The Closing of the Bones Ceremony is an ancient postpartum ritual, also used in any other transition one goes through in life.

To birth you must expand on all levels! This ceremony is to honour and make sense of the shift and aid in bringing balance & healing, to return you back to the body.

Here is the flow of proceedings:

* We arrive & ground together

* We listen & share in your birth story, POSTPARTUM JOURNEY, OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD AND HELD.

* PERFORM THE WRAPPING/HOLDING CEREMONY.

*TIME TO SLOWLY INTEGRATE WITH A WARM CUP OF TEA.

THE WRAPPING IS DONE WITH TRADITIONAL WOVEN CLOTHS FROM MEXICO CALLED A REBOZO, THESE HAVE BEEN GIFTED TO US BY OUR TEACHER RACHELLE GARCIA SELIGA. WE WRAP THE BODY TO CREATE A COMFORTING HOLD, THEN A RELEASE. THIS PHYsically EASES THE PELVIC BONES BACK INTO ALIGNMENT AND PROTECTS THE BODY FROM POTENTIAL FUTURE ALIMENTS IF LEFT in the locked OPEN birthing position, or not tended to.

Mentally, EMOTIONALLY & SPIRITUALLY IT IS A MOMENT IN TIME TO HELP INTEGRATE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND COME BACK TO YOURSELF. A FEELING THAT WE OFTEN YEARN FOR AFTER A BIG CHANGE OR WHAT HAS BEEN MISSING YEARS AFTER A TRANSITION HAS OCCURRED.

THIS CEREMONY CAN BE HELD PRIVATELY FOR JUST YOU AND / OR YOUR CLOSE WHĀNAU, OR YOU CAN CREATE AN EVENT TO INCLUDE YOUR WIDER CIRCLE.

WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOUR NEEDS.

THE EXCHANGE FOR THIS 2 HOUR APPOINTMENT IS $280 or check out our ‘care package’ deals below..

PLEASE NOTE: TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE WAIRARAPA ARE ADDITIONAL.

PLANNING FOR THE FOURTH TRIMESTER IS A DEDICATED 2-HOUR APPOINTMENT FOCUSED ON MOTHER-CENTERED POSTPARTUM CARE. THIS SESSION is for pregnant women & whānau in preparation for the time after birth. We ADDRESS THE PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS OF WOMEN at this time, WHILE ALSO CONSIDERING THE UNIQUE DYNAMICS OF YOUR FAMILY.

WE BEGIN WITH AN INFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL PIECE & DISCUSSION ON THE 5 PILLARS OF POSTPARTUM CARE. FROM THIS FOUNDATION OF WISDOM, YOU'LL COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP A PERSONALISED CARE PLAN TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR A THRIVING POSTPARTUM TIME.

Mothers!…this is not yet another emotional load to take on on your own…this is best done in community with those who will be your village at this special time. May we all ‘remember’ this knowledge so that we can pass it down, creating a field of resonance for each baby to be born into to. Your postpartum time can be a way to empower communities, through witnessing you heal while acknowledging your important role as Mother. How you land in this juncture very much orients, informs and supports you in your parenting going forward.

It IS A TRANSFORMATIVE TIME FOR MOTHER, BABY & WHĀNAU AND WHEN WE TEND TO THIS PART WELL, YOU HAVE THE GREAT POTENTIAL TO HEAL YOURSELF AND the generations either side of you.

WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOUR NEEDS.

*This appointment can be done on zoom!

THE EXCHANGE FOR THIS 2 HOUR APPOINTMENT IS $280 or check out our ‘care package’ deals below..

PLEASE NOTE: TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE WAIRARAPA ARE ADDITIONAL.

This 2 hour appointment is just for you. ‘Call in a village member’.

We are living in these modern times when we often feel isolated, or maybe your family of origin isn’t near? Whatever it is for you, call it in.

During this appointment, based on your needs, these healing practices are on offer:

*Tea ceremony and a compassionate listening ear

*Vaginal Yoni steaming

*Moxa session (mugwort healing herb for the womb space)

*Scar tissue remediation (this is recommended for cesarean scar healing or vaginal tears & grazing)

Enquire, and let’s start the discussion with a free 15 minute consultation.

This can also be a beautiful companion piece check in / follow up to the closing of the Bones Ceremony, or included as part of your planned postpartum time.

THE EXCHANGE FOR THIS 2 HOUR APPOINTMENT IS $280 or check out our ‘care package’ deals below..

PLEASE NOTE: TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE WAIRARAPA ARE ADDITIONAL.

This Mother’s circle happens every fortnight on a Monday (2nd & 4th of every week). It is for all postpartum mothers, no matter the age of your children. You could be freshly postpartum or have older children and felt you are still needing repair, perhaps your postpartum time was not how you wanted or expected.

Join us for these regular sessions where we tend to:

* Nervous system regulation / breath

*Self care

*Sharing & community building

*Postpartum wisdom & support

*Repair

*Special guest speakers

Babies, of course, are welcome!

This ‘retreat’ like session tours the Wairarapa- Featherston, Carterton, Masterton and back around again. Check out the schedule / venue in the ‘Bookclass’ tab at the top of the page.

Welcome! Bookings are not essential, you can just drop in.

If you’d like to pay online use the ‘BOOK’ button below. 5 & 10 session package deals available at the link.

$20

“All life wants to be honoured. This is a natural urge. It also points us toward the fact that we are designed to live in community. The way that each part of nature effects the whole. As Mothers, we are birthing the next generation. How are we birthing and living in community at this time?

The shift our lives takes to grow and birth new life is dramatic. When we allow this birth to transform us we also give birth to us as the Mother. After a transition in life, we come back to our people in a new role with new responsibilities along with the evolving wisdom that all of this brings forth. When this shift into Motherhood is honoured, the whole community benefits!

Is this what we are currently experiencing and seeing? It is sometimes easy to feel like there is something wrong with US if we are not coping, feeling like we are only just surviving rather than thriving in our selves, and in our whānau. That is a grief in itself as we realise we have somehow gone off course from our original design and /or intention.

Usually a ‘rite of passage’ such as birth, or any other difficult growth period in life, no matter how the experience was, you come back a different person. What makes a huge difference is if you have a welcoming committee, a community to acknowledge, witness and accurately reflect back to you, the experience you have had. Without this social recognition, it can be so disorientating and very hard to fit back in to life. I have certainly experienced this before, when I have had a life altering experience and then I’m suddenly put back into ‘business as usual’, something always feels very a-miss. Then there is an adaptation that follows, to try and squash myself back in somehow but that usually results in parts of me leaking out or breaking at the seams. I have a feeling this is what many mothers and whānau are currently feeling.

If change is a natural part of life, we need to be able to move through these changes in a way that upholds our mana, power, beauty and dignity. To feel exalted! That is my wish and prayer for Māmā and whānau. It is the way we would want our children to feel in their lives. This is the ‘why’ for my devotion to this mahi. Mauri ora!”

Here is the link to Kate’s practitioner profile:

https://postpartum-care-directory.innatetraditions.com/practitioner/kate-williams/

“Repair is always possible. I love this statement. Rachelle from Innate traditions spoke this out during our training, and something happened within me. Of course! Of course. For anyone on any type of healing journey, this statement is like a warm hug, or a loving gaze full of acceptance. It is a statement full of hope. Repair is always possible.

My early postpartum time, particularly with my second baby, still brings with it sensations of grief and loss in my body. I can feel and hold that part of myself now, as it arises. I was so overwhelmed, and under supported.

For me, the lived experience of calling in that which i had lost, is what makes me know this statement in its truth. In other words, gifting myself with the things that i was unable to give myself in my early postpartum time, created a rippling repair in my family unit. I engaged in birth integration meditation, and felt the shift in my relationship with my child from that birth. I ate warm nutrient dense food, and my body came back into wellness after postpartum depletion. I allowed myself to feel my grief and loss in the presence of a loving listener, over and over, and my body let go of so much pain and tension. All of these things and more contributed to me experiencing a deep sense of repair and healing.

I deeply believe in postpartum care as part of well-woman care, AND i know that even if we didn’t receive it at the start of our mothering journey, it can still gift us with so many blessings at any stage in our postpartum - as we acknowledge that postpartum is for life.”

Here is the link to Lily’s practitioner profile:

https://postpartum-care-directory.innatetraditions.com/practitioner/lily-tanner/