The Flow of the Ceremony
We begin by creating an altar, a sacred space to honor your journey. Together, we name your intentions, speak what is ready to be witnessed, and call in support for the passage you are stepping into.
When you are ready, your body is tended to with a slow, nourishing, and warming massage. The strokes are gentle and grounding, easing tension, restoring warmth to the tissues, and reminding your body that it is safe to soften. This is touch that listens, touch that affirms, touch that calls you back into yourself.
After the massage, I prepare a warm herbal bath. I use plants and flowers that have soothing and restorative properties. As you sink in, the warmth holds you, the herbs cleanse and tone, and the water carries away what no longer needs to be held. It is often here, in this cocoon of water, that mothers feel a profound sense of release.
We then move into stillness. A quiet meditation to integrate, to listen inward, and to gather all parts of yourself into presence.
Finally, your body is wrapped with the Rebozo. This closing is both physical and symbolic. It gathers you, anchors you, and marks the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Many describe it as being swaddled back into themselves.
To complete the circle, we return to the altar and share. There is space for tea, small nourishing snacks, and gentle conversation. A time to laugh, reflect, and let everything settle in before re-entering the world outside.
The Rebozo Closing Ceremony
a sacred rite of return
This ritual comes from the ancestral traditions of Mexico, carried in the hands of women and offered from one woman to another. At its heart is the Rebozo, a long cotton shawl that has been a companion for women throughout their lives. It holds them in pregnancy, supports them in birth, cradles their babies close to their hearts, and later, offers gentle containment and strength to the mother’s body.
The Closing Ceremony is often offered from 6 weeks after birth, as a way of honoring the profound journey into motherhood. It may also be received at any threshold in life, whenever you feel the need to pause, to gather yourself, and to step forward anew.
This ritual is an anchor point. A sacred pause to integrate all that has shaped you, to honor what has been, and to gently close the doors that no longer need to remain open. In that closing, new space is created, so fresh doors may open and you may move forward with clarity and grace.
Why this ritual?
To honor and process the birth you have walked through.
To remember and reclaim the woman within you, as you emerge again after motherhood’s threshold.
To mark the closing of a chapter, and the transition from the inward cocoon of rest back into the outward rhythm of life.
