Women's Temple Workshop: Awakening the Living Goddess Within

Join us in the sacred space of the Women's Temple, where we gather to explore and embody the divine feminine essence within each of us. This workshop invites you to step beyond the mind and into a realm of deep connection, healing, and celebration.

Through a rich tapestry of meditation, breathwork, dance, movement, respectful touch, voice, writing, and sharing, we will awaken our hearts and honor all aspects of who we are. Here, you are welcomed just as you are. Together, we heal our relationship with the divine feminine—within and without.

Women’s Temple practice is likened to clearing the debris from the river so the river of aliveness can flow more freely through the body. In this sacred space, we connect with life force energy, feeling, sensation, and embodied Presence—the very intelligence that heals. Through these embodied rituals, we cultivate enough safety for the body to unclench, unwind, and melt the accumulated armor and defense. This is the grace of Temple: gently unwinding conditioned patterns rooted in our history and lineage. For the woman who’s ready to soften, receive, and bloom—this is your sanctuary.

Imagine a gathering infused with the spirit of an Indian Temple ceremony, where ecstatic dance meets deep devotion. Picture a serene Bedouin oasis, filled with fresh figs and the gentle cooing of doves, where we cleanse and nurture one another. Envision a contemporary meditation circle guiding us into the vastness of our true nature, alongside African-inspired rituals that honor and celebrate our life experiences.

In this sacred space, we co-create a conscious women’s culture that nourishes our feminine brilliance. We do not dwell on problems or fix what’s broken. Instead, we root into a deeper truth that transcends fear and limited self-images. We navigate from a place of presence and inner guidance, empowering one another to show up in our full radiance.

The Women’s Temple is not a therapy or support group—it is a sanctuary of celebration, mirroring, and awakening. Here, we drop the masks and reveal the raw beauty of our authentic faces—glorious, passionate, vulnerable, and real. Together, we heal and uplift the personal and collective feminine.

Our practices are anchored in embodied presence, inviting us to move, soften, and come home to our bodies. We engage in respectful and nourishing touch, a beloved aspect of Temple that fosters connection, intimacy, and sisterhood.

Allow yourself to relax into this transformative experience. Join us in the Temple of Divine Feminine Flow, where we honor the awakening woman within—a spiritual rebellion in a love affair with the great mystery.

✨ All women are welcome. Let us gather, awaken, and celebrate together.

About Melanie Hernand-Shine

Melanie Hernand-Shine is a Network Spinal chiropractor, healer, and trauma informed space holder with over 27 years of experience supporting others on their healing journeys. She is the founder of Healing Waves Wellness in Santa Cruz, where her work integrates chiropractic care with a deep understanding of the body’s innate wisdom to heal.

Alongside her clinical practice, Melanie holds sacred circles for women to connect, heal, and transform through the power of the Women’s Temple. Since 2012, she has guided women into deeper embodiment, empowerment, and freedom through these transformative gatherings.

Melanie's passion for healing and awakening stems from her own personal journey. Having faced and overcome profound trauma, depression, anxiety, and disempowerment, she knows firsthand the courage it takes to meet our inner shadows and embrace our full humanity. Her work invites women to feel the entire bandwidth of their being—bringing light to the darkest places, integrating the past, and awakening to their wholeness.

She describes Women’s Temple practices as "clearing the debris from the river, so the river of aliveness can flow freely through the body and mind." That river is the living intelligence that heals. Through gentle yet powerful practices infused with ease, pleasure, and grace, Melanie creates a safe space for the nervous system to unwind, soften, and release old patterns and defenses.

Melanie believes that healing happens most profoundly in spaces of safety, connection, and presence. Her circles are a sanctuary for women ready to deepen their relationship with themselves, their bodies, and the sacred feminine. With compassion, wisdom, and fierce love, she holds space for women to move through what no longer serves them—and emerge on the other side, more alive, radiant, and free.

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