Our Unique Approach
We understand that health is intrinsically linked to feeling secure, connected, and supported. Our cooperative model ensures financial stability for our practitioners, allowing them to focus wholeheartedly on what they do best - guiding clients through their comprehensive wellness journey by offering a wide range of services provided by skilled practitioners across a range of modalities.
The Cooperative Difference
What truly sets us apart is our commitment to creating a supportive ecosystem where everyone thrives. Our clients benefit from practitioners who are fully present and invested in their well-being, free from financial stress. This translates to higher quality care and a more profound healing experience across a variety of wellness disciplines. Our practitioners are co-owners of Watershed Wellness, and together enjoy financial security and a sense of belonging, empowering them to deliver their best work.
Their expertise and passion for wellness become the cornerstone of our community's health.
As a worker & member owned cooperative, collective decision making and democratic economics are at the heart of Watershed Wellness Collective. In accordance with these principles, we have outlined a cooperative structure that provides ownership at different membership levels:
Board Members
Leads and manages the collective as a whole. Board members structure and facilitate surplus distribution and collective voting as well as serve the organization according to their specific role.
Works directly with clients or manages some aspect of the collective as directed by the board. In addition to receiving the worker portion of the surplus, worker members are eligible for collective voting.
Worker Members
Lender Members
Provides access to financial resources for establishing and growing the collective via a loan to the business. Lending members receive surplus distributions through the lending portion and are eligible for collective voting for the duration of their loan term in addition to receiving repayment of their principal.
Enjoys access to our treatments and spa services while also being eligible for collective voting, discounts, and special offers.