words from our growing family
“This retreat was definitely a powerful and transformative journey which took me to the unknown shoreside of my inner self. It felt like embodying a new flesh, taming new sensations, embracing new forms on a constant discovery or rediscovery of scents and visions as if the world was unveiling itself for the first time before my eyes. It felt like my inner child dialogue was finally able to establish and reconnect with the most anchored sensations within my body, a new breath that gives courage and strength. The jungle played a huge role in that part, being a constant source of inspiration and infinite consolation. I felt an immediate connection with the place, soaking in it, like a circus animal that is finally brought back to her natural habitat. Such a strong and powerful fauna and flora that envelops, protects, caresses, heals. The unknown suddenly became very familiar. The people attending to this adventure rapidly evolved into family members sharing fragments of life that collide, understand each other, marry, melt, rise, enrich each other... A shared fragility, a familiar perfume that embalms and elates us, subtly clearing a secure path towards a new form of autonomy. A metamorphosis full of promises, tears, laughs, smiles and an utter rage for life that will remain etched in my heart and flesh for eternity.”
— Elisa Henny
My Earth Medicine retreat was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Roni at Rooted Healing runs a robust preparation and post integration programme so I felt safe and excited right from the very beginning.
The location was set in such beautiful nature surroundings with excellent facilities and Hanna's food was so amazing. Every stage of the retreat has been considered and integrated by passionate experts. Combining ancient traditions and ceremony, each component has been carefully crafted and lovingly delivered to be nourishing and restorative for the mind, body and soul, with a lot of intention, love and laughter.
This experience has been life changing for me in so many ways, I have a new found acceptance, peace and connection to nature and myself that I didnt think was possible. This continues to evolve after returning home.
Roni, Andrew, Lilia, and Hanna have the most beautiful voices, it was such a treat to hear ancient medicine music from the soul, oh how I miss it. Perhaps a Rooted Healing recording session could be on the cards?!
Rooted Healing are a truly special, humble, passionate collective of experts who create magic. They really do make you feel safe, held and completely at ease. This is reflected in the family community that was quickly created, the honesty, vulnerability and insights and breakthroughs we all had. If you are considering doing any kind of retreat, I can't recommend Roni and her team highly enough. Thank you for all your hard work, love, expertise and passion and for being such wonderful beings. I feel truly blessed to have had this experience with you."
— Laura Hodge
"My experience with Rooted Healing was truly wonderful. The ceremonies, the additional workshops and sweat lodge, as well as the venue were profound. There was so much heart, care and attention put into absolutely everything, from the setting of the ceremonial space, the live sound and music, prayer and the utterly delicious food that was served all week (I could go on and on about how good the food was!).
This was my first Psychedelic experience, I was very nervous but instantly felt safe and held by the amazing facilitators who clearly hold a huge amount of knowledge, experience and wisdom working with this sacred plant medicine.
I should definitely mention the sandy lake and wood fired sauna that the retreat in the Netherlands had as this was another big part of my experience. Every day we would toast ourselves by the fire, followed by plunging into the cold lake water- wow, what an invigorating and nourishing feeling this was, being so connect to everyone and everything.
Thank you for all your hard work and dedication for providing a safe and sacred space to support and encourage people on their path to healing. I couldn't recommend this enough to people who may be questioning whether to invest in this experience or not."
— Georgie Tilbrook
"The facilitators gentle and accepting presence supported me in shedding painful stories and oh so many tears. Their passion in supporting the group on their healing journeys was clear for all to see and feel. I have left the retreat feeling lighter, clearer, and more grateful for the life I live than I have done in years. The sense of connection and belonging I felt in the group was so powerful and the retreat provided me with so many personal insights that have already began to steer my life in a much more positive direction. The retreat was quite simply magical, every element of the Rooted Healing retreat was interwoven with so much love, knowledge, and careful consideration that day by day I felt my heart open and my body rest. I will be forever grateful for the spiritual awakening I have experienced."
— Carys Mair
“I don’t feel like I can quite put into words how powerful the Deep Remembering retreat was for me. Roni and Pia created magic beyond what I thought was ever capable. They are truly gifted in this work and I hope that they are able to touch as many souls and hearts as they can in this world, as our world desperately needs them and the work they do.
The week they created for us had such a vast variety of experiences for us to surrender into, with detail and love put into each activity and gathering. At all times, they made us feel so held and looked after, yet also craftily created a space that felt safe and encouraging to go deep into ‘the work’ in, which I hugely appreciated and needed.
I have made sisters for life and this experience will remain in my heart forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you, I can’t wait to come to another retreat!!”
— Katinka Noack
“The time I spent over the Summer Solstice in Dorset with Veronica and my new Rooted Healing family was a profoundly nourishing gift that moved in so many delicate and magical ways. The enchanted land that held us combined with the love, care, warmth and creativity of Veronica, Carly, Helen & James, made for the safest space in which to bond and soften down among the wonderful crew that were gathered there.
I found that balances were struck with great intuition; each day contained so much that was soft and loving and provided a gentle invitation to meet our edges. With the trust and tenderness that evolved between us it was possible to laugh, cry, play, express, create and share without shame or judgement. Somehow each day felt rich with activity yet beautifully spacious.
Veronica's deep love of the earth, of song & plants, of binding, gathering & weaving people & land together impacts you deeply. She honours her teachers and always credits those who have shared wisdom with her. It's a real medicine to witness such congruence between her words & way of moving in the world, and how she carries such great gifts with deep humility.
I have returned with a warmth in my heart and bones knowing I have beautiful new connections and friends who I love dearly and who make me smile to think about. My connection to the world around me has been invigorated and my ability to listen to what my being needs remains strengthened and has helped me break with niggling depleting habits since being back.
I give a full hearted recommendation to anyone feeling a need for soothing, enlivening, inspiration, connection, rest, sweetness and magic to gift yourself the tonic of time on a Rooted Healing retreat. A profound thank you.”
— Sarah McCunn
”The gathering was a rich tapestry of invitations to open, connect, remember – the ceremonial spaces so beautifully crafted and held. The programme of offerings was carefully prepared yet perceptively fluid, adapting with the mood of each moment. I felt safe and open knowing that I was in the hands of those that deeply respect and honour the traditions and practices being shared. I am so grateful for this sacred and intimate journey with myself, with the group, with the land on which we rested.”
— Julia Goodlife
"I have just come back from a week with Rooted Healing in the Netherlands experiencing the mushroom medicine for the first time in my life. Prior to the retreat I was quite worried and uncertain, but in the end I had fantastic time. Everything checked out: the location was beautiful, the team very experienced, knowledgeable, kind and supportive, and the program very well crafted - all to support myself and 14 others on our journeys. Regardless where you are at - trying mushroom medicine for the first time, or a more experienced psychonaut - retreat with the Rooted Healing is a great choice, I cannot recommend it enough. Thank you for all your efforts to put this together, this was a very special experience I will cherish for a long time."
— Edyta Krakowiecka
“This retreat truly changed my life. I was in a very lost place before I came there, that I didn't really see a way out of. I can truly say I've never come so far in the journey of self love, healing and understanding myself as a female. The ceremonies and workshops were so beautiful and Pia and Roni created a wonderful and safe environment to heal. I feel as though I went through a rebirth and see my life more vibrant and positively than I have ever before. It truly was that profound to me. I would recommend this to every woman out there.”
— Annabelle Hueffer
“I took some time to reflect and feel how the "deep remembering retreat" sustainably influenced my life after a while. I am sure you believe me when I say, it has changed me. I already found myself several times in the last couple of weeks thinking, has this feeling of pleasure always been so deep?
Just yesterday I went to a museum and looked at paintings, being so honestly impressed by the way the artist drew his paintings. I felt I have never seen such beauty and even more such a profound connection to someone else's he(art). Then I realized my ability to connect with the artist, see and feel him and his expression through his art. And I asked myself: Do I feel stronger since the retreat? I am sure I do. My heart is open.
Roni, Pia, the singing, rituals, and our whole group opened my heart in a way it has never been open, or a long time forgotten. It was like the first best friend group of girls I had in my teenage years. Pure curiosity, vulnerability, so much joy and playfulness, trust, love, and our home was the safest place I have ever been. I immediately feel good when I think of the house.
My life has changed through this experience.
I feel compassion for everyone. I feel one with nature and I feel trust, I learned to trust 14 people in one week, and that makes me realize, I trust humanity. I also had some tough days afterward that's for sure, but slowly, slowly, the heart opens up again and love comes to it. Thank you so much, I do have not enough words to describe my gratitude. I know no matter where I will live in the world, there will always be a group of spiritual sisters and I am saved. Thank you for guiding me towards my trust and opening me up for the medicine of self-love and believing in the wise woman in me, letting go of my fear of being disappointed by others. All my love to you.”
— Eva Simin
“This week was one of the most transformational times of my life. I feel lighter, more expressive and more receptive to love. Through some combination of the people or alchemy that occurs in the jungle in San Pancho, my mental and emotional states are simply changed. Everyone who organized or partnered with the retreat is the real deal. I knew none of these people beforehand, but feel like I left San Pancho with a new family.”
— Jeff Pratt
"My week retreat was a truly transformational experience. Set in beautiful and wild surroundings, our daily workshop practices supported our healing process. The ceremonies were conducted with exquisite attention to detail and I felt held and supported all along. All the way through I was well nourished with amazing food and true connection with my fellow participants. Again, the experience was profoundly soothing and insightful. Thank you to Andrew, Roni, Lilja, Inge, Hanna.Thigs and Diesel for their loving kindness and care. PS. the value of this incredible work was very, very affordable for what we received.”
— Catherine T.
“It is hard to put into words how thrilled and touched I am by the work and dedication of the women who were involved. The creativity and the strength that I was able to recharge in the circle of these fantastic people still has an effect on me today. Pia and Veronica are tangibly pursuing their true calling. Their ceremonies, their stories, their singing and the fun we had as a group of women touched my soul, but the body was not neglected either: intensive yoga sessions were balanced with embodied yoga, breathwork, massage techniques and a catering that is second to none. Here, love really is in every detail. An unforgettable spiritual experience.”
— Katrin Jahns
“I am you & you are me… As one drop contains all the ocean in itself, so united I feel after the Deep Remembering retreat in Bologna. It healed my soul, helped me to forgive my mother and let go of the past, to surrender, to deeply connect to myself in a profoundly gentle and feminine way.
Feeling the love and support of all the beautiful sisters who opened their hearts, we helped each other to come back to ourselves and pure love. It’s the most transforming soul medicine retreat I’ve ever been to.
Pia and Roni are absolutely dedicated and incredibly talented medicine women, who cherish and revive ancient wisdom in healing ceremonies and rituals. Whose love and care as space holders felt so safe to release, unfold, surrender. Their beautiful lullabies and windchimes at the child spirits ceremony were pure magic.
There are no words to describe the gratitude I feel to both of you. You brought the fire of love back to my heart and reunited me with nature and sisterhood. I love you so much. Thank you from my all heart.”
— Ganna Nestrerenko
"One of the best things I have done in my life! Although a little nervous before, I immediately felt in safe hands with Veronica, Andrew and Lilja, who i warmed to immediately. Every day was full, also space within it. I learned so much about myself through the workshops and ceremonies, and also through the other participants and their experiences. I felt held, loved and safe. The knowledge of Veronica, Andrew and Lilja was outstanding. And oh! The food by Hanna was amazing! Such a joy to be lovingly nourished in the mind body soul and stomach! I will feel the benefits of this week for the rest of my life. I feel calmer and able to deal with ALL what life has to offer with a new found wisdom and courage. I cant recommend this retreat and these people enough. And i say that with a warm heart and a smile."
— Michael Chestnutt.
“Booked in a moment of ‘go on then, I had always wanted do something like this and midsummer is my favourite time.’ This one of the most amazing experiences I ever had. Veronica has a unique and beautiful way of constructing a retreat which not only opens the soul but creates a powerful, loving and sharing space. This will not be the last of her retreats I shall go on.”
— Gini Holden
“This experience changed my life. And I am so thankful for the creators & teachers. My intention was to transform, get out of the dark place where I was before, this place of disconnection, disconnected from emotions, the world and myself. what I experienced on this retreat was more than that, it was a rebirth.
Thanks to the plants, above all the other participants on this journey and the team I could reconnect with the world again, I could express emotions that where trapped for a long time and I found my voice that speaks truly from the heart.
The team created a safe space where I could remember and feel who we are in our pure essence: Brothers and Sisters, living and enjoying the unconditional love and presents of mother earth, always connected and always wearing this light of love within us in our hearts.
I can only recommend this retreat to all those who want to start feeling again, want to remember, feel joy, but also want to give sadness, pain and suffering their space in a safe place, and in the end want to feel this loving connection to other people, to the plants, nature and to themselves again.
Before I would never have shown myself and opened up like I do now. Now I would love to be a model of transformation, sharing my experiences, strength and hope others discover their best selves too. This Retreat was a perfect start for me on my spiritual path. And the best: I found a new family. thank you from my heart.”
— M. A.
"The Netherlands retreat was, for me, a truly magical experience, allowing me to delve deep and start an inner journey with a really lovely group of people - none of us wanted to leave. As someone who has held space for people in different ways, It was a joy to have others do so for me: their constant availability to talk to all of us, collectively and individually, yoga and workshops, ceremonies conducted with a quiet reverence, calm and respect that put everyone at ease and beautiful singing from all the space holders, gently guiding us through our inner travels. A lot of effort has gone into to the planning of these retreats by the Rooted Healing team. If you properly engage with the preparation and integration, it’s not just a 6 day retreat, you are taken on a journey lasting several weeks."
— Kit Rhodes
“I have been lucky enough to attend 2 Rooted healing gatherings and could not recommend them enough. From the very first moments that I arrived I felt held and supported. I found myself deeply trusting of all the space holders and that feeling really helped with the building of a community with all the other guests. Every detail is thought about and delivered with such thought and love. The body, mind and spirit have the freedom and nourishment to heal and expand. I enjoyed all the various activities and the delicious food. There was a deep connection formed with like-minded people, while at the same time there was freedom and space for my own personal healing journey, with support always on hand when it was needed. These experiences have been some of the most connected, creative and deeply nourishing experiences of my life. They help to remind me that I am the magic and I am the medicine. When I remember the ancient wisdom that I already hold inside me, I can truly heal myself, but it gets increasingly difficult to re-connect with this part of myself, so this is why these experiences have been so wonderful.”
— Helen Turner
“The Deep Remembering Retreat was one of the most magical journeys of my life. Roni and Pia managed through their attentive and nurturing care and skills to create a safe container for all of us to connect deeply and explore our most vulnerable wounds with compassion and love. I can't recommend it enough.”
— Lilja Sif Þorsteinsdóttir
“The Soul Medicine Retreat was such a beautiful and transformative experience. I was able to reconnect with my inner child and leave feeling a new found sense of love for myself, for others and for nature. I met some of the most beautiful souls and gained a new family. Thank you Roni, Pia, Alberto, Shane and Mar for creating a space for us to feel safe and held.”
— Hailey Garcia
“A very transformative experience, hard but in all aspects perfectly planned.
I feel cared for and I felt a lot of space is held for me by others and this main thing was the most healing for me. You get your heart open and you add in new neuro paths to ur old habits.
The connection that was built between the ppl was simply unique through the medicine and we sort of extended it even after weeks the retreat ended, we made a family through this retreat, bringing a diverse group of ppl with very different experiences and making us all one.
The location and the beach day are basically magical, I felt PURE BLISS AND JOY on this day. I will not spoil with details. The organizers are very soft beautiful ppl that guided this transformation.
Very much gratitude towards them.
I still hear them singing in my ear and I recommend you to put your fears aside and go for this.
Remember all those fears and all of you is welcomed there.”
— H. S.
“Believe me from the deepest of my heart, put this on your bucket list. It is my best investment ever. I have done many, many spiritual classes and workshops, yet here I have lived the most powerful experience of my entire life. I have connected with my soul essence, my colour, my perfume… with energies of creation and the power of love in every cell of my body. Every activity was perfect and very well managed - the place, the food, the team are awesome. It is very safe. I have so much gratitude for all the support and love that I received. All my gratitude to Pia, Veronica, Mar, Alberto, Shane, Marciano and Aura. A’ho.”
— Sylvain Payette
“The Deep Remembering retreat has been a chance for me to discover parts of myself that I didn’t even know existed. I reconnected with so many new aspects that have been buried. The name speaks for itself.”
— Maude Churchill
“Deep remembrance. The words say it themselves. A deep remembrance of ancient rituals and practices we’ve lost throughout the way. Well, we didn’t really loose them, deep inside of ourselves we still know. We still know all of this. Unfortunately however we’ve been dissociated from them. And then Pia and Veronica come in. Giving a hand of knowing. Guiding a whole group of women with so much ease. As if they were made for this work. And honestly? I think they were. Modern witches or keepers of wisdom, it is your choice to make. But more importantly: Pia and Veronica transmute this knowledge in transforming rituals, soothing sounds, sensory stimulating smells and many many more. Eyes sparkling around the fire, your inner child making a jump of enthusiasm, curiosity and excitement while at the same time feeling a deep sense of relaxation, a deep sense of pleasure. A feeling of coming home.
Thank you, the both of you. This retreat was simply a realm of total bliss. A portal of deep healing, remembering and home coming.”
— Moika Nkwocha-Nweze
“This was truly an experience for the soul. Everything was held with deep intention and genuine love and care. I felt safe and at ease with the facilitators and made connections that I cherish. Through this experience I witnessed and experienced transformations, healing and deep inquiry in many forms.”
— Linda Hsu
“I felt so deeply held and seen, whether that was through silent space holding or deep conversation dives. If you’re looking to remember how loved and special you are on this Earth, I cannot recommend Soul Medicine enough. Thank you for sharing the abundance of love you have and may it continue to radiate through future retreats.”
— Dillan Watts
“This retreat was the best thing I have ever done for myself. I am full of gratitude thinking back about the time with my Soul Medicine family. Waking up to the sounds of the jungle, spending the day with beautiful souls and getting to know the power of plant medicine in a safe and unique environment did change my life for the better (spiritually and personally). I am thankful for Pia and Roni who have put so much love into creating this retreat, thankful for Mar for sharing her knowledge and her home, for Alberto and his power to work with fire, for Shane and his. positive energy.”
— Jessica Sidon
“The week I spent in Mexico sparked a beautiful transformation within, opening my heart and mind to the deep emotional and spiritual healing and awakening I’d been searching for. Surrounded by compassion, support, laughter, safety and wisdom while holding space for my vulnerability and healing, allowing me to trust myself and others in a capacity I have never known. I walked away from the jungle with memories and friendships that will last a lifetime. This beautiful community and family will always be in my heart.”
— Rhiannon Deschenes
“Thank you, you amazing powerful women, you witches, you have taught me so much. I’m going to live off this forever and these are connections I’m going to cherish forever.”
— Thorun
“What has started as a trip to basically keep a promise I made a while ago, turned into the deepest healing experience I have had in my life. Fun fact: although I had expected demons from my past to pop up, it very much caught me by surprise. It was more revealing and thus more painful and beautiful at the same time than I could have imagined, being outside my comfort-zone for most of the time. Transformation comes at a price, a price I would gladly pay over and over again, since the outcome is nothing short of amazing! The amount of love and hard work Roni and Pia put into the facilitating of this retreat is unbelievable, I felt safe and taken good care of in every moment. All ceremonies were beautifully designed and facilitated, they offered so many activities it was almost too much - which only shows how deeply they devoted themselves to the idea of offering every participant the best experience possible. The whole team consisted of beautiful souls, whom I send love and gratitude.”