About Me

Hello to you.
I’m Raneesha, the founder of Radiant Roots.

I am a Complementary Therapist, Coach and Educator in Trauma, Mental Health and all things Mind and Body.
I am also a dancer, meditation practitioner, hiker, traveller, trauma survivor and lover of life. Drawing from almost 40 years of inner work and body-mind exploration, I am now based in Manchester. I work with individuals locally, nationally and abroad.

I have run seminars and workshops for University of Liverpool, Conscious Entrepreneurs, Ananda Arts, Trafford Council, Hear My Voice Bookclub, Conscious Breath Yoga, and other organisations. Podcasts I’ve done in the past are available in the Podcast section. I also work with Lancashire Mind specialising in Workplace Wellbeing.

Background – the short story

Radiant Roots is an initiative born out of the interweaving of many streams within my personal life, that of those around me and those before me.

I once lived a life perpetually anxious inside while assuming that was normal, suffered with highly intrusive thoughts while I said the right words externally, battled silently with mental health while working high-profile jobs, and lived invisibly in the corners of society as someone ‘shy’ as a way to stay safe when I had so much to offer and share. I was incredibly hard on myself. This went on for 30 years until my brain and body reached its threshold. I had to pull all stops to start my healing journey which unfolded rapidly over 10 years.

I trained in meditation, studied neuroscience, somatic therapy and natural science. I gained clarity and released restrictive patterns in my nervous system, voice, thoughts, career, and place in the world. I also released restrictive fears around simple and large choices, relationships and my voice. I broke several inter-generations worth of painful patterns around perfectionism, relationships, health, and way of thinking. I became more grounded, pursued multiple passions, solotravelled, developed a beautiful community. I changed careers, started my own practice, spoke at events and support others on their journey. I pursued dance on a much bigger scale as my nervous system’s capacity for joy grew. I learned to replace protection with connection.

In short, something inside of me began to shine and it took form in the world.

How I got here – the longer story

Mind-body connection was introduced to me through ancient Indian Arts (Dance) which I have been practicing for 29 years. The training held rich information about our mind, somatic body and inward journey. Indian arts was the first place in which I began to trust in the whispers and truth of my somatic body.

Parallel to that, as a former software engineer, I was interested in how things fit together, function, and dysfunction. I was interested in analysing root causes which became a key skill applied in my work with clients today.

This understanding took on a new level when my healing started. I unpacked the mental and emotional extremes I had registered as ‘normal’ and ‘what everyone goes through’ only to realize my mind and body were always telling me they weren’t normal. That’s when I trained ardently in meditation, studied neuroscience, underwent somatic therapy myself and invested in my recovery for 10 years. I learned in this time that my mind and body were always telling me the answers. The journey was to trust that and more importantly, to know how to interpret their information accurately.

My mind and body were imprinted with struggles and sufferings of those before me and the events that unfolded in my developmental years. Family history and a heritage of inter-generational, cultural, racial trauma played a key role in what I absorbed, learned and inherited. This became apparent in my nervous system, my silent thoughts and (in)actions. My inner extremes required relearning, resourcing, rearranging and rebuilding. Unpacking and unlearning became the most interesting thing I did and will continue to do. Fast forward 10 years, I stand as a support for others in community seeking clarity, stability, safeness and aliveness while I continue to tread my own path and all its magic.

Today, I hold close relationships I land safely in. I trust myself enough to solotravel. I work in a soul fulfilling career. I created my own private practice, developed beautiful communities, and pursued multiple passions. I pursued dance on a much bigger scale as my nervous system’s capacity for joy grew. I learned to replace protection with connection. The story continues to flourish.

I hope it does for you too.