Womb Hara Massage
In many traditional healing systems, the abdomen is seen as the centre of our being, the place where life is nourished, where emotions are stored, and where our deepest vitality resides. Yet in modern life, this sacred centre is often ignored, held tight, or disconnected from our awareness.
Womb Hara Massage or Mayan Arvigo massage invites us to return home to this space - to soften, to listen, and to restore flow to the very core of the body.
What Is Womb Hara Massage?
Womb Hara Massage is a deeply restorative abdominal therapy that focuses on the uterus, lower abdomen, digestive organs, and the energetic field that surrounds them. It draws inspiration from ancient Mayan abdominal massage traditions, which honour the womb as a sacred centre of life and creativity, and from Taoist and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) teachings, which view this region as the Dan Tian - the sea of energy that governs vitality, digestion, and reproduction.
Using warm oils, rhythmic touch, and slow, intuitive movements, this massage encourages circulation of Qi (energy) and Blood, relieves stagnation, and invites balance back into the body’s core systems. It is both deeply physical and profoundly energetic - a bridge between the tangible and the subtle.
The Womb and Hara in Chinese Medicine
In Chinese medicine, the womb (Bao Gong) is connected to the Heart through an extraordinary meridian known as the Bao Mai - the “uterine vessel.” This pathway represents the intimate relationship between our emotional world and our reproductive health. When we experience grief, stress, or emotional constriction, the Heart tightens and the womb can lose its warmth and flow.
The Hara (or Lower Dan Tian) - located below the navel, is considered the body’s energetic centre. It houses Jing, our deepest essence, inherited from our parents and gradually refined through rest, nourishment, and love. Jing is the foundation of fertility, vitality, and longevity.
When Qi, Blood, and Jing circulate freely through the womb and Hara, we feel grounded, fertile, and connected. When they become stagnant, often through stress, trauma, surgery, cold exposure, or emotional repression, the abdomen may feel tense, bloated, cold, or painful, and symptoms such as PMS, irregular cycles, digestive issues, and fatigue may appear.
Signs of Abdominal Stagnation or Disconnection
You may benefit from Womb Hara Massage if you experience:
Menstrual pain, clotting, or irregularity
Fertility challenges or difficulty conceiving
Digestive bloating, constipation, or IBS
Coldness in the lower abdomen or feet
Emotional numbness, anxiety, or feeling “stuck in the head”
A sense of disconnection from your womb or creative energy
The abdomen is a landscape that tells our story, every emotion, surgery, and stress can leave an imprint. This work helps to soften those imprints and restore flow where the body has held or hardened.
What Happens During a Session?
A typical session begins with grounding breathwork and gentle warming of the abdomen with moxa or a heat pack. Warm herbal oils are applied to the belly, and specific massage techniques from the upper abdomen down to the pubic bone are used to guide organs into alignment and stimulate natural blood and lymphatic flow.
The touch is slow, intentional, and deeply listening.
Rather than “doing,” the practitioner’s hands listen for where the breath stops, where warmth has left, and where life is waiting to move again.
Many women describe feeling their womb “wake up” - a gentle pulse, warmth, or emotional release as Qi begins to circulate once more. Each session is closed with a rebozo binding, a traditional Mexican technique where the body is gently wrapped and held to support integration and deep rest.
The Benefits
Physical & Hormonal
Enhances blood flow to the uterus and ovaries
Encourages optimal uterine positioning
Supports healthy endometrial lining and ovulation
Aids digestion and detoxification
Relieves menstrual and pelvic pain
Fertility & Reproductive Health
Nourishes Jing (reproductive essence)
Supports natural fertility and IVF preparation
Reduces stagnation and cold in the womb
Promotes hormonal balance and cycle regularity
Emotional & Energetic
Reconnects you with your womb and feminine energy
Helps release stored emotion, grief, or trauma
Calms the nervous system and Heart
Cultivates a sense of inner warmth, grounding, and peace
The Taoist View: Where Energy Returns to Stillness
In Taoist practice, the womb and Hara are not merely organs, they are portals of creation. They are where we digest not only food, but life itself. When energy flows freely through this centre, a woman feels her inner compass realign; when it stagnates, she may feel lost or disconnected.
This is why in ancient Taoist medicine, women were taught to regularly massage the abdomen to “return the Qi to the centre” - restoring vitality, clarity, and sensual aliveness.
As the old texts say:
“The womb is the temple of the spirit; when it is warm, life blossoms.”
A Remembering
Womb Hara Massage is not simply a treatment, it is a remembering.
A remembering of how it feels to live from the centre of your being.
A remembering that warmth, touch, and presence can awaken parts of you that have long been asleep.
Through gentle hands, warmth, and intention, this work honours the wisdom of your body, the part that already knows how to heal when given the space to breathe and flow.
A Gentle Invitation
If you feel called to reconnect with your body’s wisdom, Womb Hara Massage offers a pathway home, to your womb, your breath, and your quiet inner knowing.
Sessions are offered at Nuwa Natural Health, blending traditional Chinese medicine, Taoist abdominal therapy, and Mayan Arvigo principles, held in warmth, presence, and care.