Ozark Roots Collective
Grassroots Somatic Healing + Community Support Across the Ozarks
What We’re About
Ozark Roots Collective is a community-powered charity supporting bodywork, wellness education, and nervous system regulation for people who wouldn’t otherwise have access. This is about real healing—for real people—in real time. From our corner in Northwest Arkansas to deeper across Missouri and the Ozarks, we’re here to get our hands dirty and help people rise.
We’re not a big institution. We don’t sit on grants or red tape. We’re mobile, flexible, and heart-forward. We believe healing is a birthright, not a luxury.
Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
– Albert Camus
What We Do
Fund Low-Income Bodywork Sessions: Our donors help cover the cost of somatic bodywork for clients who can’t afford full rates. These are real people with real pain—single parents, trauma survivors, working-class folks on the edge. Support for Veterans and Military: We provide subsidized nervous system care and hands-on healing for veterans and active-duty service members. Aid for Neurodivergent Clients: We set aside funds for trauma-informed and sensory-conscious care, including access tools, weighted blankets, breathwork kits, and more. Free Wellness Events: Expect to see free yoga in the park, community hikes, pop-up workshops on nervous system regulation, and breathwork sessions at shelters and youth centers. Outreach and Volunteer Work: Our crew brings services to at-risk populations—like meditation classes at women’s shelters, wellness support for unhoused communities, and healing spaces for at-risk teens, women who have experienced abuse, and basic care for houseless and unemployed individuals. The Hillheim Scholarship: (Coming 2026) A full scholarship program for individuals pursuing somatic training or long-term care—especially low-income, AFAB, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and rural applicants.
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.
– Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Want to Help?
You can: Donate $15 monthly—or one time, become a charity worker, sponsor an event or individual, or simply spread the word. We’re building a regional movement. Help us take root.
Want to Join the Team?
Become a Charity Worker and help fund this work while earning weekly payouts and monthly bodywork service discounts at Hillheim. This is perfect for: Teens building college resumes, parents and kids working as a team, wellness professionals, individuals on probation and needing community service hours, anyone who wants to help heal the world, $15 at a time.
Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.
– Bell Hooks
A Note from Our Founder
There was a time in my life I had to buy groceries with quarters. I remember those days. And now? I’m building a healing empire from the ground up. Ozark Roots is a piece of that. It’s the part that says no one gets left behind—not because we had the money, but because we chose to care.
— Amelia Hill
Hillheim and Ozark Roots Collective
Founder | Bodywork Specialist | Somatic Guide
When the soul is ready, it gathers those who are meant for its awakening.
– John O’Donohue
Meet the Ozark Roots Team
These are the boots on the ground—the folks showing up in real life, building relationships, raising funds, and putting in the heart work. Our team is made up of everyday people doing extraordinary things in their own communities. From bodyworkers and educators to canvassers and volunteers, each person plays a vital role in weaving support across the Ozarks and beyond.
Click on a photo to view their profile, learn what drives them, and see how they’re helping the Roots run deeper.