The Mother Blessing

This is a special gathering that is a different spin on a baby shower. Rather than a focus on the collection of things, this is an opportunity to gather invaluable support, wisdom, guidance and blessings from your friendship circle and family as you transition into motherhood and prepare for birth. Most often a gathering of women, a mother blessing will shine love, nurturing, delicious food and sacred ritual on the mother to be. 

In my experience, the mother blessing has increased my confidence for birth and revealed to me my true power, reflected by the circle of wise women that gathered around me. The processes I was going through in pregnancy were finally solidified and blessed on that day.

There are many different ways to hold a mother blessing. During a consultation we will design your ceremony based on your needs and wishes. I will offer a variety of rituals and formats for you to choose from but some include singing of sacred songs, belly painting, foot bath, massage, the creation of a birth necklace. 

I will facilitate and organise the Mother Blessing for you. This is also a potent opportunity to convene with your support circle that can care for you after birth. I will talk about the importance of community care for mothers and share ways that your friends can contribute to a wholesome and restful postpartum. 

Closing Ceremony

Facilitated at the final visit at the end of the fourth trimester.

Part of the intention is to close the birth portal and energy, after opening so wide on every level to bring your baby earthside. A ritual that supports you to be fully embodied on this earth and ready to step into the next chapter as your transformed self. It's also a way to close the birth space. Taking place in the very spot you laboured  and birthed feels potent and gives a sense of completion. 

This typically looks like wrapping your body from head to toe in woven cloths. The cloths encourage the closing of the physical structure and the energetic body. 

The other intention of this ceremony is to honor you for everything you have been through to become mother. Not only the birth process but also the fourth trimester which is such an intensive time of learning. This honouring is crucial because this is how we restore value to this initiation, which most of the time goes amiss in modern society. 

This is a space to naturally reflected on this time that we have shared together through pregnancy, birth and postpartum. 

Ritual and ceremony comes in many forms. It is an important aspect to true birth care, supporting the mother to come out of the other side feeling whole, integrated, seen and loved.