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Welcome to Root + Weave.

Earthy ritual, Women’s Circles, heart-opening + nourishing spaces. 🌿

Poetry / Shamanism / Sacred Spaces

Debut Poetry + Guided Journey book: ‘Embers Beneath the Stars’ is out now.

31/10/2026

As the veil thins, there is something I can no longer ignore.

As the Wheel turns, it is time to make a change.

Being chronically online has been quietly damaging not only my mental health, but my ability to focus, my attention span + my creativity.

Endless scrolling, which begins as a search for connection,
ends with sore eyes + a mind that has become numb + exhausted.

Is it an addiction or a time management problem? Or are these spaces designed to draw us in + lose sight, sense + feeling of what truly matters?

Perhaps it is all of the above.

ROOT + WEAVE is my passion
project, its ethos is woven deeply
into my purpose here as a Human.

Everything is created, curated + maintained by me, Melissa Chiara. From my online spaces, website, podcast, in-person gatherings, shop updates, emails, shipping, business admin + more.

I am continuously nourished by the threads + roots of this creation
+ by the empowering community.

Often staying up late into the night to write, dream + record episodes of The Sharing Circle Podcast.

But for a long time, I have scrolled instead.

Outside of this space (yet, it is all so deeply connected), I am a 3rd Year Psychology student with
a full time 9-5.

I am a guardian to my two Cats, who are both navigating serious health diagnoses, requiring specialist veterinary care + round the clock medication.

As the veil thins,
I am beginning to realise how
thin my own veil is becoming.

So, before it’s too late, I am acknowledging where my energy needs to be retained + where it needs to go.

My presence here will be limited.
So my presence beyond the screen can be expanded.

ROOT + WEAVE is here to stay,
only the energy behind the
screen is changing.

By stepping back from mindlessly scrolling + reducing my screen time, I can show up, empowered, rested + creatively aligned to what this creation is asking of me.

You can find me at:
www.rootandweave.com
Of Wolves + Women Substack
The Sharing Circle Podcast
+ here, Melissa Chiara ꩜ 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 🪶

🤍🪶

28/10/2026

A note from the archives. 🪶

As the nights draw in, you can find more musings over on my Substack.

OF WOLVES + WOMEN.
🔗in b i o.

25/10/2026

The liminal season is fast approaching.
Our hands reach into the depths of Autumn.
Winter’s silky, black veil is becoming close enough to touch.

So, we light our candles.
We descend into our rituals + we listen.

We gaze into the mirrors of our mind.
The reflective moments before descent’s dawn.

Can you feel the energy shifting?
Can you hear the ethereal calls from beyond the veil?
Listen, descend + receive.

May this Hunter’s Full Moon light your way. 🌝

22/10/2026

To journey with powerful Women is always an honour + a privilege. To step into a retreat space, not only bares your Soul but it can invite the Shadow within to rise. I had a feeling when I joined Miriam Ropschitz | Academy of Feminine Spirituality Jewel Retreat that this would be the medicine for me. 🌬️

For these spaces call upon you to drop the masks.
To show up, wild + willing.
There is no hiding here.
That armour is old + tired.
To receive, we must let go. ⛓️‍💥

It was a privilege to spend warm, September days with powerful, beautiful + wild Women on the island of Serifos.

To once more allow the writers’ hand to awaken + to sit naked beside the sea, the warmth of sun upon my skin.

To rest upon a raw, wild landscape, to stand beneath the light of a near Full Moon + gaze out to the sea. Drum in hand + an ember in my heart. To allow myself to be seen, held, nourished + silly.

I still feel that much of this experience longs to be held in the caverns of my mind + within the pages of my journal. So, I shall share little in the way of words, but perhaps these photographs provide a glimpse of the magick that I found here.

Autumn Equinox 2026 // Serifos, Greece. 🌝

20/10/2026

Some seek to quell the wild nature of Woman, whilst some seek to ignite her wildness, only to tempt it into a cage.

Some seek to soothe her tired, old wounds for a time, yet steadily pour salt into the ones they create anew.

Some seek to steal her awe + childlike wonder, citing immaturity. Yet, they do not see the magick + the mystery as we do.

They do not realise that we see the truth.
Our once shining armour, forged in flame + cast into the murky waters of ancient memory, is torn from our fresh.
For our protection resides now, within our hearts, placed there in secret by our own hands in the night.

We do not forget how our bones rattle + our mind screams a warning in the presence of those that seek to dampen our spirit or capture its essence.

We may be silenced for a time by a sweet, sensual lullaby, but the wild does not slumber for long. For once she remembers, those that seek to claim her will be awakened by bared teeth + sharp claws.

Light your candles …

It is the season to dance within the liminal.
It is the season to descend into the internal darkness.
What awaits, I wonder.
For what awaits all Wild Women, who dare to shine their burning light into the dark …

Our own Soul.

🪾🌬️🕯️

📸: .studio
Forever loving this shoot.

13/10/2026

An ode to the woodlands.

🌿🍄🪨🪾🌲

11/10/2026

T’is the season of descent + Wild Weavings returns as an anchor. ⚓️

These monthly sessions carry you through the seasonal shifts + act as intentional landing spaces for you (+ I) to Journey within the liminal.

As darkness begins to linger, we get to decide how we traverse it. Candle in hand + a drumbeat in our heart we are the Wild Ones who walk the pathways toward our inner worlds.

Journey with me this Autumn at THE ORCHARD METHOD for the final 3 sessions of Wild Weavings in 2026. 🌀

Diary dates: 🪶
25 October (early Samhain) - 5 spaces left
22 November
21 December (Winter Solstice)

Tickets at rootandweave.com. 🕯️

30/09/2026

WILD WEAVINGS OCTOBER SESSION 🕯️🍂

Autumn Session (Early Samhain)
Sunday 25 October
5pm - 7pm
THE ORCHARD METHOD

Journey with me as the seasons come to pass + meet your Wild Within.

Rest in the liminal, receive in the dark.
This is your invitation.

What you will receive:
🌀 A held + intentional space
🌀 Grounding Meditation
🌀 A Shamanic Drumming Journey
🌀 A warm cup of Ceremonial Grade Cacao Drink Common Roots
🌀 An opportunity to connect with like-minded Women
🌀 Space to be, rest + be nourished
🌀 A roaring fire
🌀 Space to share (+ no pressure to do so)
🌀 A cosy studio that will not be disturbed

Limited tickets are now available. 🪶

This session will gently connect us to the energy of Samhain which occurs on 31 October - 1 November.

📸: Ash | Ritual Portraiture + Somatic Mentorship

16/09/2026

A little Practical Magic life. 🌿🍂🌙

Like the Owen’s sisters, life isn’t always easy or without a little heartache. But, there is much joy, love + sisterhood.

Sometimes I feel like there is a curse upon me, but isn’t that often the case when a woman walks in her vision + slows down enough to begin to embody the life that she truly wants.

It takes courage, so I walk with its hand in mine + dance within this witchy little life I have the pleasure of carving out for myself (with my two angels, Marnie + Luna).

Who knows what the future brings …
What I do know, is that life is for living.

In the words of Aunt Franny: “Live a little. Live a lot”. 🪶🌀

31/08/2026

In less than a month, we shall pass through the threshold of the Autumn Equinox.

For many of us, this season is our favourite.
Warm, cosy nights spent by the fire.
Cups of hot cocoa, marshmallows + 90s films.
Blankets + magickal books.

But more than that, it’s a reflective moment in the year.
A time to take a breath, to bear witness to the harvest + gather our fruits for Winter.

To descend into ritual, to sink beyond the threshold of the Underworld months.

Witches, it’s time to light our candles once more.

So, in honour of the coming Autumn season, a discount awaits across all final Shy Wolf Candles stock.

Code: AUTUMN.

Candle shots by shy wolf // eco-friendly soy candles 🍁

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