Our journey as healers, birth workers, and womb wellness practitioners is deeply rooted in the medicines and traditions passed down through African, Caribbean, Haitian, and Indigenous lineages. These practices carry the living memory of our ancestors. They hold the stories of survival, devotion, protection, birth, death, and renewal. This wisdom was preserved through hands, prayers, herbs, songs, baths, and ceremonies long before it was ever written.

In this advanced Womb Practitioner training, students will immerse themselves in the sacred medicines of African, Caribbean, and Haitian Folk Medicine, with a strong emphasis on herbal wisdom, spiritual root-work, and ancestral ritual practices used to support the womb, birth, fertility, postpartum healing, and spiritual protection. This training is a reclamation of our sacred roles as keepers of life, stewards of tradition, and nurturers of the soul.

Students will study and work with traditional herbal practices used in Haitian and Caribbean communities, including spiritual baths, herbal infusions, womb steams, protective burns, baby baths, and cleansing rituals. These medicines are taught within proper cultural context, emphasizing intention, preparation, prayer, ethical use, and ancestral accountability. Herbal wisdom in this training is not approached as trend or aesthetic, but as living medicine rooted in relationship, lineage, and responsibility.

Facilitating ceremonies for womb wellness, birth, and healing is more than a skill. It is a sacred responsibility. These rituals hold the power to address physical, emotional, ancestral, and spiritual wounds carried by individuals and communities. They reconnect us to the divine feminine, to our ancestors, and to the collective wisdom held within women and birth workers across generations.

Together, we honor the ceremonial and herbal practices that have nourished our people for centuries, while expanding our understanding of how to walk this path with humility, discernment, integrity, and grace. Students are guided to develop a deeper relationship with spirit, herbs, ancestors, and self, recognizing that true healing begins within before it is ever offered outward.

This initiation is designed for birth workers and womb healers who recognize the role of spirit, ancestry, and earth-based medicine in supporting families and communities. The training weekend teaches practical ceremonies, herbal applications, and ritual frameworks for honoring the sacred feminine through birth, womb wellness, fertility, menstruation, postpartum care, and ancestral connection. It is for those who seek alignment, accountability, and embodied wisdom rather than shortcuts or surface-level practice.

This advanced training empowers birth workers, womb practitioners, and spiritual healers to deepen their work through ancestral remembrance, Haitian folk traditions, sacred herbal medicine, and divine feminine ritual. Facilitated by experienced spiritual leaders, the program blends teachings, hands-on ceremonies, herbal preparation, and initiation rites to prepare students for transformative, ethical, and grounded work in their communities.

Training Schedule

Friday
• Full day of manual teachings, spiritual foundations, and ancestral frameworks
• Introduction to Haitian Folk Medicine, root-work principles, and herbal traditions

Saturday & Sunday
• Immersive hands-on rituals, herbal practices, and ceremonial teachings
• Ceremonies include Mother’s Blessings, Haitian Rale Baby Massage, Rites of Passage, Menstrual Ceremonies, Fertility Rituals, Spiritual Baths, and more

Sunday
• Guest Speaker

Monday – Initiation Ceremony
• Sacred rite of passage for students
• Family and friends welcome, up to two guests per student
• Students receive two blessings, including a Womb Blessing by Asha

Ceremonies Covered

• Mother’s Blessing Ceremonies
• Foot Wash Ceremony for Women and Mothers
• Haitian Rale Ceremony for Baby’s First Massage
• Rites of Passage for Young Women
• Menstrual Care and Ritual including cycle tracking and holistic birth control
• Baby’s First Herbal and Spiritual Bath rooted in Haitian tradition
• Fertility Ceremonies for abundance, wealth, and childbirth
• Placenta Burial using traditional Haitian Lakou burial practices
• Spiritual Baths and Burns for protection, cleansing, and blessing
• Mini-Altar Creation for ancestors, birth, or womb healing
• Ancestral Veneration Rituals
• Sacral and Emotional Release Rituals including heart cleansing

• Completion of In Grace Yoga Womb Practitioner Training
Womb Mastery: Nurturing and Transforming the Sacred Feminine

Homework Assignment: Ancestral Lineage Reflection

Written Reflection 2–3 pages

Students will explore their ancestral relationship to healing, birth, herbal medicine, and ceremony.

Reflect on:
• The cultures, lands, or peoples you descend from
• What is known and unknown about your maternal and paternal lineage
• Healing, herbal, or spiritual roles that may have existed in your bloodline
• Ruptures, silences, or losses around tradition, medicine, and ritual
• Why you feel called to womb and ancestral work at this stage of your life

Students are encouraged to journal, pray, meditate, consult elders, or sit with ancestors before writing.

Thank you for choosing to join the Womb Practitioner Level 2 Training. All payments are final, with a strict no-refund policy. This policy protects the integrity of the preparation, materials, and sacred energy invested in curating this training experience.

All participants are required to sign a contract and Non-Disclosure Agreement prior to the training weekend. These documents protect the sacred teachings, ceremonial practices, and the privacy of the collective experience. Failure to complete and return these documents before the training may result in forfeiture of your spot without refund.

By registering, you acknowledge and agree to these terms. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out before completing your payment.

Thank you for your commitment to this sacred work.

Scope of Practice Statement

The Womb Practitioner Level 2 Training authorizes students to engage in advanced ceremonial, ancestral, and herbal practices rooted in African, Caribbean, and Haitian Folk Medicine traditions. This scope of practice reflects both the privilege and responsibility of carrying sacred work within community.

Completion of Level 2 signifies initiation and embodied learning, not clinical licensure or medical authority.

What a Level 2 Womb Practitioner Is Authorized to Do

Upon successful completion of Womb Practitioner Level 2, practitioners may:

• Facilitate non-clinical ceremonial practices for womb wellness, birth preparation, postpartum support, fertility intention, and ancestral healing

• Lead Mother’s Blessings, Foot Wash Ceremonies, Rites of Passage, Menstrual Ceremonies, and Fertility Ritualswithin an ethical, consent-based framework

• Perform Haitian Rale Baby Massage and Baby’s First Herbal and Spiritual Bath as a cultural and spiritual practice

• Create and guide ancestral veneration rituals, altar work, and remembrance ceremonies

• Prepare and facilitate spiritual baths, herbal washes, protective burns, and cleansing rituals using traditional herbal wisdom taught in training

• Support placenta burial ceremonies using traditional Haitian Lakou practices, in collaboration with families and in alignment with local laws

• Offer emotional and energetic release rituals, including heart cleansing and sacral release practices

• Educate clients on traditional menstrual care, cycle awareness, and holistic birth control frameworks as cultural wellness teachings

• Hold ceremonial space for individuals and families navigating birth, transition, grief, loss, and spiritual transformation

What a Level 2 Womb Practitioner Is Not Authorized to Do

A Level 2 Womb Practitioner may not:

• Diagnose, treat, or cure medical, psychological, or psychiatric conditions

• Replace licensed medical, mental health, or midwifery care

• Prescribe medications, clinical herbal treatments, or medical interventions

• Perform invasive procedures or internal physical examinations

• Claim medical or clinical authority over pregnancy, fertility, miscarriage, postpartum complications, or mental health conditions

• Practice outside of cultural reverence, consent, or ancestral accountability

• Teach, certify, or initiate others into these practices without explicit authorization from In Grace Yoga Therapy

Herbal and folk practices taught in Level 2 are offered within cultural, spiritual, and educational contexts.

Practitioners agree to:
• Use herbs with respect, moderation, and clear intention
• Understand preparation, contraindications, and safety boundaries as taught
• Avoid overreach or exaggerated claims of healing outcomes
• Refer clients to licensed providers when medical care is indicated
• Honor lineage, prayer, and preparation as integral to herbal use

Herbal wisdom is approached as relational medicine, not commodity.

Level 2 practitioners are expected to:

• Maintain confidentiality and uphold NDAs
• Practice informed consent before all ceremonies
• Maintain spiritual hygiene, grounding, and self-regulation
• Work within their current capacity and refer out when needed
• Uphold humility, discernment, and integrity in all offerings
• Continue personal healing and ancestral relationship-building

This training entrusts practitioners with sacred knowledge, not entitlement.

Practitioners agree to represent this work with honesty and clarity.

They may identify themselves as:
“Womb Practitioner Level 2 trained through In Grace Yoga Therapy”

They may not present themselves as:
• Licensed medical providers
• Clinical herbalists unless separately certified
• Spiritual authorities beyond their scope

Level 2 is a continuation of the path, not its conclusion. Practitioners are encouraged to pursue ongoing mentorship, advanced training, and spiritual accountability as they deepen their service.

This scope of practice exists to protect:
• The practitioner
• The client
• The lineage
• The integrity of the work