Whole Women Wellness

Are you feeling called to tend your sorrows?

I'm deep in my journey of learning the medicine of letting grief flow and the power of a sacred container for expressing our sorrows authentically, minimizing our judgement, shame and comparison. It is hard. It is humbling. It is tender.

I am facilitating a 1-day Retreat on November 18th.

https://www.wholewomenwellness.com/autumn-retreat

My intention is to create space for everyone to travel toward their sorrows at their own speed, comfort level, and rhythm through the offerings of the day. Tending our grief feels imperative to our collective times and our community. I'm calling those of you who may, like me, feel drawn to gather with each other in this sacred way. It feels possible to strengthen our collective experience as female-bodied humans in challenging times.

Our wombs are their own container, holding for us much of our current and ancestral pain and suffering. And, like the ocean, they can be an expansive doorway to the creative mysteries and medicine that our world needs today. Take a moment to pause, breathe into your low belly and listen...Are you being called to know your womb on a deeper level? Called to learn to be present with your grief and sorrow in new ways?

Bring a friend, family member, or elder and you each save $100 each! Use promo code: TOGETHER2023

Early bird registration deadline is today, Monday, September 23rd.
Use promo code: AUTUMN2023.

If financial resources or transportation are barriers for you, please reach out to me directly and we'll find a way for you to be there.

Looking to deepen your companionship with sorrow? Yearning for opportunities to release the heaviness you carry?

Join Wren McLaughlin on October 14th for day-long retreat for anyone who identifies as a woman.

Prepare yourself for the winter season, gathering together in gratitude for Autumn abundance and acknowledgement of the river of sorrow and deep love through which we are all connected.

Learn more
https://www.wholewomenwellness.com/autumn-retreat

Registration and More Information
https://www.wholewomenwellness.com/autumn-retreat

Qigong was such a powerful tool during my own motherhood transformation and I am READY to share the gifts that I learned. This photo was taken during a hike on my due date. Join the free online class on Monday, May 1st at 4:30 PM PST and feel the flow within your being.

Register here https://l.bttr.to/Nh28A

Come say hello at the 2nd Annual Birth Fair, THIS Saturday from 12-3 PM.
The Bellingham Birth Collective is an amazing group of providers on a mission to connect parents-to-be and families with all the resources available to them!
There will be over 30 different tables filled with pelvic health physical therapists, health coaches, lactation consultants, doulas, acupuncturists, prenatal chiropractors and many more!
The event will be held at the Squalicum Harbor Boathouse at:
2600 N Harbor Loop Dr
Bellingham, WA 98225
Please help to spread to word!

Learn Qigong
~An ancient Chinese method of energy work that uses mindful movement, breathing, and meditation ~Safe for all pregnant people of any fitness level and stage of pregnancy

Nourish your pregnancy
~Transform fear, stress, and worry around birthing and mothering
~Explore powerful embodiment and breathing practices to build your confidence and internal wisdom for birthing

Prepare for birthing
~Learn to feel the flow of energy and radiate love and light energy to your baby
~Harness life force energy to nourish yourself when you feel depleted

About your Instructor
Dr. Wren McLaughlin (she/her) is an integrative women’s health coach who has been studying medical Qigong for the past 9 years. Drawing from her own experience with Qigong during pregnancy and her expertise as a women’s health physical therapist, Wren creates a joyful and nourishing environment for all pregnant people seeking health, healing, and community.
Registration Link: https://l.bttr.to/Nh28A

The conditioned reaction to feeling stuck in our lives is to DO something.

….maybe if I figure out my health challenge, try a new nutritional plan, change my workout routine, or shift my work schedule, then I’ll get UNSTUCK. This is an exhausting cycle that we put ourselves through over and over again.

In reality, what we may need more than action, is the space to BE with our sensations and feelings, discover our unique needs and learn how to bring those needs alive in our beings through movement, community and time in nature. We like to call this the “Yin Approach” to healing and inner harmony.

Our upcoming retreat will be held at the magical Turtle Haven Sanctuary. The forest at Turtle Haven is sleeping, still in deep rest, nourishing roots, and waiting for the warmth of Spring. It is waiting for us to BE with the mighty Nooksack river, the ancient trees, and the reflective shrines. The Sanctuary is waiting to receive us as we welcome Spring energy in community.

When we give ourselves the space to rest and be nourished by fueling our internal reserves of love, kindness, and respect, then when the Yang energies of summer arrive, our actions are filled with compassion and reverence.

Join us for Spring Retreat.
https://www.doctorsunshine.net/spring-retreat
Save $50 by signing up by February 22.
Use code WILLOW23

The Spring season is so nourishing for renewal and retreat. The refreshing return of the scent of flowers and the stimulation of more light allow us the opportunity to integrate the dark shadows of the winter.
Dr. Ervin, Naturopathic Physician and Wren McLaughlin, Integrative Women’s Health Coach, are excited to announce an in-person Spring Resilience Retreat offering on March 18th, 2023.
We invite women and non-binary folks to join us as we explore energetically-infused methods of deep inquiry while immersing ourselves in the beauty of nature and the embrace of community.
Together, we will explore:
*Our infinite capacity to hold space for ourselves and others (through encouragement, validation, reverence)
*How holding that space allows for transformation and clarity to unfold
*How accuracy in labeling our feelings and bringing awareness to the body sensations they create, provides an opportunity to accept, transform, and integrate our feelings to meet our unique needs.
*The wisdom of our womb for guiding us as we embrace self-love and deep knowing.
*Recognizing how entanglement patterns are impacting our health and wellbeing (personal, relational, ancestral, cultural).
Go to https://www.doctorsunshine.net/spring-retreat for details and sign up!
Please sign up before Feb 10th to enjoy the early bird discount.
Discount code is Willow23

Whole Women Wellness now has a physical home at Sunset Professional Building, 3031 Orleans St. Bellingham WA, 98226.
I'll be sharing a suite with Jenna Anderson, LMP, a fabulous cranial sacral therapist and TRE instructor.

What is Qigong?
An ancient Chinese method to work with and develop skill with energy through gentle flowing mindful movements, breathing, and meditation practices. Qigong is accessible to any fitness level and can be performed standing, sitting or even lying down.

What will Qigong teach you?
• To feel energy moving through and around your body
• To harness life force energy and nourish yourself when you feel depleted
• To radiate love and light energy to your baby

How will Qigong support your pregnancy and birth experience?
• Cultivate a felt-sense of energy flow helps you become embodied and empowered
• Experience the abundance of life force energy brings greater internal peace, trust, and tranquility
• Improve posture, breath control, and joint mobility eases discomforts and facilitates flow

Who should attend?
Class is designed for all pregnant people. Those wishing to conceive or who care for pregnant people are also welcome to attend.

About your Instructor

Dr. Wren McLaughlin (she/her) is an integrative women’s health coach who has been studying medical Qigong for the past 8 years. She practiced Qigong consistently through her own pregnancy and found that these powerful self-care tools were invaluable for her birth experience and also helped her regain her vital life-force energy postpartum. She is passionate about sharing her experience and expertise to help others find great joy, internal harmony, and healing during pregnancy and beyond.

Wren draws from a variety of traditions of medical Qigong as well as her experience as a women’s health physical therapist to create a safe, joyful, nourishing, and energizing environment for pregnant people seeking health, healing and energetically-aware community.