Rebuild in community
You’ve been on the outside for a while now.
You’ve done the soul-searching.
Worked with a therapist.
Explored new ideas.
And still... something feels unsettled.
Sometimes it can feel like no one truly understands what you've been through.
This is your invitation to step into a restorative space where you are not alone.
Root & Rise is an intimate circle of people healing from religious trauma and high-control systems who are committed to freeing themselves from the conditioning of the past, reclaiming their voices and rising into their own personal power.
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Root into yourself
Over eight weeks, you’ll move through a guided group experience designed to help you:
✦ Heal disconnect from your body and strengthen your relationship with its innate wisdom
✦ Learn to safely feel, process and integrate difficult emotions
✦ Free yourself from shame and self-judgment so you can open your heart to yourself
✦ Remember who you are beyond the imprinting of religious dogma and perfectionism
✦ Strengthen your connection to your inner knowing and intuition
✦ Find your voice again (and become comfortable using it)
✦ Rebuild trust in yourself and create a life where you are the ultimate authority
Rise up in community
Healing happens best in relationship.
We can do deep work on our own, but when we come together with others who share the same intention, the healing field deepens and amplifies.
In Root & Rise, you are surrounded by people who understand what it means to survive loss, endure dark nights of the soul, and have their identities shaped by external control.
Together we create a tight-knit circle where we hold space for one another through the most difficult parts of reclaiming our lives after a high-control system.
Witnessing each other's courage and honesty and being seen for your own bravery and vulnerability becomes part of the healing itself.
In this circle, your voice and your experience are not only welcome. They are essential to the recovery process.
This circle may be for you if
✦ You've been out of a high-control religious system for a while and feel ready to go deeper in your healing journey
✦ Your life may appear stable on the outside, yet something inside still feels unresolved, unfinished, or waiting to be reclaimed
✦ You want more than education about cult recovery. You are looking for embodied growth that supports real change in your daily life
✦ You are drawn to an approach that works with your whole being--body, mind, heart, and spirit---instead of focusing on only one dimension of healing
✦ You want to rebuild your identity around who you truly are rather than who you were conditioned to be
✦You recognize the need to treat yourself with greater compassion instead of criticism, judgment, and perfectionism
✦ You are ready to step into a larger, more authentic version of yourself
THE ROOT & RISE JOURNEY
Inside Root & Rise you'll experience
✦ Eight weekly 90-minute live group sessions on Zoom
✦ Guided somatic practices that help you reconnect with the wisdom of your body
✦ Practical recovery tools that support your daily life
✦ Facilitated group healing experiences that support emotional processing and integration
✦ Thoughtful guidance from someone who understands the experience of leaving a high-control system
✦ A supportive circle of people who understand the experience of leaving a high-control system
To keep the container deeply supportive, each cohort is limited to 10 participants.
THE WHOLE SYSTEM APPROACH
The Root & Rise Journey
High-control religion doesn’t just influence what you believe.
It destabilizes and fragments the body, mind, heart, and spirit so that authority lives outside of you.
In Root & Rise, we move through the core areas most often disrupted by high-control systems and begin rebuilding them from the inside out.
Each stage of the Root & Rise journey uses a whole-system method that brings body, mind, heart, and spirit back into alignment as this core areas are restored and integrated.
This is how you take your power back and become the rightful authority in your life.
Sovereignty begins when every part of you belongs to you again.
Introduction to Root & Rise
In this short video, I walk you through the heart of Root & Rise and the rebuilding journey we take together.
Does this feel like the kind of support you've been looking for?
I would be honored to walk alongside you in the process of reclaiming and rebuilding what is rightfully yours
Next Root & Rise Cohort:
Tuesdays · June 3 – July 21
7:00 - 8:30 pm CST
Investment: $669
Flexible payment plans are available
Root & Rise alumni receive $147 off as an invitation to continue their journey
NEXT STEPS
How to join Root & Rise
Submit your application
This helps me learn about your background and what you're looking for in Root & Rise.
Because this is an intimate container, the application helps ensure the circle is supportive and aligned for everyone.
Personal invitation
You'll receive a private enrollment link along with additional program details and payment options.
If it turns out the program isn't the right support, I'll do my best to suggest other resources.
Secure your place
Your enrollment link will remain open for 72 hours. Spaces are reserved in the order they are secured.
If you still have questions, you're welcome to schedule a short call with me.
ABOUT YOUR GUIDE
Meet Dawn Marian
For nearly two decades I’ve supported people through profound personal growth by integrating energy medicine, somatic practices, and trauma-aware healing.
I grew up in a mainstream cult and understand firsthand how high-control systems distort our connection to our bodies, our minds, our hearts, and our spirits.
Root & Rise is the program I wish had existed when I left the Jehovah’s Witnesses. It offers a steady, grounded space where people rebuild trust in themselves, regulate their nervous systems, heal their hearts, and reconnect with their inner wisdom.
CLIENT EXPERIENCE
"A safe place for healing"
With gentleness and respect, Dawn Marian creates a safe place for healing. She listens with non-judgmental clarity, accurately perceives the issues, and offers the energy patterns that enable change. From my personal experience I can tell you that it feels like a miracle, and maybe it is.
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