Bodies of Wisdom:
Group Apprenticeship Program
The description below is from 2024’s program.
There will be slight changes in the next program, which will run from December 21st 2026 ~ June 21st 2027
Objectives
Build tangible skills, practical knowledge & resources for providing intelligent & heart centered counsel, care & education for avoiding &/or ending pregnancy outside the clinical paradigm
Create a mission statement, define your guiding values, & actionable protocols for your own unique womb wisdom praxis
Complete the Conscious Contraception Skillshare & Miscarriage & Abortion Support courses
Syllabus
Pleasure Activism, Erotic Power, & Consent
Herstory, Ancestral Legacies, & Reproductive Justice
Nervous & Endocrine System Ecology
Menstrual Cycle Healing & Charting
Sympto-thermal Method of Fertility Awareness
Home Abortion
Herbal Education (including but not limited to Emmenagogues, Implantation Inhibitors, & Abortifacients)
Nutrition for Bleeding Bodies
Spiritual Dimensions & Ritual Practice
What it is…
decentralized power; a mentor who is your ally & does not seek to be your authority
radical love & education from an anarchist animist Jewitch with over 20 years of experience tending the womb continuum
accessible biochemistry, anatomy & physiology education
conventional learning through reading, writing & discussion
intuitive learning through ritual, play, & story-telling
an experienced perspective & supportive presence to improve &/or create your client care / teaching / bizwitch / activist praxis
What it ain’t…
a certification or training
a strategy for success in capitalism
validation or instruction from an external authority
therapy
dogma or ideology
Apprentices Receive
Accountability, reflection, & discussion for completing both self study courses
Physical copies of my books mailed to your door:
6 month container
18 live group Zoom calls (3 per month) recorded with replays available
3 private mentorship sessions with me
6 peer counseling sessions with fellow apprentices
1 year of FoK Membership
Aspiring & professional practitioners of all types of healing arts serving the womb continuum of fertility, pregnancy, & sexuality are encouraged to apply, including but not limited to:
doulas
midwives
medical professionals
body & energy workers
social workers & mental healthcare providers
life / sex / cycle / health coaches
fertility awareness educators
herbalists
witches
yoga & mindful movement instructors
rites of passage ceremonialists / moon & womens’ circle leaders
Qualifications for Application
A palpable sense of internal authority & soul purpose
Experience working with community &/or clients in a womb wellness care-giving or educational capacity
Enjoy learning by reading, listening, discussion & journaling
Prompt & effective verbal & digital communicator, comfortable speaking up kindly & clearly when or if discomfort, disconnect, or conflict arise
Able to invest an average of 3-5 hours per week in this program
Praise from past participants . . .
Sam's encouragement, support, & guidance was thoughtful & wise. I came into the mentorship expecting to only grow in my knowledge with the womb continuum, & I definitely am so much more knowledgeable in that realm now.
What surprised me was that during our mentorship relationship I became more connected to myself & the communities I exist in. She provided the space for me to go within to connect to myself in a way I didn't know was possible, empowering me to fully step into autonomy & sovereignty over my body & choices in a way I wasn't provided in so many other spaces. She gave me space to explore in a way that was non-judgmental & gentle. These feelings of empowerment have spread to every other area in my life in such an awe-inspiring way I never could have expected, & gave me so much hope for the future.
Although the mentorship is over, I am still seeing daily the huge impact it had on the way I interact with the world around me, provide support as a friend & community member, & the respect & trust I have in myself.
Chaney Williams Doula Author, Herbalist, Activist
“Experiencing mentorship with Sam was immeasurable to my life on an individual level, as well as the path that I now lead in my women’s work. I began working with Sam at a time when I was stuck between exiting the western realm of women’s specialty nursing and starting my own holistic practice of wellwoman care.
When I was first introduced to Sam I recall sensing a degree of power that was not familiar to me by my direct environment, but that was familiar to me by the deeper truths & knowings of my womb. I could feel the clarity, depth of knowledge, wisdom, & fierceness for liberation that Sam carried & it struck me in a big way.
Sam leads from a place of circle, not hierarchy, she is a pillar of deep remembrance for all womb bearers, & is one of the greatest mentors & teachers I have ever been blessed to experience. Being in her field & space alone is sacred & healing.
Throughout our time together Sam witnessed me so completely & fully as she held me through the dismantling of so many projected narratives to uncover the compass of my own womb & center. She supported me in climbing out of the systemic indoctrination that was keeping me small to light & liberate my own medicine path & inner fire.
Sam possesses a rare weaving of knowledge that permeates all sectors of womb health & woman’s care & my time with her was beyond anything I could have asked for. I can fully say that it was because of the work that I did with Sam that I was able to root into the rich field of sovereignty within my own womb to exit the nursing realm & say yes to the true care I believe in for women. My experience with her had immediate impact, nourishment, & healing expansion & continues to be a tending & awakening light in my life.
For any person seeking a space of depth, essential remembrance, & rich guidance in the realms of womb medicine I could not recommend Sam more. Sam, thank you, you have forever impacted my life and returned me home to my own womb & knowing.”
Alexandra Durrigan, RN BSN, Women’s Pelvic Care & Womb Guide
“Working with Sam was truly transformational! I was able to gain incredible insight in starting a business from scratch & how I can thrive. The tools I was given from her will help to continue to support my path both professionally & personally as a healer. Additionally I was able to digest & attain amazing information centered around conception, fertility& sexuality that I utilize to help support my clients & self. I would highly recommend working with Sam, she is a beam of light & an inspiration to all!”
Mary McCallum, Herbalist
“Samantha comes to each session truly herself, making it easy for me to be authentically my self with her. She carries seemingly endless resourses & knowledge, has a cunning intuition that makes every conversation seem magical!
I have grown so much & been more & more inspired after each session to live by & be closer to my truth!
Samantha is the wicked (in a good way) womb witch of the west, a sweet ‘n sassy faithful ally for the journey of living an authentic life. There is no pressure to be a certain way, to do certain things; come as you are, receive respect & be truly seen by Sam!”
Madelyn Telford, Witch, Artist, Ritual Tattooist
Reciprocity
TBD
In addition to being an educational container, this group will also serve as an "editorial board" for me as I revise & restructure my greater bodies of work: the Conscious Contraception Skillshare & Miscarriage & Abortion Support course. Noteworthy additions to the existing material include more robust & diverse frameworks for psycho-spiritual healing, pleasure activism, erotic power, & expanded herbal education.
Tuition fees will reflect the nature of the mutually beneficial relationship we will cultivate in this container, where I support participants in their learning & praxis, & they support me in my organization & articulation of the materials we study.
Please do not hesitate to apply if your heart is singing YES, though you would require scholarship or sliding scale to participate.
I will conduct interviews with folks I feel would be a good fit regardless of their ability to invest financially.
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