18/10/2026
Becoming a mother was an initiation that left me raw, vulnerable and grieving.🥀
Grieving the postpartum I thought I’d have.
Grieving the fun and free maiden I used to be.
Grieving for the girl who abandoned herself to preserve her relationships.
Grieving the old forms of my relationships.
And yet there was no space for this grief. Drowning in guilt for having any negative emotion whilst I held my beautiful baby girl in my arms.
And then I saw women being held, rocked and wrapped in cloth. Women being honoured for the descent that motherhood is. I knew instinctively this was what my soul was yearning to receive.
It was a remembering deep in my bones.
I received the Closing Ceremony (aka closing of the bones) for the first time last week on the ancient lands of Cornwall. As soon as the sacred rebozos touched my skin, the healing I had been trying to do alone happened instantaneously.
The parts of myself that were scattered and fragmented were knitted and woven back together. I became integrated and felt a tremendous sense of closure on a chapter that cracked me open but made me the woman I am today.
I then became an apprentice to the wonderful Amy Rose and was taught how to offer this deeply needed ceremony to the women of my community.
This ceremony is for any woman who has gone through a major transition in their lives and is yearning to be witnessed, held and integrated as she closes a chapter and crosses the threshold.
Get in touch to find out more 🙏🏼🌹
