Today we’d like to introduce you to Teresa Deanna Martinez.
Hi Teresa Deanna, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I was born and raised in Texas, and although I didn’t realize it at the time, many of the healing traditions that would later shape my work were already woven into my family’s Mexican and Indigenous heritage. My path into holistic healing wasn’t something I had planned—it unfolded one experience at a time.
In my early 20s, I was working full-time at a law firm while attending night school to become a Licensed Massage Therapist. Honestly, I only enrolled because one of my closest friends wanted to do it first, so I joined her. We both became licensed in 2002, and I had no idea that decision would shape the rest of my life.
That same year, everything changed. During a routine women’s health exam, I was told to go immediately to the emergency room because my iron levels were so dangerously low that if I were in a serious car accident, I could bleed to death. That moment became the beginning of my own healing journey. I realized I couldn’t continue living “la vida loca”. I had to care for my body differently, nourish myself, reduce stress, regulate my nervous system through practices like yoga, and take responsibility for my health.
In 2004, I was laid off from the law firm—the same year I purchased my first home at just 25 years old. What initially felt like a setback became an unexpected opportunity. I decided to fully step into massage therapy and build my own business.
In 2005, after meeting my children’s father, Roots & Remedy was born. Together, we dreamed of creating more than a massage practice. We envisioned a welcoming space where people could receive bodywork, sip herbal teas, enjoy nourishing foods, and reconnect with themselves in a meaningful way. While that original vision has evolved over time, the heart behind it has never changed.
Motherhood deepened my understanding of healing even more. After having my first two children through empowering home births with a midwife, I felt called to become a birth doula. My third child was a scheduled ceserean that crushed me emotionally. This is a major reason why supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum expanded my appreciation for the body’s innate wisdom and the importance of compassionate, holistic care.
As I continued working with clients, I realized that physical touch was only one piece of healing. I was introduced to Pranic Healing, and becoming certified gave me practical tools for both my own energetic well-being and for helping others release emotional, mental, and energetic burdens that often show up physically in the body.
I’ve always been curious about natural approaches to wellness. If something helped me heal, I wanted to understand it and share it with others. As my own spiritual journey deepened, I began reconnecting with my Indigenous and Mesoamerican roots. I rediscovered many of the traditional healing practices I had unknowingly been exposed to growing up and eventually became certified as a Rebozo Practitioner, incorporating traditional Mexican rebozo bodywork and somatic practices into my offerings.
More recently, I began integrating a biohack – cellular wellness technology – after experiencing firsthand how it supported me during COVID. Today, I love bridging both ancestral wisdom and modern science to support healing on every level—mental, physical, emotional, energetic, spiritual and cellular.
Roots & Remedy has never been about one modality. It has always been an evolution of my own healing journey. Every challenge, certification, and life experience has expanded the ways I can serve others while meeting other healers doing the same. My mission remains the same: to create spaces where people feel safe to slow down, reconnect with themselves, their roots, and remember that healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken—it’s about returning to the wisdom that already lives within us and remembering why we chose to be here on madre tierra.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
No, it definitely hasn’t been a smooth road—but every challenge has helped shape both me and Roots & Remedy.
Being an entrepreneur, and now a single mamapreneur, means wearing every hat. I’m the practitioner, marketer, bookkeeper, scheduler, social media manager, and community outreach coordinator. There have been seasons where I’ve wondered how I would make ends meet while also providing for my three children.
Life has also brought personal hardships. I’ve experienced grief, loss, health challenges, and unexpected life transitions like many people. Because my work is so heart-centered, I’ve learned that I can’t separate my personal healing from the way I serve others. When I neglect myself, it affects how I show up for my clients or children. That realization taught me one of the greatest lessons of my career: caring for myself isn’t selfish—it’s part of my responsibility as a lightworker and mother.
Another challenge has been helping people understand wholistic healing. Many of the services I offer aren’t things people were taught growing up or that are covered by insurance, so part of my work has become education—helping people reconnect with the wisdom of their own bodies and recognize that healing can be approached in many ways.
Looking back, I wouldn’t change the difficult seasons. They’ve made me more compassionate, grounded, and authentic. I don’t just teach healing—I continue to practice it every day. As Roots & Remedy has evolved, I’ve evolved right alongside it, and I believe that’s what allows me to truly meet people where they are.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I consider myself a Healing Arts Practitioner because I don’t believe healing happens through just one modality. Every person who walks through my door carries a unique story, is seeking some R&R, so every session is thoughtfully tailored to meet their individual needs.
A typical session begins with intention. We open with a prayer and, with permission, I may incorporate a limpia (herbal medicine cleanse) to help create a grounded, safe space. My intake process goes beyond physical symptoms and explores all dimensions of wellness—physical, emotional, environmental, spiritual, social, and lifestyle—because our bodies often hold much more than muscle tension. They hold cellular memory too.
From there, I integrate therapeutic massage, somatic bodywork using traditional Mexican rebozos, breath, nervous system support, energy healing, and when appropriate, complementary wellness technologies such as scalar plasma acupuncture or redox cell-signaling products. Rather than relying on a single technique, I weave together the approaches that best support each person’s healing journey. Whether someone comes to me because they’re living with chronic stress, navigating grief, recovering from burnout, or simply feeling disconnected from themselves, my goal is the same: to help them feel safe in their body again. When the nervous system feels supported, people often find they’re better able to process emotions, reconnect with themselves, and move through life with greater resilience. That’s the foundation from which I build every session.
What I’m most proud of is creating an experience where people feel deeply seen, heard, and cared for. Many clients tell me they’ve never had someone take the time to truly listen before beginning bodywork. That trust allows the body to soften, the nervous system to regulate, and deeper healing to unfold.
I also don’t believe healing is a one-time event. Lasting transformation takes consistency, integration, and support. That’s why I often recommend a series of sessions along with follow-up integration calls. Healing isn’t about a quick fix—it’s about building a relationship with your body, restoring balance over time, and giving yourself permission to heal layer by layer.
What sets my work apart is my commitment to bridging ancestral wisdom with modern wellness. I honor traditional healing practices that have been passed down through generations while also embracing emerging technologies and research that support the body’s natural capacity for balance and resilience. I don’t believe it has to be one or the other—I believe science and spirituality can complement each other when approached with integrity and discernment. My goal is to create a space where people feel safe enough to reconnect with themselves, their bodies, roots and the innate wisdom they’ve carried all along.
How do you think about happiness?
What makes me happiest is witnessing transformation. There’s nothing more rewarding than receiving a message from a client day or weeks after a session telling me they’re sleeping better, feeling more at peace, experiencing less pain, setting healthier boundaries, or simply feeling more like themselves again. Those moments remind me that healing extends far beyond the R&R treatment room.
I genuinely love creating spaces where people feel safe enough to exhale. Whether it’s through educating, listening, bodywork, prayer, energy healing, or simply being fully present with someone, knowing I’ve helped another person reconnect with themselves is the greatest reward.
On a personal level, I also cherish the flexibility that entrepreneurship has given me. It has allowed me to build a career around my values while raising my three teenagers. Being present for their lives, celebrating their milestones, and watching them grow into incredible young adults brings me so much joy… most of the time! (They’re teenagers, after all.)
At the end of the day, I believe success isn’t measured only by income or accomplishments. It’s measured by the lives we touch, the community we build, and the legacy of healing we leave behind.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.rootsandremedyevents.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootsandremedy/
- Facebook: Roots & Remedy
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@rootsremedybyteresamartine8105
