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✨ Tending the Belly is for everyBODY ✨

In Tending the Belly from Tu'lix Indigenous Arts @tulixindigenousarts we explore the wisdom of our bellies through the art of touch, learning practices that support not only the womb and reproductive system, but also the digestive system and our relationship with the nervous system.

Rooted in the lineage of Masawel Yucatec traditions, this work honors the belly as a place of connection: to our bodies, our ancestors, the living earth, and the deep wisdom held within us. Through this lineage, tending the belly becomes a practice of remembering our belonging, not only to ourselves, but to the earth that nourishes and sustains us.

Our bellies hold so much of our lived experience. They are connected to how we digest our food, how we respond to stress, how we experience emotions, and how safe and grounded we feel in our bodies. Like the earth, our bellies are places of nourishment, transformation, and renewal.

And this is not just for women. It's for everyBODY. Every body carrying its own stories, experiences, and wisdom.

You don't need to have a womb to benefit from tending your belly. You don't need to be experiencing discomfort to deserve this kind of care.

Your belly deserves your attention, your tenderness, and your love.

We are teaching our last class of this year with @thebellybee first week of December 🌺

It's always so deep, transformational and beyond words to be in this this circle ✨

#tendingthebelly #bellycare #WombCare #digestion

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Join Maria @dulce.tierra.alquimia and Ashton @thebellybee to dive into the heart of the Masawel Maya healing traditions passed down by the Yucatec Maya Elder Don Elijio Panti at this newly re-named yet consistently beautiful Level 1 offering Tending the Belly (formerly Self Care)

This is an online self-care course is suitable for American and Australasian timezones.

This immersive experience offers guidance to reconnect with your inner healer, honor the waters of your womb. You will be introduced to embodied practices and traditional wisdom that support deep healing and reconnection with self.

During our time together we will explore:
• The self-care massage techniques to tend to your belly, womb, and spirit
• The history and lineage of this work with an invitation to explore your own ancestry
• The Maya goddess Ix Chel
• The benefits of pelvic steams and soaks
• How to prepare and have a pelvic steam and castor oil pack at home
• Castor oil therapy and the benefits of this potent oil
• The species imperative practice of pelvic swaddling
• The basic anatomy & physiology of the belly and pelvic organs
• Introduction to spiritual healing
• The physiology of trauma
• Plants as allies and spirit medicine
• Nourishment & digestion • Cyclical living
• And so much more ❤️

There will be opportunities to learn away from the screen and integrate the practices. A WhatsApp group will be set up for community support and dream telling during the class. Maria is in Colombia and can support Spanish speakers.

This course is the first level of training with Tul’ix Indigenous Arts and is a prerequisite for those planning to become a practitioner. Please note that attendance for all 4 sessions is required to get a certificate. Recordings for participants only.

Dates and Times: December 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th EST 5pm-9pm which is
December 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th NZT 9am-1pm
Cost: $299 USD ( $499 NZD if paying from within New Zealand)

To register, contact Maria via email on maria.paula.anzola@gmail.com
#donelijiopanti #ixchel #tulixindigenousarts

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In our Tending the Belly live, Ashton from @thebellybee and I shared a little more about this beautiful work, the practices, the benefits we’ve experienced, how we each came to this path, and the beauty of being held within this container. ❤️

Tending the Belly is not only about the practices themselves. It is an invitation to slow down, listen more deeply to the body, reconnect with our belly and womb, and remember the relationship we have with ourselves, our lineage, the plants and the Earth.

We also pulled two cards to bring a little extra guidance into our conversation: California Poppy and The Wild One.

Each card carries its own message, and we’ll be sharing what came through for us and how these messages connect with the work we are walking together. ❤️

Come join us for the conversation and feel into what these might be inviting you to remember 🌿

We are teaching Tending the Belly from T'ulix Indigenous Arts in a few days (September) and another circle happening in December 🌺

Any questions lets us know! ✨

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🌿 TENDING THE BELLY LIVE 🌿

This week we’re gathering Live here is IG with Ashton @thebellybee to talk about the wisdom held in our bellies and the beautiful practices of Tending the Belly from T'ulix Indigenous Arts and our coming offerings for September and December.

Wednesday
6pm Colombia 7pm EST time·

Thursday
10am NZ time

Belly massage is so much more than a physical practice. Through touch, breath and intentional movement, we create space to slow down, listen and reconnect with our bodies.

These practices carry generations of knowledge ✨ ways of relating to the belly, digestion, womb, emotions, nervous system and our connection with the Earth and our lineages.

Join us for a conversation about the benefits of belly massage, why tending this part of the body can become such a meaningful practice and some of the traditional knowledge woven into Tending the Belly.

Some of the benefits:

• deeper body awareness and connection
• relaxation and nervous system regulation
• gentle support for digestion and abdominal comfort
• circulation and awareness through the abdominal area
• releasing habitual tension held in the belly
• a deeper relationship with the breath and the Earth
• feeling more grounded, present and connected to ourselves
• greater awareness of the pelvis, womb and its relationship within the body
• creating more space and connection around the pelvic area
• supporting emotional awareness and helping us meet mental and emotional pain with more presence and compassion

Come with your questions, your curiosity and your beautiful belly 🤎

See you there 🫶

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Here’s one of my favourite simple preparations: Herbal Digestive and Inmune system Vinegar 🌿

Ingredients:
• 1 cup apple cider vinegar with the mother
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger
• 1 tbsp mint
• 1 tbsp rosemary
• 1 tbsp fresh oregano
• 1 tbsp fennel seeds
• 1 tbsp thyme
• Optional: 3 garlic bulbs

If you like a bit spicy you can add chili

Place everything in a glass jar, cover with vinegar and leave for 2–4 weeks, shaking gently every few days. Strain and store and label it 🙂

A beautiful way to support comfortable digestion and bring herbs into your daily ritual. 🌿

Use it with Olive oil for salads and different preparations

We’re talking about herbs and plants in our next Tending the Belly circle from Tul’ix Indigenous Arts with @thebellybee

We’ll explore their wisdom, traditional uses, and simple ways to bring plants into our everyday practices of nourishment and self-care.

Always so excited to share this work with you and keep learning together. 🤎

#herbalblends
#herbalvinegar

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🌎 There is no doubt, the Earth is calling us.

Calling us to slow down.
To listen.
To remember that we are not separate from her.

And sometimes, coming back to the Earth begins with coming back to the body.

Through the belly.
Through the womb.
Through the pelvis.
Through the breath.

Through simple, ancient human practices that invite us to feel grounded, present, and connected again.

🌿 Womb steaming & perineal steaming can become beautiful rituals of warmth, presence, and connection with the pelvic area, creating a moment to slow down, soften, breathe, and consciously tend to ourselves.

🌿 Grounding practices help us reconnect with our senses and our bodies, supporting regulation, presence, and a deeper relationship with the land beneath us.

🌿 Abdominal massage, castor oil practices, swaddling, herbal medicine, cyclical awareness and nourishment invite us to tend to the belly as a place of nourishment, intuition, connection and remembrance.

A beautiful blend for steams it's calendula, lavender and rosemary ✨ Helps with inflammation, circulation of the tissues and balance.

We will explore more blends with @thebelly in our Circle Tending the Belly from T'ulix Indigenous Arts 🌺

Perhaps the Earth is calling us to remember how to belong to her. 🌎🌿

#TendingTheBelly #WombWisdom #EarthConnection #GroundingPractices #wombhealing

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🌿 In Tending the Belly from Tulix indigenous Arts @tulixindigenousarts we remember how to listen to the plants.

We honor plants as living, sentient beings, not simply as ingredients, but as beings we can enter into relationship with.

Before gathering a plant for food, medicine, a balm, a bath, or a ritual, we practice asking for permission. We slow down. We listen. We notice what is being offered.

This is a living relationship.

And sometimes, the plants speak through a feeling, an image, a sensation, a knowing… or simply through the inspiration that arises when we spend time with them.

🌱 This way of relating to plants is part of what we will explore in our next circle, remembering ancient ways of connecting, listening, and receiving from the living world.

A return to relationship.
A return to listening.
A return to the wisdom of the plants. 🌿

We will explore about plants for vaginal steams, balms, nourishment, baths, and recipes as a self-care journey and for the community

We are always so happy to share this knowledge together 💚 @thebellybee

For more write please write to maria.paula.anzola@gmail.com

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🌿We are so honor to teach again with @thebellybee Tending the Belly Level One from @tulixindigenousarts

Tending the Belly is an invitation to reconnect with the wisdom of our bodies, the nourishment we receive through food and plants, and our intimate relationship with the soil and the Earth.

We explore nutrition as nourishment as a way of understanding how food, plants, digestion, the belly, and our relationship with the Earth are deeply interconnected.

Plants carry knowledge, stories, and relationships that have been cared for and passed down through generations. We feel deeply grateful to honor the lineage that has entrusted us with these teachings and to continue learning, practicing, and sharing them with reverence.

✨ September 21–24
9am–1pm NZST each session

Which translates to:
✨ September 20–23
5pm–9pm EST each session

This class can be deeply supportive for anyone moving through:

• Fertility journeys, pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, and birth loss
• Autoimmune conditions, bladder conditions, and digestive disorders
• Hormonal imbalance and pelvic health concerns — endometriosis, cysts, fibroids, period pain, and healing after abdominal or pelvic surgeries
• Anyone who works with others and is looking for ways to tend to their own body and spirit, staying grounded as they support their community

🌱 You will receive:

A WhatsApp group for community support, connection, and dream sharing, continuing beyond the closing of our container.

Access to the Tending the Belly online portal, with all the beautiful information and resources available for you to return to anytime you want to study, connect, and practice.

We are so excited to teach again and share this knowledge with you.

A return to the belly.
A return to nourishment.
A return to the plants and the soil.
A return to the wisdom of the lineage. 🤎

For info DM or maria.paula.anzola@gmail.com

Thank you 🌿

Beautiful illustration by artist Kate Anderson

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There is ancient wisdom in the warmth 🌿

One of my favorite rituals for reconnecting with the womb is vaginal steaming. More than a wellness practice, it is a sacred pause, an invitation to soften, listen, and return to the wisdom that has always lived within us.

For generations, women have gathered around healing herbs and steam to nourish the womb, support their cycles, and honor the connection between body, emotions, spirit, and lineage. Every time I steam, I feel as though I am coming home.

Vaginal steaming may support:
🌿 Healthy pelvic circulation
🌿 Menstrual and postpartum healing
🌿 Nervous system regulation and deep relaxation
🌿 Emotional release
🌿 A deeper connection with your womb and intuition
🌿Lineage healing

In Tending the Belly from Tulix Indigenous Arts @tulixindigenousarts we share this beautiful ancestral practice alongside other traditional ways of caring for the belly and womb, remembering that healing is not only physical 💚 it is emotional, ancestral, and deeply connected to how we tend ourselves and the earth.

Have you ever experienced a vaginal steam? 🤍

#vaginalsteams #steams #WombCare #lineage #herbalmedicine

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Join Maria @dulce.tierra.alquimia and Ashton @thebellybee to dive into the heart of the Masawel Maya healing traditions passed down by the Yucatec Maya Elder Don Elijio Panti at this newly re-named yet consistently beautiful Level 1 offering Tending the Belly (formerly Self Care)

This is an online self-care course is suitable for American and Australasian timezones.

This immersive experience offers guidance to reconnect with your inner healer, honor the waters of your womb. You will be introduced to embodied practices and traditional wisdom that support deep healing and reconnection with self.

During our time together we will explore:
• The self-care massage techniques to tend to your belly, womb, and spirit
• The history and lineage of this work with an invitation to explore your own ancestry
• The Maya goddess Ix Chel
• The benefits of pelvic steams and soaks
• How to prepare and have a pelvic steam and castor oil pack at home
• Castor oil therapy and the benefits of this potent oil
• The species imperative practice of pelvic swaddling
• The basic anatomy & physiology of the belly and pelvic organs
• Introduction to spiritual healing
• The physiology of trauma
• Plants as allies and spirit medicine
• Nourishment & digestion • Cyclical living
• And so much more ❤️

There will be opportunities to learn away from the screen and integrate the practices. A WhatsApp group will be set up for community support and dream telling during the class. Maria is in Colombia and can support Spanish speakers.

This course is the first level of training with Tul’ix Indigenous Arts and is a prerequisite for those planning to become a practitioner. Please note that attendance for all 4 sessions is required to get a certificate. Recordings for participants only.

Dates and Times: September 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd EST 5pm-9pm which is
September 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th NZT 9am-1pm
Cost: $299 USD ( $499 NZD if paying from within New Zealand)

To register, contact Maria via email on maria.paula.anzola@gmail.com
#donelijiopanti #ixchel #tulixindigenousarts

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Some healing happens through touch. 🤲🏻

Some happens through deep presence of another human. Through listening, being witnessed with compassion, and having space to simply be.. without an agenda or judgment from anyone.

Today I’m feeling deeply grateful for Ashton @thebellybee and her beautiful Zoom healing session. It was another reminder that healing doesn’t depend on sharing the same room. 💛 We love Zoom. 🫶🏻🌺 The power and convenience of being in the safety of your own home is incredible too.

Recently I began offering Zoom consultations for listening, witnessing, and distant healing through the powerful Indigenous Tul’ix practices. I felt there was a deep need for these sessions.

What I didn’t realise at first was that I needed them myself too. Ashton was the right person for this, with such deep wisdom and presence. 🥹

Zoom sessions have become such a meaningful way to stay connected with my Tul’ix sisters and to receive the same care I so often hold for others.

I’m still moving through a season of transition, and my body is speaking that truth too. Leaving, letting go of, first my dad, and now this home—and this garden that has held so much of our family’s life—and moving to new land (still in Ngāmotu) feels profound. It’s tender, messy, exciting, and exhausting all at once.

So for now, I’m riding this wave with as much compassion for myself as I can.

My availability for in-person clients is quite limited while we’re moving, but it will gradually open up again once we’ve settled.

Thank you for your patience, your trust, and your incredible support this year. It means more than you know. 🤍

- Miia Sielu 🙏🏻💛

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