How did I get here?

I’m a 50 plus year old Gen-x holistic professional for over 25 years with a HUGE holistic tool bag of wisdom! ready to share!  Here is the lowdown of my story and how I got where I am today

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I started out my working life in the vanilla world of Secretarial and PA services, I knew life had a bigger destiny for me!  I would sometimes catch myself thinking in the small town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire ' is this all there is to life?'

Over the years I forged and shaped my own destiny, funded my own training in Holistic Beauty and Complementary Therapy Body Work courses, I bounded enthusiastically from one training opportunity to another (as young people do!) and over the early holistic years trained with top professionals in the Holistic Therapy and Beauty field such as the International Dermal Institute, and met leading stars such as Nareendra Metha (the God Father of Indian Head Massage)  and eventually won many prestigious jobs in the Holistic Therapy World at Private Therapy Spas and Gyms and Centre Parcs Spa Suite 'Aqua Sana' training as a Personal Fitness Instructor, I ran Photoshoot Make-overs after completing their Make Up Artistry training in London, UK  and working with Max Factor International for 1 year in Nottingham City, and ran pamper and Relaxation Days and even did Holistic Massage Therapy for Body Building Professionals 

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And being under 25 years old I didnt stop there! 

I continued my professional training to include Aromatherapy, Chinese and Tibetan Acupressure, Chinese Facial Diagnosis, Reflexology, Cupping Therapy and more!  In my personal Life I started to work with the Flowering Tree Shamanic School in Derbyshire training in Shamanic Practices with Lynne and Annie, and attending workshops with the renouned Derbyshire Author Glennie Kindred who taught me shamanic drumming, indiginous crafts and songs, I started to branch out and attend Mind Body and Spirit shows and trained with many wonderful teachers such as Leora Lightwoman (Tantra) and Steve Shama (Yoga Teacher Guru from Iyengar Lineage)  

 

Through into my 30s I deepened my holistic body movement practice and trained in Dance at Derby University learning indepth Dance History and Choreography, further expanding and deepening my own practice into Qigong, Elemental Tai Chi  and Hatha Yoga at the Sharma School Sheffield with the YA International Yoga Alliance, within 5 years I was recognised as a SYT Senior Yoga Teacher with over 5000 hours of devoted Teaching hours, and personal practice stacking up to over 15'000 hours, Yoga has been my everything for the past 15 years, it has transformed my world completely.  

 

During my career I trained as a CERT-ED Adult Education Teacher and worked for many Community Adult Education Centres, Colleges and Universities providing local training classes in community centres throughout the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire area in the UK, I provided vocational and non-vocational courses and workshops and was the lead Holistic, Dance, Yoga & Qigong Specialist for over 10 years, all of my work was strictly assessed for quality by IFL Institute for Learning UK. 

 

THEN MUM DIED AND I BECAME AN ORPHAN...

I knew deep down that my mum was ill for at least 5 years before she died, I cared for her, helped her with food and nutrition, she loved having reflexology every week to help her with pain relief of chronic health conditions, she loved the caring approach of touch therapies

During this time to look after myself and 'fill up my cup' with energy, I trained in Advanced Energy Healing, not only did it help me but it also helped her at her time of need, as well as me loosing my sweet dog to liver failure at 7 years old, dogs are so innocent and that was like loosing a 'baby soul', I had the tools to heal.

I was diagnosed at this time with a tumour in my throat, luckily it was begnign.  I started cleansing my diet and life on a deeper level to heal. 

After my Mum passed, a seed blossomed within me and I took the opportunity that floated by to train as a Priestess of Sacred Space with Daniel Le Fay, a renowned Priest(ess) of Avalon lineage, it was just what my soul needed to heal and I had more healing  tools every year to purify and heal myself as well as others, this is why I LOVE TEACHING them to you, Ive lived and experienced them and can give powerful Activations and Darshans to others  

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Around 2018 (about a year before Covid) I left formal work and started working freelance at Retreat Centres and Yoga studios throughout the Midlands UK, I had a great job with the Chaplaincy Team at the NHS working in Hospitals and Secure Prisons with the Staff wellbeing Projects, there were so many opportunities! .....and then this happened! ​

THE COVID YEARS!

All retreats and events suddenly stopped!

AAAHHH EVERYONE WAS IN PANIC  

Once we realised that everyone was not dropping dead, we all calmed down and got on with it, it was NOT my favourite time! I loved travel and was house bound, I used 'Lockdown' time to offer online Yoga, Qigong, Meditation & Holistic Healing Sessions, which were well needed! all of my live classes instantly transferring to the online platform Zoom, my online Etsy shop took off during this period.  

In between lockdowns I found an opportunity to live at 'Earth Heart Community' a Community Farm in Derbyshire in a 16 Acre Community Space and jumped at the chance, it was a great experience.  

I also had time to train as a Complimentary Alternative Medicine Practitioner, Dietician, Homeopath and Herbalist, Biochemic Tissue Salt and Vibrational Remedy Practitioner.  I also qualified in 'Trauma Informed Therapy' and 'Mindfulness and Meditation', as well as continuing my personal yoga practice, Pranayama breathwork and meditation.  I had the wonderful opportunity of training with top Yogi's including Julie at Divine Works (RIP) in the arts of Mantra and Pranayama       

As soon as ​Lockdown finished I jumped in my campervan and travelled for 3 years! I travelled to Scotland and then Portugal on the hunt to find land to create a community of my own 

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And where am I now? 

I found Property and Land in Portugal with my Portuguese Partner

We renovated for 2 years and travelled to and from the UK working at Holistic Festivals and Events  

And in 2025 we moved to Portugal permanently and sold our 7.5t live-in truck after 2 years of intensive renovations on the Farm house, and now we have a lovely humble community retreat space near Tomar. 

I am now dedicated to holding a Holistic Healing and Tuition Space, with Bhakti Temple of Devotion to Yoga and Altar dedicated to 'Sacred Space' (all religions) at Wiseroots Retreat in Portugal and also working Online with my Holistic Healing, Tuition and Etsy Shop where i sell my hand crafted artisanal Metaphysical items and paintings ​

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Why I do it

HAPPINESS and DEVOTION is everything 

Bhakti service and devotion to something bigger than ourself 

My WISH IS that WISEROOTS grows and grows as a relaxed community humble space for like-mindeds to gather and share with offerings of sound, yoga, meditation, holistic & eco living, gardens with healing herbs and organic food, a safe space for travellers and people staying a while, with good food, laughter, song, music and dance ​

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I look forward to your visit soon 

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With Love 

Cara Wiseroots (Yogi Cara Baba)