Signature Classes
We offer our classes online, and in person at different locations across Evanston, Skokie Park Districts, and Chicago. We are hoping soon to offer them digitally at this platform for everybody to learn and review at their own pace. Classes on Sexual Reproductive Health, Natural Gynecology, All Pregnancy Outcomes Traditional Companions, Meals and Remedies for the fuller spectrum of your reproductive life ! In the meantime, contact us if interested in coordinating any of these classes in person or online, or any of our consulting services.
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Natural Gynecology Class Offerings.
Whole-Person Gynecology: Understanding Root Causes
Explore how stress, nutrition, trauma, and environment shape reproductive health. Learn to see symptoms not as isolated issues, but as signals of deeper imbalances.
Ancestral Practices for Reproductive Wellness
Reconnect with traditional remedies such as teas, steams, oils, and sobadas (abdominal massage) that have long supported menstrual balance, fertility, and postpartum healing.
Body Literacy & Self-Examination
Develop confidence in reading your body’s signals through pelvic self-exam, breast self-awareness, and cycle mapping — reclaiming your role as the primary expert of your body.
Herbal Remedies & Plant Allies for Gynecology
Hands-on education in gentle, plant-based approaches for common gynecological concerns — from infections and inflammation to cycle irregularities and menopausal transitions.
Prevention Through Self-Knowledge
Learn daily practices and lifestyle strategies that prevent imbalance and promote long-term reproductive wellness, rooted in nutrition, rest, movement, and emotional care.
Trauma-Informed Gynecology
A safe space to explore how trauma affects reproductive health, with tools for grounding, body reconnection, and preparing for medical or midwifery care with more ease.
Integrative Pathways: Bridging Natural & Allopathic Care
Understand how to combine natural approaches with clinical gynecological care, knowing when to lean on each, and how to advocate for yourself within the medical system.
Each class centers self-knowledge, autonomy, and cultural respect, inviting participants to reclaim their gynecological health with natural, gentle, and non-invasive tools while remaining open to integrative care.
El Sobo
Rooted in the ancestral wisdom of Puerto Rican santiguadoras, these classes draw from the practice of el sobo — a traditional massage that blends prayer, herbal remedies, and intuitive touch to restore balance in body, mind, and spirit. Participants will learn both technique and spiritual grounding, honoring this practice as sacred community care.
Introduction to El Sobo: The Art of Ancestral Touch
Learn the history and cultural significance of sobo as practiced by santiguadoras, and explore its role in healing the whole person.
Hands-On Techniques of Traditional Massage
Practice the foundational movements of sobo — stroking, kneading, pressing, and circular motions — guided by intuition and rooted in care.
Herbal Remedies & Healing Oils
Discover the plants and preparations used to support sobo — from alcoholados and herbal oils to teas and steams that accompany bodywork.
Prayer, Blessing & Energy Work
Explore the spiritual dimension of sobo, learning how santiguadoras weave prayer, blessings, and ritual into the massage to cleanse, unblock, and realign energy.
Sobo for Women’s Health & Reproductive Balance
Focused on abdominal and womb massage (sobadas), this class shares how sobo supports menstrual health, fertility, postpartum recovery, and emotional release.
Community Care & Collective Healing
Understand sobo as more than a technique — as a way of caring for neighbors, elders, and family. Learn how to bring this practice into your own community with respect and humility.
Integrating Sobo With Modern Care
Learn how to honor sobo alongside allopathic care, creating integrative paths for wellness that value both ancestral practices and medical support.
These classes honor el sobo not only as massage, but as ritual, blessing, and cultural medicine — a practice where touch becomes prayer and healing is rooted in community and ancestry.
Community Promotorxs de Salud
Rooted in the tradition of community health workers, these classes train Promotorxs de Salud to accompany their neighbors with knowledge, care, and cultural grounding. Participants will learn to bridge ancestral practices with public health tools, offering whole-person and community-centered support.
Introduction to Community Health Work
Explore the history and role of Promotorxs de Salud as grassroots health advocates. Learn how they bridge communities and healthcare systems with trust and cultural respect.
Foundations of Popular & Community Education
Learn how to share health knowledge in ways that are accessible, culturally relevant, and empowering — centering community voices and collective learning.
Body Literacy & Preventive Care
Equip yourself with practical tools for teaching reproductive, sexual, and general health literacy to reduce preventable illness and promote autonomy.
Herbal & Ancestral Health Practices
Discover local plant allies and traditional remedies that can be used alongside allopathic medicine for holistic care in the community.
Promotorxs as Companions Through Systems
Learn how to support community members navigating clinics, hospitals, and social services while advocating for dignity and language justice.
Trauma-Informed Community Care
Develop skills to recognize trauma, provide grounding, and create safe spaces for healing in community health work.
Collective Healing & Mutual Aid
Understand how promotorxs support not just individual health, but also collective wellbeing through networks of care, advocacy, and mutual aid.
Integrating Public Health & Ancestral Wisdom
Explore how to balance medical knowledge with traditional practices, creating integrative health pathways that honor both systems.
These classes prepare Promotorxs de Salud to be trusted community healers and advocates, combining cultural wisdom, trauma-informed practices, and grassroots leadership for collective health.
Pelvic Gentle Self Exams
These classes invite participants to approach pelvic self-exams as acts of empowerment, care, and curiosity. Rooted in trauma-informed practice and cultural respect, each session guides participants to gently explore and understand their own anatomy, cycles, and reproductive health with patience and dignity.
Introduction to Pelvic Self-Exams
Learn the basics of using a mirror, light, and gentle touch to observe your vulva and cervix, demystifying pelvic health through body literacy.
Speculum Use & Cervical Observation
Step-by-step guidance on how to use a speculum safely and gently, track changes in your cervix, and identify fertile signs or health concerns.
Cycle Mapping Through Self-Exams
Discover how your cervix and vaginal fluids shift throughout the menstrual cycle, and learn how to record these changes for fertility awareness and health tracking.
Trauma-Informed Self-Examination
A gentle, supportive approach for those with a history of medical trauma or sexual harm. Includes grounding techniques, pacing strategies, and self-consent practices.
Pelvic Self-Exams Across Life Phases
Explore how to adapt pelvic self-exam practices through menarche, postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause, honoring each body’s transitions.
Herbal & Natural Supports for Pelvic Health
Complement self-exams with ancestral remedies like steams, oils, and teas to support vaginal and cervical health.
Community Self-Exam Circles
Experience collective learning in a safe, supportive circle where participants learn from each other, share insights, and normalize conversations about pelvic health.
Integrating Self-Exams with Medical Care
Understand when to seek clinical care, how to advocate for yourself in gynecological visits, and how self-exams can complement medical screenings.
These classes affirm that your body is not a mystery but a source of wisdom — offering tools for gentle self-discovery, autonomy, and trust in your own care.
Menopause Companions
Understanding the Menopausal Transition
A whole-person approach to perimenopause and menopause, exploring hormonal shifts, emotional changes, and cultural narratives. Learn to see this stage as a powerful transition rather than a medicalized problem.
Ancestral & Natural Remedies for Menopause
Discover herbal allies, nutritional supports, bodywork, and traditional practices to ease hot flashes, sleep changes, mood shifts, and other symptoms with gentle, holistic care.
Body Literacy After 40
Learn how to read the signs of your body in midlife — from cycle changes to bone health — and develop practical tools for navigating this new rhythm with confidence.
Menopause & Emotional Wellbeing
Explore the spiritual and emotional aspects of menopause: grief, release, freedom, and new identity. Includes grounding practices, journaling, and guided self-reflection.
Pleasure & Sexuality in Midlife
Reclaim intimacy, sensuality, and connection through body awareness, natural remedies for vaginal health, and open conversation about pleasure and desire in this life phase.
Menopause & Community Care
Shift the experience from isolation to connection. A circle-based class where stories, wisdom, and collective practices are shared to transform menopause into a supported journey.
Integrating Natural & Medical Care
Understand what medical support (like bone density scans, labs, or HRT) can offer, and how to integrate these with natural and ancestral remedies for a balanced, informed approach.
Each class invites participants to reclaim menopause as a sacred transition, supported by body literacy, ancestral wisdom, and collective care — with space for both natural and allopathic medicine when needed.
Reproductive Loss Companions
These classes honor reproductive loss as a tender, sacred threshold. Drawing from trauma-informed care, ancestral practices, and body literacy, they offer tools for supporting yourself and others through grief, healing, and remembrance. Participants will learn how to accompany loss with presence, compassion, and ritual.
Understanding Reproductive Loss
Explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual layers of miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth. Learn how loss impacts the whole person and how to hold space without judgment.
Companioning Through Miscarriage & Abortion
Practical guidance on offering presence during pregnancy endings — from preparing herbal supports and comfort measures to grounding techniques and emotional care.
Rituals of Remembrance & Ancestral Practices
Learn simple, meaningful rituals rooted in ancestral and cultural traditions to honor loss, create closure, and carry memory with dignity.
Body Care After Loss
Gentle practices to support physical recovery: herbal steams, warming foods, abdominal care, and rest practices that nurture the womb and spirit.
Holding Space for Grief & Emotional Release
Skills for being with grief, silence, and emotion — including breathwork, grounding, and compassionate listening.
Supporting Partners & Families
Understand how reproductive loss affects relationships and families, and learn tools to accompany partners and loved ones with care.
Integrating Loss & Moving Forward
Explore how to live with grief, create meaning, and move toward healing while honoring what was lost. Includes ongoing practices of self-care and community support.
Bridging Traditional & Medical Care
Learn how to navigate medical procedures (such as D&C, medication abortion, or postpartum care) while weaving in natural and ancestral practices for holistic healing.
These classes invite participants to accompany loss with reverence, compassion, and cultural respect, offering both practical tools and spiritual practices for healing body and soul.
These classes invite participants to accompany loss with reverence, compassion, and cultural respect, offering both practical tools and spiritual practices for healing body and soul.
All Outcomes and Experiences of Pregnancy Companions
These classes prepare companions to walk alongside people through the full spectrum of pregnancy experiences. Rooted in trauma-informed care, ancestral practices, and whole-person healing, participants will learn to provide presence, advocacy, and practical support for every possible outcome.
Foundations of Full-Spectrum Pregnancy Care
An overview of the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of pregnancy across outcomes — centering dignity, autonomy, and cultural respect.
Supporting Birth with Presence & Care
Learn how to accompany labor and birth with grounding practices, comfort measures, advocacy, and emotional steadiness.
Companioning Through Abortion
Explore compassionate support for medication and procedural abortions — from preparing nourishing care to holding space for emotions and creating rituals of closure.
Navigating Miscarriage & Stillbirth
Gentle practices for supporting loss, including herbal remedies, body care, grief companioning, and community rituals of remembrance.
Pregnancy & Adoption Journeys
Understand how to support individuals and families navigating adoption decisions, with emphasis on emotional care, advocacy, and honoring choice.
Body Care After Pregnancy Endings
Learn holistic approaches — from sobadas (abdominal massage) and herbal steams to rest practices and nourishing foods — to support physical recovery.
Emotional & Spiritual Healing After Pregnancy
Grounding practices, rituals, and storytelling to accompany grief, joy, relief, or complexity — honoring all emotions as valid and part of healing.
Advocacy in Medical & Community Settings
Develop skills to advocate for clients across hospitals, clinics, and community spaces, ensuring their voices are heard and respected.
These classes affirm that every pregnancy outcome deserves care, dignity, and accompaniment — preparing companions to walk with people in truth, compassion, and cultural reverence.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Feminist People-Centered Companions
These classes prepare companions to walk alongside people in their sexual and reproductive health journeys with dignity, autonomy, and feminist principles at the core. Rooted in whole-person care, cultural respect, and community advocacy, participants will learn to support clients through education, presence, and accompaniment.
Foundations of Feminist Companioning
Explore what it means to accompany others from a feminist, people-centered lens — centering autonomy, dismantling stigma, and affirming lived experiences.
Body Literacy & Reproductive Autonomy
Learn how to support clients in understanding their own cycles, fertility, and sexual health as tools for empowerment and self-determination.
Companioning Through Reproductive Journeys
Practical skills for walking alongside people in pregnancy, contraception, abortion, miscarriage, birth, and postpartum with respect and compassion.
Trauma-Informed Feminist Care
Understand how trauma intersects with reproductive health. Learn grounding practices, consent-centered approaches, and ways to create safe and supportive spaces.
Advocacy & Systems Navigation
Equip yourself with tools to help clients navigate medical systems, assert their rights, and advocate for themselves in clinical and community settings.
Sexual Health & Pleasure as Justice
Reframe sexual health through a feminist lens that includes pleasure, desire, and intimacy as integral parts of wellbeing and justice.
Community Care & Collective Healing
Explore how companions contribute to collective health by fostering mutual aid, community education, and solidarity in reproductive justice movements.
Integrating Ancestral & Clinical Practices
Learn to bridge cultural traditions, herbal supports, and body-based practices with allopathic and midwifery care for integrative, people-centered pathways.
These classes affirm that sexual and reproductive health is a site of both personal power and collective liberation— and that companions can help create safer, more just, and more compassionate experiences for all.
Sexual Health Class Offerings
Grounded in our certification in Sexological Health, these classes blend holistic, trauma-informed practices with evidence-based knowledge. We offer a whole-person approach that honors pleasure, healing, and body autonomy.
Foundations of Sexual Health & Body Literacy
Understand your anatomy and physiology with clarity and care. Learn how your body communicates through desire, arousal, and cycles — and reclaim body literacy as empowerment.
Herbal & Natural Remedies for Sexual Wellness
Discover plant-based allies and holistic practices that support libido, vaginal health, erectile health, hormonal balance, and overall vitality.
Healing Pleasure After Trauma
A safe, trauma-informed space to gently reconnect with your body, release fear, and rediscover pleasure after difficult experiences.
Communication, Consent & Boundaries
Tools for creating relationships built on trust, clarity, and joy. Practice consent, boundary-setting, and open communication for healthier intimacy.
Exploring Desire & Arousal
Learn the science and art of sexual energy. Understand how stress, hormones, and emotions shape desire — and how to nurture and expand your erotic self.
Sexuality Across Life Phases
From first experiences to postpartum to menopause, explore how sexuality changes across the life span and how to care for your evolving needs.
Sacred Sexuality & Ancestral Practices
View sexuality as sacred energy. Explore traditional rituals and embodied practices that root pleasure in cultural wisdom and spiritual care.
Integrating Sexual Health & Medical Care
Navigate healthcare with confidence. Learn how to advocate for your sexual health with providers while weaving in holistic and sexological approaches for a balanced path.
hese classes combine our sexological certification training, ancestral practices, and trauma-informed guidance — creating a unique and transformative approach to sexual health.
Fertility Awareness and Companions
These classes honor fertility as more than conception — as a cycle of rhythms, signs, and wisdom. Rooted in body literacy, herbal traditions, and trauma-informed care, they equip participants to understand, track, and accompany fertility with confidence and respect.
Foundations of Fertility Awareness
Learn the basics of cycle tracking, cervical fluid, basal body temperature, and hormonal shifts to understand fertile and infertile phases with clarity.
Cycle Mapping & Body Literacy
Explore menstrual cycle charting as a tool for fertility, health insight, and self-connection. Practice hands-on mapping and observation techniques.
Herbal & Natural Supports for Fertility
Discover gentle herbal remedies and traditional practices that support reproductive balance, ovulation health, and preconception care.
Fertility Without Shame: Trauma-Informed Approaches
Understand how trauma, stress, and medical experiences can affect fertility. Learn companioning practices that create safety, dignity, and empowerment.
Fertility for Conception & Contraception
Explore how fertility awareness can be used both to support pregnancy planning and as a natural method of contraception.
Supporting Fertility Across Life Phases
From menarche to perimenopause, learn how fertility shifts through life and how to adapt tracking and care for each phase.
Partner & Community Involvement
Learn ways to include partners in fertility awareness, and how to build supportive networks for those navigating fertility journeys.
Integrating Fertility Awareness with Medical Care
Understand when and how to integrate cycle tracking with medical tests, treatments, or midwifery care, and how to advocate for whole-person approaches.
These classes reclaim fertility awareness as a pathway to autonomy, healing, and self-knowledge, while offering companions the tools to support others with compassion and cultural respect.
Maternal-Child Community Health Workers
These classes prepare community health workers to support parents, infants, and families with trauma-informed, culturally rooted, and whole-person care. Participants will learn how to bridge traditional practices with modern health knowledge to strengthen maternal and child wellbeing in their communities.
Introduction to Maternal–Child Health Work
Explore the role of CHWs in supporting families during pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and early childhood. Learn the foundations of advocacy, trust-building, and culturally respectful care.
Body Literacy in Pregnancy & Postpartum
Learn to teach and support families in understanding the physical changes of pregnancy and recovery, including cycle shifts, lactation, and reproductive health.
Infant & Child Wellness
Practical guidance on newborn care, breastfeeding/chestfeeding support, nutrition, early development, and recognizing signs that require medical attention.
Herbal & Traditional Remedies for Families
Discover gentle ancestral practices and plant remedies for common maternal and child concerns, from colic and fevers to postpartum healing and nourishment.
Trauma-Informed Perinatal Support
Develop skills for recognizing trauma, responding with compassion, and supporting families navigating difficult experiences like loss, prematurity, or medical interventions.
Maternal Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing
Learn how to support parents experiencing postpartum mood shifts, stress, or anxiety, and provide resources for community-based and clinical care.
Community Education & Outreach
Gain tools to share health knowledge with families in accessible, culturally relevant ways, using group workshops, home visits, and peer-to-peer learning.
Bridging Families & Healthcare Systems
Learn how to help families navigate clinics, hospitals, and social services, while advocating for language justice, respect, and dignity in care.
These classes prepare Maternal–Child CHWs to be trusted guides and advocates, combining cultural wisdom, ancestral remedies, and public health tools to strengthen family and community health.
Postpartum Care Nourishment
These classes honor the postpartum period as a sacred time of healing, rest, and nourishment. Rooted in ancestral wisdom, trauma-informed care, and body literacy, participants will learn how to support parents and families in recovery and renewal after birth or pregnancy endings.
Foundations of Postpartum Healing
Explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual shifts of the postpartum period, and learn how to create care rooted in rest, warmth, and gentle support.
Ancestral Foods for Recovery
Learn about traditional foods, broths, and teas that restore energy, rebuild strength, and support lactation — with recipes and hands-on preparation.
Herbal Remedies for Postpartum Wellness
Discover gentle plant-based practices for supporting bleeding, healing tissues, soothing emotions, and rebalancing hormones.
The Art of Closing Rituals
Explore cultural practices such as belly binding, rebozo closing, and heat therapies to bring balance and closure to the postpartum body.
Emotional Care & Mental Health After Birth
Learn how to recognize and support parents navigating postpartum mood shifts, stress, or anxiety, with tools for grounding and community-based support.
Caring for the Caregiver
Practical strategies to support not only the birthing person but also partners and family members, creating a circle of nourishment and balance.
Postpartum Body Literacy
Understand changes in cycles, bleeding, lactation, and fertility after pregnancy, equipping families with knowledge for ongoing care.
Community-Based Postpartum Support
Explore how to create postpartum care networks through meal trains, peer care, and mutual aid — ensuring no parent heals in isolation.
These classes affirm the postpartum period as a time of sacred tending and nourishment, offering companions tools to restore balance, strengthen families, and honor cultural traditions of care.
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