Breast Massage Training
& Retreat
~ NW Virginia ~
July 10-15
@ Private Cabin on Land
A beautiful opportunity to learn how to give breast massage in sisterhood retreat space in the countryside of NorthWestern Virginia
This is a residential retreat where we will all be staying together at a beautiful private cabin, nestled on gorgeous land with forest walks, a pond we can swim in, and a hot tub.
In addition to learning the art & skill of breast massage, we will be sharing meals, practicing daily movement, going through embodiment journeys, sharing in fire song ceremony, and ritual space.
All to support us to be embodied practitioners and spaceholders as we share these feminine arts.
~ Learn the art and skill of giving Therapeutic Breast Massage ~
This training is for...
Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers,
Healing Practitioners, Doulas / Midwives / Birthworkers, anyone in the field of Women's Health, and anyone who feels the strong call and is enthusiastic about supporting women in this way
The deep need for Breast Care...
In this modern day, most women walk around disconnected from their breasts. The breasts are often neglected, stuffed away in bras, and only receive attention during sex or breast feeding.
All the while, issues with the breasts have become a norm that many women struggle with.
Breast pain, breast tenderness, cysts, challenges breastfeeding, hardened tissue, congested lymph nodes, heaviness in the breasts, and unidentified lumps have all become commonplace within the realm of the breasts.
And there are not many helpful answers and solutions out there. Actual breast care and education barely exists in the modern field of health and wellness! In the mainstream medical world, often there are only extreme solutions, like surgery, for imbalances that are presenting.
I believe this epidemic of breast issues, and even of breast cancer, is partly due to our lack of touch, care, and communication with our breasts. As well as our lack of education of HOW to care for our breasts in a way that supports their long term health.
From my experience massaging hundreds of women’s breasts, I know that this can be one of the most tender and under-cared for areas of the body. Often our breasts are not getting any care, yet have a lot going on and are needing it deeply.
The breasts and whole chest area is actually a POWERHOUSE center of our bodies. It is where some of the most concentration of our lymph rivers are found, playing a massive role in our overall health and vitality. It is where mother's produce milk that nourishes a little baby into form.
Not to mention the breasts sit over our precious feeling hearts ♡
Keeping these rivers clear, nourished and flowing is essential for optimal health, to be able to breast feed our babies, to prevent dis-ease and be embodied in our intuitive feminine channel.
The kind of breast massage I teach in this training is incredibly supportive at addressing the wide variety of issues that women experience in their breasts. Including breast pain & tenderness, cysts, congested lymph nodes, congested breasts, mastitis, issues breastfeeding, fibrocystic breast tissue, scar tissue, heaviness in the breasts, muscle tension and constriction in the chest, a suspicious lump, a cancer diagnosis.
The foundation of this kind of Breast Massage is approaching the tissues with an Ayurvedic elemental lens. And utilizing the intelligent technology of our hands to sense what is going on in the tissues. This allows lumps and issues to be identified and worked with. Then applying various techniques to support balance and prevent further dis-ease.
In this breast massage, we focus on moving, cleansing and nourishing the lymph in the breast & chest area. Sometimes we can go deep into clearing and creating change through dissolving blockages, moving congestion, softening scar tissue, draining cysts, and moving stuck pain.
This can also be a more gentle experience, of slowly opening the more channels of flow and offering nourishment to this area. It is ancient women's work to tend to each other's bodies in this way and hold space for all that is processed through our heart centers.
With this kind of breast massage, we can also map the terrain of the breast tissue, so one can have a sense of what is actually going on in their breasts. This can be crucial to identify if there are imbalances that need tending, and also for someone to feel and become familiar with what their ‘normal’ is. We can offer tools and take home practices so a woman can continue to support her breast health and nourishment.
This is a deeply needed service in the realm of women’s health, and an exquisite offering to your community and the collective of women.
This is such a crucial piece of supporting our feminine flow, and full body health, yet it is still hard to find a practitioner in most places!
This is truly one of my most fulfilling services I offer.
As the breasts are craving this kind of nourishing touch and support.
Most sessions are incredibly impactful for those who receive them.
I am grateful to pass on this wisdom in the prayer that more women’s breasts and hearts receive the care and nourishment they need to stay healthy and flowing.
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~ What you will be learning ~
* The technique and full flow to be able to offer a therapeutic breast massage *
The Lymphatic System
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Known as Rasa or the "Rivers of LIfe" in Ayurveda. Learning how these lymph rivers flow through the body, what this system does and how it works.
Learning a flow of massage that supports optimal clearing & opening of the lymph channels.
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Basic Ayurvedic Principals
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Vata / Pitta / Kapha ~ their different qualities and presentations. Identifying these qualities in the tissue, different ways they may present, and what they feel like under your fingers.
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Remedies & bodywork techniques to address different elemental imbalances you may find
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Tools & Remedies
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Massage techniques for the breasts & various issues you may encounter.
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Ayurvedic care tools to support breast health. Some that can be used in a session, and some as recommendation continued at-home self-care support.
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Energy Medicine practices I have found very effective to support clearing & health in the breasts.
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Additional Support
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Discussing other factors that may be contributing to breast issues such as diet and relationships. We will touch on additional remedies that can support long term breast health, in the realm of lifestyle, diet, relationships, and other modalities
Attuned & Therapeutic Touch
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Somatic orientation for the practitioner, so you can offer attuned & grounded touch.
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Approaching the breasts with reverence and respect.
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Personal integrity in offering healing to others
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Energetic Hygiene for the practitioner
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Lumps
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Learning to identify different kinds of lumps & ways to tell what they are & what is going on in the tissues.
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How to address different kinds of lumps through massage techniques that support softening / draining / dissolving them
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Including ~ cysts, fibrous tissue (firbrocystic breasts), congested lymph, and dried & hardened lymph nodes.
Cancer
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Signs to look out for & what it may feel like.
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Treatment options & recommendations.
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How to work around it & support someone while undergoing treatment.
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Conversation around potential causes & preventative care.
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Emotional Layers
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The deeper emotional layers of personal, collective, and ancestral wounding. you may encounter in the breast tissue.
Hands - on Practice
Each of you will also have the opportunity to do multiple practice sessions during the training, supervised & supported by me.
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This will give you the chance to have a hands-on embodied experience of feeling different presentations and different breasts.
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This is a crucial part of the training and why this cannot be taught solely online.
Additional Experiences & Teachings
Full Body Lymphatic Tending & Ayurvedic Care Practices
We will be extending the Ayurvedic Practices & Lymphatic Care to our entire bodies, and womb space. We will practice in these self-care ways together, so you can anchor the experience and feeling in your body. These are amazing practices that support full body wellness & vitality. That you can use for life.
Fire Prayer Ceremonies & Song Sharing
We will share in songs and drumming together around a sacred fire. I will share a few songs that you can learn and take home with you. Song sharing and prayer speaking for all will be welcome as well. Utilizing the sacred energy of the fire and our group to support our unique process, and to send out our prayers and love out into the collective and to God. Extra drums and instruments will be available, or you are welcome to bring your own!
Herbal Medicine Making
We will be crafting our own herbal Breast Tallow that you can use on yourself and in sessions. We will also craft a flower essence from the land that carries the medicine our time together and of the flowers.
Whale Womb Sound Medicine Journey & Whale Council
One of the evenings, I will guide us on an oceanic sound medicine journey with the whale songs, bringing through the voice and frequency of the whale tribes. These whale songs have been known to move tides of tears within, awaken ancient soul memories, and bridge a connection to the otherworldly realm of the whales. They also deeply support the womb and heart space, like a refreshing wave of cleansing, and bringing an expansion of energy and connection.
Nature Connection time
There is a gorgeous pond on the land that we can swim in together. As well as 40 acres we can explore and connect with. There will be spaciousness for connecting and silence for dropping in with the land and beings all around us. And our space will be immersed in these energies!
Daily Movement Practices
Each day we will offer a guided movement practice. This will range from intuitive dance to qi gong. This is an opportunity to ground deeper into your body each day, and will support us to keep our energy flowing throughout our time together.
Deep Body Journeys & Breast Love Ritual
I will guide us on a deep body journey, which is a guided movement experience to connect deeply with your own body and what is alive inside of her. This strengthens our personal connection to her body & being able to listen to her messages, and process whatever she is moving through.
I will also guide a Breast Love Reclamation Ritual to reclaim your loving connection and stewardship of your breasts. To serve from this place of embodiment and anchored self love.
Special Gift Package
You will receive a gift package with tools to begin your breast massage practice. Including some of my favorite breast massage oils, a guasha, and other surprises :)
You will also receive FREE access to my next round of Breast Health Foundations.
Which is my 6 week online course & comprehensive education on Breast Health
Next round will be September / October 2025
~ Exchange ~
$2,400
for camping (4 available)​
PAY IN FULL
or​
$600
x4 Payments
$2,600
for private room in house (2 available)​
PAY IN FULL
or​
$650
x4 Payments​​​​
Payments through Venmo
are also welcome​
@AbigailHinds
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~ To Complete Registration ~
Once you have sent in your payment, please send an email to: abigail@wombweaving.com with the subject "Virginia Breast Training"
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Or you are welcome to send me an email first to connect about the training and see if it's a good fit for you.
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Let us know a bit about your experience in the field of women's health, and your intentions for coming to this training. As well as what accommodations you would like ~ camping or a room in the house.
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Spaces are very limited for this retreat as we are all staying in a sweet cabin and on private land together.
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I will confirm your accommodations, and send you all you need to know for getting to & preparing for the retreat.
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We look forward to hearing from you!
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You can also contact me through WhatsAapp
+1 650-308-6755
Price Includes ~
~ Full Breast Massage Training
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~ 5 nights on land together
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~ 3 nourishing, organic, high quality & healthy meals per day plus tea & snacks (plus Dinner Thursday eve and Breakfast Tues morning)
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~ Daily Guided Movement Practice
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~ All additional Journeys & Teachings
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~ Special Medicine Bundle Gift package :)
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~ Herbal Creations ​
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~ My online 6 week course on Breast Health
Price does not include ~
~ Transport to our location
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~ Tent & bedding for camping (though we can help arrange if you need to borrow things)
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~ Private Land in NW Virginia ~
40 acres of secluded land near Winchester, VA
We will all be staying onsite together,
gathering in the gorgeous & spacious deck
for our classroom time, or outdoors on the land.
There is a pond to swim in, a hot tub, a fire circle, and plenty of land to explore and connect to.
This will be a small and intimate group of 8 of us total,
as that is what the space can hold, and will allow for
the experience to be personal and deep.
~ Stay onsite in a private room or camp on the land ~(photos of rooms & indoor space coming soon )
There are 2 private rooms available indoors
And 4 spaces available for camping on the land.
Camping, you will still have access to the indoor spaces for resting / relaxing, hanging out, eating meals, and using the bathroom / showers.
You will need to bring your own tent and bedding.
We can help arrange this, or to borrow things if you need.
It is also warm and beautiful weather in the summer while we are there, so depending on rain, we will all likely want to spend as much time outside as possible.
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There is the potential to rent an airbnb nearby if you are really needing your own space or more luxury accommodations.
Just reach out to speak with me personally if you feel that is what you need, and we can see what we can find.
Your Guide, Abigail Hinds
I first entered the world of breast care when I received a free Breast Massage session in 2016 and was blown away by the potency of the experience. I went on to study Ayurvedic Medicine at the Dhyana Center, under DeAnna Bartdorff, I then took the Ayurvedic Lymphatic Bodywork Course and further specialized in Lymphatic Breast Massage. I apprenticed giving Breast Massages at the Women's Herbal Symposium in California, and did many hours of apprenticeship / supervised practice of Ayurvedic Bodywork and Breast Massage at the Dhyana Center.
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These trainings and practice was the beginning of offering therapeutic breast massage. It gave me an elemental and therapeutic foundation to bring to breast health & breast care practices.
In the past 9 years of offering private breast massage sessions, I have massaged hundreds of women's breasts. As well as many queer folks and men's chests. It was through this hands-on experience that I deepened in this field of breast care, honed my skills, and opened to see just how much is going on in our breasts! ​These women have truly been my teachers, continually opening me to deeper layers within these realms of breast care.
I have offered Breast Massage with the Areola Tent at Spirit Weavers gathering for both Sun & Moon sessions in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024. I have offered many workshops on Breast Health and Self Breast Massage at gatherings such as Spirit Weavers, Northwest Permaculture Convergence, Matriarch Rising, and private homes across the US and UK.
I am also trained in the Spurgeon Method of Breast Massage that is more specialized in working with women who have had breast cancer and are recovering from treatments and surgeries. Or who are actively going through it and undergoing medical treatments.
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I have also learned a lot from Aubrey Lesicki in Seattle, WA ~ she is another pioneer in the field of breast care.
Though my foundation for this work came from Ayurvedic Lymphatic Bodywork ~ I know these feminine care practices are ancient and from many places in the world that have since been forgotten and buried. The healers, midwives, and medicine women across time and culture who worked in the realms of the female body knew these wisdom ways of nourishment and care for the breasts.
Over time in working directly within the field, I have incorporated many other fields of study and healing into the Breast Massage I offer and teach about today. As I have found these practices / tools incredibly important and supportive for the emotional, spiritual, and sensual realms of breast health.
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I incorporate Energy Medicine tools and Venusian Priestess Arts as I find the sensitive nature of the breasts respond well to subtle medicine. Sound medicine, herbal medicine, and the animals are also strong allies for me in all healing work I do, including breast massage.
I have found that my extensive studies in Deep Body Model and Intuitive Movement and Dance with Stefana Seraphina has has a huge impact on this work, in supporting my capacity to help women to make a direct and personal connection to their breast and heart center through guided movement and embodiment practices.
I am honored to share this body of wisdom with you.
It has truly been one of the greatest blessings of my life to practice in these ways and hold this space for women's breasts to come alive and be tended.
Our Host ~ Natalia Ossinova
Natalia is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Certified Sisterhood Circle Facilitator, Certified Womb Circle Facilitator, certified yoga instructor, former La Leche League leader and former obstetrical nurse.
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She offers Lactation Consulting, and Women's Circles in Winchester.
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Natalia and I met at Matriarch Rising Women's Festival in 2023 and connected over our passion for supporting women in their breast health journey, and supporting mother's to be able to naturally breast feed their babies. I am so grateful to her for inviting me to share this wisdom at her home retreat space in Virginia.
Breast Massage Sessions ~
Happening the week before the Breast Retreat...
I will be offering 1-1 Breast Massage Sessions nearby
The Experience
This is a nourishing massage of the entire breast & chest area, including the underarms. ​We focus on moving, cleansing and nourishing the lymph in the breast & chest area. Opening the channels of flow, so the breasts can be more free and naturally cleanse and nourish as they are designed to.
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I approach this work with great care, and go at the pace of your body and what she is ready for. Often the first session is more gentle, especially if it is your first breast massage ever, or if your breasts have not received a lot of movement & care. Even just one gentle session can be very potent for opening the channels of lymph, clearing stagnation, and creating more flow.
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If desired and ready, we can go deeper into clearing and creating change. Through softening scar tissue, draining cysts, dissolving lumps, and moving significant blockages.
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Dates
July (TBD)
@Sage Center for Women's Health
~ Scheduling Link ~
Have any questions?
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Feel free to send them over through email. Or I am happy to connect for a 20 min call to answer any questions and see if this training is a good fit for you!
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Email me at ~ abigail@wombweaving.com
A note on certification...
​You will receive a Certificate of Completion for going through this training. You will receive the full training and transmission to be able to give therapeutic breast massage to others. You will absolutely be ready to go home and offer this to a friend or sister. Though, to offer this as a paid service, you will most likely need more hours of practice and experience.
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Even if you are super new to this modality, simply giving a lymphatic breast massage is nourishing and supportive. Though it may take much more time and practice to be able to skillfully identify what different kinds of lumps are, and therapeutically support someone to move through blockages and issues.
Each person will likely have a unique set of skills and areas of expertise coming into the training. So how much practice you need afterwards will depend on where you already are. For example, if you are already practicing bodywork from an elemental lens, either through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, or something else, this training will likely land well, and easily be able to be integrated into the offerings you already practice.
If you are completely new to bodywork or women's healing, it may require you invest many more weeks and months into hands on practice.
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I was more new to bodywork when I learned this, and though I found it came naturally to me, I invested 2 + years of offering by-donation sessions and working at women's gatherings before charging full price.
We will speak more about all of this in the training. The main intention is to be in integrity with yourself and your capacity as a healer, and with this modality as an offering.
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Also to note, that some places in the US, giving breast massage is technically illegal. Some places it requires a special kind of additional training. This does count as additional training you would need to offer Breast Massage. We will speak about this more in the training.