Root and Return
Root and Return
A Somatic Guide to Plant Medicine Preparation and Integration
Get the most out of your plant medicine experience, before, during, and after, with a STRUCTURED SOMATIC APPROACH to preparation and integration.
Get the most out of your plant medicine experience, before, during, and after, with a STRUCTURED SOMATIC APPROACH to preparation and integration.
Get the most out of your plant medicine experience, before, during, and after, with a STRUCTURED SOMATIC APPROACH to preparation and integration.
Whether you are preparing for your first ceremony or your tenth, Root and Return gives your body the structured support it needs to open more fully, process more deeply, and anchor into your daily life the transformations initiated in ceremony.
Whether you are preparing for your first ceremony or your tenth, Root and Return gives your body the structured support it needs to open more fully, process more deeply, and anchor into your daily life the transformations initiated in ceremony.
Testimonials
"Tree of Life Temple’s 'Root and Return' is a profound course that blends shamanic wisdom with modern therapeutic insights, guiding participants through plant medicine preparation and integration. It emphasizes somatic awareness and embodiment, meditations, and journaling prompts to prepare both body and soul for the experience. Filled with self-empowerment practices, it helps participants navigate the highs and lows of such a transformative journey. Equally vital, if not the most important part is the integration process, ensuring that the insights, information, and wisdom gained don’t fade but take root. With tools for emotional processing, meditative practices, and daily rituals, the course supports a smoother return to the real world, helping participants embody their transformation in a sustainable, lasting way. I recommend anyone, with any degree of ceremonial experience, to dive deep into the rich knowledge and wisdom that this course offers."
"This course is so so special. I expected just some useful tips but got a very deep set of tools, reflections and wisdom that not only made my plant medicine retreat more whole, but helped me heal and live a more aligned life. I continue to replay old videos and have strengthened my connection with my body and its intelligence as a result. Emeline brings so much expertise into the course… each week I felt like the videos were made just for me because they matched exactly what I was experiencing."
"Emeline's teachings are an invaluable guide. The courses were easy to follow and full of great information. It helped make my integration deep and powerful as I continued to work with the medicines."
"Tree of Life Temple’s 'Root and Return' is a profound course that blends shamanic wisdom with modern therapeutic insights, guiding participants through plant medicine preparation and integration. It emphasizes somatic awareness and embodiment, meditations, and journaling prompts to prepare both body and soul for the experience. Filled with self-empowerment practices, it helps participants navigate the highs and lows of such a transformative journey. Equally vital, if not the most important part is the integration process, ensuring that the insights, information, and wisdom gained don’t fade but take root. With tools for emotional processing, meditative practices, and daily rituals, the course supports a smoother return to the real world, helping participants embody their transformation in a sustainable, lasting way. I recommend anyone, with any degree of ceremonial experience, to dive deep into the rich knowledge and wisdom that this course offers."
"This course is so so special. I expected just some useful tips but got a very deep set of tools, reflections and wisdom that not only made my plant medicine retreat more whole, but helped me heal and live a more aligned life. I continue to replay old videos and have strengthened my connection with my body and its intelligence as a result. Emeline brings so much expertise into the course… each week I felt like the videos were made just for me because they matched exactly what I was experiencing."
"Emeline's teachings are an invaluable guide. The courses were easy to follow and full of great information. It helped make my integration deep and powerful as I continued to work with the medicines."
"Tree of Life Temple’s 'Root and Return' is a profound course that blends shamanic wisdom with modern therapeutic insights, guiding participants through plant medicine preparation and integration. It emphasizes somatic awareness and embodiment, meditations, and journaling prompts to prepare both body and soul for the experience. Filled with self-empowerment practices, it helps participants navigate the highs and lows of such a transformative journey. Equally vital, if not the most important part is the integration process, ensuring that the insights, information, and wisdom gained don’t fade but take root. With tools for emotional processing, meditative practices, and daily rituals, the course supports a smoother return to the real world, helping participants embody their transformation in a sustainable, lasting way. I recommend anyone, with any degree of ceremonial experience, to dive deep into the rich knowledge and wisdom that this course offers."
"This course is so so special. I expected just some useful tips but got a very deep set of tools, reflections and wisdom that not only made my plant medicine retreat more whole, but helped me heal and live a more aligned life. I continue to replay old videos and have strengthened my connection with my body and its intelligence as a result. Emeline brings so much expertise into the course… each week I felt like the videos were made just for me because they matched exactly what I was experiencing."
"Emeline's teachings are an invaluable guide. The courses were easy to follow and full of great information. It helped make my integration deep and powerful as I continued to work with the medicines."
"Tree of Life Temple’s 'Root and Return' is a profound course that blends shamanic wisdom with modern therapeutic insights, guiding participants through plant medicine preparation and integration. It emphasizes somatic awareness and embodiment, meditations, and journaling prompts to prepare both body and soul for the experience. Filled with self-empowerment practices, it helps participants navigate the highs and lows of such a transformative journey. Equally vital, if not the most important part is the integration process, ensuring that the insights, information, and wisdom gained don’t fade but take root. With tools for emotional processing, meditative practices, and daily rituals, the course supports a smoother return to the real world, helping participants embody their transformation in a sustainable, lasting way. I recommend anyone, with any degree of ceremonial experience, to dive deep into the rich knowledge and wisdom that this course offers."
"This course is so so special. I expected just some useful tips but got a very deep set of tools, reflections and wisdom that not only made my plant medicine retreat more whole, but helped me heal and live a more aligned life. I continue to replay old videos and have strengthened my connection with my body and its intelligence as a result. Emeline brings so much expertise into the course… each week I felt like the videos were made just for me because they matched exactly what I was experiencing."
"Emeline's teachings are an invaluable guide. The courses were easy to follow and full of great information. It helped make my integration deep and powerful as I continued to work with the medicines."
"Tree of Life Temple’s 'Root and Return' is a profound course that blends shamanic wisdom with modern therapeutic insights, guiding participants through plant medicine preparation and integration. It emphasizes somatic awareness and embodiment, meditations, and journaling prompts to prepare both body and soul for the experience. Filled with self-empowerment practices, it helps participants navigate the highs and lows of such a transformative journey. Equally vital, if not the most important part is the integration process, ensuring that the insights, information, and wisdom gained don’t fade but take root. With tools for emotional processing, meditative practices, and daily rituals, the course supports a smoother return to the real world, helping participants embody their transformation in a sustainable, lasting way. I recommend anyone, with any degree of ceremonial experience, to dive deep into the rich knowledge and wisdom that this course offers."
"This course is so so special. I expected just some useful tips but got a very deep set of tools, reflections and wisdom that not only made my plant medicine retreat more whole, but helped me heal and live a more aligned life. I continue to replay old videos and have strengthened my connection with my body and its intelligence as a result. Emeline brings so much expertise into the course… each week I felt like the videos were made just for me because they matched exactly what I was experiencing."
"Emeline's teachings are an invaluable guide. The courses were easy to follow and full of great information. It helped make my integration deep and powerful as I continued to work with the medicines."
"Tree of Life Temple’s 'Root and Return' is a profound course that blends shamanic wisdom with modern therapeutic insights, guiding participants through plant medicine preparation and integration. It emphasizes somatic awareness and embodiment, meditations, and journaling prompts to prepare both body and soul for the experience. Filled with self-empowerment practices, it helps participants navigate the highs and lows of such a transformative journey. Equally vital, if not the most important part is the integration process, ensuring that the insights, information, and wisdom gained don’t fade but take root. With tools for emotional processing, meditative practices, and daily rituals, the course supports a smoother return to the real world, helping participants embody their transformation in a sustainable, lasting way. I recommend anyone, with any degree of ceremonial experience, to dive deep into the rich knowledge and wisdom that this course offers."
"This course is so so special. I expected just some useful tips but got a very deep set of tools, reflections and wisdom that not only made my plant medicine retreat more whole, but helped me heal and live a more aligned life. I continue to replay old videos and have strengthened my connection with my body and its intelligence as a result. Emeline brings so much expertise into the course… each week I felt like the videos were made just for me because they matched exactly what I was experiencing."
"Emeline's teachings are an invaluable guide. The courses were easy to follow and full of great information. It helped make my integration deep and powerful as I continued to work with the medicines."
"Tree of Life Temple’s 'Root and Return' is a profound course that blends shamanic wisdom with modern therapeutic insights, guiding participants through plant medicine preparation and integration. It emphasizes somatic awareness and embodiment, meditations, and journaling prompts to prepare both body and soul for the experience. Filled with self-empowerment practices, it helps participants navigate the highs and lows of such a transformative journey. Equally vital, if not the most important part is the integration process, ensuring that the insights, information, and wisdom gained don’t fade but take root. With tools for emotional processing, meditative practices, and daily rituals, the course supports a smoother return to the real world, helping participants embody their transformation in a sustainable, lasting way. I recommend anyone, with any degree of ceremonial experience, to dive deep into the rich knowledge and wisdom that this course offers."
"This course is so so special. I expected just some useful tips but got a very deep set of tools, reflections and wisdom that not only made my plant medicine retreat more whole, but helped me heal and live a more aligned life. I continue to replay old videos and have strengthened my connection with my body and its intelligence as a result. Emeline brings so much expertise into the course… each week I felt like the videos were made just for me because they matched exactly what I was experiencing."
"Emeline's teachings are an invaluable guide. The courses were easy to follow and full of great information. It helped make my integration deep and powerful as I continued to work with the medicines."
"Tree of Life Temple’s 'Root and Return' is a profound course that blends shamanic wisdom with modern therapeutic insights, guiding participants through plant medicine preparation and integration. It emphasizes somatic awareness and embodiment, meditations, and journaling prompts to prepare both body and soul for the experience. Filled with self-empowerment practices, it helps participants navigate the highs and lows of such a transformative journey. Equally vital, if not the most important part is the integration process, ensuring that the insights, information, and wisdom gained don’t fade but take root. With tools for emotional processing, meditative practices, and daily rituals, the course supports a smoother return to the real world, helping participants embody their transformation in a sustainable, lasting way. I recommend anyone, with any degree of ceremonial experience, to dive deep into the rich knowledge and wisdom that this course offers."
"This course is so so special. I expected just some useful tips but got a very deep set of tools, reflections and wisdom that not only made my plant medicine retreat more whole, but helped me heal and live a more aligned life. I continue to replay old videos and have strengthened my connection with my body and its intelligence as a result. Emeline brings so much expertise into the course… each week I felt like the videos were made just for me because they matched exactly what I was experiencing."
"Emeline's teachings are an invaluable guide. The courses were easy to follow and full of great information. It helped make my integration deep and powerful as I continued to work with the medicines."
Plant medicine opens profound doors. What happens before and after determines how much of that actually changes your life.
A Clear Path Through Every Phase
Preparation and integration are the phases of plant medicine work where most people receive the least support. Without a clear, structured path, navigating what comes before and after ceremony can feel uncertain and overwhelming. Having a resource to guide you through each phase gives your body and nervous system a sense of safety and ground to return to.
A Clear Path Through Every Phase
Preparation and integration are the phases of plant medicine work where most people receive the least support. Without a clear, structured path, navigating what comes before and after ceremony can feel uncertain and overwhelming. Having a resource to guide you through each phase gives your body and nervous system a sense of safety and ground to return to.
Working With the Body, Not Just the Mind
Most integration approaches work primarily with the mind through journaling, meditation, and talk therapy. These are valuable, but real transformation requires working directly with the body where patterns and energies are actually stored. Root and Return gives you somatic practices that bring conscious awareness into the body, accessing the subconscious level where lasting change actually happens.
Working With the Body, Not Just the Mind
Most integration approaches work primarily with the mind through journaling, meditation, and talk therapy. These are valuable, but real transformation requires working directly with the body where patterns and energies are actually stored. Root and Return gives you somatic practices that bring conscious awareness into the body, accessing the subconscious level where lasting change actually happens.
Support That Meets You Where You Are
Working with a 1:1 coach or integration specialist can be incredibly valuable, but ongoing support at that level is sometimes financially out of reach. Root and Return gives you experienced, body-centered guidance through every phase of your journey at an accessible price point, so that quality preparation and integration support is available to anyone who is called to this work.
A Clear Path Through Every Phase
Preparation and integration are the phases of plant medicine work where most people receive the least support. Without a clear, structured path, navigating what comes before and after ceremony can feel uncertain and overwhelming. Having a resource to guide you through each phase gives your body and nervous system a sense of safety and ground to return to.
Support That Meets You Where You Are
Working with a 1:1 coach or integration specialist can be incredibly valuable, but ongoing support at that level is sometimes financially out of reach. Root and Return gives you experienced, body-centered guidance through every phase of your journey at an accessible price point, so that quality preparation and integration support is available to anyone who is called to this work.
Working With the Body, Not Just the Mind
Most integration approaches work primarily with the mind through journaling, meditation, and talk therapy. These are valuable, but real transformation requires working directly with the body where patterns and energies are actually stored. Root and Return gives you somatic practices that bring conscious awareness into the body, accessing the subconscious level where lasting change actually happens.
Introducing Root and Return
What it is:
Root and Return is a structured, somatic guide to plant medicine preparation and integration. It is built around nine preparation modules designed to help your body arrive at ceremony open, grounded, and ready to receive, and four weeks of integration guidance to support you in the days and weeks after you return home.
What it is:
Root and Return is a structured, somatic guide to plant medicine preparation and integration. It is built around nine preparation modules designed to help your body arrive at ceremony open, grounded, and ready to receive, and four weeks of integration guidance to support you in the days and weeks after you return home.
Why it works:
Unlike most preparation and integration resources that focus primarily on the mind, Root and Return works with the body at every stage. Each module includes video guidance, somatic practices, and journaling prompts designed to help you access and work with what lives beneath the surface of conscious awareness, so that what shifts in ceremony has the support it needs to become lasting change in your daily life.
Why it works:
Unlike most preparation and integration resources that focus primarily on the mind, Root and Return works with the body at every stage. Each module includes video guidance, somatic practices, and journaling prompts designed to help you access and work with what lives beneath the surface of conscious awareness, so that what shifts in ceremony has the support it needs to become lasting change in your daily life.
What's Inside Root and Return
Root and Return includes nine somatic preparation modules and four weeks of structured integration guidance, outlined below. Your purchase also comes with an 18-month church membership, access to our online community, and bi-weekly community integration calls.
Preparation Support
Preparation Support
Why Somatic Practice Amplifies the Transformative Effects of Plant Medicine and how to Implement it in Your Journey
How Plant Medicines Work and How to Collaborate With Them Most Effectively
How to Plan Ahead For Reintegration
Preparing Your Body, Mind, and Soul for Ceremony
How to Set Intentions
What to Bring to Ceremony
How to Navigate the Space of Medicine
3 somatic practices
1 series of intention setting journaling prompts
Why Somatic Practice Amplifies the Transformative Effects of Plant Medicine and how to Implement it in Your Journey
How Plant Medicines Work and How to Collaborate With Them Most Effectively
How to Plan Ahead For Reintegration
Preparing Your Body, Mind, and Soul for Ceremony
How to Set Intentions
What to Bring to Ceremony
How to Navigate the Space of Medicine
3 somatic practices
1 series of journaling prompts
Why Somatic Practice Amplifies the Transformative Effects of Plant Medicine and how to Implement it in Your Journey
How Plant Medicines Work and How to Collaborate With Them Most Effectively
How to Plan Ahead For Reintegration
Preparing Your Body, Mind, and Soul for Ceremony
How to Set Intentions
What to Bring to Ceremony
How to Navigate the Space of Medicine
3 somatic practices
1 series of journaling prompts
Integration Week 1 Outline
Integration Week 1 Outline
Navigating Post-Ceremony Experiences
How to Care for Your Body, Mind, and Soul Post Ceremony
Creating a Sacred Space At Home
Implementing What You Learned
Establishing a Daily Practice
3 guided somatic/energy practices
1 sacred space creation ritual
Navigating Post-Ceremony Experiences
How to Care for Your Body, Mind, and Soul Post Ceremony
Creating a Sacred Space At Home
Implementing What You Learned
Establishing a Daily Practice
3 guided somatic/energy practices
1 sacred space creation ritual
Integration Week 2 Outline
Integration Week 2 Outline
Learning to Communicate With the Unseen Realms
How to Navigate Week 2 of Integration
How to Become a Student of The Earth
Journaling practice to explore the root of triggers and fully surrender to states of peace
1 guided somatic practice
Simple daily practices to cultivate connection with Earth wisdom and the subtle realms
Learning to Communicate With the Unseen Realms
How to Navigate Week 2 of Integration
How to Become a Student of The Earth
Journaling practice to explore the root of triggers and fully surrender to states of bliss
1 guided somatic practice
Simple daily practices to cultivate connection with Earth wisdom and the subtle realms
Integration Week 3 Outline
Integration Week 3 Outline
Cultivating Self Love and Compassion
How to Navigate Week 3 Integration
How to Cultivate Inner Union
2 journaling practices
1 guided somatic practice
Simple daily practices to cultivate self-love and inner union
Cultivating Self Love and Compassion
How to Navigate Week 3 Integration
How to Cultivate Inner Union
2 journaling practices
1 guided somatic practice
Simple daily practices to cultivate self-love and inner union
Integration Week 4 Outline
Integration Week 4 Outline
Directing Your Reality Through Intention and Surrender vs. Manifestation
Assessing and Reconfiguring Your Daily Practice
How and Why to Cultivate Gratitude
Continuing Integration Beyond Week 4
2 journaling practices
1 guided somatic practice
Directing Your Reality Through Intention and Surrender vs. Manifestation
Assessing and Reconfiguring Your Daily Practice
How and Why to Cultivate Gratitude
Continuing Integration Beyond Week 4
2 journaling practices
1 guided somatic practice
What Root and Return Cultivates
What Root and Return Cultivates
Arrive at Ceremony Ready
Your body and nervous system prepared to open fully and receive what the medicine has to offer.
A Body That Feels Safe
Practical somatic tools to help your nervous system settle, stabilize, and hold the shifts that ceremony initiates.
A Body That Feels Safe
Practical somatic tools to help your nervous system settle, stabilize, and hold the shifts that ceremony initiates.
Patterns That Begin to Shift
Conscious awareness brought into the body where old patterns live, so that what has been running unconsciously begins to move and change.
A Different Way of Living
Not just insights from ceremony, but a genuinely different relationship with your body, your daily life, and what is possible for you.
Ready To Begin?
Root and Return is included with all Tree of Life Temple ceremonies and retreats. If you are sitting with us, you do not need to purchase this separately. For those sitting in ceremony with another facilitator, Root and Return gives you the body-centered preparation and integration support that most ceremony spaces don't provide.
Root and Return - A Somatic Guide to Plant Medicine Preparation and Integration
$297
Included with your purchase:
Lifetime access to all nine preparation modules
Lifetime access to four weeks of structured integration guidance (16 video modules)
Video guidance, somatic practices, and journaling prompts throughout
18-month Tree of Life Temple church membership
18-month access to our online community
18-month access to bi-weekly community integration calls
Meet Your Guide
My path to creating Root and Return came through necessity. Unprocessed childhood trauma had manifested as severe anxiety, depression, and a profound disconnection from myself that conventional medicine couldn't resolve. My life began to shift dramatically when I finally turned to plant medicines and somatic embodiment work, and the synergy between the two became the foundation of everything I now teach.
What I discovered through my own journey, and through holding ceremony for others, is that the preparation and integration phases are where most people receive the least support and where the most important work actually happens. Root and Return exists because I wanted to make available to others what had been missing from my own early experiences with this medicine.
I bring to this work a PhD in Genetics and Neurodevelopment from Baylor College of Medicine alongside deep initiation into Earth-based wisdom traditions, including the Q'ero Andean shamanic lineage and the Venusian Temple Arts of the Rose Lineage. This combination of scientific grounding and embodied practice shapes everything in Root and Return.
If you are ready to begin, I would love to support you on this journey.