Yoga for the Womb

August 6th-10th, 2023 (5 days, 4 nights)

Mystical Yoga Farm, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Starting at: $800

Tuition fees and rates

Harmonizing and harnessing the mystical powers of the menses.

50 hour continuing education course for yoga teachers and beyond.  This course is appropriate for anyone wanting to learn how to balance into the natural rhythms of the menses utilizing yoga and Meridian Therapy.

A woman’s menses is a reflection of her overall health.  This course offers an in-depth study of a very key part of women’s health and longevity, her womb.  In today’s world, infertility, hormonal imbalances and a sense of disconnection with one-self stems from a misunderstanding and mis-treatment of a woman’s internal rhythms and balance. These issues have become more than common and it is the intention of the course to raise awareness of this and to provide tools that we can share to our students and community about how to bring this sacred integral part of our health back into balance.

Human health and vitality,  according to ancient traditions of Chinese Medicine, were seen to be influenced by planetary movements, lunar and solar cycles, and the influential qi from the cosmos. One could not understand the phases and cycles of our internal rhythms without first deeply contemplating the shifts and changes of the universe. This course is designed to create a shift towards greater alignment and attunement with the natural world through understanding how our moon cycle ebbs and flows with the laws of nature. Students will be introduced to concepts such as “building yin” after bleeding, “supporting yang” during ovulation and “moving qi and blood” to ease pre-menses tension. This contextual knowledge will be further understood through the sequencing and timing of asana practice, daily rituals, food energetics and much more.

When the womb space is in balance, our life starts to re-integrate and regulate, heightened energy levels occur, a healthy and vibrant immune system and more fluid integration within all systems of the body depend on. Our creativity and intuition flourish within greater cycles and rhythms that are at the core function of the womb.

The tools that will be covered include but are not limited to:

• Fertility awareness: What are the signs and symptoms of a healthy cycle?

• Specific yoga asana and pranayam to practice during each phase of the menstrual/moon cycle.

• Energetic anatomy through the womb space.

• Energetic anatomy of the spine: pelvic floor, bandhas, nadis, chakras, meridian integration and understanding.

• 5 elements based on Chinese Medicine: their wisdom, their spirit, their organs and their flow.

• Introduction to Meridian Therapy: how to restore the natural flow of qi and blood through the meridian/organ system with asana.

• Nutrition and self care practices for each phase of the menstrual cycle.

• Harnessing optimum creativity from our cycles.

• Pulse observation. 

• Rhythms of hormones/endocrine system.

*We will learn about how to assess this health and learn from the traditions of Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine on how to restore the health and vitality of the womb. 

Birthing children is one of the main purposes of this organ, but is also at the seat of our creativity, our longevity and complete hormonal system.  The womb holds the seeds of what needs to be birthed through us, both physically and energetically.   This course is for anyone wanting to learn how to cultivate a strong, connected internal balance with themselves and their world through the portal of the womb space.

Example Schedule:

Day 1
Arrival by 2pm
3pm Check In and Temescal
4pm Introduction to Course
5:30 Dinner Nourishment
7pm Evening Moon Blood Ceremony

Day 2 · Bleeding Day - Grounding - New Moon
7-8:30 Asana for Menstruation
9am Breakfast, Sun Bathing & Swim
10am Overview of Cycle, Organs, Meridians - Menstruation & Fertility
1pm Nourishment 
3pm Moon time asana and meridians associated
7pm Letting Go Ceremony

Day 3 · Waxing Moon - Yin
7-8:30 Asana - Yoga for up to Ovulation
9am Breakfast, Sun Bathing & Swim
10am Building Yin, Nutrition, Massage
1pm Nourishment 
3pm Asana, Pranayama and Sacred Vessels
5:30 Dinner Nourishment
7pm Ovulation Ceremony

Day 4 · Waning Moon - Yang
7-8:30 Asana - Yoga for After Ovulation
9am Breakfast, Sun Bathing & Swim
10am Supporting Yang, Pulse Diagnostics
1pm Nourishment 
3pm Asana - Move Chi and Blood, Creativity
5:30 Dinner Nourishment
7pm Sound Ceremony, Reflection -Warmth and Chi, Building lining of Uterus, Get Chi moving

Day 5 
7-8:30 Co-teaching
9am Breakfast, Sun Bathing & Swim
10am Graduation, Sharing and Reflection

Moon Mandala

Within this portion of the training, participants will be able to embody the practice themselves.  This portion of the training, will take you through one cycle of your menstrual cycle.  Encompassing everything learned in the course, students will have the opportunity to have an introspective embodied experience.  Each class will focus on a specific phase of the cycle, and participants can play the recording where they are within their cycle, for one complete cycle. Four recordings will be provided to students, each representing a different phase of the menstrual cycle. Asana and meridian therapy will each be covered within each class.

This portion is to be completed after the in-person portion of the training and will include a 3 hour follow up session with the group.