Author Robyn Moreno comes to Explore under the auspices of the LatinX House and the Raizado Festival.

In Robyn’s *Get Rooted* she tells of how she was burnt out: in the midst of a full-on, midlife meltdown caused by the working-mom tightrope walk coupled with painful family drama. To save her soul, sanity, and family, Robyn quit her manic #mommyboss existence and set out on a spiritual journey based on an ancient Aztec calendar, studying the medicine of her Mexican grandmothers.

Reckoning with the hidden stories and aspects of her family and her Mexican-American culture brought Robyn to an unshakable understanding of who she is and how she fits into this world. She decided which traditions, which medicines, to pass on to her daughters and which to leave behind, and in so doing she began to root into the person she was meant to be. She sought ancestral spaces, nature– the four paths of rootedness. She learned about soul losses, soul retrieval, and her true essence.

Told in a voice that is riveting, real, empathetic, and joyous, *GET ROOTED: Reclaim Your Soul, Serenity, and Sisterhood Through the Healing Medicine of the Grandmothers* shares Robyn’s unforgettable story of reclamation—and invites readers into a world where they can do the same.

Robyn Moreno is a Curanderimso practitioner, meditation teacher, and author. She is the host of the popular podcast: “Get Rooted with Robyn Moreno,” and has appeared on The Today Show and CBS Mornings. Robyn has presented at the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW Interactive, and the Omega Institute. She was the Editor-In-Chief and Co-President of Latina Media Ventures; Emmy-nominated host of Plum Daily Hamptons (a nationally syndicated lifestyle show); and the author of several books, including Border-line Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass, and Cultural Shifting.

A native Texan and certified yoga teacher and life coach, Robyn lives with her family in New York’s Hudson Valley.

REVIEWS: “Robyn’s courage to no longer ignore but face the issues of endless burnout and exhaustion in her life with ancestral healing tools and practices is inspiring. The ancient wisdom shared in Get Rooted intertwined with her personal story is beautiful, powerful, and useful to anyone who is ready for deep transformation." —Yung Pueblo, New York Times bestselling author. “Robyn Moreno truly reclaims and educates us on our ancestors’ contributions to traditional medicine and suggestions of remembering our ancestors’ holistic healing of mind, body, and spirit.” —Dr. Eliseo Torres, Professor of Curanderismo at the University of New Mexico and author of Curanderismo: The Art of Traditional Medicine without Borders and Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing. “With honesty, humor, and insight, Robyn Moreno shares her personal healing journey, a process guided and informed by her ancestral medicine. Moreno introduces us to the practices of Curanderismo and distills them into simple and accessible exercises to support anyone’s healing journey. Get Rooted is an excellent addition to the growing canon of books about Curanderismo … written by Latinx women. I highly recommend this book!” —Atava Garcia Swiecicki, author of The Curanderx Toolkit.

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