healing in community
Root Collective™
[ A somatic studio for stress release & soulful sisterhood ]
What if being held in sisterhood is what finally brings you home to yourself?
When your body has been in overdrive…
Have you been feeling maxed out and stuck in a constant state of going and doing—trying to balance all of your responsibilities and roles, not wanting to let anything fall?
From the outside, it probably seems like you have it all together. But internally, your mind and body feel like they are always on and it’s wearing you down.
You know your nervous system is out of balance, and your body needs to learn it's safe to relax, but how can you do that when life asks so much of you?
We’ll teach you how to slow down…
Slowness can feel scary when you're used to living in survival mode. That’s why we do this work together. Because something settles when you're surrounded by others who are learning to slow down too. When you hear someone take a deep exhale, you breathe a little deeper. Your body feels a little safer. It becomes easier to notice what’s really going on—in your body, your heart, your mind, and your nervous system.
Our classes, events, and retreats invite you to strengthen your muscle of embodied awareness. To notice what you feel, when you feel it—and to learn how to move, breathe, and release what’s been held.
Because when release doesn’t happen, you remain stuck in that survival state. And everything—sleep, digestion, emotions, relationships, work, parenting, and tasks in general—feel harder, more exhausting, and more overstimulating.
Root Collective is a studio, a community, and a sanctuary to remind yourself that stillness is safe. Stress can be released. And all emotions are welcome. It’s where we go to soften, to reclaim our sense of agency, and to be surrounded by like-hearted women choosing to stop holding it all alone. To move, breathe, feel and heal in community.
Is your body telling you that it’s been holding too much?
How many of these sound like you:
Irritability and impatience —often towards loved ones.
Zoning out, disconnecting, or feeling energetically exhausted.
Feeling more easily overstimulated by daily life.
Pushing through tough times only to collapse later.
Frequent physical discomfort like aches, tension, sleep/digestive issues.
Feeling like relationships are sometimes too effortful or draining.
A sense that something feels ‘off,’ like you’re just going through the motions— and you know there has to be more.
ROOT COLLECTIVE
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Hi, I’m Alissa
Anxiety Expert, Somatic Teacher, &
Founder of Root Collective™
I deeply emphasize with the experience of feeling like you’re just trying to get through the day... rather than feeling like you’re fully living it.
I also know how frustrating it is to actively seek a way out of that survival state, only to keep finding yourself sucked back into it again.
I’ve always craved a space that allowed me to be with both my body and my mind at the same time.
To stretch, find some cathartic release, and regulate my nervous system through movement—while also being invited to explore my inner world and my emotions via journaling and guided discussion.
I realized other women were craving this same space, so I decided to create it.
Welcome to ROOT COLLECTIVE
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If analyzing & thinking hasn’t worked, then it’s time to invite your body into the conversation
Drop-In for a Studio Class
Classes available for drop-ins include Monday morning Root Collective Flow, Tuesday morning Embodied Pilates, and Wednesday morning Somatic Breathwork.
These classes will invite you out of your head and into your body, connecting to sensation and using somatic practices to help ground your nervous system.
The Root Collective Membership
Healing in community. Unlimited classes and experiences to nurture your nervous system.
We move, breathe, feel, process, and release in our weekly somatic classes— and we also gather for fun, intentional, relationship-building events and retreats. Together we cry, laugh, explore, learn, and grow.
Whether you’re brand new to Sarasota or you’ve lived here your whole life, I invite you into the Root Collective Membership—a women’s community focused on regulating our systems and building authentic, soulful connections that making healing work feel safe and inviting. A space to feel seen, heard and known.
Teaching & Speaking Engagements
I support groups of all kinds in a desire to decrease feelings of stress and overwhelm and increase capacity for authenticity, connection, clarity, focused attention, productivity, creativity, and full present-moment living.
With either my signature Root Collective Flow class or my Rooted & Regulated training, I can teach your group how to access a calm and grounded nervous system state.
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