Anonymous
Third Root gave me a space where I felt welcomed, valued and supported. And more profoundly, a place where I could be in community with like-minded folks committed to social justice and equity, and to transforming our world. It has also profoundly touched my life by enabling me to tap into a long-lost facet of my spiritual self, one that is rooted in care for each other and our planet. I am so grateful to you all, including the amazing TR staff I didn’t have the privilege to connect with. I mourn this huge loss, but also celebrate the incredible healing practitioners and beings that you are and all you have contributed to the TR community.
Heather
You will be missed beyond measure
Amy Dallas
All the time I spent on a mat full pregnant with my children. Absolutely no doubt in my mind that the breathwork and prenatal practices at third root empowered my ability to have two beautiful unmedicated labors. My heart is breaking for all the pregnant parents now and in the future who will lose this inspiring experience. Beyond just prenatal yoga, the community acupuncture was there for us when the rest of the world wasn’t. I am grateful for the years I was lucky enough to pop into Third Root and always feel like I was in just the right place.
Anonymous
I am at a loss for the adequate words. You’ve changed my life in countless ways beyond the initial reason I came to you: to heal from a broken bone. I find myself more empathetic toward all lived experiences just by being a member of your community. I haven’t found a community like yours and was craving my return more than I expected to (I had to relocate out of the city like so many to get childcare support). I thank you for everything and am devastated this space will close that has strengthened so many.
Michelle Hobgood
I’m truly distraught by this news. Just heartbroken. I type these words with a face full of tears. Words can’t express how much Third Root has helped me over the years! How much the acupuncture and massage services has helped me during some of the worst times of my life. Through multiple surgeries and injuries and times of immense stress Third Root has always been the place I could find healing and comfort. It was the only place that I could afford to get quality care by trusted practitioners who truly cared about the people they were serving. MY GOD! I’m going to miss this place and the community of practitioners that are TRULY ONE OF A KIND. The work you did at Third root has changed the lives of so many people. Please keep sharing your greatness with the world!
R.Taylor
Deep gratitude for each and every one of you. Thank you for your vision and commitment.
Vanessa Nisperos
Wow.. the green walls of Third Root have held so much of my healing process. Literally propping me up when I could not stand on my own, holding my hand when I was too scared to move forward, and reminding me that there is a healer inside me. I am forever grateful that brave souls came into my life and introduced me to this space (Julia, Geleni, Emily, Shri, Roopa, Telesh, Jacoby, Romina, Jomo, Anyanwu, Kate, Alicia, Anna ~ all of you!). For had I not encountered this space of radical imagination and radical healing, I may have ended up in a very different place in my life when I was most ill. I am forever grateful and I am looking so forward to what the seeds of this vision will manifest.
GahMundo
This place is so special. Thank you so much for healing so many of us over and over and over…Third Root wil be in my soul forever…
Gender Doula
I would not be the person I am today had I not worked at Third Root (as a volunteer first then as employee) for two and half years in my early twenties — in so so so very many ways. My body healed, my heart healed, my feelings about (not) belonging healed. My connection to lineages of justice and resistance and earth medicine and spirituality and care work were formed and deepened at Third Root. I learned how to truly *see* someone, to truly hear them and meet them, from observing how third root practitioners saw and heard and met their clients, and how they saw and heard and met me. Third Root also taught me about the messiness of multiracial, cross-class collective work, and gave me glimpses about how to hold contradiction and nuance through conflict, how to never lose touch with each other’s and our own humanity. I could go on and on! Thank you to everyone who ever passed through those doors; each person made Third Root the space we have come to know and trust and love. I love you all!
Improved my back tension
“That massage improved my back tension instantly and was the most relaxed I’ve been throughout all of 2020.”