Taking Root

Taking Root Taking Root is a wellness enrichment focusing on mindfulness in nature.

Build self confidence, body awareness, self-regulation, self control, learn skills to regulate nervous system & reduce stress and anxiety.

08/27/2026

Earth Element 🌲 A Self-Guided Experience

It’s the end of August.

Back-to-school energy is in the air. The mornings and nights are starting to feel a little colder and crisper. A few leaves on the Red Maples and the Staghorn Sumac have already started to turn, offering little reminders that fall is coming. 🍂

This seasonal shift has me thinking about the Earth Element. In Chinese medicine, late summer is connected with Earth.

So I wanted to share this self-guided experience with you.

🌲A 45-minute practice exploring the Earth Element through gentle movement, breathwork, reflection, and a guided nature audio walk you can take on your own time.

🌲Earth is here to support you, ground you, and remind you that you belong.

As the season begins to shift, this is your invitation to slow down, root in, and reconnect with yourself and the Earth beneath you. It is always there to support you.

Available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/takingrooteducation/posts/earth-element-167134186

$22 Earth Element Self-Guided Experience

Come meet me virtually on your mat and on the trail. 🥾

Grief and GrowthI have been experiencing grief lately.Grief for the baby loss back in May. Grief of a deep friendship I ...
08/25/2026

Grief and Growth

I have been experiencing grief lately.

Grief for the baby loss back in May.

Grief of a deep friendship I once had.

And I am growing.

As I am starting to grow and expand even more these moments of grief and contraction come crashing in. The dualities of life. Something Ive been talking about in class this week.

The body remembers. The body remembers the trauma the sadness the anger - all of it.

Something my dear friend shared to me when I was deep in my grief was how after we experience grief we experience a whole new level of love than we could have ever imagine.

I know this to be true. I feel this in my body.

My moments of growth in my personal life, business, relationships, etc are able to grow this strongly, this intentional, this much love and passion behind it because I did experience the grief.

My grief is decomposing to be able to grow.

Close your eyes if it feels comfortable and literally picture that. Picture your “grief” on the forest floor, being tangled up, wrapped up like a big hug by mother nature- the mushrooms, earthworms, fungi, bacteria, breaking it down to become more nutrients in the earth. Nutrients for growth.

In Chinese medicine Fall is associated with the element mental. And associated with grief. So no surprise as I start to feel the shifting of the seasons I am experiencing waves of grief.

Mindfulness Practice for you:

Try the above decomposing grief visualization.

Walking guided audio meditation for you if you are experiencing and grief in your life right now. (Available on substack-kaitlintakingroot)

I will be offering a live workshop focusing on Falls Equinox, weaving in Chinese medicine and focusing on preparing our bodies for rest.

We are allowed to decompose in order to grow. 🌱

Nature & The Nervous System😮‍💨 Hearing Kallie (our 2.5 yo) say, “Dadda take a breath” when he was frustrated and then co...
07/01/2026

Nature & The Nervous System

😮‍💨 Hearing Kallie (our 2.5 yo) say, “Dadda take a breath” when he was frustrated and then couldn’t help but laugh, will forever be one of my favorite memories…

Read the full story at:

https://open.substack.com/pub/kaitlintakingroot/p/dadda-take-a-breath?r=34yrj2&utm_medium=ios

Join me next week for The Forest Within Breathwork Workshop.

7/7 5-6:30 PM EST Live Zoom

Class will consist of teaching the benefits of breath, work and guided practice and take-home resource.

Register link in bio!

Nature healsPhoto above- Swift River, Tamworth NH 2026. Collin and I took photos after our wedding ceremony in this exac...
06/11/2026

Nature heals

Photo above- Swift River, Tamworth NH 2026. Collin and I took photos after our wedding ceremony in this exact spot almost 8 years later 💦. It was so magical having our family here. Nature heals.

I am so excited to share I just posted my first paid subscriber only post to substack! Woo! 💃

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for all of you have subscribed to this new platform.

You are investing in yourself which is inspiring to witness, and investing in my work in this world, which I do not take lightly!

With the paid subscription, I am able to upload guided audios and visuals, which can include breathworkd, visualation meditations, movement practice, etc.

Nature Heals includes a 20 minute “guided nature walk in your ear” mediation focusing on Nature Healing.

This audio starts out with a pranayama technique called Alternate Nostril Breathing (Nadi Shodhana) one of my favorite go to breathworks! 😮‍💨

Check it out of you feel called. I am so excited to roll out even more mindfulness and nature resources that you can take with you and have forever in your pocket!

Substack Summer ☀️

https://open.substack.com/pub/kaitlintakingroot/p/nature-is-healing?r=34yrj2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

✨ With love and gratitude,
Kaitlin

Taking Root is moving… to substack!🌊Check out the slides to read more!I am so excited to evolve with you. I hope that th...
06/01/2026

Taking Root is moving… to substack!

🌊Check out the slides to read more!

I am so excited to evolve with you. I hope that this continues to be your weekly exhale into mindfulness, nature, and embodied living just as it is for me!

And more mermaid time, like this photo! 🧜‍♀️

Subscribe to join Taking Root community!
🌊Substack: Kaitlin- Taking Root

https://open.substack.com/pub/kaitlintakingroot/p/taking-root-is-movingto-substack?r=34yrj2&utm_medium=ios

See you there!

With love and gratitude,
Kaitlin

Taking Root is moving… to substack!🌊Check out the slides to read more!I am so excited to evolve with you. I hope that th...
06/01/2026

Taking Root is moving… to substack!

🌊Check out the slides to read more!

I am so excited to evolve with you. I hope that this continues to be your weekly exhale into mindfulness, nature, and embodied living just as it is for me!

And more mermaid time, like this photo! 🧜‍♀️

Subscribe to join Taking Root community!
🌊Substack: Kaitlin- Taking Root

See you there!

With love and gratitude,
Kaitlin

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