Our bodies and minds run of the program of our own perspective and narrative. We forget to take these mindful moments to find stillness or even to understand that any time we talk badly about our selves we are hurting ourselves deeply and dimming our own light. Being yourself is not an easy task, but honing that power can change everything including movement quality and healing. This also gives permission for others to brake those chains… so I invite you to become one within yourself and to release the chains of the ego and shine like a super nova. Remember to share this so many can also help us return to ourselves as a collective. I believe in you! Peace out fam!!!

It’s been a while, life has shifted greatly! But with that also came the courage to begin a new reality and projects like our own school and the dreams of a home for a community of like minds. A community of people who are empowered by martial arts and fitness. However change can be difficult, and even scary! Specially with friends and even family projecting their fears about what IS NOT POSSIBLE. Fear is a decapitating feeling that people throw at you consistently, with misconceptions and ideas of what they think should be and are mostly overrated. Often this can keep you stuck. Hopefully this will give you a view to honing the skill of courageous action towards your own dream regardless of what others say. The only belief you need is YOUR OWN! Head to www.vacabjjmma.com to know about our bjj school, and to www.Rootedstrengthmethod.online to know more about my work and offers. This is the beginning of a dream, thank you for following my journey. Peace out fam!!!

As a community do we respect and support our art? Sadly the answer to that can be a big NO, due to ego and lack of self-respect (because we can only respect others at the level we respect ourselves). But sometimes also lack of belief in the system as a whole due to bad experiences with that a turbo Roth in the past. Let me enlighten you and change some narratives to help us hopefully understand a place of unity. I believe that if we come together sky is not even the limit and I believe that properly placing these traditions can help us all be better humans for the good of all. We all deserve to have a voice, have a choice and most of all to feel free and peaceful from within. Membership sale coming up on my birthday July 15th help me celebrate my 40’s! Hit me up on email [email protected] or on Instagram @morena_rootedstrength . Don’t forget to share and talk about it, we can all make a difference in our own way. Love y’all!!!! Thank you for listening.

I’m pregnant and being a mother of what is now my 3rd child I’d like to clarify some difficulties that only women can understand. This will have some key information about the first trimester and the changes that happen in our bodies and the ones we need to adapt during training. To my brothers, teachers, and masters.. this will have some key information about a difficult phase in a woman’s life that has her prioritizing everything but herself. I see so many women leaving the arts after becoming mothers and this has to change because we need the nurtures in our arts. There already are so many supportive environments to help parents to remain in the arts and as part of the community, and that’s beautiful! But I plan to bring more understanding of how hard it is on a woman to go through this and have more of those environments flourish in the arts. Though it’s a beautiful and blessed situation, it’s also one that asks for a woman to completely donate herself body, mind and emotions to making a life! Knowledge is power and here I give you a bridge of understanding in hopes of a better future for all of us. Thank you for you support fam! Without you I’d have no voice. Also my membership is up, I teach remote classes online for kettlebells and steel mace. We got a loving community with a lot of honor for each other. Hit me up on email [email protected] or f you’re interested. But regardless of what you do, do something good to benefit the martial art you practice. It’s time to give back my friends because together we are stronger.

Once upon the time I thought being a female in martial arts was bad and a weakness. Competing with other women was what I was taught from childhood and it kept my ego fed and my soul self blinded not to mention it stunted my growth. The realization that sisterhood is truly the power I needed to hone to grow has been life changing. To all my sisters listen with love for yourselves in mind. To all my brothers, listen in honor all the daughters, mothers and female figures present. Together we can brake-down this passed down false belief that no longer serves us. Because united, together, men, women, children, other … sky is not even the limit! Thank you for being amazing fam! Peace out!

Our brain cannot tell the difference between a physical pain and one that is coming from our minds and emotions. Pain is always the result and we tend to be the ones who hurt ourselves the most, to the point where we purposely stunt our growth. What if I told you that the self-love can unlock your body and mind?! From better mobility, to better capability, better healing, and even less body pain. All this can come from cultivating this simple yet overlooked superpower. I gotchu! And as always I’m leaving you with a practice to create change too. Don’t forget Rooted Strength membership is up we are learning so much and are continuously growing. Link in on my instagram bio morena_rootedstrength or hit me up on email [email protected]. But whatever you do, make sure it’s with a lot of love for yourself. Peace out fam!

Here I talk about the impact of accumulative stress on the body from training hard and not returning our nervous system back to base. We carry stress around like it’s normal and that turns off the body’s perception to pain. Craziness!! I gotchu tho.. with some bomb ass info and some practices to help you make the change. Please share, let’s help everyone to change this outdated narrative of being HARD 24/7. Join my monthly membership for online training with my unique methodology. Hit me up on social media instagram @morena_rootedstrength or [email protected] . Thank you so much for your love and support fam!

Leadership from a female perspective and the power of community and honoring the cycles of a woman and also of a human. So when you hear me talking about the brain just remember LEFT BRAIN MASCULINE, structure, plans… RIGHT BRAIN FEMININE, creativity, feeling and emotions. I might’ve messed that up when I spoke but it’s all good I promised the knowledge is fire! Don’t forget membership is up in f you want to know more hit me up on email [email protected] or on my Instagram @morena_rootedstrength with the word ROOTED. Thank you for your love, and support fam! Peace out!

We often forget how powerful we are and give in to simple struggles because we are not rooted to ourselves. Martial arts is a lifelong search of mental and physical self mastery. But staying present enough to hone this skill and let go of false beliefs aka the ego is tough in this fast life we live….let’s dive deep! And as always I leave you some tangible practices to make the change within you. Don’t forget about my monthly membership program now available… send me a DM on Instagram @morena_rootedstrength or by email [email protected] . Peace out fam!

Pain we perceive and the pain we push away from our conscious mind. Here you will also learn a new narrative and practical things you can do to begin changing your relationship to pain, on the daily and during your training. Once again my membership is out, and we’re doing amazing things. Rather you’re a beginner or advanced this is for you! Check out my instagram @morena_rootedstrength or send me an email on [email protected] let me know what you would like to hear about. Peace out fam!