Rooted: A Year-Long Curriculum in the Art of Living Well
An immersive learning community for embodied living, authentic connection, and personal transformation
February 6, 2027-January 8, 2028
The impact of this point in time
The fast pace of life has lasting effects. At every turn we have demands placed upon us: home life, work life, our schedules, family schedules, and hosts of other obligations. Add to it the electronic sphere of emails, texts, social media, it’s no wonder our nervous systems are approaching burn out at an alarming rate. We struggle to stay on top of it all while managing our physical and mental health. In the end, all the efforts can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves and utterly alone.
We try to find moments to pause and self-care, “stealing away,” for an hour class or session, seeking balance for our minds and bodies. A weekend or week retreat can help us reconnect for a bit longer! While these are wonderful acts of self compassion, how lasting are their effects?
Rooted was designed with this in mind. An entire year (once a month) of being guided in ways to learn, practice, and fully embody ways of incorporating our mind/body/spirit balance into our daily lives. Every month we gather to support each other, to learn and grow together and to create lasting transformation.
Meet your Guides
Krista Pfohl
Reiki Master Teacher, Intuitive Coach, Sound Therapist
Owner - The Awakened Center LLC
Krista lends two decades of energy and vibrational healing to her clients. Her passion is in lending her abilities and knowledge to help others initiate and make lasting changes in their lives. As an intuitive and experienced leader, she has a keen awareness in holding space for groups and individuals alike. After years of hosting retreats, she’s ready to hold this year long container for meaningful connection and embodiment.
Shamanic Practitioner and guide
Owner- Be the Light Shamanic Healing
Jessica Riphenburg
Jessica offers years of shamanic practice and experience in hosting shamanic journeys and immersions to help people connect with the deeper knowing that resides within each individual. Teaching people how to use nature to find the answers they seek, she has helped learn how to connect and form meaningful relationships from within.
What to Expect
Intentional Structure
We blend guided moments, open exploration, and space to reflect—so the experience feels both focused and fluid.
Collaborative Energy
Connection is a core part of the process. You’ll learn just as much from the group as from the content itself.
Expert Facilitation
Led by experienced guides who know how to hold space, encourage participation, and keep things moving with purpose.
A Supportive Space
Our events prioritize comfort, safety, and respect—so you can show up as you are and fully engage in the process.
You can read another book.
Attend another retreat.
Listen to another podcast.
Have another breakthrough.
But eventually, the question becomes...
How do I actually live this?
How do I remain grounded when life becomes overwhelming?
How do I trust myself?
How do I build a life and relationships that nourish rather than drain me?
How do I create spiritual practices that don't stay on the meditation cushion, but become woven into everyday life?
How do I become the person I know I'm capable of being?
Rooted was created to help you do exactly that.
Not through information alone.
Through community, embodied practice, and one immersive year of intentionally living what matters.
This Isn't Another Retreat, Workshop, or Certification
It's not something you attend and then return to “real life.”
Rooted is a year-long curriculum in weaving a life well lived.
Inspired by the rhythms of Nature and grounded in modern understandings of healing, nervous system regulation, authentic community, and spiritual practice, Rooted helps you develop ways of living that continue long after the program ends.
This is the work of becoming your truest, most radiant self.
Throughout the Year, You'll Experience
Eight immersive gatherings woven through the seasons.
Guided practices that reconnect you with your intuition.
Powerful rituals and ceremonies.
Deep theta-state journeying, guided simply by the drumbeat and your own inner gifts. No medicines needed.
Sound healing.
Embodied practices.
Reflection and integration.
A beautiful workbook that becomes the story of your transformation.
Guest teachers offering unique perspectives and wisdom.
Virtual teachings and integration sessions between gatherings.
A small cohort of people who will know your story, celebrate your victories, and walk beside you for an entire year.
Transformation doesn't happen in isolation. It happens in relationship.
What Changes
This isn't about becoming someone new.
It's about becoming more fully yourself.
By the end of the year, you will naturally:
Respond instead of react
Trust yourself more deeply
Navigate life's transitions with greater steadiness
Create healthier relationships
Establish sustainable spiritual practices
Feel more connected to Nature
Experience greater peace
Move through grief with more resilience
Cultivate genuine community
Most importantly...
You will stop wondering what an intentional, meaningful life could feel like and start living it.
Is Rooted for You?
Rooted is for those who know there is more...
More presence.
More authenticity.
More belonging.
More beauty.
More depth.
More life.
If you're ready to stop piecing your growth together one retreat, workshop, or experience at a time...
If you're longing for a community that walks beside you...
If you're ready to devote a year to becoming the person you know you're capable of being...
We would be honored to welcome you.
The Rooted Rite of Passage
Every meaningful journey deserves to be honored.
At the conclusion of the year, we gather for The Rooted Rite of Passage, a full-day immersive celebration and ceremony marking your transition into the next chapter of your life.
This is more than graduation.
It is a sacred threshold.
Together, we'll reflect on the year, celebrate your transformation, witness one another's journeys, and create space to ask one final question:
How will I carry this forward?
You'll leave with renewed clarity, deep friendships, and a vision for how your gifts will continue rippling into your family, community, and the world.
Because Rooted is not about completing a program.
It's about stepping into a different way of living.
Rooted Yearly Itinerary
As above, so below. As within, so without.
Because our internal processes mirror the external world Rooted’s monthly itinerary guides us through the natural, energetic rhythms of nature.
Meetings are in person on Saturdays from 1- 5pm. To ease scheduling burden, summer sessions are moved to online check in’s with suggested Celebrations and offerings through Sacred Thread™️and The Awakened Center.
January 2- Inviting the New Year
- An introduction to Rooted
Still not sure? Join us in this introductory experience to determine if the Rooted is the program for you. We establish shared objectives, and outline the comprehensive experience ahead.
Energy exchange: $60
Apply this class payment to the overall year when you decide to enroll for the full Rooted Curriculum!
Rooted- The Art of Living Well BeginsFebruary 6, 1-5 pm
Theme: Self Love/Self Compassion
March 6, 1-5 pm
Theme: Planting Seeds
April 3, 1-5 pm
Theme: Presence and Balance
May 15, 1-5pm
Theme: Spring renewal
June 15, 6:30-8pm ONLINE
Theme: Nurturing and nourishing
July 13, 6:30-8pm ONLINE
Theme: Celebrating inner Fire
August 10, 6:30-8pm ONLINE
Theme: Celebrating the Inner Harvest
September 18, 1-5pm
Theme: Receiving Abundance beyond the harvest
October 16, 1-5pm
Theme: Transition and Grounding
November 6, 1-5pm
Theme: Letting Go, the power of Death and Rebirth
December 7, ONLINE 6:30- 8pm
Theme: Harnessing Internal Wisdom
January 8, 8am-2pm
Theme: Sunrise Revival
Investment: $2333 with options to Pay in Full.
Cost to Reserve your Spot: $499. 12 monthly payments of $152.83 will begin on February 1st, 2027.
Want to save even more? Save 3% ($69.99) when you pay in full with cash or Zelle. Sorry! Monthly payments still require processing through square or paypal and therefore don’t qualify for the 3% savings.
Reconnect with your body and mind as you escape the noise of everyday life.

