The Closing Ritual is way to create a moment of stillness, to honour & reflect her completion of pregnancy, her transition into motherhood & to bring her awareness back into her goddess self. It is a way to support the woman’s healing, to both her body & her mind, 

by nourishing & nurturing all aspects of her journey she wishes close. 

 

Women experiencing all life paths are welcomed & held within this space. A closing may be giving to celebrate her maiden era or her transition into our crone. To heal her womb space, after early birth, miscarriage or abortion, after her birth even many years post.  

 

Closing the Bones is traditionally known as an ancient Mexican Postnatal practice; however, similar rituals & ceremonies have been practiced & taught through traditional birthing attendance across many cultures, across many decades. I hold the deep privilege to have learnt these traditional wisdoms of the Rebozo & the beautifully powerful closing ceremony from world renowned traditional Mexican Midwife, 

Naoli Vinaver. 

I acknowledge the great lineage of Naoli, her wisdoms & teaching. I hold great respect & gratitude for the teachers, Elders & communities of women who have held space for this healing practice.

 

During pregnancy, her hips are widening, opening, housing her growing babe & preparing for their birth. During birth, her whole being is opening & releasing, birthing this new soul, & as life changing as birth is, it can often leave the mother feeling exposed & broken open. 

During the Closing the Bones ritual, we create a safe space to acknowledges her body’s transformation & call her spirit back into her body, guiding her bones back into their place, encouraging her womb space to shift, her hips to close, her uterus to shrink back & to stimulate her blood flow. 

 

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The Closing the bones ceremony that I hold space for, 

generally up to 3 hours & is offered within your home.

It can be offered past 10days postpartum or 40days after Caesarean or highly invasive birth but this can be discussed at time of booking. This ceremony is designed to warm, cleanse, clear, release, nurture, ground & honour your rite of passage.

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First we open sacred space & the divine compass, over a beautifully intentional altar. We open & expand our hearts with a ceremonial cacao, then the sharing of your story, your birth story or of the cycle you wish to close. 

Next, your choice of either a herbal foot soak, personalised Yoni Steam or ceremonial bath. Each are beautifully nurturing & hold you where you are at, each can also offer deep insight, healing, cleansing, understanding & self connection. 

We will go through each options at the time of book so you can decide what offering aligns with you. 

I, then, place my mat on the floor & place 7 rebozos over top. You are then invited to lie on your back where I then ground your pelvis & perform a series of rebozo massage & rocking techniques. You are then wrapped in the rebozos, from your head to your toes & covered with a blanket while reiki energy healing is channelled & drumming from my medicine drum .

The unwrapping, this can often ignite a comforting release of emotions, a reminder that you are safe & held within this space. I hold space for you to share your experience, your closure & the opening of your next cycle. Each Closing ritual is uniquely yours & honours your own journey.  

 

 

 

 

 

Warmth is such a vital part of postnatal recovery, I assure that the space & your body are kept warm throughout the Ceremony. It is vital that the mama has space to stay warm inside & at home for at least 1-2days post ceremony.  

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*it is important to have a support person to watch over & tend to baby & children throughout the ceremony, there will be opportunities to breastfeed during. This is to assure mama is fully relaxed & present throughout the Closing to bones ceremony.    

 

The Closing the bones ceremony is also a beautiful & nurturing way to honour periods of transition within all stages & rites of passages. When you book your Closing Ceremony, I create a sacred space that is intimate & bespoke to you & your desires.