Wellness Classes, Consulting, & Life Coaching

Located in Western MA. | Most Sessions Held Virtually

Work with Ruth:

  • Psychosynthesis Trained Life Coach

    If you are struggling with feeling overwhelmed, burned out or confused/unsure about what the next steps in your life are, coaching can help!

    Ruth helps people get back on track, move forward in their lives and reconnect with their confidence and joy. She loves working with folks in the non-profit world who are feeling burned out or like they “should” love their work since it’s meaningful but are not being enlivened by it.

    Psychosynthesis has been called a psychology of hope and the Self. It incorporates not only the mind, but the emotional, physical and spiritual aspects of ourselves.

    Contact Ruth for a Free Consultation Below

  • Whole Woman Practitioner

    Have you experienced...
    - Bladder leaks when you sneeze, laugh, etc.
    - Constant urges to pee
    - Heaviness or bulging around your vagina
    - Vaginal birth
    - Being told you have pelvic organ prolapse
    - Or would like to learn about preventing problems?

    Ruth can help!

    Scroll down for a list of classes

    and registration links

  • Public Health Consultant/Trainer

    Ruth has 30 years of experience in the field working as a community and coalition organizer, educator and trainer. She is an agency trainer for Strengthening Families 10-14 and is the lead trainer at Social Harmony Institute (a social-emotional competency program for k-12 schools). She co-designed a Mother-Daughter Series that Covid shut down but they hope to revive soon.

    Contact Ruth for a Free Consultation Below

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Not sure what you need?  

Start with a Free Consult

Ruth offers a short, free consultation to hear about your situation, how she can help, and if this is a good fit (and help with a referral if she's not!)

Contact her by phone or email today to set up an initial conversation.

Phone: 413-374-2645
Email: ruthevercoaching@gmail.com

Register for Whole Woman Classes and Workshops

  • Ethan Robertson

    Empowered Approach to Pelvic Health Workshop

    This is the 3.5 hour "foundations" workshop that combines the Whole Woman® work with Feldenkrais' Awareness Through Movement® lessons. Ruth has partnered with a Guild certified Feldenkrais teacher because she finds the approaches work beautifully together. Feldenkrais is about creating ease of movement and body awareness, so that the Whole Woman posture and teachings can be more deeply grounded and experienced in our bodies.

    Included in the price is a 25-minute private session with both teachers that happens within about 3 days of the workshop. Total cost range: $175-200.

    Next Workshop: Sunday June 9, 2024 12:00-3:30 pm ET (NY time zone)

    Note: registration page is on the Feldenkrais teacher's website.

    Register

  • Pelvic Health Ongoing Class Series

    This 3 or 4-week class series is for folks already familiar with the Whole Woman work (either through working with Ruth, other WW practitioners or Christine Kent). Could you use a refresher or extra support? Do you want to review posture and exercises, and also appreciate the mini Awareness Through Movement lessons each week? If you’ve ever struggled to create better habits or health, this group class will be fun and supportive!

    Cost range for 3-4 classes: $51-80 ($22 to drop in, discounts for early bird sign up)

    NEXT SERIES: We are currently offering a month to month subscription that gives you access to 4 classes (recorded over the past year) for 30 days for only $25. Email Fritha directly to request this at: frithap@earthlink.net

    Request 4-class recording

  • Inner Garden Series

    The Inner Garden Series is offered seasonally 4 x a year with co-leader Ivette Lenard, who brings her experience with biography work, Qi Gong and authentic movement to this spiritual and creative series.

    This series tunes into the pelvic inner landscape using guided visualization, biography work & time for connection. You will find this micro retreat nourishing and rejuvenating!

    Reach out to me if you are interested in this series; we are currently taking a break from this offering.

    Inquire

  • Empowered Approach to Bladder Health

    This online class focuses on the bladder and will incorporate practical Whole Woman work with Psychosynthesis approaches and other effective techniques to tune in to our inner wisdom, along with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT or tapping) for emotional release. We are whole beings, and our bladders and brains are connected with sensitive nerves, so our emotions affect our bodies and vice-versa!

    Our last series was Wednesdays January 3, 10, 17, 2024 from 5:00-6:30 pm ET. The next series will be offered later this year, dates TBD. Cost: $140 or early bird discount of $125 if registered up to one week before. Let us know if you are interested in this series and we will let you know when it’s offered again.

    More Info & Register

  • Whole Woman Private Sessions

    If the classes and workshops don't work for you, I offer a limited number of private sessions. Rate is $75--$125/hour.

About Ruth

Ruth is a public health practitioner with over 30 years of experience as an educator and prevention specialist.

As a certified Whole Woman® practitioner, Ruth uses natural, research-based, non-invasive techniques to address pelvic discomfort and bladder issues. She is committed to helping women better understand and then shift how their pelvic organs are supported through solid explanations, posture, breathing, exercises and emotional support.

As a Psychosynthesis trained and certified life coach, Ruth brings her passion to those who feel temporarily stuck (in a job, career, their lives, relationships, spiritually, etc) to be a cheerleader, accountability partner and deep listener to help you move your life forward towards your best self. She loves combining her grounded and practical sense with intuitive and spiritually engaged work.

Psychosynthesis is a modality that is wonderfully holistic and works on multiple levels (we might do guided visualizations, talk to your inner voices, create ideal models, move and listen to the body, tune in to your guides or intuition, make lists, and much more). Our coaching sessions are forward looking, and positively focused.

Life Coaching Testimonial

  • I appreciate the reframing that happens in every session and feel that our time together is always valuable and well spent. One may think that they know where they are going, but Ruth's insight, deep knowledge, patience and skills take you somewhere else, more meaningful, more thoughtful and with more lasting change than you could have anticipated. The results are real and life changing. I am so grateful to have found Ruth during these life transitions. —R.T.

Inner Garden Series Testimonial

  • Thank you so much for creating and hosting this workshop! I really enjoyed our time together, and it is so magical to gather with women from all over the country and at different places in our lives! I have to tell you, I have experienced a profound shift in my consciousness and sense of self since the workshop. I noticed that I am much more aware of my "self", more aware of the importance of taking care of my garden of "self", and more willing to take the time to do the things I need to do to show self-love. I am honored and privileged to have been a part of the group, and I very much am looking forward to the next one!

Whole Woman Testimonials

  • This [Empowered Approach] workshop was truly lifechanging! In just the first session I already felt so much more empowered and knowledgeable about the function of the pelvic "wall". I was genuinely relieved and freed by the concept of "no more Kegels"! Every woman should give this program a go, regardless of their age or condition. I feel like I took back agency over my own body. Thank you, Ruth and Fritha! —Chrish K

  • Your work is ground breaking for me. The combo of the Feldenkrais Method and Whole Woman principles is powerful, accessible and transforming. —Connie Forneris

  • I thoroughly enjoyed & highly recommend this wonderful Whole Woman workshop offering transformational Feldenkrais lessons & a wealth of information, suggestions, exercises for maintaining pelvic health & a wonderfully enriching private session with Fritha & Ruth on the following day. I’m grateful to have taken this wonderful workshop! Thank you! —Diana

  • This workshop was really life changing for me. I learned so much about my pelvis and its natural position. Once I understood the posture and started using it, I felt years of old emotions and restraints falling away. I feel this workshop opened a door for me to the next chapter of my healing and growth. —Lauri S.

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FAQs

  • This has been called a psychology of hope and a psychology of the Self. It incorporates not only the mental aspects of ourselves, but the emotional, physical and spiritual.

    Psychosynthesis concepts include:

    The idea of being able to step outside our stuck places and see other perspectives to be able to make choices based on our present desires (not some old patterns, or the “shoulds”); the idea that to move towards our choices we need to direct our will and our awareness towards the desired action; and the idea that we have not just an unconscious (that might have inner voices that can misdirect us) but also a higher self that can give us a picture of our highest values and desires and a superconscious that we access in those moments of deep connection, concentration or creativity. This is where the ‘magic’ often happens.