About
CEREMONY
Rooted Waters welcomes you into the timeless realm of ceremony where healing, transformation and harmony awaken.
With over 15 years of experience with Iboga, plant medicines & initiatory processes of Life we seek to support people in connecting with the Gift they have come here, on this beautiful Earth, to embody.
Our intention is to support the integral connection of body, mind and spirit, inspiring emergent wholeness.
“Rather than the need to heroically save the whole world, the real work of humanity at this time may be to awaken the unique spark of inner resiliency of genius within each person.”
— Michael Meade
THE JOURNEY
We embark upon the road of healing to find that this path is equally challenging as it is bountiful. Each step taken is an act of love for the self, the earth we walk on and for future generations.
Rooted Waters provides intimate Iboga ceremonies in a beautiful environment. We make a priority of ensuring that each individual feels safe and cared for throughout the process. Every ceremony is unique, woven with song, prayer, ritual and integrative practices honouring the power of these great teachers.
With rich life experiences and a deep compassion, we work to support individuals upon the path of Remembrance. Ultimately we are here to serve the knowing that Divinity is within each one of us, as taught by Iboga. Our approach is a precise embodiment of the teachings of Iboga and follow a natural rhythm for true long lasting Health.
At Rooted Waters, we believe that Beauty forms the threads of existence. From Beauty, the sisters Grief and Praise emerge and offer us the pathways to the healing of ourselves. We continue to diligently create more Beauty within this world by offering our hearts to the natural world with which we are in integral relationship with and to humanity.
It is our great privilege to treat each person with utmost care and love considering all as both our children and teachers.
Rites of Passage
Deeply tuned-in to the cycles of nature and the never-ending spirals of death and rebirth, ancient societies around the world created rituals of initiation to mark, celebrate, and make sense of these great mysteries. We go through many significant transitions, identity shifts, and developmental stages throughout our lives. Marking these transitions through ceremonial rites of passage offers us the opportunity to initiate ourselves into our lives, our communities, and our place on this earth in new ways.
We are living in a world that is becoming more and more separated from nature and true community. The ancient ceremonies and initiatory rites of passage that were once practiced by our ancestors have almost been forgotten. Our instinctive need for initiation has been forced underground, into the unconscious, only to show up later through self-destructive behaviours, ecological destruction, and the devastation of human rights. We believe the renewal of meaningful, modern-day rites of passage are essential for the health of ourselves, our communities, and our planet.
Ultimately, the object of Rites of Passage is to connect a person to the under current of their life. It is in this place where our Soul speaks through myth and that the unique Genius and Song of each person resides. Life cannot be whole and healthy without the spark of each individual being fully expressed. This reminds us that our voice and Truth is needed within the whole and that this is the purpose of Life; To remember the inner Soul story that each one of us has been born with and to let it free to Become.
Severence
Preparation is integral to ceremony. Life has a way of naturally preparing us for the great events it offers along the way. Conscious and active preparation helps to deepen a trust in the process and opens us to the medicine. Purification of the self is a key part of preparation. As we peel away layers we become sensitized to our subtle bodies and to the medicine.
The intake process is an important step. It helps us get to know you and learn how to best support you.
We listen intently to your needs, offering tools to assist you as you embark upon this journey
Threshold
The experience of being in a safe setting to revisit ones wounds or to explore deeper vulnerable layers of ones being is foundational to healing. An intense experience without space for integration can become traumatic and then held in the body’s memory. This can lead to dis-ease both mentally, physically and spiritually. It is also the case that an intense or potent experience within a safely held space, with a focus on integration can become a source of healing and growth.
Ceremony has acted for thousands of years as this crucible. A space where curated intensity can be our ally. It is our intention to create this safe container for you to soften into your experience.
Return
With the powerful insights and experiences that ceremony offers, it is imperative to give yourself time and space to allow them to arrive and settle into your whole being. A re-membering of the self or the new self. The mind may re-member in different ways than the body and the spirit. There are many ways in which we can support the welcoming of these gifts so we may walk into the world with newly embodied wisdom.
Just as preparation and ceremony require commitment, so to does integration. It takes time, courage, effort and dedication to bring our many parts back into the centre to cultivate lasting transformation. In our time together we will begin the process through creativity, bodywork and ritual as well as follow up sessions in the weeks following.
