Root into the Earth.

Reach towards the Stars.

Dance In Your Fire.

Weave Your Own Transformations.

Live Your Empowered Purpose!

Experience Shamanic Healing!

Moon, Sun, Earth, Sky: Elemental Healing with the Earth Keepers is a guided Shamanic Journey audio that you can try on your own!

Hi! I'm Betti Rooted Lionheart.

I am passionate about working with Teens, Queer People, and anyone who feels despair for the Earth and Humanity.

My one-to-one Shamanic Healing sessions are profoundly healing and transformational!

And I teach Shamanic Journeying so that you are empowered to heal and transform yourself, and to remember your Power and Purpose, so that you can take aligned action in service of the Earth and All Life.

Shamanic Journeying is…

… the skill of allowing a piece of your Spirit to safely separate from your body to travel into the Spirit World. Here you meet with your Spirit Guides for the purposes of receiving guidance, healing, energy, transformative experiences, and unconditional love!

Shamanic Healing is Ancient and Universal...

The skill and Spiritual practice of Shamanic Journeying belongs to All Of Us! If you go far, far back in all of our ancestries, all Peoples practiced this deeply interconnected way of understanding the Planet, the Cosmos, Ourselves, and Each Other.

Our Spirit Guides are…

… those Spirit Beings who choose to partner with us to help us navigate our lives and our World. They can be Animals, Plants, Goddesses, Gods, Ancestors, and more! They love, protect, guide, and heal us. They help us live our best lives and make our biggest impact! We all have Spirit Guides, even if we don’t know them yet!

Is this You?

Are You Ready To Create Your Own Transformations?

“Seek your joy, seek your healing, seek your whole self and you can transform your world in an instant. If we all did this, the world would transform in an instant. It is the transformation of your Heart, your one Heart, that changes the world. To love oneself, even one’s greatness and flaws, is the only way to a transformed Heart and a transformed Earth.” 

– A Direct Teaching from the Egyptian Goddess Isis

Learn to Shamanic Journey and Connect with your Spirit Guides

When you step into Our Sacred Community and learn to Shamanic Journey with me, you will have New Eyes to see Your Beauty, know Your Truth, and enact Your Purpose.

Here is How Our Community feels about Me

I am exhilarated (and coated in mud) after a deeply healing and transformative Wailing Circle that I co-facilitated at Braided Root Waters Healing Sanctuary.

I'm a Shamanic Healer, a Fire Weaver and Fire Priestess, a Spiritual Empowerment Activist, a Minister of the Church of Earth Healing, a Writer, the Mother of two Sons, a Facilitator of the Work That Reconnects, and the founder of Braided Root Waters Healing Sanctuary in Trumansburg, NY.

I am passionate about working with Teens, Queer People, and anyone who feels despair for the Earth and Humanity.

Since 2019, I've brought profound healing and transformation into the lives of many people with my unique and powerful one-to-one Shamanic Healing Sessions.

I also teach Shamanic Journeying so that you are empowered to heal and transform yourself and to remember your Power and Purpose, so that you can take aligned action in service of the Earth and All Life.

I can help you reclaim the Divine Feminine through developing your own Earth and Goddess-centered Shamanic Spiritual Practices.

My Shamanic Lineage is the Spirit-Led Shamanism developed by Bekki Shining Bearheart and Crow Swimsaway of the Church of Earth Healing.

And it is so important to me for you to know that I'm an ordinary person on an extraordinary journey of healing, growth, and transformation, ever reaching towards my next most empowered actions- and this is a journey anyone and everyone can take!

Blessings and Courage,
Betti Rooted Lionheart

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Experience Soul Retrieval

According to the Shamanic worldview, in moments of trauma (BIG TRAUMA or small trauma) we lose pieces of our Soul. Without these lost Soul Parts, we are less healthy and whole.

We live in such a trauma filled world now that I believe everyone has experienced Soul loss, and probably a lot of it.

My own healing journey has been marked by the retrieval of many, many Soul Parts. As I’ve incorporated these retrieved parts of myself I’ve grown ever closer to The Truth of Who I Am.

My Spirit Guides and I can locate, heal, and return to you your lost Soul Parts.

And, more importantly, we can teach you how to retrieve your own lost Soul Parts!

Recover Your Voice

If I could point to the one most important thread that runs through the entire tapestry of my healing path, it would be the process of recovering My Voice.

My Voice, and maybe Your Voice too, was silenced by the patriarchal culture within which my female psyche was (de)formed.

Recovering, healing, and beginning to use My Voice has been deeply liberating and empowering. I’m excited to help you recover Your Voice too!

Claim Your Empowerment

If you are anything at all like I was, then patriarchal disempowerment has probably made you feel insignificant, unhappy, and unfulfilled.

The skill of Shamanic Journeying is the single most empowering tool for breaking those purposeful patriarchal chains of discontent.

Shamanic Journeying brings us into a deeply meaningful lived experience of Unity with Ourselves and All of Life, and to engaging Healing and Transformation towards Purpose-driven Empowered Action.

Release the patriarchal sexual trauma from Your Body

The percentage of people who have experienced the OVERT patriarchal sexual trauma of rape and other physical body violations is staggering.

And I believe there is not a single person on the planet who has not experienced what I'm calling “COVERT” patriarchal sexual trauma: the insidious religious and patriarchal messaging that distorts and destroys our relationships to our bodies, our sexualities, and our ability to experience physical pleasure.

I am on a mission to help people heal and release the patriarchal sexual trauma that is embedded in every single cell of our bodies so we can all fully inhabit, experience, and love ourselves as the in-bodied sexual beings we were born to be!

Know Yourself by Knowing your Core Energies

Our seven primary Chakras, the energy centers that exist in a vertical line within our torsos, are each connected to a different aspect of who we are and how we engage in the World.

My Spirit Guides have given me a unique process for understanding Ourselves and coming into Our Power by connecting with our Core Energies that reside in these seven Chakras.

Our Chakra Core Energies are a part of Who We Are, and they illuminate what Gifts we bring into this World.

Shake it off with Shamanic Extraction

Through accident and injury, and the intentional or unintentional harms visited upon us by ourselves or others, our bodies can hold energies that do not belong to us and which impede the healthy flow of our own energies.

These “energetic intrusions” can cause us to be physically, emotionally, mentally or Spiritually sick.

My own Journey with Shamanic Extraction has led to the removal of many limiting beliefs that I internalized through patriarchal conditioning. The freedom from these constraints and the renewed energy flow within and around me has changed my life.

My Spirit Guides and I can detect and remove energetic intrusions from your body and energy field. And we can teach you to remove these energies yourself and to protect yourself from future intrusions.

Discover Your Life Purpose

It is absolutely liberating and invigorating to know why we are here on the Planet at this time! It is also essential that you discover this for yourself rather than being told by a source outside of yourself.

Our Spirit decides our purpose before we choose to be born into a body on this Earth. We come in already knowing, but we forget. In tribal times remembering our purpose was supported by our entire community. We are not so lucky today.

I feel blessed to have found the guidance and support I needed to finally remember who I am. I came in to do great things: I came in to help others remember who they are, and to step into their greatness.

I would be honored to guide you through an exciting process of self-discovery that leads you to remembering why you are here and how to step into your greatness and begin living your purpose.

Greet your Divinity by working with Divine Beings

There are a multitude of Goddesses and Gods and other Divine and Mythological Beings associated with different peoples, cultures, and religions throughout the world. These Beings are eager to be called upon to assist Humans in our daily lives and to help us amend our current perilous Earth circumstances.

If we feel drawn to particular Divine Beings, it is likely that we have either Ancestry from or Past Lives within the cultures from which they originate, or both.

I work with many Divine Beings. My primary Guides are the Earth Keepers from an Indigenous Turtle Island pantheon: Grandmother Moon, Grandfather Sun, Mother Earth, and Father Sky.

Heal Backwards and Forwards with the help of the Ancestors

Patterns of emotion, thought, and behavior, of traumas, of physical illnesses and more can all be passed down through generations and actively impact your life and well-being now.

In your current life you might be experiencing the energetic outcomes of what your ancestors did and experienced many, many generations ago.

We can connect with our own ancestors as Spirit Guides and heal the negative and destructive patterns that are harmful to us. When we do this, we not only bring healing for ourselves, but we can heal backwards to benefit our ancestors and heal forwards to prevent our children and future generations from reliving these Ancestral patterns.

Move on from Harmful Past Life Patterns

Similar to Ancestral trauma, the traumas of our own Past Lives can energetically interfere in our current Life.

We often carry over past life patterns of emotion, thought, and behavior with the result that we face the same lessons and challenges over and again, until we heal and clear those patterns from our Being.

When we heal these past life patterns we are no longer held back by the past and we can meet our present and future with the clarity and presence they deserve.

Participate in Your Own Physical Body Healing

The ailments that we experience in our physical bodies often have emotional, mental, and Spiritual causes.

Shamanic healing looks at the Whole You to find these underlying causes.

And, you can heal yourself. I teach a simple yet powerful method of bringing healing energy into your Body from deep within the Earth and down from the Cosmos to help restore your physical health.

Engage Manifestation Work

It is infinitely easier to manifest the work, the relationships, the physical environments, and the life that you desire when you are manifesting with the guidance and cooperation of the Spirits.

Your Spirit Guides can gift you with daily rituals and practices that energize your truest dreams into being while supporting you in the work of placing one foot in front of the other towards achieving those goals.

Shift Your Reality with Mantras and Songs

Many creation stories tell that the World was sung or spoken into being; that the vibration of sound is responsible for the creation of all Life.

We too can use sound for creation. Mantras and Songs have been powerful tools in transforming my go-to negative patterns of mind into positive creative forces for change in my own life and towards bringing into being the world I want to live in.

I have been gifted with many mantras and songs by my Spirit Guides. Some are for manifestation, others are for physical body healing, still others are for Earth healing.

Working with Mantras and Songs might be a part of your healing path too. They are truly useful and empowering gifts!

Elizabeth Sullivan (she/her)

I found Betti’s shamanic journeying workshop serendipitously and what a transformative journey it’s been! In quick succession, I attended three in-person classes with Betti as lead facilitator, joined her shamanic journey circle, and began working with her one-to-one, eager to more easily traverse inner landscapes and access internal guidance supportive of my own personal healing and ascension. 

 

As a teacher, Betti is at once gentle and fierce, whimsical and pragmatic, ethereal and firmly rooted in the earth—a mentor who nurtures, uplifts, and empowers. Betti is also resourceful and approaches the spiritual path knowledgeably and with an open heart. 

 

As a shamanic healer, she has enabled me to release, revitalize, and restore facets of myself that are helping elevate my overall consciousness and well-being. I remain eternally grateful for Betti’s service to Earth, to Spirit, to Fire, and to those of us who seek healing and alignment with and through them.

Andria Colón (She/ Her)

I was blessed to come across Betti Rooted Lionheart. First attending her tarot class, I quickly was at ease. Her presence is calming; she holds sacred space with care and without judgment.I was then welcomed to attend the Shamanic Journey Circle Betti leads. Whether attending in person or virtually I experience deep connection with others and am given space to explore in ways I had not done before.

 

I then had the opportunity to do a one on one healing session. Betti not only provided me with sacred space to intimately share traumatic parts of my past, she also offered me tangible and intangible tools to aid in my healing journey. She shared messages and guidance from the Spirits in a loving, kind way that allowed me to feel protected while being vulnerable. Betti provided me space and guidance on how to digest what was uncovered and confirmed for me. I left the session with a better understanding of self and refueled with energy to continue to move forward.

 

Betti is a great communicator and will gently guide you through whatever session or experience she is curating with her valuable work. I highly recommend Shamanic healing work with Betti as it has unlocked places in my mind, body and spirit enabling me to continue the journey in becoming the most healed, authentic version of myself.

Pinak Hubbard (He/Him/His/Human Being)

I have had the joyful privilege of sitting, dancing, lamenting, laughing, and exploring the heart with Betti Rooted Lionheart, Facilitator and Earth Steward of Braided Root Waters Healing Sanctuary. 

 

Betti truly cares for the Earth and all her Relations. Her humanness shines through the briars that guard my heart. With fierce kindness, she invites the participant to tap into their authentic Soul roots through song sharing, birthing inspiration through community poetry, body movements and imbibing the natural compass points. 

 

The offerings I have participated in have been transformational and community strengthening: Earth Healing Fire Circle, Despair and Discovery Circle, Wailing Circle, & Solstice Gatherings.  

 

Some takeaways: I remember that I don’t need to force anything or rush. If I take the sacred ceremonial seed with me, there is a natural pacing in the sanctuary of my heart spirit that allows for pain, joy, Beauty, life and death to close the wounds and the separation I feel sometimes from the natural world and other humans.

Juliana (she/her)

Working with Betti has been deeply resonant and healing for me. The sessions that I have had with her have granted me peace and clarity. I feel a sense of peace and strength that she holds within herself. I am impressed at how easily and well she can tune in to the Spirits. Her journeys reveal powerful messages and teachings and I have learned so much from these. 

 

Betti is deeply dedicated to the healing of the larger community and each person. I trust her work and her ethics and I know how genuine she is. Her work as a Shamanic Healer and teacher are profound.

Gustavus Nicholas Ricciuti - Coombs (SnowMoon) (he/him)

It was the Spring Equinox Circle of 2023, one year ago almost to this very day that I first met Betti. It happened to fall on an important milestone in my past. One which held great power over me and for my family. 

 

I remember that we had received a decent little push of snow not long before that Spring gathering, so the weather was a bit chilly. It had been a cold and dreary winter. And much like the weather, my Spirit felt cold and dreary as well. 

 

I had just returned to New York, two weeks prior, after four months visiting my family in Massachusetts. I had been traveling back and forth to Mass quite often. Almost too often… burning me out by not being rooted in any one location. Me…being a very recent resident of NY, and not knowing anyone, put me in a very peculiar place in the world. So… I ventured out of my shell, not knowing what I was searching for. 

 

Upon my arrival to Braided Root Waters Healing Sanctuary there was a calming sense of “Home” which came as a surprise to me. 

 

The thought of sharing anything about myself with others was uncomfortable to say the least, as my reclusiveness back then had me in a secluded state. But I did, with others that attended the gathering doing the same. And I felt better. Healthier.

 

Betti, being the guide for all of us, handled each moment with patience, and care. I left with a feeling of Peace. Peace I didn’t know I was searching for when I left my “shell,” but knowing in my heart it was the medicine my Spirit needed. 

 

So I called upon Betti, to further guide me with her work. It is because of this healing process that I am now a human that is more complete and able to share my inner strength with others.

 

Betti exudes an intrinsic mindfulness that gives strength of Spirit which, in my opinion, is a resource we are lacking in the world today.

Jennifer Seymour (she/her)

I’m writing this after having been up all night attending a beautiful birth in my own freestanding birth center. I wouldn’t be in this birth center had it not been for work Betti did for me five years ago which somehow broke through an energetic block I’d had against escaping work as an employee of the exploitative hospital industry. 

 

Betti freed me to follow my calling in a radical and Spirit-led direction. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but I am, finally, doing my Right Work in my Right Way, after having practiced midwifery for a quarter century. 

Mustafa Seven Ali

I met Betti over a decade ago, before she found her purpose as a shamanic healer. At that time, however, I had no idea that we’d meet again in such a new and different context. Suffice it to say that our paths crossing again was no accident. 

 

Betti’s shamanic healing session provided me with the clarity of purpose I was desperately seeking, and more. The experience was both cathartic and humbling.

 

Her “bedside manner,” so to speak, was excellent and reassuring. Betti created a very warm and welcoming environment that was conducive to the deep physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual transformation that I have embarked upon. I was very pleased with the results as I exited the session with much more conviction regarding my life’s purpose and work than when I entered it. 

 

I will continue to engage with Betti in the shamanic healing process in an effort to cultivate and nurture sustained relations with my spirit guides. Ultimately, I hope to develop shamanic journeying skills that will enable me to directly access the Spirits on my own.

Deanna English (she/her)

When I was new to the Ithaca area and struggling with feelings of despair about the state of our world while also carrying grief regarding my daughter and her physical and emotional struggles at the time, a new friend invited me to attend a session of Betti’s Despair and Discovery Circle.  

 

When I arrived at my first Despair Circle feeling lonely, scared and sad, I was immediately welcomed into the group by Betti. The atmosphere was calm, and Betti’s tone was soothing and welcoming. There was an order to the Despair Circle, and Betti gave us clear guidance on how we could help each person feel safe by honoring each person’s thoughts and feelings in silent attention. 

 

I’m an introvert, and feeling safe enough in a new group to speak is unusual, but that very first meeting I was able to tearfully take my turn. I attended many Despair Circle meetings, and found them to be a safe and comforting place to be as I worked with my feelings of grief. 

 

The Despair Circle has helped me to be more curious about the part of myself that needs to feel and hold the pain for this planet, and the Circle helped me to look at that pain and find ways to do my small part towards healing the planet for all living beings. 

 

Betti has an open, calming, loving way about her that makes people feel safe and welcome. I always felt accepted at the Despair Circle just as I am.

Alyse L. (she/any)

I have attended Betti’s workshop to learn how to shamanic journey and regularly attend the Shamanic Journey Circle. Betti’s approach to shamanic journeying is open-minded and welcoming, and the workshop works well for people who have never tried (or even really heard of) the practice. 


If you have ever tried to meditate, but found it a little tedious, I would recommend trying shamanic journeying as a much more interesting and insight-provoking alternative! I find that simply taking the time to ask a question that is personally important and opening up the space to listen for an answer is restorative.


Betti is a facilitator and leader with a light touch, who establishes a caring, respectful, and generous group atmosphere through clear instructions and expectations and also by being a role model. Everyone is looking for something different, but the strength of Betti’s method is that it balances providing structure and suggestions with allowing a lot of scope for individual exploration and self-direction. 


If you are looking for a way to see more of the magic in yourself and the universe, you might find that shamanic journeying with Betti is an eye-opening experience!

Nathan Bush (he/him)

For me, meeting and working with Betti marked the beginning of a great transformation in my life.

Along the way things were often dark and difficult. Betti’s shamanic journeying on my behalf always brought back relevant information, practices, healing and realignment with my truth and my connection to all.

Over the years my life has been guided and enriched by Betti’s shamanic gifts. Every single journey with Betti has been significant and relevant in my life. 

Amanda Klish (she/her)

I’ve had 5 healing sessions with Betti, as well as taken her Growing Your Shamanic Roots workshop to learn to Shamanic journey. I feel like I’ve made huge strides on my healing path, and can’t sufficiently put into words how grateful I am for what Betti has done for me. 


One of my favorite parts of each healing session (every single part is so interesting), was learning of a specific past life of mine that related to a current area of my life I was seeking healing in. Not only did Betti aid in healing those deep parts (spirituality, anxiety, rejection, emotional blockages, etc.) of me, but she also facilitated the healing and integration of those past lives. 


She also did soul retrieval work during each session, and helped those wounded lost soul parts of mine to find their way back to me. With the healing and welcome return of those missing pieces, I’ve been able to see my life through a much wider lens that spans lifetimes. And because of that, I’ve been able to make some big empowered decisions that not only feel pivotal for my life path, but also honor the past lives of mine that didn’t have the opportunities or choices I have now. 


I’m so grateful to Betti and the work she does!

Nathan Mayo (he/him)

Before meeting Betti I was in a place where I felt stuck and like I didn’t have control over the things that were happening to me, almost as if it was impossible to see beyond the pain that I was experiencing. Through Betti’s ability to listen attentively and ask direct and relevant questions, I feel as though she was able to fully understand the things that were plaguing me. The sessions were very relaxing and became something that I looked forward to attending. 

 

After my healing journey with Betti I have been able to immerse myself in being productive and creative again, like I was prior to being dragged down by the emotional toll a particular portion of my life had on me. Now I’m doing much better and feel free of the burdens I once carried with me. I still perform the grounding, centering, and shielding practices that Betti shared with me when I am alone and have the time and have returned to spending as much time as I can in nature. 

William D Ethridge (He/Him in solidarity with She/Her and They/Them)

No doubt, life can throw you a curveball from time to time, and sometimes multiple. These events can be severely disorienting and traumatic. Such was the context that caused me to seek out shamanic healing after finding Betti Rooted Lionheart’s services posted on a community bulletin board.

 

I thought, what the hell? Thirty years of traditional talk therapy with pharmaceutical interventions had not really given me the results that I felt I was working hard to get. I will be forever grateful that I took the chance to heal with Betti’s shamanic intuitions and guidance.

 

I found the results to be profound and, in many ways, almost immediate. Betti works with shamanic healing journeys, drumming, and Vision Quest Tarot cards to consult spirits in the Spirit World. From Sekhmet to Kwan Yin to the Indigenous American Spirits Grandfather Sun and Grandmother Moon, Betti relays the Spirits’ understanding of your personal situation—from current and past lives–and their collaborative healing interventions on your behalf.  

 

These Spirit journeys can be voice recorded so they are a resource for future reference and further reflection. I found these recordings to be particularly useful, especially during road trips! 

 

Betti is gifted at getting people grounded, centered, and shielded. She is highly professional and dedicated to her work as evidenced by the generous sharing of the land that she stewards as a healing sanctuary. 

 

At a time in my life that I was feeling particularly unmoored, Betti Rooted Lionheart, along with her spirit world collaborators, gave me very practical tools that continue to keep me emotionally oriented and in a position to foster better, deeper relationships with the people most important to me. Thanks Betti!

Tanja Anselm (she/her)

My name is Tanja Anselm, I am 67 years old this year. In 2022, I met Betti at a Wailing Circle she was leading. It was at a time that I was interested in allowing grief to be uncovered and experienced. We gathered in the Medicine Wheel at Braided Root Waters Healing Sanctuary, where the land felt like a partner. We were in the elements. We were safe. We were respectful. 


Betti was a relief. She had no signs or symptoms of her ego being fed by our presence. She allowed our grief to process in whatever creative way we needed. She kept to the structure of opening the circle, respecting the elements, allowing space/time for each participant, and brought us to closure gently. 


What was brought forth that day had a ripple effect: I cannot recall a word that was said, yet the profound feeling of connecting in a space that did not require anything other than my presence (where I was enough as is) became a beacon of spiritual light. 


Because the Wailing Circle felt safe, I later went to Betti to experience a healing session. The session highlighted where I was being provided guidance, a way to look at some things differently, and teachings by metaphor. She spoke to me in a way I could hear, and she listened with all her senses as she received what I needed to know. I left the healing session with new understandings, and clarified some questions which had yet to be answered.


I appreciated most that Betti did not try to impress me. She let the messages be what they were. Nothing added, nothing hidden. 


The above experiences still speak to me: like watching water finding its way down a mountain path, I remember the freshness, the nourishment, the sense of discovery.


As for where I am now: I live as much in the moment as I can. Betti and her healing ways are part of a journey of finding day-to-day joy. I am diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer – an unusual form that will not respond to chemo, radiation, or surgery. I have met my prognosis head on – and I am still here. I still have cancer – the joy is that I am living with it, not dying from it. The medications are working, as is my lifestyle, as is the never ending support from healers like Betti. 


Hamlin, NY. March, 2024

Tom Bennigson (he/ him)

I know Betti primarily through her facilitation of the Despair and Discovery Circle. The Circles are quite beautiful, giving people the opportunity to grieve together, to go deeply into difficult emotions, while also offering lightness, fun, and uplift. Betti is a skilled facilitator of groups, creating safety for people to go deep. She strikes a great balance in holding space and agenda firmly, without being controlling or rigid about structure or style, allowing what needs to happen in the moment. Much of this is due to who Betti is as a person: a person of impeccable integrity, genuine, completely trustable, warm, playful, and filled with love for and dedication to the Earth.

 

I have also had the wonderful experience of visiting Braided Root Waters, the land which Betti stewards with so much love. A place of beauty, serenity, and spirit.

Evangeline Sarat (she/her)

Ever since I started working with Betti the main thing that completely stands out is her integrity to spirit and the truth. I feel an absolute sincerity in her to listen to spirit and then move from there. The help, guidance and insight Betti passes on to those who go to her for healing is a reflection of her integrity.

 

Personally I have been helped by Betti in a few very pivotal moments in my life, and the way she shows up to support me is a gift. When she offers support, she means it. I hold her work in such high regard.