Institute of Feminine Arts
Integrative Womb Hara
Practitioner Training
Glastonbury Information
The training is located near Glastonbury in
Little Earth Retreat Centre
This training is limited to 16 women
December 1st–6th
Everything is taught to you in the 6-day in person training, there are no prerequisites or any prior learning needed. We also don’t request any refresher courses, so once you complete the training along with your case studies, you will be fully qualified and certified to practice. Case studies can be completed in 3 weeks but you do have 12 months to complete them.
The course is £2097 and the practitioner training is fully certified and recognised worldwide with IICT (International Institute Of Complementary Therapists). This will enable you to receive global insurance coverage.
There is the option to stay at the retreat centre which includes 3 x daily meals
and accomodation for an extra £699 for the 6 nights and 6 days. This brings the price for the full certified training plus all accomodation and food to £2796. If however you wish to get your own accomodation close by then we will only charge £2097 for the training.
Joanna Barnes is the Institute of Feminine Arts Associate Teacher for the UK and Europe and will be facilitating this course. She has been apprenticing in Womb Awakening with the Institute for the past five years and began facilitating Womb Hara Massage in 2024.
Class Times
ARRIVAL – You may arrive after 6pm on the 30th November – We will start the training at 9am December 1st.
Class times are start each day at 9am-5pm
DEPARTURE – We will finish at around 3:00pm on December 6th and check out will be by 3:30pm.
Transport
EarthSpirit, Peak Lane, Compton Dundon, TA11 6PE
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Even though we are in the Glastonbury area the retreat centre is not within walking distance of Glastonbury- please plan your trip accordingly.
EarthSpirit is just a 25 minute drive from the Great Western Railway inter-city train
station at Castle Cary.
Please see the link below on ways to get to get to the retreat centre. We are more than happy to connect people in order to car share. Please see link below for more details on how to get there.
From Street or Glastonbury:
From Street or Glastonbury catch the 376 bus to Compton Dundon (direction Yeovil). The 376 runs hourly Mon-Sat but doesn’t serve Compton Dundon on Sundays. Stop at the second stop (Ham Lane) in Compton Dundon (at the monument), and walk 20 mins along Ham Lane, Goose Lane, then Peak Lane. EarthSpirit is sign posted on Peak Lane. The last bus leaves Street at 18:36. Alternatively taxi with Number Seven Taxis 01963 351015 – Mums Taxis 077115 72038 – CJWTaxis 01458 833 106 www.cjwtaxis.co.uk –
Lina’s Taxi 0740003380
Accomodation
The accomodation is shared rooms.
Bed linen is provided.
Please bring your own towels
Food
3 vegetarian meals a day
Breakfast is : porridge, fruits, bread, spreads, muesli, yogurt.
Lunch is a soup, salads, cheeses and bread.
Dinners is a main meal, one to two sides, green salad and a pudding
The retreat centre will aim to accommodate special dietary requirements (mainly dairy free, vegan, and gluten free) however they are unable to cook to individual’s preferences.
Please also note that our kitchen is not a trace-free kitchen and that ‘gluten-free’ and ‘nut-free’ diets for example cannot be guaranteed of being free of trace amounts of these foodstuffs. There is a separate tea making area with a wide range of beverages which include herbal teas, coffee, decaf, green and black teas, hot chocolate, soya milk, oat milk and cows’ milk. There is a fridge for any food participants wish to bring. Groups are responsible to tidy after meals and do the dishes, dish washer provided.
Land
There’s a beautiful garden, sauna & hot tub (Joanna will be looking to hire the sauna & hot tub for 3 evenings – TBC)
What To Bring
Massage linen/or sarongs to use when practicing (more will be shared nearer to the training)
A thin muslin cloth to cover the buttocks for coccyx massage.
Pen and notepad
Comfortable loose clothing
Something special and personal to place on the altar
Please advise us if you’re able to bring a massage table.
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