Classes

I offer the following classes:
                                              -   The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal TherapyTM Self Care Classes  
    -    Meg's Clay Anatomy Academy                       
                    -   'A Hand Made Life'  Artisan Living Skills Series                

  *Megan is available to travel to your area and teach a class. Please email for further details.*


The Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal TherapyTM, Level One: Self Care

For class dates, click here.

  Your Self Care workshop is a nurturing weekend retreat that focuses on your own reproductive and digestive health concerns...
It's an engaging and informative class in which you dedicate two and a half days out of life to attend to your
own self learning and healing. The skills you learn in this course will walk with you through life,
at any stage in your reproductive life or age to promote abdominal health and wellness. It is open
to anyone, practitioner or layperson, whether male or female (with or without a uterus).
The beauty of this work is that it gives you the ability to help yourself with your own two hands.

Self Care training is centered around learning an ancient Maya form of belly massage that you do on yourself in order
to reposition organs which have shifted out of place, in order to support optimal functioning and restore the flows
of blood, lymph, nerve impulses, and energy movement throughout the entire body. During class, we'll learn basic anatomy
and physiology of the abdominal and reproductive organs in an engaging, fun way, as well as the causes and symptoms
of misaligned organs (including a 'tipped' or 'tilted' uterus, congested prostate, and tight breathing diaphragm).
I will teach you how to massage your own belly, and when and when not to do it.
We'll also learn a variety of additional self care skills such as rainforest herbals, nutrition for good digestion,
and emotional/energetic understanding of the abdomen that you can begin to apply immediately. In addition,
each person will receive a private 30 minute abdominal massage and instruction by either myself
or my assistant which is included in tuition.

These techniques come to us through the lineage of Dr. Rosita Arvigo, DN, who has lived in Belize over 30 years.
She was a traditional apprentice with the late Don Elijio Panti, who was one of the last H'men (a traditional Maya Priest/Healer,
the highest class of healer in the Maya culture). As a link in this ancient chain of traditional healing, Rosita has brought an
understanding of the science behind why this centuries old technique has been healing bellies through the generations.
Come experience why the feedback of this class both nationally and internationally is consistently that this course is life changing...

Class is taught in the same format as Dr. Rosita Arvigo, DN, exclusively through the rights of the Arvigo Institute.


NEW!!!
A one day introductory course to this work is now available, called Hands on Healing: The Maya Way.
This course is open to laypeople and professionals alike, and will cover a more general and brief
anatomy and physiology, introduction to this lineage and where it comes from,
symptoms and signs of malpositioned organs, along with guiding you to massage your own belly
and know when and when not to do it.

It's a great option if you are not ready to commit to a full 2.5 day course, or if you have a tight budget
but want to learn more than a private Arvigo/Maya session will teach you.
(Professionals please note that this one day course offers national CEU's for Massage Therapists only.)

***Note for professionals in the healing/medical field:
The one day intro course and the two and a half day class prepares you to perform the Arvigo Techniques
of Maya Abdominal TherapyTM on yourself only, teaching you to help yourself with your own hands.
Level One: Self Care is a prerequisite to enrollment in the Arvigo Institute’s Level 2: Professional Training, for licensed health
care practitioners - a comprehensive training in which you learn how to offer this work to patients in your clinical setting.
CEU's are currently available for midwives, massage therapists, and acupuncturists.

For more information: www.arvigomassage.com

"I didn't know what to expect in this workshop and had no idea it would be so powerful
and emotional... I think this course has been exceptionally good and dynamically presented.
I wish I had known about it years ago." - student, Australia

"Have attended many educational workshops/courses. This is the best presentation,
content, atmosphere...excellent." - student, Australia

"This weekend was wonderful on every level - Megan held my attention, focus, and energy.
She is truely a gifted teacher and healer. Thank you." -student, Australia

"I had to wait till I was 60 years old to learn about my own and my partner's body, but we will
use this valuable information into our future lives." - student, Australia

"Far exceeded my expectations. I have never received information from a facilitator who
believes so passionately in the content... The course has deeply moved my heart and soul." - student

"I'm so pleased with the workshop, the session we had, and the tools I have brought back with me.
I'm a new woman, in every way, spiritual and physical. And I didn't know that sex could
be so great either... ;) with my (uterus) in the right place..." - A.

"Megan is a vibrant, dynamic, well spoken teacher. She creates a safe, supportive environment
to fully experience the entirety of this work. Her knowledge of this work on all levels is impressive." - H.E.

"Your understanding of this work and how to make it accessible is truly a gift to all those
that study with you. Many thanks!" - C.D.

"Still coming down from the high I got attending your awesome workshop!
Thank you again for sharing your wealth of information and for sharing it in such a creative way." - K.A.

"Megan did an incredible job! I have such a newfound love and understanding of my body. Her
"anatomy theater" demonstrations were amazing!  So inspiring!" - student



Meg's Clay Anatomy Academy
As seen at the Maya Abdominal Massage Association Conventions in Mexico and Belize!
For class dates, click here.

Students take home the models they make for use in their own practice, or as art.
Making each model explores different concepts of anatomy and functions within the body. A great way
to spend two creative hours. Classes may vary in length and content depending on the needs of the group.

Basic Uterus Model Set (mensing and non-mensing uteruses)
This class teaches students how to sculpt their own polymer clay reproductive organs of a 4 oz,
non-mensing uterus and an 8 oz, mensing uterus. When done accurately to instruction, models will
be the medically approximate size, weight and shape of the uterus at opposit times of the menstrual cycle.

Uterus Dissection Model with Pathology
Students will sculpt their own uterus model as seen from the inside out, sliced in half.
As we sculpt our way through the layers and attaching anatomy, we will be reviewing
our basic knowledge of those structures and their functions, as well as sculpting
and reviewing several of her most common possible pathologies. The outcome is a model
that is both playful yet helpful in translating 2-D intellectual knowledge into 3-D kinesthetic understanding.

"Great materials, great creativity. Megan is a wonderful class facilitator and speaks with passion
and organization. This will be very useful to me and my clients/students. Thanks for making this
a simple project for someone with not much art skills." - student

"Excellent. I felt deeply moved working on building these beautiful wombs." - student



'A Hand Made Life'  Artisan Living Skills Series
For class dates, click here.

Join me for a series of classes teaching artisan living skills. In each class we focus on a different creative
skill that can replace something ordinarily bought with something that you make instead...
turning it into useful art that connects you with personal meaning and creativity in your daily life.

Classes include:
 Saponified Soap Making
Coptic Stitch Book Binding
 The Intuitive Art of Drawing
Herbal Body Care (I & II)
The Easy Herbal Kitchen
Learn to make your own Herbal Oils

Class times range in length from two to eight hours depending on the topic.
    

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