About This Ceremony: A Space to Heal and Renew
A modern ceremony inspired by the traditional Closing the Bones rituals found in cultures across the world — adapted to hold two of the body's most important closings.
In every culture that has thought carefully about women's lives, certain moments have been recognised as deserving of ceremony — not metaphor, not symbolism, but actual ritual held in the body, with other women, in time set apart from ordinary life. The closing of the bones is one of these. It marks what the body has been through. It releases what is ready to be released. It draws the woman back to herself.
I offer this ceremony in two forms.
For the Modern Mother
A ceremony for women in the months and years after birth.
The time after birth, at any stage, is a profound opening — physically, emotionally, and spiritually. So often, we are expected to simply "bounce back," leaving the deep, lingering echoes of our birth experiences and the transition into motherhood unprocessed. You may feel scattered, overwhelmed, disconnected from your body, or carry a sense of trauma or disappointment about your story. You are not alone, and your feelings are valid.
This 3.5-hour workshop is a modern ceremony inspired by the traditional Closing the Bones rituals practised across cultures for centuries. It is not about forgetting, but about integrating. It is not about fixing, but about honouring.
Held in a safe, intimate circle of no more than seven women, you will be gently guided through:
Grounding and breathwork — to arrive in your body
Guided movement and womb meditation — to open, soften, and make space
Birth story rituals — journalling, rewriting, and symbolic release
Intuitive artmaking with paint — free flow, calling your intentions forward
Herbal oil massage and rebozo wrapping — received in stillness and care
Sound healing and vocal breathwork — a ceremony for clearing, expression, and renewal
Witnessing and singing — where we honour each woman's presence and power
You will leave feeling more centred, grounded, and whole — and you will take your rebozo home with you, a gift, a reminder of your strength and your transformation.
This is a space to be held. To release what is heavy. To reconnect with the soul of your motherhood. To remember that you, too, were born.
For the Woman in Transition
A ceremony for women closing a chapter — perimenopause, menopause, grief, or any threshold the body is asking to cross.
There are passages in a woman's life that pass without ceremony — and the body keeps the count. The closing of the reproductive years. The grief of a loss. The end of a long caregiving season. A version of yourself you have outgrown. A relationship, a home, an identity quietly laid down. You may feel disorientated, unmoored, in mourning for someone you cannot quite name. You may feel a strange in-between-ness — no longer who you were, not yet who you are becoming. You are not alone, and what you feel is real.
This 3.5-hour workshop is a modern ceremony inspired by the traditional Closing the Bones rituals practised across cultures for centuries. It is not about forgetting, but about integrating. It is not about fixing, but about honouring.
Held in a safe, intimate circle of no more than seven women, you will be gently guided through:
Grounding and breathwork — to arrive in your body
Guided movement and womb meditation — to open, soften, and make space
Birth story rituals — journalling, rewriting, and symbolic release
Intuitive artmaking with paint — free flow, calling your intentions forward
Herbal oil massage and rebozo wrapping — received in stillness and care
Sound healing and vocal breathwork — a ceremony for clearing, expression, and renewal
Witnessing and singing — where we honour each woman's presence and power
You will leave feeling more centred, grounded, and whole — and you will take your rebozo home with you, a gift, a reminder of your strength and your transformation.
This is a space to be held. To release what is heavy. To reconnect with the soul of your motherhood. To remember that you, too, were born.
