Carrying the Lineage of Maya Abdominal Therapy as taught by Rosita Arvigo
The Red Tent Womb School and our Global Practitioner Directory were created to uplift the ancient wisdom of Maya Abdominal Therapy and to honor the hands of those who offer it in the world today.
I trained in the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal therapy (ATMAT) Bodywork anterior and posterior applications directly with Dr. Rosita Arvigo in 2007 and later taught under the guidance of the Arvigo Institute at that time. Her bodywork teachings, and those passed down by Don Elijio Panti, live on in my hands—and in the hearts of the practitioners I now train through The Red Tent. I carry this lineage with deep respect, but also with clarity and sovereignty.
In recent years, several organizations have emerged to carry this work forward in their own ways—including the Arvigo Institute and the Abdominal Therapy Collective. I have chosen to walk a separate path. Not because I left the work—but because I chose to stay true to it. Not because I was cast out—but because I refused to shrink. Not because I broke away—but because the work asked me to grow.
This directory is part of that path. It includes all known abdominal therapy practitioners, including:
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Every Arvigo® Institute Trained practitioners from 2017 (or 2003) to 2024
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Practitioners trained through the Abdominal Therapy Collective through 2024
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Graduates of the Red Tent Womb School–Maya Abdominal Therapy Practitioner Training, As Taught By Rosita Arvigo
We’ve created this directory as a global, inclusive map of those who practice this work with skill, care, and integrity—regardless of where they first trained. This space is not affiliated with any of the above organizations, but we do honor the shared roots.
If you are looking for a practitioner trained in Maya Abdominal Therapy, Arvigo Therapy Techniques, or holistic abdominal massage for fertility, digestion, or pelvic wellness that have been training in the model that Rosita taught—this is a space to find them.
The lineage is vast. The hands are many. And the work continues to live and evolve—in all of us.
~Lisa Kelly
