Taproot/ˈtapˌro͞ot/noun:

The central element in a line of growth or development.

Embodied/əmˈbädēd/adj.:

Experienced or felt in the body.

Practice/ˈpraktəs/noun:

The habitual application of an idea, belief, or method.

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Hi, I’m Caitlin Marquis (she/they)

About Me:

I am a straight-presenting-queer, white, genderfluid woman of European descent from an upper class background, currently living a middle class life on lands forcibly stolen from the extinct Pocumtuc and surviving Nipmuc tribes (present-day Holyoke, Massachusetts).

For the Sake of What:

I started Taproot Embodied Practice to help people, groups, and organizations embody collective liberation. I provide politicized individual and group coaching, as well as organizational consulting, that connects people and organizations to deeply-held values so that they can change the world from the inside-out.

My Passions, Values, and Skills:

I am passionate about radical white antiracism, fat liberation, pleasure activism, radical systems change, and centered accountability for changemakers, and I long to support clients on journeys that align with my passions. My core values are liberation, aliveness, effectiveness, and intimate community. I have been recognized for my skills in facilitation, strategic and program planning, equitable governance methods, writing, and community engagement and organizing.

Some of My Influences:

  • adrienne maree brown
  • Glennon Doyle
  • Resmaa Menakem
  • Martha Beck
  • Sonya Renee Taylor
  • Audre Lorde
  • Staci Haines
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Isabel Wilkerson
  • Brene Brown
  • Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • Aubrey Gordon
  • Prentis Hemphill
  • bell hooks
  • Tricia Hersey
  • Richard Schwartz
  • Heather McGhee

My Professional Lineages:

  • Bachelors and Masters degrees in Sociology, specializing in Women’s Studies and Rural Sociology
  • 15 years of organizing to improve community food systems and reduce health inequities
  • Winner of WalkBoston’s Golden Shoe Award and Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture’s Local Hero Award
  • Completed trainings in Supervisory Skills, Transforming White Privilege, Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism, Liberation at the Level of the Tissues, and Unmasking Whiteness
  • In training to become a Certified Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach
  • Member of the Western MA Showing up for Racial Justice Core; Facilitator of the Size Based Discrimination Circle of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council
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How would you like to work together?

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Coaching

Coming Soon!


I will work with you one-on-one to drop into your body, get in touch with your humanity, move toward your joy, detach from limiting beliefs, and root into your dignity as a powerful force for liberation.

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I will work with your group or organization to feel into shared goals and visions that are rooted in the humanity of your group members or employees. This may include strategic and program planning, grant writing, meeting/process facilitation, and/or advising on community engagement, equitable governance methods, systemic change, or white dominant culture shifting.

Interested in something else? Let’s talk! I love collaborating, taking risks, and building something new.

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Something else on your heart or mind?