Welcome
Womb Garden Maui
Healing Garden in support of postpartum care
Our Services
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Intuitive Bodywork
a combination of bodywork and energy work. We will begin with a check-in to see what requires attention at the present moment.
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Pain Management Sessions
An individualized plan to help realign your body and reactivate the correct muscles, bringing you back to optimal function and full range of motion.
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Girls' Moon Circle
Girls’ circle for ages 9-13 with the intention to, one, fostering connection to a sisterhood, to a tribe, to nature, to the moon and the cosmos and more.
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Pain Management Studio
A package of twenty drop-in sessions where you can confidently complete your pain management exercises and stretching menu under supervision.
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Intuitive Bodywork
a combination of bodywork and energy work. We will begin with a check-in to see what requires attention at the present moment.
![](https://wombgardenmaui.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/EFD9DA-3.png)
Girls' Moon Circle
Girls’ circle for ages 9-13 with the intention to, one, fostering connection to a sisterhood, to a tribe, to nature, to the moon and the cosmos and more.
![](https://wombgardenmaui.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/EFD9DA-1.png)
Pain Management Sessions
An individualized plan to help realign your body and reactivate the correct muscles, bringing you back to optimal function and full range of motion.
![](https://wombgardenmaui.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/EFD9DA-2.png)
Pain Management Studio
A package of twenty drop-in sessions where you can confidently complete your pain management exercises and stretching menu under supervision.
Ongoing Events
The Social Fabric Workshops
“There is an intrinsic relationship between fiber arts and childbirth that is recognizable across cultures.”
Aleshanee Akin MEd.
Author of Bare Hand Knitting, Bare Hand Crafting, and Nine Months and a Lifetime.
(www.waldorfpublications.com)
Every Thursday, between 6.30 and 8.30pm, join The Social Fabric on the Womb Garden deck, as we craft and explore the common threads between fiber arts, the light spectrum, childbirth (in all its phases) and traditional women's work. The first series of classes will be led by Aleshanee Akin, the womb garden’s current artist in residence!
The first series of classes will be led by Aleshanee Akin, the womb garden’s current artist in residence!
Class Schedule
Feb 9 – Spinning on the Rock
This class offers an Introduction to spinning.
Make your own drop spindle using a rock and stick!
- Learn the basics of spinning natural fibers into yarn.
Who May Attend?
*Children under 9 are to be supervised by an adult.
*Children between ages 9 and 18, attending with the member, will only need to pay an additional $10 monthly membership fee.
*Material fees, when applicable, can be expected to be anywhere between $5 and $20 for each participant, per class.
*Additional donations are always welcome! Your contributions will go toward the running of womb garden workshops, compensating our musicians, and to cover fees for those experiencing financial hardship.
What to Bring?
Find a special rock to make your personal drop spindle. Your rock should be flat-ish, roughly the volume of an avocado pit (preferably not a lava rock). Back up rocks will be available.
If you are fortunate enough to have the following growing in your yard, or easily available to you, please bring: cotton and/or milkweed pods, to keep our supply basket full!
Official instruction will last approximately 1.5 hours including a tea break, followed by The Spinning Circle, an ongoing weekly social and additional practice time to close the evening.
Monthly membership (ages 18 and above)- $35 + material fee*
Drop-In $20 + material fee
Please confirm attendance for each class, address given upon registration. RSVP to 8082349425
Member Perks:
-Weekly practical instruction on fiber arts skills and projects by local artists/ instructors. (submissions welcome)
-Discount and priority registration for workshops offered by visiting/guest artists.
-Discount on quarterly childbirth related workshops. This discount can come as a certificate that can be transferable to a loved one.
If you have a special circumstance or financial challenge that presents a hardship for you to pay for classes, please contact us for alternate arrangements.
Upcoming Events
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Goddess Gatherings mini series
with Hannah and Allisa
(Coming soon)
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Nourishing New Mama
with Eden Flynn
(Coming soon)
Podcast
Featured Facilitator
My name is Aleshanee B. Akin. I am a teacher and the author of Bare Hand Knitting and it’s sequel, Bare Hand Crafting, with Waldorf Publications. I also write books about childbirth.
I was born in 1971, in San Francisco, California. At age six years old we moved to Maui, which I have called home ever since. After attending Haleakala Waldorf School as a child I spent my highschool years I attended took part in youth conferences for world peace and in 1989 went on to complete the Russian Language Preparation Department for Moscow State University, in the Former USSR.
I have been teaching in various capacities for the past 25 years. I completed the Waldorf Teacher Certificate Program through Antioch University, New England, in 2009. I also earned my Masters’, through Antioch University, NE in 2011 and the handwork training for grades 1 through 4 at the Fiber Craft Studio in Spring Valley NY., I have a passion for childbirth education and the fiber arts and have authored a number of books on these topics.
About
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