The Sacred Practice of Closing the Bones
Closing the bones is an ancient sacred practice often performed in Moroccan and Mexican culture during the 4th trimester (postpartum period). It is traditionally believed that mothers retrieve their child's soul during birth and this ceremony returns the mother spirit to her. Many women find that when they have given birth they feel ‘broken open’. The body, mind and spirit open and let go from a deep place to bring a new soul into the world. This ceremony creates a space to adjust and rebirth into this new transition period and energetically return into alignment. It provides a space for the mother to be mothered, to be honored and reminder of her sacred essence and celebrate her journey into motherhood. This process energetically brings warmth and healing into the mother that translates to loving the mother.
This practice is used to provide a sense of coming home to the new mother. However, this practice can signify celestial alignment and a coming home to those who are in need of overcoming the grief of what was and ready to surrender to a rebirth.
Schedule to begin your rebirth
' There is no old you to get back to.
There's only a new you to create and nurture.
Dare to shed your skin so many times that graveyards will be full of all the people you used to be ' Dr. Soul
Benefits & Perfect Timing
This sacred ceremony can be used for those experiencing a rebirth, especially anytime during postpartum (even 30 years later!), after a miscarriage, abortion, hysterectomy and recovering from a traumatic event. This ancient practice has physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits for all participants.
Due to the hips being a storage unit for unresolved emotions and trauma regardless of gender this practice releases the stored energy and releases the defense mechanism/ stress of the vagal nerve. When these energies remain stagnant it can create dis-ease within the body. This can be felt as body aches, depressive emotions, inability to orgasm or create, and increase risk of postpartum depression.
Furthermore, closing of the bones guides your bones back into place, assist in organ shifts, uterus shrinking, and stimulates blood flow for healing. Throughout pregnancy your hips become wider to accommodate the baby and during labor. When your hips are unable to return to a new normal width this can cause pelvic instability that can show up as pain in lower back, hips, buttocks or achy feeling's when walking.
Emotional Benefits
~ Sacred Space to process feelings + thoughts ~ Promotes emotional healing + strength
~ Opportunity for closure of Birth Story or Traumatic events
~ Promotes connection with your new body & mental awareness building confidence
~ Provides space to release emotions associated with birth, or new identity
Physical Benefits
~ Realigns the Bones + Muscles ~Assists with shifting the pelvic organs ~Helps uterus shrink back into place
~ Stimulates blood flow activating healing ~Adjustment of the pelvis aids in milk production
~ Guides the Bones back into place ~ Helps body get out of survival mode
Dr. Soul's Closing Process
This ceremony takes place 2-3 hours in the comfort of your home. You will be able to process, meditate, and release anything that is needed from your previous chapter coming into your new chapter. Often mothers use this time to process their pregnancy and birthing experience. Other times woman use this sacred time to address and release womb trauma. However, this experience is not only subjected to women, men carry a lot of trauma that needs to be energetically released as well. Below I describe what this ceremony looks like, any areas that you are not comfortable with can be taken away. I am only here to cater to your needs.
$333 with payment plans available
Creation of Sacred Sanctuary
The area of ceremony is cleansed and blessed as we open the circle for the sacred exchange. Once the environment is set up, we have a heart to heart identifying your intentions for the ceremony. Followed by a guided meditation to revisit the door we are closing.
Yoni Steam
Next, we do a 20 minute yoni (vagina) steam bath. This steam bath provides a lot of healing aliments to the vagina in addition to stimulating healing and warmth into the body revitalizing your yoni. During this time you will be able to reflect on anything that may arise.
Bless Herbal Bath
Directly following the yoni steam, you are placed in a bath with warming herbs and bathed after settling in.
The bath is a modification of traditional Mexican Temazcal or what is known as a ‘Sweat Lodge’ by the Northern Native Peoples.
The Temazcal represents the womb: where you are warm, protected, and nourished, and when you leave the womb you are born – or in this case, reborn. This often feels like you are reverting back into a baby & provides a sense of softening you never knew you needed.
Sacred Touch
Next, you will receive reiki in the form of a full body massage, rebozo hip massage, & womb massage. This sacred touch has the intent of providing energetic clearing and blessing as you become swaddled during the closing bones process.
Ceremonial Closing
Lastly, we will conclude by engaging in automatic journaling, enjoying herbal tea and light snacks, followed by a conversation to reflect on and discuss your experience. Then you will be sent to bed or a nap as I clean and close out the sacred circle.
Schedule to Begin your Rebirth
Closing Bones Postpartum Experience
This is for mothers who are recently in their 4th trimester and may still be experiencing shedding. This is extremely beneficial as you body is still adjusting to the absence of your baby.
The Postpartum Experience includes the sacred place, heart to heart tea time, closing bones cleansing and blessing, and ceremonial closing.
You may want to have this experience multiple times throughout early postpartum as it is traditionally done weekly the first month after birth. Feel free to email Dr. Soul with any questions or book in the link above.
$111 with package options available
Things to consider before scheduling:
~ You can book the entire ceremony at anytime after you have stopped bleeding during your 4th trimester
~ You can schedule the closing bones piece of the ceremony multiple times during postpartum to help your body heal as early as the FIRST week after birth, speak to Dr. Soul to see what deal you can obtain
~ Scheduling the last week of your first 40 days postpartum is recommended to truly celebrate the rites of passage experienced
~ Unfortunately, I do not have a assistant in this moment in time therefore no kids or babies should be present during ceremony or at minimum in a place where they will not interrupt the ceremony.
