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Paula Sam, Founder and Practitioner

With over 30 years of experience, Paula has cultivated a deeply intuitive and skilled approach to massage therapy and holistic healing, integrating a vast array of modalities to support her clients' physical, energetic, and emotional well-being.

Her journey in healing began with AromaPsychology, Reflexology, Reiki, and Vodder’s Manual Lymphatic Drainage, alongside her early work as a licensed esthetician and electrologist. She studied with Kay Acuazzo, a pioneer in aesthetics and skincare, and her daughter, Rose Ann Linkens, continuing a legacy of integrative skin and body care that blends beauty and wellness from the inside out.

She later trained in Kinesiology, Applied Kinesiology, and QiGong Therapy under Master FaXiang Hou, a fifth-generation QiGong master, deepening her understanding of energetic healing and mind-body connection.

Paula is the founder of Rooted Resonance Healing, a pioneering exploration of the music of plant communication. Rooted Resonance, a name born from Paula's profound connection to the plant world, symbolizes her innovative exploration of the harmonious dialogue between nature and healing. Through this unique approach, Paula taps into the subtle frequencies and 'music' of plant communication, creating a bridge between the innate intelligence of the natural world and the human healing process. This synergy not only reflects her dedication to holistic wellness but also honors the deep wisdom that the plant world offers in fostering balance and harmony within the body, mind, and spirit. Her work in this area merges vibrational healing, plant spirit medicine, and energetic sensitivity to help clients attune to their own inner rhythms and the consciousness of the Earth.

In addition to her current offerings, Paula continues to deepen her clinical and energetic expertise through advanced studies in a variety of healing modalities. These include Auricular Medicine with Dr. Lichun Huang and Dr. William Huang, Esogetic Colorpuncture with Peter Mandel and Dr. Rosemary Bourne, and Neuromuscular Therapy with Paul St. John. She has also trained in Craniosacral Therapy, the Graston Technique, and Quantum Biofeedback. Modalities she weaves into her integrative approach to therapeutic care.

As a licensed massage therapist and educator, Paula is a trainer in pelvic floor fascia therapy, teaching professionals how to integrate anatomy-informed, fascia-based techniques into their practices. Her instruction emphasizes the deep interrelationship between structural alignment, somatic awareness, trauma resolution, and pelvic health. Paula's fascia work supports both clients and practitioners in exploring the body’s interconnected systems with insight and integrity.

She also teaches anatomy, fascial release, and somatic practices, drawing on her extensive training in marma therapy, Ayurveda, and trauma-informed movement. Her work supports individuals managing complex health conditions including Parkinson’s, oncology, and chronic pain. Through a therapeutic approach that blends touch, movement, osteopathic-informed techniques, and energy medicine, Paula fosters deep healing and resilience.

She is a certified Juice Feasting coach, trained by David Rainoshek, and has developed her own signature reboot cleanses, which she has offered for over 25 years. Paula is widely known for these creative, intuitive cleanse programs, which are personalized to support detoxification, energy renewal, and digestive healing. She studied at Hippocrates Health Institute, where she deepened her expertise in raw, living foods and therapeutic nutrition, drawing on the foundational teachings of Anne Wigmore, a pioneer in the natural health movement. As a raw food chef, she integrates this wisdom into her approach to nourishment and healing, aligning food with physical and energetic wellness.

A Wise Earth Sadhaka practitioner, Paula studied at the Wise Earth School of Ayurveda with Maya Tiwari, and continues her Ayurvedic education with Dr. Shekhar Annambhotla, Vaidya R.K. Mishra, K.P. Khalsa, Traci Webb and her faculty from the Ayurvedic Living School. As a certified birth educator and doula, Paula provides compassionate, body-based support during pregnancy and childbirth, blending spiritual wisdom with hands-on care. As an Ayurvedic Herbalist and Lifestyle Coach, she works with diet, herbs, detoxification, rejuvenation, lifestyle rituals, and women’s health to guide clients in creating lasting well-being. She also formulates personalized herbal remedies, blending intuitive wisdom with traditional Ayurvedic principles to offer healing botanical support.

Paula’s trauma-informed care includes training in Tension and Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) with founder Dr. David Berceli, and mentorship with Jacy Sundlie, a TRE Certification Trainer instrumental in developing the first TRE certification program.

A lifelong practitioner of yoga, Paula began her study at age 16 and was certified at 19 under Yogi Hari Sharana Zandler. She studied with teachers from Iyengar, Anusara, Kali Ray TriYoga, and Saraswati River Yoga. As a senior East Coast teacher trainer for Kali Ray TriYoga, she has mentored and inspired countless students. She also holds certifications in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy and Stott Pilates, and trained extensively with Theresa Rowland in the Iyengar tradition.

Spiritually, Paula was initiated into the Tantric Bhairavi path by Maa Parvathi Nandanath Saraswati in 2006 and continues her studies in Sri Vidya Sadhana with Sri Guru Karunamaya, integrating sacred Vedic science into her personal practice and healing work.

She also studies the Inca Paqo Pampamesayoq Path, known as the Yellow Path, the Andean way of light, wisdom, and cosmic knowledge. This tradition is deeply rooted in the Cosmic Order, the universal balance that governs life, energy, and spiritual alignment. It reflects the sacred harmony between nature, spirit, and the ancestral wisdom passed down through generations.

Paula’s studies are guided by deep reverence for the Apaza Family Lineage, esteemed keepers of the Chumpi Paqo tradition within the Q’ero Nation, a high-altitude Andean community recognized as the last living descendants of the Inka. The Q’eros are known for preserving the ancient codes of the Andes, including the sacred rites of the Ñustas, the Chumpi khuyas, and the celestial teachings of the Pleiades. Through this lineage, Paula continues to deepen her connection to the ancestral ways, walking in Ayni, sacred reciprocity with the Earth, the Apus (mountain spirits), and the cosmic forces that guide this path.

Through dedicated study, she expands her understanding of energetic flow and spiritual interconnectedness, strengthening her ability to channel healing aligned with the Cosmic Order. She is currently training to become a Ñusta Paqo (female Paqo – medicine woman), a role that bridges ancestral wisdom with transformative healing, guiding others toward balance and restoration within themselves and the natural world.

Paula has been profoundly blessed to receive the Chakaruna Karpay, a sacred bridge initiation connecting the energies of the three worlds, through Paqo Altomisayoq Doña María Apaza, one of the last living female Altomisayoqs of the Q’ero people. Chosen by the Apus (mountain spirits) and struck by lightning three times, Doña María carries a rare and potent transmission of ancestral medicine. Through this lineage, Paula has received the Qoto Pleiades Healing Technique and The Seven Ñustas Healing Technique, allowing her to channel star-aligned wisdom, restore energetic balance, and offer deep, multidimensional healing rooted in the feminine and cosmic realms.

She is deeply honored and blessed to study with Túpaq Ttito Kuntur, an Altomisayoq of a distinct lineage and a direct descendant of the Inka. His path has been shaped by powerful celestial and terrestrial initiations, including being struck by lightning twice, an embodied sign of divine selection in Andean cosmology. As the lineage holder of the Andean-Inkan Holy Mountain Tradition, Túpaq offers a living transmission of the solar and lunar codes of Tawantinsuyu, carried forth through the Inka Panaka.

Paula’s practice is a living tapestry of science, spirit, and embodied wisdom, an evolving synthesis of tradition and innovation, always guided by presence, intuition, and compassion. She is deeply grateful to the many extraordinary teachers, mentors, and guides who have blessed her journey, each contributing their unique wisdom to the path she walks and shares today.

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