Welcome To Being Cit Ananda
and VITAL ROOTS
I am so glad you have found your way here. Whatever your path, this is a beautiful place to converge. Here you will find community, shared experiences, deep exploration. At Being Cit Ananda we ask the big questions like “what does it mean to be human?” and “why are we here?” We welcome answers but do not require them. Nor do we require any that arrive to be final, complete or absolute.
Questions are where the true nectar resides. An invitation to allow the unknown, to leave space for possibility. Questions are a spring bud waiting to bloom. Once the flower is spun open, petals a container of light, it must begin to wither, release and let go. There is magic in the ripening.
Letting go is welcome here. Release can be intense. All is welcome here. Bring your bold beautiful heart, bring your grief, shackled as it may be around your chest, and bring your intrepid sense of knowing there is more to this world than we see with our two eyes. Let’s explore together.
The labyrinth that guides us to our constantly unfolding arrival is a destination of its own. We are meant to weave and bend as we follow the path that lies before us, always together. We are the web of life breathing its silken threads from different corners toward the geometric center of Being.
I am grateful my path has converged with your path. Here we intersect, like all life, building something new from the already beautiful gift of who we are.
Join the newsletter “Sowing Vital Roots” to receive poetry, musings, encouragement, reminders, blessings, herbal medicine offerings and so much more. Whatever feels inspired and ready to be shared will flow your way.
We have curated resources that support involution arts and meditation (IAM) including the following:
Cit Ananda’s recordings of published poetry
Information about TriYoga® and TriYoga® Prana Vidya
Singing Bowl offerings
Resources and topics related to herbalism
Resources for exploring Consciousness and the miraculous journey of being a spiritual being having a sacred human experience.
Photo by Jeremy Bishop
Invitation
Dive inward.
Feel the pulse of your spine
where your truth vibrates.
Slow down—
Listen to Silence.
Ease yourself into a place of deep comfort.
Relax gripping, surrender effort,
let the body be warm and held
wrapped in a beloved blanket
the blanket of the Beloved
cocooned for metamorphoses.
Have a cup of herbal tea
to spark the inner journey.
Warm the channels of Creation.
Sip and yield to the abounding flow
abiding in everything
dripping stillness from your Soul.
Open to stillness.
Let Silence be your guide,
breath be your company
as you receive
the Wisdom
of your sacred Heart.
INSPIRED WISDOM
Macrocosm, Microcosm
We are the reflection of the universe, the light of the heavens in manifest expression. What if we all knew and felt this truth, what if we were in touch with our inner well of light and radiated this effortlessly?
Life is a manifestation of the larger whole, a microcosmic expression within the cosmos of the universal totality. When we align our microcosmic environment with the larger picture of the cosmic whole we fulfill our true destiny and remember our true nature.
Here at Being Cit Ananda and Vital Roots we offer supportive tools designed around attuning you to your inner well, rooting you in Being. Enjoy the poetry, the singing bowls and the well of light inside you that is awake to these offerings.
Photo by Herbert Goetsch
Whispers
You are more than the body you live in. Are you listening? What is being whispered?
Unearth the hidden messages your inner wisdom knows and is communicating. Listen deeply.
When we hear deeply, this message is received and answered introducing a sacred balance back into the expression life. Suffering falls away and a welcoming of the life force for all its gifts becomes a remembering of our impulse to gift ourself.
Are you ready to attune to your inner voice?
Photo by Karly Jones
Illumined
Our elegant beautiful universe is a magical place. When we witness the beauty we see how nature has themes that often communicate subtle messages. The trees are the lungs of the Earth. Our lungs branch and extend outward like many tree branches. Our solar system revolves around a central star, the sun. Our bodies revolve around the central source of vitality within, the heart.
Holistic well-being is awakening to the harmony of the system where these mirrored aspects of the cosmos express their balance. When our bodies reflect our macrocosmic nature, well-being expands.
For this reason, our holistic philosophy at Vital Roots is to learn from nature and embrace natures wisdom in our use of plants, yoga, breath and sound to connect with the deep wisdom of prana, our life force. This is how we are Rooted in Being.
Herbs are fabulous allies as we move toward mirroring the macrocosm of the universe and its remarkable ability to flow and thrive in the microcosm of our bodies. Yoga and TriYoga® Prana Vidya practices clean the physical and subtle bodies in deeply powerful yet soft ways. Sound healing supports releasing somatic patterns in a gentle way. All are available through VItal Roots, sustaining our rootedness in Being. So many ways to choose wellness!
“Risa (Cit Ananda) is a gifted healer. Her humility guides all her practices. She has supported me to come to balance through mental, physical and spiritual practices offered at Vital Roots. I am so grateful to have crossed paths with this amazing woman and her health and wellness business. I would recommend Risa and her practices to anyone struggling with chronic pain/illnesses, anxiety, depression, hormone imbalances, fatigue, or sensitivities. Risa is highly creative and intuitive. She has been an excellent spiritual guide and support to me for over 12 years. Many blessings!”
