Tul ‘Ix Abdominal Massage
Tul ‘Ix
Abdominal Massage, Spiritual Care, and Indigenous Arts
This work is a powerful way to re/connect with your internal body wisdom and nature. The abdominal massage techniques focus on the abdomen, lower back, sacrum and coccyx. Spiritual Prayer and earth connection support the integration of wholeness and re-memebering belonging. These sessions help you somatically feel that which holds and loves your wounds and delights- emotionally, spiritually, mentally and physically.
This work comes from the Masawal Maya people and practices of the Yucatan region. A living, breathing people and place, practicing their cultural ways and protecting their land. Please read more about the roots and story of this here. With these practices passed down to Maya and non-Maya teachers it has grown with each person who practices it and the roots, tree and branches of this work are essential to recognize. I have been utilizing these healing techniques with my ancestral Russian and Jewish practices as well as from listening to bodies and lands I relate with.
Do you experience any of these?
| Infertility | Migraines | Chronic Indigestion |
| Painful Menses (Dysmenorrhea) | Chronic Pain or Fatigue | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| Lack of Menses (Amenorrhea) | Edema | Crohn’s |
| Fibroids/Cysts | Autoimmunity | Gastrointestinal Reflux, Gastritis |
| Endometriosis | Scar Care | Constipation |
| Fertility Journey/ART (Assisted Reproductive Technologies) | Grief Care | Post Surgical Recovery |
| Pelvic Organ Prolapse | Complex Emotions | Sexual/Physical Boundary Violations |
| Prostate Care | Invasive thoughts | Pregnancy pains |
| Urinary/Bladder Issues | Issues with no source | |
| Lack of pleasure in sex. Loss of pleasure in life. | Repetitive Miscarriages |
Most often the conditions and traumas we experience didn’t just emerge on the physical and seen level, they also happened on the unseen and energetic levels. There are often emotional components to healing processes and they are fully welcome in these sessions. The unseen, our spiritual and Ancestral support, are holding the space and bringing the care for our human healing.
Similar to many other healing modalities like acupuncture, one session can be tremendously helpful- it can impact the outer layer or expression of what you’ve been experiencing. Ongoing sessions deepen relationship with the practitioner, the modality and your own body which allows for potential long terms changes and transformations.
I combine Somatic/Nervous System care into these sessions. Hands-on work can be a powerful way to reclaim agency after boundary ruptures/violations (ex: doctor and hospital experiences, physical, sexual, emotional abuse, etc.). Through active consent practice, relationship building and moving at the pace of trust there is great possibility in moving through birth trauma, processing emotional and spiritual complexity, having agency with touch, connecting with one’s supportive ancestors, moving through big life changes and crisis, and transformation.
All Tul ‘ix Sessions: It is best to not eat right before the session. If you have a uterus, it is best to have a session when you are not menstruating.
Uterus focused Tul ‘ix Sessions: It’s best to have a session during the time that you are not bleeding, and not 5 days before your blood begins. It is okay at the very tail end of the blood. An ideal time for a session pre-ovulation.
Post-partum Tul ‘ix Sessions: you can schedule a session 4-6 weeks after giving birth vaginally and 6 weeks or after the scarring has had time to heal after giving birth through cesarean.
Fertility Tul ‘ix Sessions: it is best to have a session scheduled for as soon as you finish menstruating/bleeding. The window between end of menstruation and ovulation will be the most supportive time to receive hands-on work. For those navigating IUI and IVF, hands on sessions are ideally after you finish your bleeding cycle, and then a follow up before insemination or pre-transfer.
For those with IUDs, I will omit the physical strokes directly over your uterus and instead do energetic strokes. The Lower strokes are contraindicated for people experiencing Urinary tract infections, bladder infections or inflammation.