Welcome to Your Healing Roots

Thank you for joining this learning and healing community. Your presence marks the next step in our journey together.

Some of you may know us from various parts of our history and we’ve remained in touch. Others we’ve lost touch with and we are delighted to reconnect. And still others are just getting to know us.  Either way we are honored to walk alongside you.

We are a husband-and-wife duo exploring joy, wonder, and awe through the wild ride of love, family, community, illness, healing and service.

From introducing functional medicine into a major health care system to working for village health workers in rural Alaska we’ve learned a lot. We offered cradle to the grave holistic family medicine for 27 years in Asheville, NC and learned a lot from intimately be a part of family’s lives.

While we continue to see a few people each week for medical consultations at our home office, the focus of our lives has evolved. After more than 30 years steeped in Indigenous wisdom ways and ceremonies and as ordained and initiated Mara’akate in the Wixárika (Huichol) tradition, we’re finally ready to translate that perspective hopefully in a way that are relatable and beneficial to you in your life. Its an exciting challenge and we’re going to learn a lot with you.

As we look back, navigating each of our callings to a traditional shamanic healing apprenticeship in the early 2000s in the midst of raising two sons and building a holistic family medical practice from scratch may have looked unusual or concerning to others. And while it hasn’t always been easy, its has felt true; as in heart aligned. Trusting and committing to a challenging yet well worn path may not be for everyone but it has been right for each of us individually and together.

We’re glad to be able to share some of the fruition from our steadfastness.

35 years, one adventure… may it continue as long as possible.

While we've been reticent to jump into the online world, we know the gifts we’ve been given are not just for us. So here we are—ready to share, connect, and invite you to join us on the journey. We hope to meet in person at one of our events, ceremonies, or retreats. Let’s discover more, together.

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We'd love to hear what brought you here. We look forward to getting to know you and learning how we can connect. We read every message.

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With gratitude for you,

Lisa Lichtig & Patrick Hanaway
Founders, Your Healing Roots

"There is a way to rebalance our slowly eroding capacity to care for and connect with others. We feel the world... the world feels us."