reclaim reverential, nurturing and therapeutic touch for pregnancy
wombspace
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Did your training include…
…anatomy and physiology of the maternal-fetal relationship in pregnancy?
...working with the baby and soft tissues of the wombspace in pregnancy?
...how to offer therapeutic touch for uterine alignment without fear?
learn the art of
abdominal and external pelvic manual therapy for the third trimester
Acquaint yourself with the unique anatomy of pregnancy and its relationship to the baby.
Bring softness and balance to layers of the abdomen and pelvis from fascia to uterus.
Begin learning fetal palpation and integrating baby's experience of the wombspace.
Support embodiment between your client and their body and baby.
Come and learn
Anatomy + Physiology of the wombspace
What you never learned in midwifery or massage school! The unique differences in our female structure and soft tissues that exist to support pregnancy and birth. How the abdominal space accommodates and contributes to uterine dextrorotation, variations and fetal position.
maternal - fetal positioning
Introduction to recognizing maternal structural and tissue patterns that contribute to breech, OP, and unengaged fetal positions. Learn how to approach changing fetal position through wombspace tension patterns.
Manual therapy for the wombspace and pelvis
Gain confidence providing therapeutic touch to the most important parts of the body during pregnancy. Combine craniosacral, myofascial and ligament release work to support softening, tensegrity, and alignment of the wombspace + pelvis for comfort + more easeful birth.
Fetal Palpation and practicum
You cannot do abdominal care with integrity in pregnancy without including the sweet baby or babies! Learn the art of fetal palpation outside of the clinical assessment paradigm, for the purpose of wombspace realignment and connection. Practice fetal palpation and offer a wombspace session under mentorship.
testimonials
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"Wombspace is vital for birth and body workers for straight-forward and extremely helpful pregnancy skills for birth preparation and beyond. The content of Wombspace and Mandy's teachings are easy to digest, useful for ease in pregnancy, and honours the innate intelligence of the body to grow and birth a baby."
— Dr. Bronwyn Hunt, DC
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"I learned new tools and refined the ones I already use in my clinical practice. Mandy’s teaching style embraces all types of learners—visual, auditory, and kinesthetic—while being kind, funny, and deeply respectful. She is brilliant and truly an artist in the way she teaches. This experience has sharpened my focus and will elevate both my practice and my ability to lead and teach others in my community."
— Nicole Cherniawsky, RMT + doula
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"This is the first course I have attended where hands-on learning was made a top priority. Having multiple hour long sessions of practicing the skills we were being taught was truly invaluable. I left feeling empowered and confident to incorporate this work back into my practice immediately. Mandy was direct, in the best way, and so passionate that it made learning from her such a dream."
— Charlee Perrier, RMT
meet your teacher
Hi I'm Mandy!
I’m a midwife and manual therapist who is obsessed with prenatal physiology, breech babies, female biomechanics, and pain resolution.
Early in my midwifery training I noticed a gap in hands-on, therapeutic and reverential abdominal care during pregnancy. Either the abdomen is poked and prodded for assessment purposes, or there is complete avoidance. The result? Decreased manual skills and increased fear and disassociation that pervades medical prenatal care, massage schools, and pregnancy-focused education at large.
For this reason, I pursued pregnancy and fetal position-specific bodywork trainings, female biomechanics education, and additional manual therapy skills to be a more useful midwife to my clients. Truly, there is nothing more fascinating than working with a woman in pregnancy and eliciting change in her body for her baby and birth.
Wombspace combines my 15 years of hands-on birthwork, 7 years of manual therapy for pregnancy, and all of my obsessions into an anatomy-focused foundational training to begin your journey into authentic hands-on prenatal care. This training will fine-tune your touch-skills, intuition, tissue-listening, and self-responsibility in your practice.
It is a disservice to women to advertise ‘prenatal massage’ without addressing her belly, baby, and pelvis. You are perfectly placed to provide skilled, manual care for women in pregnancy, in relationship with your client and without fear.
workshop details
Wombspace includes an online class and an in-person workshop.
The online class is a 3 hour deep dive into anatomy and physiology of maternal tissue in the third trimester, fetal position, postural patterns in pregnancy, and their relevance on pain patterns and the birth process. Live attendance of the online class is mandatory for the in-person training.
The in-person training is 3 days of dedicated learning to manual therapy in the third trimester. You will learn how to work with the abdomen and external pelvis using techniques gathered from fascial and myo-fascial therapy, PNF work, ligament work, and more. You will practice on one another and pregnant clients under supervision and receive individualized support and guidance to perfect your technique.
Wombspace can be curated as a bodyworkers-only or birth workers-only class. It can also be taught to a combined group of women who desire to support their clients in pregnancy regardless of their background.
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is for those who have completed hands-on training in the past and currently have an established bodywork practice.
Reach out if you are interested in hosting this workshop in your community!
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is for those who have no prior hands-on manual therapy training.
Please be in touch if you would like to host this training in your community!
hosting wombspace in your community
Bring Wombspace to your city!
Host responsibilities:
finding a venue
advertising + ensuring minimum required attendance
organizing refreshments + snacks
As a host, you receive free attendance of the Wombspace training in its entirety in exchange for your support in organizing this event. You are not responsible for any payments related to the cost of running this workshop. Your role is exclusively ‘on the ground’ and vital to me being able to travel and teach this course stress free!
