Our Mission
The Holding Space Birth & Wellness Cooperative provides and protects an environment of awareness, compassion, and safety by offering affordable, comprehensive, and personalized support groups and health and wellness education to our community, focusing on the life transitions of women.
We Believe….
We believe everyone has a right to dominion over their own health and care. We believe there needs to be a revolution surrounding childbirth and a renaissance surrounding healthcare as a whole. We believe the transitional stages throughout a woman’s life are normal but nuanced, deserving of celebration and support. We believe childbearing families deserve equitable access to safe and empowering care, options in birth, and encouragement through their journey to healthy parenthood. We believe a parent deserves support long after the birthing experience. We believe in the strength of a woman and the power of community. We believe education is empowering. We believe our duty is to hold space without judgement or agenda.
Meet the Board
What is the Cooperative?
Simply put, we are your village. Today’s world doesn’t often allow for the traditional “village” that so many women relied on for centuries. In the absence of a true village, we feel the pressure to be and do everything that once was done by a group of people. We often lose perspective of priorities because we are taking care of everything at the same time. The Holding Space Birth & Wellness Cooperative is here to fill that void. The Holding Space is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with for-profit businesses and professionals to offer classes and support groups for women and families in our community. To meet the businesses affiliated, click on our cooperative page. To learn more about the classes and groups offered by The Holding Space 501(c)(3), click on our classes and groups page!
Location.
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902 7th St. Anacortes, WA 98221
theholdingspacebwc@gmail.com
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Hours of operation are variable based on businesses in the cooperative, classes, groups and events. If someone is in, the door will be open
“The land that surrounds us is part of who we are; it reflects our histories.”
- NATIVE GOVERNANCE CENTER
The Holding Space acknowledges, with humility, that it occupies the land that is the territory of the Samish Nation. Their presence is imbued in the waterways, shorelines, valleys, and mountains of the traditional homelands of the Coast Salish People, since before recorded history. Find out what native land you inhabit [here], and learn more about the tribal lands in our state [here]
