I first became aware of Mayan Abdominal Massage in 2009. I felt an immediate, physiological YES. This is what I wanted to learn, receive, share.

In early 2024 I was finally ready & able to find a pathway to learning this sacred work: I was successful in obtaining Primary Health Tasmania’s Grow Your Own Scholarship to study a Womb & Fertility Massage Therapy Practitioner Training Course, such is the recognised need for this kind of work in our community. I was supported by local GPs, community members and it all felt deeply aligned with the sacred flow.

I travelled to the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges to study under master bodyworker, Carol Jones. Carol is an amazing practitioner, wise woman and seasoned womb worker. She learned from Clare Spink herself. (Clare is the “Creatrix & Founder of Womb & Fertility Massage Therapy, UK”)

~ Heal the Womb, Heal the Woman ~

Clare Spink, Creator of WFMT

Womb Massage Therapy has roots in the traditional Mayan work, but includes unique massage techniques and elements like pulsing, rocking, and wrapping of the body with rebozos (long hand-woven wraps ~ mine are ethically procured from communities in South America). There is no internal (intravaginal) component to this work. It is all bodywork: a gentle, non-invasive, and deeply relaxing therapy promoting reproductive health (supporting common concerns such as PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, pelvic adhesions, a tilted uterus, painful or heavy periods, clotting, and irregular menstrual cycles. It also promotes overall health of the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes), providing valuable support during peri/menopause and after a hysterectomy or abdominal surgeries.

Abdominal Massage works to release both physical and emotional tension, softening hardened areas in the gut that may have built up over years. This encourages a natural detoxification process and can provide relief from digestive conditions such as Candida, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease, colitis, and celiac disease.

Sacral Massage targets the sacrum and coccyx, helping to release tension, scar tissue, and adhesions. It can be especially helpful in easing pain from past injuries to the pelvis, sacrum, or tailbone. This deeply restorative approach can also support the healing of the emotional body including experiences of pregnancy loss or challenging births.

Womb Massage Therapy offers more than just physical relief ~ it’s a powerful way to reconnect with your pelvic space, release emotional blockages held within and invite homoeostasis.

Whether or not you still have a physical womb, this work helps to restore balance and vitality to your reproductive, digestive, and sacral systems, guiding you home.

In mid-winter 2025, I had the great fortune to travel to Garigal land (Northern Beaches, NSW), to go even deeper with this sacred & profound work.

I am now a student of "Elemental Womb Massage", a practitioner-only training crafted by the divine Simi Shea. Simi's work is rooted in Arvigo therapy (known as the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy®). Simi studied with Rosita Arvigo herself & has been practicing this work since 2010.

Elemental Womb Massage is anchored in ancient Mayan healing practices with the aim to improve reproductive and digestive health by increasing circulation to the organs in those areas, improving lymphatic flow & heart connection.