About Enrooted Life
Enrooted Life is a body-based approach to personal growth and wellbeing. It offers a grounded path for those ready to move beyond what no longer serves them and live with more ease, alignment, and aliveness.
Less doing, more being. We are not here to add more ways to manage yourself. We are here to find the root cause of what disempowers you and explore a different way of showing up to life—one that transforms you at the level of identity, not just behavior.
Beneath conditioning, patterns, and survival strategies, there is already something whole, alive, and true within you. And it is our task to bring that out — together.
See Our Philosophy
Enrooted Life is a way of being—not a process of fixing yourself.
This work isn’t about doing more to heal, but about learning how to show up to life differently.
As you shed what doesn’t belong, you return to yourself—grounded, alive, and at home wherever you are. From this place, life begins to flow with more ease, clarity, and connection.
Meet: Natalie Joy
Your Lead Practitioner
Natalie Joy is a certified somatic practitioner and wellness guide who supports people in reconnecting with their bodies, restoring nervous system balance, and rediscovering their capacity for vitality and wellbeing.
After navigating her own journey through chronic stress, anxiety, and digestive challenges, Natalie brings both professional expertise and personal understanding to her work. She creates a safe, grounded space where healing happens not through fixing, but through returning home to yourself.
Natalie is trained as a Psychosomatic Practitioner, a Plant-Based Nutrition Coach, a Group Fitness Coach, and an Awake in the Wild Meditation Teacher — and she continues ongoing training in Somatic Experiencing®.
The Enrooted Life Approach
Curious how somatic healing works in real life? This free Nervous System Reset Guide offers a practical introduction to the Enrooted Life method.
FAQs
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Natalie brings extensive training and certifications in somatic practices, plant-based nutrition coaching, nature-based meditation, and group fitness. She is currently undergoing her 3-year Somatic Experiencing® training. Natalie also holds two master’s degrees (and started + stopped a third in clinical mental health counseling) and has spent years studying the human condition, healing, and embodiment through both academic and experiential lenses. But even more than all of the above, Natalie has walked this path herself and has experienced first-hand the healing power of the work she now supports others in doing.
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Enrooted Life was created from lived experience. Years ago, chronic stress, digestive issues, anxiety, and disconnection began to take a toll on my health and sense of self. Healing started when I slowed down and learned to listen to my body — through supportive nourishment, time in nature, and somatic practices that helped regulate my nervous system and restore a sense of internal safety.
Enrooted Life grew from this transformation, alongside extensive training in somatic, nutrition, movement, and nature-based approaches. I created this practice to offer others a grounded, ethical, whole-person path to healing — one that honors the body’s wisdom, addresses root causes, and supports sustainable change without quick fixes.
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Trauma-informed care is foundational to Enrooted Life. My work is informed by extensive training in somatic and nervous system–based approaches, including advanced training in Somatic Experiencing®, which is specifically designed to support the resolution of trauma and chronic stress held in the body. This training allows me to recognize how trauma may arise in the present moment and to respond in ways that prioritize regulation, safety, and stability.
Sessions are always guided by where the client is in their capacity and readiness. Nothing is forced, and there is no expectation to revisit or retell past experiences. Choice is central — clients are invited, not pushed, and are always free to pause, modify, or opt out of any practice. I also take care to explain what we are doing and why, so clients understand what to expect and can stay oriented and resourced throughout the process.
This work focuses on building nervous system safety and resilience rather than creating intensity or catharsis. Practices are paced intentionally, with attention to the body’s signals in real time. Enrooted Life offers a grounded, ethical, and supportive space for trauma-informed somatic coaching that honors the body’s wisdom and supports healing at a sustainable pace.
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Enrooted Life operates with clear boundaries and a “do no harm” philosophy. This work does not diagnose, treat, or replace mental health care. When appropriate, clients are encouraged to work alongside licensed therapists or other healthcare providers.
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Enrooted Life takes a whole-person, root-cause approach to healing rather than focusing on surface-level habits or mindset shifts alone. This work recognizes that lasting change happens when the entire system is supported — including the nervous system, gut-mind ecosystem, emotional body, lifestyle rhythms, and relationship to nourishment and rest.
Unlike approaches that rely on willpower or constant self-optimization, Enrooted Life works to gently unwind patterns held in the body that no longer serve. Nutrition is approached not as a set of rules, but as a foundational support for nervous system regulation, emotional balance, and physiological resilience. By addressing how food, stress, environment, and lived experience interact, the body and mind are given the conditions they need to function more optimally.
This work is oriented toward sustainable shifts rather than quick fixes. The focus is on clearing what doesn’t belong — chronic stress patterns, chemical imbalances, physical toxins, internalized pressure, dysregulation — so your system can return to its natural capacity for balance, ease, and aliveness. Healing is approached holistically and ethically, with care, pacing, and respect for the body’s innate wisdom, allowing change to emerge in a way that feels integrated and lasting.