What Is Rooted?
Rooted is a three-night, four-day immersive retreat for women who are ready to step away from the demands of daily life and root more deeply within themselves. Through a guided blend of somatic movement, breathwork, meditation, and sound healing, you’ll be supported in connecting with what’s present beneath the pace of everyday life.
What stories have you been carrying? What innate wisdom emerges when you finally have space to listen?
The Experience
What to expect
Each day has its own theme and rhythm, guiding you gently through embodiment, release, healing, and integration. The schedule is designed to hold, not constrain.
Mornings that ease you in
Each morning begins with grounding practices — a sun meditation, movement, and breathwork to settle into yourself before the day unfolds. Nothing is mandatory. Listen to your body.
Guided sessions with experts
Experienced practitioners hold space for your process to unfold at your own pace — somatic therapy, ancestral healing, and breathwork woven throughout each day.
Three hours free every afternoon
A day of shared silence
Your Four Days
7:00 Optional morning meditation
8:30 Breakfast
Break
10:00 90-minute yoga flow
12:30 Lunch
Break
3:00 Short meditation followed by journaling, circle sharing, one yoga workshop offering, art therapy, sound healing, hiking, excursion, etc.
Break/free time
7:00 Dinner
8:30 Yin or Restorative yoga
The Place
Rolling hills, deep stillness
Scholl’s Valley Lodge sits nestled in the rolling farmland and foothills of the Willamette Valley — with views of Mt Hood and Mt St Helens. A setting that calls you inward from the moment you arrive.
The lodge offers a beautiful, grounded backdrop for the work we’ll do together. You don’t need to do anything to begin. Just arrive.
- Walk the on-site labyrinth
- Optional onsite massage therapy
- Shared & private room accommodations
- Camping and camper van sites
- Kitchen access for personal items
- Views of Mt Hood & Mt St Helens
The People
Led by women, for women
Sarah Haroldsen
Sarah Haroldsen brings 24 years of wellness expertise to Rooted — and a deeply held belief that the body already knows what it needs. As a certified yoga therapist, Pilates instructor, and somatic movement guide, Sarah’s work lives at the intersection of anatomy, intuitive movement, and mind-body connection. At Rooted, she leads the somatic movement sessions that anchor each day — practices designed not to push or perform, but to slow down and listen. Her approach is a perfect complement to the retreat’s intention: when we stop overriding the body and start moving from within it, that’s where the real rooting happens. Sarah has spent her career helping women find less pain, more presence, and a deeper understanding of themselves — and she brings all of that into the room with her. Her guiding belief says it simply: our body is intuitive and already knows what it needs. I help you slow down to listen.
Ashley Oaks
Ashley has spent years attuning to what lives beneath the surface — the energy, the held breath, the truth the body carries long after the mind has moved on. As the breathwork lead at Rooted, she brings her signature Soul Sync practice to the heart of our time together: a conscious, connected breathing journey designed to release what we’ve been carrying and open us back to ourselves. Her work is a natural expression of everything Rooted is built around — the belief that coming home to yourself isn’t something you think your way into, but something you breathe your way back to. Ashley holds space with deep presence and care, guiding women gently beneath the noise and back into the body, where the real rooting begins.
Erin Osborne
Erin is a clinical social worker whose work is rooted in a simple but profound belief — that each of us already carries the wisdom we need to heal. At Rooted, she leads the somatic movement sessions woven throughout the retreat, bringing a therapeutic depth that goes beyond stretching or exercise. Drawing from her training in modalities like Internal Family Systems, Hakomi, and clinical yoga, Erin works at the intersection of body and mind, helping women recognize the patterns they’ve been living in and gently find their way back to themselves. Her presence is warm, her approach deeply relational — creating the kind of safety that allows real exploration to happen. In a retreat designed to help women root back within themselves, Erin offers something rare: a space where the body isn’t just moved, but truly heard.
Valentina Marulli
Valentina leads the ancestral healing session woven into the Rooted schedule, an offering that connects directly to the retreat’s core intention. So much of what shapes us, how we move through the world, what we believe about ourselves, what we carry in our bodies, has roots that go far deeper than our own individual experience. Valentina’s work helps participants trace those inherited patterns back to their origin in the lineage, and tend to them there. The result is often a felt sense of relief, greater belonging, and a clearer connection to one’s own essential self. In addition to the scheduled group session, Valentina also offers individual Reiki sessions throughout the weekend for those who want additional one-on-one support as the weekend unfolds. Her work at Rooted reflects the retreat’s broader premise: that coming home to yourself is both a personal and an ancestral process.
Moksha Chumki
Moksha — is a sound healer, somatic guide, and embodied voice practitioner whose work creates the kind of stillness where the body can finally exhale. On Friday evening at Rooted, she leads a live ceremonial sound concert, weaving together handpan, crystal bowls, sacred chant, and layered acoustic instruments into an immersive soundscape that settles the nervous system and draws you deeper inward. Her sound journeys are trauma-informed and intuitively held. The music works on the nervous system directly, helping the body process and release what the day has stirred. Participants often leave feeling a quality of rest and openness that is genuinely hard to access otherwise. It’s a meaningful way to close the day, and one of those experiences that tends to stay with you long after the retreat ends.
Everything you need is included
- All meals Wed dinner → Sat brunch
- Snacks, coffee & tea throughout
- All guided sessions & practices
- Opening & closing rituals
- Retreat journal & guided prompts
- Three hours free time each afternoon
- Labyrinth access & grounds
- Full Belly Catering — all dietary needs honored
Everything you need is included
- All meals Wed dinner → Sat brunch
- Snacks, coffee & tea throughout
- All guided sessions & practices
- Opening & closing rituals
- Retreat journal & guided prompts
- Three hours free time each afternoon
- Labyrinth access & grounds
- Full Belly Catering — all dietary needs honored
Pricing
Single Room:
$1,699
Shared Room :
$980
Bunk Room:
$720
Choose Your Space
All options include every meal, session, and experience. Please share dietary needs during registration.
Camping
Tent or camper van spot on the grounds with shared bathroom facilities – $690 per person
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Private Room
Your own room with private en-suite bathroom – $2,885 per room (max two people)
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Meals As Part Of The Practice
Meals at Rooted are prepared by Bellyfull Catering — buffet style, nutritionally dense, and intentionally designed. We eat slowly, together, and with intention.
All dietary restrictions are honored when shared at registration. Snacks and tea are available throughout the day, and there is kitchen access for personal items.
The Experience
Surrounded by likeminded community, yet also in silence on an inner solo journey, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- deepen your meditation practice,
- calm your mind,
- learn meditation tools for chronic pain,
- and develop your own individual practice to fit your lifestyle to continue when you return home.
Questions
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Do I need prior experience with yoga, breathwork, or meditation?
Not at all. Rooted is designed for women at all levels. The practices are accessible and self-paced, and you’re always encouraged to listen to your body.
What does a typical day look like?
Mornings begin with grounding practices — sun meditation, breathwork, and movement. Guided sessions with practitioners are woven throughout the day. Each afternoon offers three hours of unstructured free time, and evenings close with experiential practices. Saturday wraps up with a completion circle and family-style brunch.
What is the day of silence about? Do I have to participate?
Thursday is observed in shared silence, beginning Wednesday evening at 9pm and ending Thursday evening. You’ll be fully prepared before it begins and guidelines are shared in advance. It’s one of the retreat’s most valued elements, and participants often describe it as the part they were most nervous about and most grateful for.
Can I attend if I'm coming alone?
Yes, and most participants do. The retreat is designed as a personal journey, even within a group container.
What is included in the price?
All meals from Wednesday dinner through Saturday brunch, snacks, coffee and tea, all guided sessions, opening and closing rituals, a retreat journal with guided prompts, and access to the labyrinth and grounds.
What are the accommodation options?
There are four options: a camping spot ($690), a unity room in a shared community space ($980), a shared room with one other participant and en-suite bathroom ($1,442), or a private room with private bathroom ($2,885).
Are dietary restrictions accommodated?
Yes. Meals are prepared by Full Belly Catering and all dietary needs are honored when shared at registration. Please include yours when you sign up.
Are there optional add-ons?
Yes. Onsite massage therapy and individual Reiki sessions with Valentina are available during afternoon free time for an additional cost.
What should I bring?
Comfortable layered clothing, slippers or warm socks (no shoes inside the lodge), a warm jacket and walking shoes for outdoor time, and any personal items for the group altar. A retreat journal will be provided. Please skip the perfume out of consideration for other participants.
What is your phone and technology policy?
We ask that phones stay out of shared spaces for the duration of the retreat. This isn’t about restriction — it’s about creating the conditions to actually hear yourself. Phones are welcome in your private room.
Can I come with a friend?
Yes. If you’re attending with someone you know, we gently ask that you give each other the space to move through the retreat as an individual journey. The experience tends to be more meaningful that way.
What if I have questions before registering?
Reach out anytime. We want you to feel clear and comfortable before you arrive.
Retreat Teachers
Sarah Haroldson
Sarah has spent the last 20 years in the wellness industry guiding movement, massage, alignment, mediation & overall mind body Wellness. Working one on one with her students or in smaller group settings, Sarah has witnessed her clients create a quality of life with less pain & more mobility. Through her degrees in Anatomy & Physiology she discovered Yoga & body therapy and the healing benefits for all ages. Sarah has found her passion as a Yoga & Body Therapist focusing on strengthening & repair of the pelvic floor, injury rehab, meditation to relieve pain, teaching awareness as well as connection to your body.
“I believe strongly that the mind can heal the body and the body can heal the mind. They are in sync. My goal is to leave every student with a better understanding of this connection through movement, while letting the body be our guide in our healing process. Our body is intuitive and already knows what it needs. I help you stop and listen.” – Sarah
She is an advocate for bringing in Mindfulness to your body movements and focuses on each body individually “body recipe” for individual healing.
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