Retreats
Sacred gatherings away from the noise, curated for deep reflection and spirit renewal.
Life Resets
Strategic journeys to help you tend to exhaustion, gently rebuild your energy, and cultivate a life rooted in soft power.
Curated Paths to Soul Wholeness
Find the specific level of support your spirit requires today—from quiet retreat to active wellness.
Guided Journals
Sacred prompts that invite you to pause, breathe, and reclaim the truth of your narrative.
Community Circles
Safe, soulful environments where women gather to be heard, held, and healed in community.
Body & Spirit Food
Intentional nutrition programs designed to fuel your physical and energetic body.
Workshops & Keynotes
Transformative speaking engagements focused on the intersection of healing and heritage.
Browse the Collective's Published Works
Education for Your Evolution
The Rooted Wisdom Blog
Evidence-based wellness meets ancient diasporic traditions.
Heart Health
Black Women and Cardiovascular Care — Navigating Systems with Ancestral Knowledge and Truth
Bridging the gap between modern medical statistics and the botanical legacies that have protected our hearts through centuries of survival.
Womb Care
Beyond Fibroids — Reflecting on Reproductive Health
Exploring lifestyle and environmental factors that can shape reproductive well-being for Black women.
Ethnobotany
Nigella Sativa Unleashed — The Science and Spirit of Black Seed Healing
Exploring how this legendary herb came to be known as a ‘cure for everything,’ and what that legacy means for Black women’s wellness today.
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Roots To Rise Life Collective is a sanctuary built for the woman ready to shed the weight of the world. We combine scientific research with the wisdom of those who came before us to help you find your way back home.
We specifically serve the woman in her fourth decade and beyond who is tired of the hustle and ready for the harvest. Here, we trade survival for sovereignty, helping you design a life that feels as good as it looks.
Lesa Marie Founder
I am Lesa Marie — Your Partner in Rising
As a Holistic Wellness Guide and Speaker, I founded this collective to bridge the gap between where we are and where we deserve to be. My expertise comes from deep study, but my passion comes from my own lived experience of reclaiming my health.
This work was born from my own necessity to find a softer way to live. After spending decades in the cycle of constant doing, I realized that true power lies in the pause. RTR is the result of that realization — a roadmap for women who are ready to stop performing and start living from a place of deep, rooted wholeness.
I established this collective to be the resource I needed: a place where our culture is the default, our needs are understood, and our healing is prioritized without compromise or explanation.
This is my life’s work, and I am honored to share this sacred path with you.
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