Where we hold up a mirror of ancient resilience to ourselves, and experience global healing methods that induce rest and hold the female body in awe.
Rest-awe.·Restore.
The threshold
The MGx is a global wellness threshold for women aged 25–85 — especially those who have given birth. We gather at the intersection of ancient wisdom and lived experience, offering in-person retreats, overnight immersions, and self-administered healing practices that hold the female body in the awe it has always deserved.
Ways to cross the threshold
04 pathways
01
In-Person Retreats
One-night and full-day immersions held in sacred spaces worldwide. A passage from depletion into rest, from noise into knowing.
02
Self-Healing Experiences
Global healing methods you can administer yourself — somatic, breathwork, movement, sensory practices — designed to induce rest and restore awe.
03
Book Reviews
Curated literature that holds a mirror to the female experience — wellness, healing, identity, and ancient wisdom.
04
Product Reviews
Honest, body-centered reviews tested and evaluated by women who know the difference between what merely claims to restore, and what actually does.
Our symbol of resilience
She has always known the way
The Khoisan woman — among the earliest peoples on earth — squats with her child held close, grounded and unshakeable. The Khoisan of Southern Africa are a living mirror: ancient genetic lineage, small in stature, vast in strength.
She is the threshold. She is the mirror we hold up. She reminds every woman who joins us:
You were built for this. Rest. Stand in awe of yourself. Restore.
Khoisan woman · Southern Africa · Ancient lineage
One night & one day — a global wellness threshold
The Retreat
Check yourself before you wreck yourself.
H.HungryAre you nourished?
A.AngryAre you holding fire?
L.LonelyAre you without your people?
T.TiredAre you running on empty?
Why we begin here
Why are things the way they are for you?
H.A.L.T. is where we begin. Not with performance, not with a programme — but with an honest check-in. Before we can groove, we need to know where we are. Hungry. Angry. Lonely. Tired. These four states quietly wreck us when we don’t name them.
At this retreat, we name them. We sit with them. And then, together, we do something about it.
What to expect
your 24 hours
The night before
A night of rest
We treat you to a night of rest. No guarantees — but at least a helpful tool left in your room. We want you at your best for our groovy day. Arrive, exhale, and let the threshold hold you.
The morning
Music & movement
Music is part of the experience — for sure. Some soft, some loud. We move, we breathe, we wake the body up gently and joyfully. Hello… it’s a party :-)
Together
We cook & feast
Together, we cook our food for the day. Foods that warm us up and cool us down. Some dishes are African in origination. Lots of food. You should not leave hungry.
The work
Anger, loneliness & fire
We will share how we deal with our anger. You should leave with strategies for handling it. After the retreat, you will know what to do the next time you are lonely.
Tiredness & restoration
Rejuvenate yourself
Tips to deal with tiredness and sapped feelings will be shared, and tools used so you can experience how to rejuvenate yourself — in your own hands, in your own time, in your own body.
How we send you home
Mama, experience grooviness.
Go home. Practice on yourself. Share with others.
That is the MGx9.global way. We do not keep the healing here — we send it out with you. Every woman who crosses this threshold becomes a carrier of something ancient and something new.
Rest-awe. Restore.
Rest-awe.·Restore.
Join us in Massachusetts
Book a retreat
Search "2 Day Celebration of Female Physiology in Massachusetts, USA" on BookRetreats.com to reserve and pay for your spot.
Retreat One
June 12 – 13
Massachusetts, USA
$350
Retreat Two
July 10 – 11
Massachusetts, USA
$350
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Two days held in warmth, nourishment, movement, and ancient practice. Everything your body has been waiting for.
What this is
The MGx9 Experience is a curated 24-hour immersion — from Friday afternoon into Saturday evening. You arrive carrying whatever you carry. You leave lighter, warmer, and more yourself than when you came in.
Your 24 hours
Friday → Saturday
Friday — Arrival & Rest
From 3:00 pm
Hotel check-in
Settle in. Exhale. Breakfast is included in your stay.
Hotel stay
Evening
Dinner on your own
This evening is yours. Rest, wander, or sit quietly with yourself. No agenda. Tomorrow begins the grooviness.
Evening
Your sleep aid arrives
Your Retreat Host will deliver a sleep aid to your room, along with the address for Saturday’s retreat site.
Host delivery
Saturday Morning
Breakfast & check-out
Hotel breakfast included. Check out and drive to the retreat site — arrive any time from 10:00 am.
Included
Saturday — The Full Day
10am–2pm
Cook, share & feast
We cook various foods together, talk about ingredients, warming foods, and nutritional support for post-partum women. Music plays as we cook. We eat together for lunch.
Food & nourishment
2pm–3pm
Gentle Qi-Gong & Tai Chi
Slow, intentional movements to aid digestion. No experience needed — just a willingness to move gently.
Movement
3pm–4pm
Herbal body steaming
Gentle herbal steam offered. Alternatives: take a walk, dangle feet in the pond, or try the red light therapy.
Healing practice
4pm–5pm
Intro to moxibustion
A live demonstration of this ancient heat therapy. Watch, ask questions, and feel what it means to tend to the body with fire and intention.
Ancient practice
After 5pm
Intro to body wrapping
A short video introduction to body wrapping — a practice of warmth, containment, and postural support rooted in global traditions.
Short video
Ancient practices, introduced
3 modalities
Qi-Gong & Tai Chi
Moving with intention
Rooted in Chinese medicine, these slow flowing movements circulate energy, support digestion, and calm the nervous system. Used gently post-meal as a bridge between nourishment and stillness.
Herbal Body Steaming
The warmth of plants
Practiced across West Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America, herbal steaming uses plant medicine and heat to support the pelvic region and restore internal warmth. Particularly beneficial post-partum.
Moxibustion
Fire & ancient meridians
The burning of dried mugwort near acupuncture points to warm and stimulate the body’s energy pathways. Valued in Traditional Chinese Medicine for building warmth, vitality, and recovery after birth.
How we close the day
Supper & the debrief
✦Light salads & grilled vegetables
✦Sweet potatoes & proteins
✦Ginger cake
✦Vanilla ice cream
We sit together with the food we have made and talk about the day. What landed. What shifted. What you are taking home.
Mama, experience grooviness — go home — practice on yourself. Share with others.
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The meaning behind the name
Our Story
A repository of practices that honour female physiology, drawn from global traditions and offered to the world.
What the name means
MGx9.global
M
Mama
A polite but informal way of referring to a person with female physiology. Warm, grounded, universal.
G
Groove
A compelling, rhythmic feel or vibe in music that induces movement. To dance, enjoy oneself, or interact well. The body in its natural flow.
X · 9 · .global
Experience
To undergo, feel, encounter, go through. Active participation in transformation. 9 for September — the month of founding. .global for worldwide reach.
MGx9.global captures, stores and shares experiences that vibe with the female body.
Abra & her Mama
Founder, MGx9.global · The inspiration behind it all
How this began
A text that changed everything
While engaged in Rachelle Seliga’s Innate Traditions Post-Partum Care Certification process, I encountered a text that made me realise there were cross-cultural prescriptions for caring for the uniqueness of the female body that I knew nothing about.
I have never been pregnant. I did not personally put all my lady parts to the human birthing test. But as I look back on my decades of life, I wish my Mama had access to the text I was reviewing — 7 Times a Woman by Dr. Lia Andrews. I also wished she had access to the Ghana Ewe community she had grown up in, where the rites of passage she went through could have been more readily available to her, so that she could offer them to me.
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I’m pretty sure I would have declined to participate, choosing instead to read a text or something like that. But still — there are enough women and girls around the world who would like access to this information that I think it would be wonderful to create such a repository.
I use the word ‘threshold’ repeatedly on this site because I intend to knock on doors and ask permission to receive knowledge of practices supportive of female physiology — to store them and share them globally.
On the design of care
“They are the skills of presence. Of touch. Of holding space. Of understanding the physiology of a woman’s body well enough to meet her exactly where she is. Of knowing that warmth, rest, nourishment, and community are not soft additions to care. They are the DESIGN.”
— Rachelle Seliga, Innate Traditions
Our vision
Beyond birth — whole female care
MGx9.global intends to draw on global traditions to create a repository where practices that honour female physiology can be reviewed, shared, and applied. While we begin with a focus on post-partum care, our intent will ultimately extend to whole female care.
Our model is a day-long gathering of small groups of women who cook, eat, and receive physical and educational care and nourishment from each other — all preceded by a night of rest. We imagine this as a way to restore and regain resilience through reciprocity.
Our experiences tend towards the simple: experiences that can be had in a small group format, setting aside the complex for a time of the individual’s choosing.
Since we are based in the USA, this site models how it may work in the western world — and we encourage you to share how these practices translate in your own context.
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Yours In Resilience, Abra
Khoisan woman · Southern Africa · Ancient lineage
Join us in Massachusetts
Book a retreat
Search "2 Day Celebration of Female Physiology in Massachusetts, USA" on BookRetreats.com to reserve and pay for your spot.
Retreat One
June 12 – 13
Massachusetts, USA
$350
Retreat Two
July 10 – 11
Massachusetts, USA
$350
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