Empowering women through holistic wellness

An invitation to volunteer as an Akhila Health Facilitator!

Share your expertise. Support women's healing. Help create equitable access to holistic wellness.

An invitation to volunteer as an Akhila Health Facilitator!

Share your expertise. Support women's healing. Help create equitable access to holistic wellness.

Learn more

💜 Why Join Akhila Health →
👥 Who Attends Our Workshops →
🤲 What We Do →
📍 Where We Serve →
📅 When Are Our Workshops →
🤝 How We Engage With Facilitators →
"We especially welcome BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and lived-experience facilitators."
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An invitation to volunteer as an Akhila Health Facilitator!

Share your expertise. Support women's healing. Help create equitable access to holistic wellness.
LERAN MORE...
💜 Why join Akhila Health 
👥 Who attends our workshops
🍃 What we do
📍 Where we serve
🗓️ When are our workshops
🤝 How we engage with facilitators
Apply to volunteer

WHY JOIN AKHILA HEALTH?

Grow and help others grow

Fulfill an inner desire

Answer a calling to be of service. Share your knowledge and skills with women who benefit most from compassionate, healing-centered support.

Create meaningful impact

Help women access holistic wellness tools that support emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing — and witness the difference your presence makes.

Gain experience

Ideal for students, health coaches, wellness trainees, and emerging practitioners seeking meaningful, community-based applied experience.

Grow professionally

Build hands-on facilitation skills in communication, trauma-informed care, and group engagement within a real community setting.

Join a caring team

Collaborate with experienced facilitators, holistic practitioners, educators, and wellness professionals in a supportive, mission-driven community.

WHO ATTENDS OUR WORKSHOPS

Women in the Community

  • In homeless shelters
  • In recovery or transitional housing
  • Cancer patients and survivors
  • Survivors of domestic violence
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WHAT WE DO

Holistic Health and Stress Management Workshops

Akhila Health offers 1 hour workshops that help underserved women reduce stress, build resilience, and develop practical wellness tools that support wellbeing in body, mind, and spirit. Workshops are offered both in-person and virtually, and generally fall into two categories: 70+ educational workshops focused on holistic wellness and stress-management tools, and activity-based workshops centered on movement, creativity, and healing practices.
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS

Tools for body, mind & spirit

Examples of topics may include:
  • Diet, nutrition
  • Breathing techniques
  • Mind management
  • Emotional resilience
  • Meditation, imagery
ACTIVITY-BASED WORKSHOPS

Movement & expressive arts

Examples of topics may include:
  • Yoga
  • Qigong
  • Somatic practices
  • Sound healing
  • Arts and Crafts
WHERE WE SERVE

At partner organizations in the community

We partner with local organizations that provide food, shelter, emotional or educational support to underserved women. Partner organizations include homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters and cancer support organizations. We are primarily in the Bay Area with locations in Denver, CO and exploring partnerships with organizations in other states.
We provide in-person workshops as well as virtual workshops on Zoom.
HOW WE ENGAGE WITH FACILITATORS

Collaborative and supportive

All facilitators receive onboarding and support within Akhila's trauma-informed, integrative wellness model. Our process includes the following steps.
1

Onboard

We get to know each other — your unique background, interests, and experience — so we can find the best fit for you and the women we serve.
2

Shadow workshops

We invite you to observe at least two virtual workshops to gain a feel for our approach and the communities we work with.
3

Train on content

For educational workshops, you'll choose a series that resonates with your background and receive training from its author. You're also welcome to develop original content.
4

Flexible commitment

Flexible days, evenings, weekdays, or weekends. Facilitators typically lead 1–4 sessions per month based on need and availability — our team handles all coordination

What our facilitators say

"When someone learns something new, or transformational to their own health through Akhila workshops this is the most empowering for me. I love teaching and find that the women who show up are really looking for something different or unique that they can learn and integrate into their own wellness practices."

Courtney Marchesani, MS

"Through Akhila Health, I am able to connect with various women of different backgrounds and stories. I am inspired by how passionate they are and how kind they are to each other. I aspire to empower them to believe in themselves every day and realize their amazing capabilities."

Kristen Tamsil

JOIN US!

Your presence can make a difference

We hope you join the team. Your knowledge, compassion, and presence can help create healthier, more supported communities for women who deserve access to care and connection.
Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or a passionate learner, your intention and skills can make a difference — and we'll support you every step of the way. Join us in making holistic wellness more accessible for all
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Have questions? Contact us at support@akhilahealth.org

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