A small Group
process
Womb Surround
Each and every one of us is profoundly impacted by our personal history.
Our earliest experiences, including our conception, prenatal period, birth and postnatal development: these leave deep physical and emotional imprints on the core of our being.
As you reflect on your own arrival into this world, please take a moment to consider how you were welcomed into it.
Did your parents have the support they needed during that time?
What was happening around the time you were conceived?
Do you know anything about your birth? Were interventions used?
Were you and your mother able to stay together and bond through skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding?
If you resonate with this idea, and you often feel overwhelmed, struggle to complete tasks, or are highly sensitive, know that I am speaking to you.
Each of us has a unique constitution, and some of us may be more sensitive and affected by these early experiences on a much deeper level.
Then the baby, with the parent's support, can move forward, stronger and more resilient than before. As an adult, you can experience healing and rediscover your original blueprint. This is what we support in a womb surround process.
Your longings and intentions are welcome here, and we are here to support you in moving forward on your journey. We help you become more deeply intimate with those parts of yourself that may have been hidden, tucked away, or not fully loved. We make it possible to give you now what you needed then.
A baby, when given the safe space to heal from birth trauma, can share its story through the body until it feels complete.
We all come into this world with a blueprint that knows our path forward.
In a womb surround process, we tap into this original life force, impulse, and blueprint that is innate within us.
We hold space for you to integrate these important and powerful events from this period with the support of a team of gentle and present facilitators.
I've dedicated my life to healing and repairing my own origin story. I supported mamas and babies around womb-time and birth for many years. As a Birth Doula, I have received countless gifts and opportunities to witness birth up close, both when it goes smoothly, and when unexpected challenges arise. This journey led me more deeply to study with the greatest teachers in the field of pre and perinatal somatic psychology.
Today I offer adults the chance to rewire the past through a small group healing called the "Womb Surround Process." Others are deeply supported in this enriching and life-changing process. Sometimes clients first start doing one-on-one work before they do a womb surround.
Hi, I'm Christina Earthwater
About Womb Surround
Womb Surround is based on the pioneering work of Ray Castellino, DC (retired), RPP, RCST®. Castellino's training draws on his experience in energy therapy, bodywork, trauma resolution, and pre and perinatal psychology. His unique approach is also influenced by his background as a musician and music teacher.
Castellino's work is centered around identifying patterns that can arise from difficulties during the pre and perinatal period. He created a specific training for professionals to learn about these patterns, which can be associated with historical trauma, conception, prenatal and birth experiences, and attachment in the postpartum period.
After working with babies and observing how families' experiences affected them, Castellino began to work with small groups to develop a therapy that could help the whole family.
Womb Surround
Group
Workshop in San Anselmo, Ca
An opportunity to learn and build your relational and attunement skills.
Each person receives 45-60 minute Left Brain integration Session of turn.
Each participant receives a Somatic Right brain experiential 2.5 hour turn.
Group meets in person, workshops are 3 to 4 days long.
In this Womb Surround format, 3 to 4 participants meet over 3 to 3.5 days in person.
Each person in the group receives a 2.5 hour turn, plus a 45-minute harvest.
During the turn, each of the other participants becomes part of the Womb Surround for that person, supporting them while also taking care of themselves. Every step of this process is designed to create a safe and responsive circle of support. We all check in upon arrival and settle in together. The form, guidelines, and principles of the womb surround are introduced.
The 2.5 hour turns are a somatic, right-brain experiential process with group support. The 45-minute harvest is a left-brain, more adult review of the process. Both of these experiences help encourage the cooperation and integration of both sides of the brain.
Before we close our womb surround, there will be additional exercises and protocols for each participant to follow after the workshop, so that further integration and healing can happen for you. It is also normal for participants to need further one-on-one support after a womb surround, as sometimes more layers of experience may surface after the workshop. Please reach out to me if you would like to schedule additional support.
Womb Surround
Private
San Anselmo, Ca or Online
Each participant receives a Somatic Right Brain experiential 2.5 hour turn.
Each person receives 45-60 minute Left Brain integration session of turn.
Workshops can be 2-4 days long.
Participants usally know each other and hire me privately for groups of 2-4 people
A Private Womb Surround is a privately organized Womb Surround for two to four people who usually already know one another. You may be friends, family members, colleagues, or people who have been exploring this work together. Rather than joining a group of people you have not met, you reach out to me as a group, and we create a Womb Surround specifically for you.
Each participant receives their own 2.5-hour Womb Surround turn, followed by a separate 45 to 60-minute integration session. During each person’s turn, the other participants become part of the Womb Surround, offering their presence and support while also attending to their own needs. Then, when it is another person’s turn, the circle shifts to support them.
The length and schedule of the Womb Surround will depend on the number of participants. Private Womb Surrounds can be created for two, three, or four people and are available both in person and online, depending on the needs of the group and my availability.
After the Womb Surround, I will offer each participant additional practices and resources to support continued integration. It is also normal for more feelings or layers of experience to arise afterward. Your individual integration session offers time to reflect on what unfolded and receive support with what is continuing to move.
Womb Surround
Couples
San Anselmo, Ca or Online
An opportunity to learn and build your relational and attunement skills.
Each person receives 45-60 minute Left Brain integration Session of turn.
Each participant receives a Somatic Right brain experiential 2.5 hour turn.
Couples Private Womb Surround meet for two days.
A Couples Womb Surround is a private process created for two partners who want to explore their early experiences within a carefully supported setting. Each partner receives their own 2.5-hour Womb Surround turn, followed by a separate 45 to 60-minute integration session.
During your partner’s turn, you have the opportunity to witness them being met in some of their most tender and early places while someone else holds and guides the process. You are not responsible for taking care of them or figuring out what they need. You can simply be present, listen, and allow yourself to understand more deeply what they may have been carrying since before they had words.
Then the circle shifts, and your partner has the opportunity to witness and support you during your turn. Being together in this way can deepen compassion, tenderness, and understanding for the early experiences that may still influence how each of you responds within the relationship.
This process is best suited for couples who are not currently in crisis and whose relationship has enough stability to explore vulnerable material together. It is also important that both partners already have ongoing therapeutic support available to them. A Couples Womb Surround is not a replacement for couples therapy or individual therapy, but it can be a beautiful addition to that work and a meaningful way to deepen your understanding and compassion for one another.
After the Womb Surround, each partner will receive additional practices and resources to support continued integration. Your individual integration sessions offer time to reflect on what unfolded and receive support with anything that continues to arise.
