“Your breast tissue was designed to be touched.”

~Effie Spurlin of the Spurlin Institute of Lymphatic Breast Care

Our lymphatic system uses our movement both muscular and through our breath to move our lymph fluid around the body.

Our lymph is responsible for delivering hormones and nutrients where they need to be as well as removing our cellular waste.

Our breast tissue does not contain any muscles - only adipose tissue - and so it has a tendency to get congested.

No muscles = less movement in those tissues.

This seems a bit of a design flaw, no?

Not if you know how to do lymphatic breast massage.

Because our breast tissue does not contain any muscle tissue - this is a good indicator that we were literally designed to be touched.

This makes lymphatic breast massage a necessary skill for all women.

Tend is a workshop series in three parts spaced out over 3 weeks that is designed to educate women about breast health, the lymphatic system, & the sacred connection of our breasts as the portal to our hearts.

Our breasts are the place from which we nourish our babies, and they sit over our beautiful hearts from which we nourish our communities.

Tend is a workshop series designed to help you learn to nourish and care for yourself.

In this course you will learn how to do a self assessment of your breasts both visually and physically - giving you the tools to know what is normal for you & to cultivate a relationship with your individual breast anatomy and landmarks.

You will also learn a simple yet incredibly effective manual lymphatic breast massage routine for self care that can be done daily for prevention, maintenance, & as an act of love for yourself.

You will also have the opportunity to connect with other women and deepen in community gaining insight and resilience as you realize that you are not alone in your doubts and fears whatever they may be.

This work is informed by over a decade of herbal medicine & anatomy and physiology studies as well as my in depth training at the Spurlin Institute of Lymphatic Breast Health & Education.

These teachings will have a profound impact as they not only are designed to revitalize your lymphatic health but also to empower you to understand your breast anatomy and the needs of your individual system all while being gently and devotionally held in a community container.

A workshop series in 3 parts spaced out over 3 weeks:

Part One:

We will enter into a ceremonial container where we will be learning about the sacred connection between our breasts and our hearts, breast anatomy, the physiological aspects of lymphatic health, herbal remedies and alternative practices for breast health & why massaging our own breast tissue is a form of necessary maintenance. There will be an opportunity to break off in pairs for a gentle heart opening meditation and to be deeply listened to by another sister.

Part Two:

All women will be encouraged to undress from the waist up for this portion of the workshop in order to accurately feel your own tissue & identify dense areas located within the global breast & surrounding breast tissue. We will also practice identifying areas of difference between each breast using a mirror. There will be an opportunity to share about our experiences and be deeply seen and heard within a shared sisterhood.

Part Three:

Finally, we will end by learning a simple and effective breast massage sequence that you can take with you and use in your daily routine. All women will again be encouraged to undress from the waist up for this portion of the workshop in order to learn the routine viscerally and be guided by the facilitator(s) in mapping your own tissues. We will end this portion of the workshop by getting dressed and learning a simple Acupressure formula - an ancient Chinese healing modality much like Acupuncture but with no needles that can do wonders for your lymphatic vitality - and have the opportunity to give and receive healing touch from another participant and from the facilitator.

+ add on a lymphatic breast care 1 on 1 session

Sometimes it feels good to be seen by a caring professional who can help us make sense of what is happening in our bodies.

I provide beautifully hand tailored 1 on 1 sessions where we can assess your breast landmarks together and I can spend some intentional time queuing into your lymphatic system and helping your fluid body to move.

In these sessions we can work with any stuck areas (not just in the breast tissue) while you relax and learn to feel into and gently explore what it means to be fluid.

+ add on an herbal education session

For many people this workshop brings up even more questions as you realize that the way you have been living your daily life may actually be impeding your lymphatic health.

In these sessions we can come up with a plan together that will include herbal and dietary advice as well as movement and breath work suggestions.

These sessions are completely hand tailored to you and your individual needs thus making them very valuable.

You will walk away with greater self knowledge - things you can incorporate for years to come.