Yoga and Pilates
Mondays:
Prenatal Yoga 10-11:30am
Postpartum Pilates 5:30-6:30pm
Tuesdays
Slow flow Yoga 1-2:15pm
Wednesdays
Fertility yoga 10am-11:30am
Thursdays -
Gentle yoga 5:30-6:30pm
Fridays
Aquanatal water exercise class for prenant women
10:30am - 12 noon
For more info on teachers and prices visit our website!
www.AshevilleWomensWellness.com
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Upcoming Events at the wellness center. in April and May:
Childbirth classes start May 6th.
New Mamatime group forming
April 23rd - New Moon Jewish Women's Renewal Ritual
May 8th- Women's Sacred Dream Circle
May 16th Open Heart Meditation Workshop Level I
May 29th Screening of the film: The Business of Being Born
June 6th and 13th Belly Casting workshops
for detailed info about upcoming events go to our website:
www.AshevilleWomensWellness.com
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Upcoming Events in the community:
Last weekend for Eve-Olution at Asheville Community theater April 24th and 25th Don't miss this great show!
Birth Network Meeting April 28th at the Blue Ridge Mall in the Pardee Education Center. Topic: Inductions weighing the risks!
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Community Space rentals:
Did you know you can rent out the beautiful yoga space at WWEC for
your private or public event.? Space comes with yoga mats, blankets,
chairs, tables, water cold and hot and tea. Advertising in the
newsletter, facebook, WNC parent and website if you want it.
Perfect
for blessing- ways, book clubs, sacred circles, mediatt.ion groups,
very reasonable rates. See the website for community room rentals.
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| Women's Wellness and Education Center
Nurturing the Unfolding of Women's Wisdom;
Pregnancy Birth and Beyond.
24 Arlington Street, Asheville
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Greetings!
 If this is your first e-newsletter welcome to the community of families that make up the WWEC!
Please see the left column for a review of upcoming events at the center. We hope to see you soon!
The articles in this newsletter highlight the services we offer to Asheville families to promote emotional well-being. We hope that if you or someone in your family could benefit from physical, emotional or energetic support through a difficult life transition or the processing of past difficult events or relationships that you think of us as a safe and nurturing place to do that work.
The first article below highlights the individual and group settings available to support new moms and dads in the transition to parenthood. The second article describes a cutting edge therapy called Somatic Experiencing that is available at the wellness center to resolve past traumas held in your body. The third article describes how helpful the energetic work of acupuncture and Chinese herbs can be to support your emotional well being.
Next month's e-newsletter will focus on opportunities at the wellness center available for pregnant women.
Thanks for supporting us as we support the Asheville community!
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Eve-Olution at the Women's Wellness and Education Center
Becoming a mother: a ripe time for growth
By Shelley Tom, MS, NCC 
Asheville Community Theatre generously offered the new moms I work
with opening night tickets to "Eve-Olution". This funny and touching
production chronicled the story of two women trying to navigate
motherhood, careers, and marriages. The play captured the very essence
of why I specialize in working with women and families during the
transition to parenthood.
To link to the remainder of this article click HERE
To learn more about Shelley's counseling services click HERE
To learn more about Mamatime mother-baby groups click HERE
To learn about ACT's production of Eve-olution click HERE |
Somatic Experiencing and Trauma Resolution
A different kind of counseling
By Elli Schmeltekopf, MS, LPC
You can probably conjure up a time in your mind when your
boss or perhaps your spouse said something that really made you angry. You may
even be able to feel the impulse you had to physically lash out at them. That
is our natural instinct that we share with animals - threaten my territory and
I will fight you. Being appropriate humans, we resist that impulse to fight our
boss or spouse and we try to find some other way of managing the situation.
To click to the remainder of this article click HERE
To learn more about Elli's counseling services click HERE
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Using Acupuncture to Promote Emotional Wellness
By Natalie Allard, L.Ac
The emotions are very important in Five Element Acupuncture. A balanced, healthy person should experience the whole range of emotions, as they are appropriate. If a loved one dies it is appropriate to feel grief, but with the passage of time, a balanced person accepts the loss and can celebrate the life of that loved one. If someone is stuck in agonizing grief years later, that calls for further investigation. From a diagnostic point of view, each of the Five Elements has an emotion that is associated with it, so the skilled practitioner tests each of the emotions, looking for appropriateness in the responses. There are other associations with each of the elements, such as the color on the face, the sound in the voice and the odor of the body. The moment any element is imbalanced, these things change, as well as things like taste preferences and temperature distribution.
To click to the remainder of this article click HERE
To learn more about Natalie's acupuncture services click HERE
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Photos of the community space available for rent for your private or public event. See the website for details and the rental application.
WWW.AshevilleWomensWellness.com
 
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See the website for newly posted pictures of our grand opening party in February and take a virutal tour of the center. Also now on the website Jesse Kitt's beautiful photography of mothers and babies that grace the center's common areas!
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