CEREMONIES & HEALING


"A healer does not heal you. A healer is someone who holds the space for you while you awaken your inner healer, so that you may heal yourself" - Maryam Hasnaa


 
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Honouring femininity. 

Honouring our bodies. 

Honouring our souls.

  • Mother Blessing

    The Mother Blessing is a beautiful alternative to the Baby Shower as an opportunity to honour the mother to be and create the Circle of supportive and loving energy around her as she welcomes her new baby into the world.

    Inspired by the ancient Navajo ceremony known as a Blessing Way, we will gather the key women in your life to come together in Circle and create a space in which you will be held, nourished and nurtured as you transition into motherhood.

    The ceremony itself can take place almost anywhere. It could be the home of the birthing mother, or that of a friend or daily member. It can also be really lovely to have this ceremony outside too!

    I typically like to include space for the women of your Circle to share a blessing, poem or words of wisdom with you and to have a bead for you to thread onto a bracelet or necklace for you to wear to be reminded of the women around you. We will also all join together with a red thread and after this has been blessed will be cut for each women to wear as a necklace or bracelet to remind us of our connection.

    The investment for this ceremony is £299* (including travel up to 1 hour) and this includes a planning session via video call as well as the actual ceremony itself and materials. A 20% discount is applied to those I am also birthkeeping for.

    *additional fee may apply if you are more than 1 hour away from me.

  • Sacred Wrapping

    During pregnancy our energy field expands and opens for us to be able to bring a new soul into this world. After the birth it is important to reseal our energy fields again. Sometimes known as Closing the Bones this Sacred Wrapping ceremony is a wonderful postnatal ceremony that not only reseals our energy, but also honours the mother’s mind, body and spirit too.

    This is a ritual that is a wonderful way of regathering the women of your Circle from your Mother Blessing after your baby is born so they may hold you and honour your journey, or I am able to offer this as a private one to one session. Though this is considered a postnatal ceremony, I have also honoured women through this ceremony many years after they have had their babies and they have all found it to be incredibly healing. Particularly after a difficult birth.

    The investment for this ceremony is £222* (including travel up to 1 hour) and this includes a planning session via video call as well as the actual ceremony itself. A 20% discount is also applied to those I am also birthkeeping for.

    *additional fee may apply if you are more than 1 hour away from me.

  • Reiki

    I love being able to offer Reiki to women (and their babies too). It’s a wonderfully cleansing energy that is so gentle it can even be given during pregnancy and also to newborn babies too - I’ve found babies absolutely love it.

    Reiki means Universal Life Energy, and it is through transferring this energy to you that I am able to clear energetic blockages so that the energy may flow more freely through you activating your own natural healing processes to restore physical and emotional wellbeing.

    Women come to me for Reiki to seek a feeling of balance. Issues that can be addressed through Reiki include stress and anxiety, fatigue, insomnia, burnout, sadness, grief.

    During pregnancy Reiki can be really useful to those experiencing the same symptoms and also feeling the effects of morning sickness. It can also be used to help balance the body towards the end of pregnancy to facilitate a smooth transition into birth. To be clear this isn’t about inducing labour, this is about ensuring there is energetic balance within the body so labour can commence if both mother and baby are ready.

    Following the birth Reiki can promote a sense of calm for both mum and baby. For mums the body is recovering and integrating following birth and Reiki can support this process. For babies they are adjusting to life outside the womb and Reiki can help to sooth and calm a fractious baby.

    Reiki sessions are available in my healing space in Stokenchurch and your investment is £70 for the hour.

  • Birth Trauma Healing

    Sometimes our birth experiences can leave us with difficult feelings around what happened. This can happen even where on paper it seems as though we had the perfect birth, yet for some reason you may still be finding yourself with difficult feelings around the birth.

    When it comes to healing from your experience there is no one size fits all. I know because I have been there. We will start with an exploration call to discuss what may be the right path for you. For many we will start with a birth story session. This is where I hold space for you to tell your story of your birth and also as you fully explore your feelings around this. However this isn’t suitable for everyone, and it may be that I guide you through a technique, known as 3 Step Rewind, in which you don’t have to share your story or experience with me. There may also be the integration of some Shamanic Healing or Sacred Wrapping too.

    What is important to me in these sessions is that you are feeling your own sense of power. My role is to hold you and guide you as you activate your own inner healing. My role isn’t to rescue you, but I will hold you as you heal.

    For these sessions your investment is £130 per two hour session.

    In terms of timing there is no pressure to proceed at a set pace. I would recommend no more than one session per week, but we can go as slow as you need to.

    The best starting point is an Exploration Call so we may discuss how I may be able to support you and you can get a feel for if I am the right person for you to work with.