Closing of the Bones
There are moments in a woman’s life that deserve to be marked, not rushed past, not quietly endured, but honoured with care.
Closing the Bones is one such ritual. Deeply restorative, profoundly symbolic, and often described as feeling “held” in a way words rarely capture.
Traditionally rooted in cultures across Latin America, particularly within Mexican postpartum care, this ceremony has been practiced by women for generations.
After birth, the body is open, physically, emotionally, energetically. Closing the Bones was created to gently gather a mother back to herself. Over time, this beautiful ritual has expanded beyond postpartum care to support women through many thresholds of life.
At its heart, Closing the Bones is about integration, acknowledging that something significant has happened and allowing space for the body and nervous system to complete the experience.
What happens during a ceremony?
Each session is spacious, unrushed, and tailored to you. We begin with warmth, often using herbal preparations, oils, and remedies from my own home-grown apothecary, alongside gentle bodywork to invite your system to soften. Your body is then wrapped with long woven shawls and held in a sequence of comforting “closures,” from head to feet. Many women describe this as the deepest exhale they’ve taken in years.It is not a massage, it is not a treatment, it is a remembering, a remembering that you do not have to carry everything alone.
When might you seek a Closing the Bones ceremony?
While traditionally offered after birth, this ceremony is powerful for any time life asks you to shed a skin:
• Postpartum, whether weeks, months, or even years after birth• After pregnancy loss
• During grief
• Following relationship endings
• At menopause
• After illness or major life transitions
• Whenever you feel the need to be witnessed and gathered back together
There is no expiry date on care.
How I offer this work
I hold these ceremonies with steadiness, respect, and deep reverence for the stories women carry. There is no performance here, just grounded, compassionate support. You may choose to receive your Closing the Bones ceremony in the comfort and privacy of your own home, allowing you to fully soften in a familiar space. Alternatively, sessions can be held at the beautiful Natural Therapy Centre at The Fold in Bransford, which incurs an additional room rental fee.
Wherever the ceremony takes place, my intention remains the same, that you leave feeling contained, supported, and more fully returned to yourself. Because women are not meant to simply “bounce back,” we are meant to be witnessed as we become.
The ceremony lasts approx 3 hours
Price: £175 (additional £60 cost if using the natural therapy centre)
Book here - upon receipt of your booking i will be in touch to arrange a date.
Birth Storytelling/ Rebirthing
Birth storytelling is a dedicated space for you to share your experience in your own words. To speak it aloud, to be heard without interruption or analysis, and to gently honour everything your body and heart moved through. For many women, this telling is the first layer of healing, helping the pieces of their birth fall into a story that feels held rather than hurried past.
Sometimes birth unfolds in ways we never imagined. Even when a healthy baby is in your arms, your nervous system may still be trying to make sense of what happened. A rebirthing bath offers a quiet, powerful opportunity to revisit those first moments with your baby, this time with softness, calm, and intention.
Rebirthing is a guided bath you share with your baby, designed to recreate the meeting that may have felt rushed, disrupted, or out of reach on the day they were born. It is not about rewriting your story, it is about tending to it, giving your body the chance to exhale and your baby the experience of being welcomed slowly and consciously into your arms.
Many families choose this after a birth that felt difficult or unexpected, perhaps plans changed, interventions were needed, or you were separated from your baby sooner than you hoped. Some mothers simply feel they missed that sacred pause after birth, the moment to gather yourself, look at your baby, and fully arrive together.
Grieving the birth you hoped for is not a sign of ingratitude, it is a deeply human response. Rebirthing creates space for acknowledgement, integration, and often profound healing.
Supporting Feeding and Connection
Beyond the emotional healing, rebirthing can also gently support feeding. Warm water and skin-to-skin contact awaken your baby’s innate newborn reflexes. Many babies instinctively begin the breast crawl, moving toward the breast and latching on in their own time.
This can be especially helpful if breastfeeding has felt challenging, if your baby missed early skin-to-skin, or if feeding has not yet found its rhythm. Whether you are breastfeeding or bottle feeding, the focus remains the same, connection, safety, and attunement.
What to Expect
Your rebirthing can take place in your own bath or a birth pool (i can provide this) Together we create an atmosphere that feels nurturing and unhurried, soft lighting, warmth, calming music if you wish, and gentle aromatherapy.
As part of my approach, I weave in carefully selected herbs and oils from my home-grown apothecary, chosen to soothe the body and settle the nervous system. Everything is thoughtfully prepared so you can focus on simply being present.
We begin slowly, guiding your body toward deep relaxation. You may receive gentle touch such as hand, foot, or facial massage, inviting your shoulders to drop and your breath to lengthen. If you practiced hypnobirthing, we can draw on those familiar scripts, allowing your body to return to a state it already knows.
When you feel ready, you enter the warm water. There is no rush here. You are supported, held, and invited to acknowledge both the birth that was and the one you may still be carrying in your heart.
Your partner, if present, plays a beautiful role, offering reassurance, touch, and steady presence.
At the right moment, your baby is brought to you in the water and placed between your legs, just as they may have been at birth. You reach for them, lift them to your chest, and greet them again, slowly, consciously, uninterrupted.
Then comes the pause.
Skin to skin. Warm water. Breath meeting breath.
You may watch for your baby to move toward the breast, or simply rest together. There is no expectation, only invitation.
After Your Rebirthing
Following the bath, you are encouraged to retreat to bed with your baby, cocooned in warmth. Nourishing food, rest, and uninterrupted time together allow the experience to settle gently through your body.
Rebirthing can be deeply emotional, and sometimes surprisingly tiring, because healing often is. Mothers frequently describe leaving the experience feeling calmer, more connected, and more fully rooted in their motherhood.
Who Is This For?
Rebirthing is for any mother who feels there is a piece of her birth story still asking to be held. You do not need to justify that feeling. If your instinct says, I wish it had been different, that is reason enough.
This offering sits naturally within my postpartum doula care, where emotional wellbeing is tended with the same reverence as physical recovery.
Because it is never too late to reclaim a moment, never too late to soften the beginning, and never too late to be met exactly where you are.
The session lasts approx 3 hours
Price: £175 - book here and i'll contact you to arrange a date