one hour a week on Root + Rise.
Whether this is showing up to online sessions, catching up on replays, doing the monthly practices, or working with the seasonal myth, this is a commitment that you are asked to make to yourself to maintain the integrity of your membership.
Details of what you’ll receive
Foundational Practices + Archives
Four Foundational Practices to consistently orient and anchor you into Root + Rise’s frequency
Access to our Archives, (which houses all of our myths, Monthly Practices and audio + video replays of Monthly Sessions to date). A valuable resource library to explore at your own pace
The Season’s Myth
Selected from the great diversity of storytelling traditions from around the world
Attuned to empowering teachings to guide our work with each myth
Formatted as pdfs and downloadable audio files
Monthly Practices
At the beginning of each month, you’ll receive a pdf of practices related to rooting down + rising up, of dissolving and (re)creating, of death and rebirth
These practices will be loosely connected in theme and flavor to the season’s myth
Monthly Online Teaching, Mentoring + Q&A sessions
There are 2 two-hour online Monthly Sessions per month, one at the beginning of the month, after the monthly practices have been sent out, and one two weeks later. Group formats are potent ways of creating empathy, compassion + connection, thereby reducing feelings of alienation + isolation.
These sessions focus on the season’s myth + the Monthly Practices.
All these sessions are recorded and made available to you after the event in case you couldn’t attend, and for you to refer back to.
Alchemy Space
These bi-weekly/fortnightly 1 hour sessions take place during the weeks we don’t have our Monthly Sessions
Alchemy Space is devoted to being with, holding space for, relating to and allowing transformation for whatever you'd like to tend to in your life
We work intuitively with what arises, calling upon diverse inner alchemical practices that support the process of evolution + integration
These sessions are not recorded
Online Root + Rise Community Forum on Mighty Networks
A private, moderated online community where you can connect + interact with other members of the group. Participation in this group is not mandatory - you can be as engaged with it as you choose.
This online forum has community guidelines in alignment with the intention and vision of Root + Rise.
This is also a place to post questions for Rohini, as well as for other members of the group, so that it’s a place of sharing and exchange of ideas, resources, and support.
Free Access to The Light Gets In
This is a weekly online nervous system regulation + meditation sitting held on Sundays, which Root + Rise members are invited to join free of charge.
Free Access to Money + Me
A monthly space to cultivate embodied liberation from wounded money stories, which Root + Rise members are invited to join free of charge.
The frequency of the space is grounded in decolonizing our relationship with money.
If you have any other questions about Root + Rise, email Rohini here
“I've noticed an appreciation for the power of myth to offer nuance to what might have otherwise been a dimensionless experience of archetype.
While I naturally have a tendency to look for a deeper meaning behind circumstances and others' actions, my mind hasn't necessarily found it easy to extend to understanding archetypal symbology and metaphor without guidance. My time in Root + Rise has helped me to gain more access to this.
I love the safe, inclusive container Rohini creates and how the energy of the meetings build with a sense of curiosity and creative expression. Rohini is attentive, and supports us in building our understanding through interest and exploration, rather than just laying her understanding onto ours by lecturing. That's a real gift.
She has a way of drawing out a deeper understanding that has been held within us and is only revealed to everyone through this invitation. The pacing of the program seems to be led by the group's needs and our own natural pace, and somehow, it all gets done! I’m always impressed by how she can draw illuminating parallels from our experience with the myth.”
Amara Palmer, Awakening Coach + Founder of Freedom Through Inquiry, California
“Root + Rise has provided a space in my life to be slow which feels radical/counter culture. In the current ruling paradigm there’s a real push towards rushing/striving to grasp knowledge, hone a skill, leave a mark. For me, I believe the first few months of Root + Rise allowed me to question this at a level somewhere in between the conscious and subconscious. It is possible that it led me to take a much needed leave from work. Wintering with Root and Rise over the last 3 months I have benefited from the shift towards being curious, passive, allowing myself to be open to a more osmotic approach to acquiring knowledge. I find it to be at once humbling and emboldening.”
Naureen Siddiqui, Toronto, Canada
Root + Rise is a regenerative permaculture of the soul-body, devoted to supporting you in the journey unlearning/remembering, and of knowing your Self + the Earth as ecosystems of Mystery, Meaning and Magic.
As you come to understand the particular symmetries + rhymes within the mythic mandala of your life, you’ll incline towards compassionate, thriving relationship with your own cycles of creating, sustaining + dissolving.
You’ll begin to participate with curiosity + grace in the multilayered, cyclical currents of your own life - the microcosm - which is in continuous reflective reciprocity with the cycles of the planet and the cosmos - the macrocosm.
Through this, you will invoke the Yoga, or the union, of the microcosm with the macrocosm - also known as the Alchemical Marriage, or the Great Work.
This is where the roots of potent transformation, resolution and wholeness are hidden, and it is from this place that you will rise and create rhythmic resonances of meaning in your world + beyond.
As this process is cyclical, you will receive consistent teaching, guidance + support through your different stages of becoming + dissolving.
As above, so below.
As within, so without.
As the universe, so the soul.
~ Hermes Trismegistus
“I enjoy the dialogue in our sessions and it has brought me an understanding of integrating somatic practices, and understanding what they are in the first place. I have found some insights specifically around the constant need for growth particularly helpful. Working in a fast paced corporate environment, I find that it gives me a dose of much needed perspective from the day to day view of competition, growth and success.”
~ Tara Macpherson, Management Consultant, Toronto Canada
“I want to extend heartfelt gratitude to the indefatigable, enchanting and wise Rohini Walker for her guidance. She led me into understanding the archetypes, narratives and energies present for me in the liminal realm and how they are influencing my physical reality. We journeyed deep into the caverns of my subconscious. What was unearthed was great clarity for questions that have been weighing on my heart, revelations and a reminder of all the divine support within and around us. I feel called to delve deeper into understanding the healing practices of my ancestors and feel empowered to continue on my path as an artist and a healer.”
~ Rachel Helten, Dance Artist/Healer, Vancouver, Canada
About your guide, Rohini Walker
I’m an Indian-born British writer, teacher and trauma-informed guide who’s been planted in a remote corner of the Mojave high desert in California for the past 10+ years.
I’ve been a practitioner and teacher of diverse esoteric traditions of inner alchemy + energy work for over 15 years, and continue to learn from my teachers - both human and more-than-human.
I’m also a student, practitioner and teacher of trauma-informed somatic experiencing work, shadow integration, dream and archetypal methodologies.
A Masters in European History + Literature from University College London (UCL) gave me a strong grounding in my lifelong love of mythology, which in my teaching + mentoring, I approach from the holistic lens of the right brain - allowing the art of storytelling to unite seamlessly with the practices I share.
Ultimately, I’m a student of myriad wisdom traditions that point towards the larger Mystery of what we are. My passion arises from communicating with you at the level of soul, your true Self, and drawing that out as the focal point of from which you create the blooming, biodiverse garden of your Life.
The confluence + interpretation of these traditions through the lens of decoloniality (inner decolonization) arose from some wild + rich adventures with personal trauma caused by inner/outer structures of oppression.
My diverse life experiences continue to move me into and through cycles of re-wholing and re-membering my mythic soul-body, her unbreakable relationship to the World Soul - the Anima Mundi - and always towards answering the irresistible call to thriving, meaning-making adventure.
“I'd like to express sincere gratitude for receiving Rohini's coaching in this area and her ability to track with whatever arose, pulling disparate images together to connect dots for me to see more of the whole. If you have a chance to work with her in this way I heartily recommend it. I enjoyed entering into inner work through this gate and am finding the reclamation of personal myth deeply healing. Rohini, I'm beyond grateful that our paths crossed. Thank you so much for your continual return to your own inner authority, and your beautiful astounding work in this world.”
~ Inger Brown, Somatic practitioner & Herbalist, MI
“I came to Rohini with a very specific ask and was pleasantly surprised by what we accomplished during our sessions together. Rohini was able to guide me to a place within myself that I have not explored before. She showed me how all of my memories are within me and helped me understand and interpret certain signs my body was sending me.
Our time together helped me carve out some much needed introspection and gave me time to slow down after a busy day and hectic schedule.
I've continued to use the tools that I learned and I'm grateful to have memories back from my childhood.
I'm very happy that I gave myself this gift and Rohini's program was the perfect opportunity to reflect.”
~ Janelle Francisco, Financial Consultant, Toronto, Canada
“My work with Rohini occurred just when I needed it. She provided such a warm, caring, and trustworthy space for me to be held in my rawness. We went deep and she beautifully held space for me to unwind the ancestral ties of trauma from my life now. She helped me to tap into my somatic experience and gave me tools to continue connecting with the soft and gentle parts of myself.
It was very nurturing and has set me up to keep stepping more and more into the true essence of who I really am. I highly recommend working with Rohini, she's a real gem.”
~ Chrissie Keynes, Holistic Coach, Counsellor & Medical Intuitive, Brisbane Australia
