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About Kate Hartman

Kate is the owner of Rooted Bliss, LLC.

February Full Moon Ceremony

2025-01-29T07:49:18-06:00January 27th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

Come enjoy a sacred Vedic story called The Churning of the Ocean. This story comes from the Purāṇas or wisdom stories (literally, “that which is always new”). This story is universal, meaning it can resonate with all people at all times. If you’ve been feeling... dread about the seeming insurmountable challenges facing us collectively discouraged about [...]

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Rooted Bliss Referral Network

2025-02-08T10:46:10-06:00January 26th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

Rooted Bliss is taking a sabbatical for all of March and most of April, 2025. With that in mind, it seems like a good time to share my referral list. This is not comprehensive and will be added to, but these are the practitioners, podcasts/social media accounts, and resources that I feel confident recommending. Rooted Bliss [...]

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A word, after the election

2024-11-10T12:18:19-06:00November 10th, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Elections in this country always mean that there is a winner and a loser, a victory and a defeat. So even if you are feeling wonderful after Tuesday's election, it might be good to be aware that those around you, possibly including people whom you deeply care about, may not be feeling so wonderful. Either way, [...]

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What’s so Special about Slow?

2025-01-27T09:52:04-06:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

In Yoga for Trauma, we move s-l-o-w. Well, what’s so great about that? When I used an online thesaurus to find synonyms for “Slowness,” I was a little dismayed. I found the following suggestions: Dull; sluggish Unwillingness; indifference Apathy; lethargy Listless; stagnant Weak, feeble Impotence, inactivity I didn’t see any positives in that list, did [...]

Rooted Bliss’ 10 Tips for Thriving During Quarantine

2020-03-28T11:34:29-05:00March 24th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|

As of March 2020, COVID-19 has arrived in the US. It has had a huge impact on the way we are working, living, and engaging online. This time that we are all facing is unprecedented. Never before has the world been as connected as we are digitally, and faced a pandemic. In a way, this [...]

Trauma Resources and Reading List

2020-03-28T11:35:02-05:00May 15th, 2019|Categories: Uncategorized|

I created this reading list for those who want to know more about trauma, as well as self-help in general. If you are looking for resources to help you in your own or someone else's healing journey, this is a great starting place. Peter Levine: Waking The Tiger and In an Unspoken Voice Peter Levine was [...]

Emotions versus Perceptions, Interpretations, and Evaluations

2020-03-28T11:35:11-05:00April 30th, 2019|Categories: Uncategorized|

Feelings This is a list of basic feelings. They are affect, often combined with a somatic sense, that doesn't include a person's thoughts, intentions, or evaluations. Acceptance Affection Agitated Aggressive Alert Amused Angry Annoyed Anticipation Anxiousness Appreciative Aroused Ashamed Blissful Blue Bored Calm Comfortable Confused Content Curious Despair Determined Disappointed Discouraged Disgust Distress Down [...]

Natural ways to work with anxiety, Part 2

2020-03-28T11:35:20-05:00April 30th, 2019|Categories: Uncategorized|

In my last blog post, I went over two ways to heal anxiety naturally, without drugs or pharmaceuticals. This post is a continuation, with three more strategies to try when working with anxiety. If you already read that post, go ahead and skip down to the healing modes. If you haven't, here is some background [...]

Natural ways to work with anxiety, Part 1

2021-05-29T09:44:10-05:00April 24th, 2019|Categories: Uncategorized|

Somatic healing is informed by a bio-psycho-social model, which generally holds the following views regarding anxiety (notice that these are, for the most part, in direct conflict with the traditional medical (chemical) model: Chronic anxiety is a form of suffering often caused by avoidance of painful emotions. Our modern culture pathologizes emotions, and many families [...]

Welcome to Rooted Bliss, your place for somatic therapy.

2024-12-08T12:16:00-06:00April 17th, 2019|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , |

How is somatic therapy different from traditional talk therapy? Traditional psychotherapy uses dialogue, and focuses on the thoughts the client is having. The client talks about what is wrong so the therapist can help them find solutions. This model is fine, except it deals with the mind and often completely ignores the body! Most clients [...]

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