Sacred Postpartum Ceremonies
Closing The Bones
Postpartum rite-of-passage ceremonies invoke the ceremonial closure of your pelvic bones, and help you bring your sacred energy back to yourself where it is most needed.
Cross-Cultural Threads
Postpartum ceremonies have existed across various cultures for thousands of years to hold sacred, ceremonial space for new mothers within circles of women to honor this important life transition.
Several cultures that honor this rite of passage tradition include Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Ancestral European traditions (Le Soin Des Matrons), and Morocco.
This cross-cultural thread points to the perennial truth of the sacredness of mothers, especially during the postpartum period, and women's need for reverence, acknowledgement, and closure to holistically facilitate and honor this transition.
Inward
Pregnancy is a time in which a woman's energy expands outward physically, psycho-emotionally, and spiritually in relation to baby, partner, and community. After birth, the postpartum period is a natural and necessary time for bringing the mother's energy back inward to herself so that she can be physically and energetically grounded, nourished, and contained as she nourishes her baby.
This Rite of Passage Ceremony Includes
Warming Modalities and Wrapping/Closing of the Hips to Encourage:
Connection Self-to-Self
encouraging the mother to come back to
her somatic sense of awareness
Closing of The Pelvic Bones
(particularly the pubic symphysis and sacroiliac joints)
Helping the Connective Tissues and Abdominal Muscles
to come into closer proximity at the linea alba (the connective tissue line that separates the left and right rectus abdominis muscle)
For bereaved mothers or mothers who are struggling in the postpartum period, this can be an experience of deep healing.
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