About beana

Beana Bern is an creative, energetic, compassionate and evolving: Space Holder & Guide. Idea Generator. Visionary. Kundalini Yogi. Recovering Executive.  New Paradigm Business Coach. Psychonaut. Eternal Optimist. Fire Dragon. 2/4 Mental Projector. Artist. Human Crystal. Childless Mother. Temple Priestess. Storyteller. Medicine Woman.

Beana at the Temple at Dragon Rock

36 homes on 3 continents, 100’s of thousands of miles around this beautiful planet and a few incarnations as an economist, luxury fashion executive, rock photographer, marketing maven, dean of this or that and sweet talker have finally landed me home in myself.

It wasn’t until I came to own the 10 precious acres and the temple called Dragon Rock at the top of Beach Hill that I was able to stop moving, root down, see the seasons change from one place and be still enough to hear my heart’s desire. The message I heard was clear: It was time to become whole, healed and empowered so that I could share my unique & creative vision with the world and support people to navigate these intense times on our changing Earth.

A winding path through a year long Shamanic apprenticeship introduced me to the transformative power of Snake Medicine which guided me to Southern Brazil where I immersed in a life altering ayahuasca seminar with some masters in the field, returning home healed in ways I never could have anticipated. That path continued to unfold into a deep kundalini yoga practice that has guided me to integrate my many lessons and create a pathway to now support to others en route to their creative destiny. Continued study, opening and healing conjured the courage and clarity I needed to step into my truth and birth Rootstock Retreat and my unique healing practice.

My ability to articulate the moment, crystalize the healing, bear witness while staying vulnerable, present and compassionate with my guests at Rootstock is a big part of the medicine they receive during their time here. It’s my love, biggest joy and most humble privilege to support people to fall back in love with the Earth, with their own humanity and to find the courage to change their minds and change the world.

 

Beana is a not a doctor, therapist or licensed clinician. She is a Self-Certified Psychedelic Guide with:

  • 29 years experience exploring psychedelics - 24 outside of a therapeutic setting, 6+ inside therapeutic settings

  • 4000+ hours of time inside therapeutic psilocybin sessions and double that time helping folks prepare for and integrate experiences

  • Deep personal experience with psychotherapy, talk therapy, and myriad other mainstream and esoteric healing modalities

  • Deep personal experience with AlAnon, AA, CoDA and NarAnon

  • A year-long Shamanic Apprenticeship where she studied ceremony, journey work, the Medicine Wheel and other teachings from the Original People

  • A 200 hour Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training where she studied the power of breath, meditation, movement, mantra and the creative impulse

  • A 2 week Ayahuasca Seminar at WasiWaska with Luis Eduardo Luna, Dr. Bill Richards and other thought leaders providing a deep dive into non-clinical therapeutic settings, preparation, ethnobotany, Holotropic Breathwork, Jungian analysis, integration and ethnomusicology

  • More than a decade of self-study in gardening, herbalism, and homesteading

  • A BA in Economics and Philosophy from the City University of New York and over 20 years experience as a conventional human trying to make meaning in this body and on this planet

Her approach to the medicine is reverent, non-dogmatic, pragmatic, and transformative. She will create a container for you that is safe, beautiful, and effective so you can do the hard work of feeling and healing yourself.

Wanna get a little more insight? You can check out my LinkedIn here and my (old but good) Flickr archive here. I’m an Aries Sun, Cancer Rising, Virgo Moon and, clearly, an open book. I’m happy to answer whatever question you might need to ask.

 

Brian Gluck is one of Beana’s best friends and the main builder behind this gorgeous placed called Rootstock. While Beana birthed the concept, architected the community, and built the business, Brian helped build the structures and kept the water hot and the snow shoveled. His life and mission have called him back home to his homestead, Crowing Heart, and Rootstock and Beana will always honor the epic love, talent, and beauty that Brian brought to this sacred place.

You may still bump into him in the sauna here or at a Sun Circle but, if you’d like to learn more about his off-grid homestead and community you can contact him directly.