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Closing the Bones

Devotional ceremonies to hold, rock, and honour you, 
for anyone in need of holding


These ceremonies are offered to anyone who is in need of holding, rocking, containment.

Return to oneself and find stillness as you are cocooned and wrapped.
 

I offer Closing the Bones to anyone who is navigating life changes, feeling overwhelmed and in need of deep rest and holding, and for the ones who need to feel the edges of their body. 

some reasons why people choose closing the bones:
- post-partum
- grief
- endings & beginnings

- overwhelm

- identity shifts
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​Each ceremony is 2-3 hours long and includes:​​

  • Intention setting & listening 

  • earth + body connection

  • Abdominal massage and anointing with oils

  • Rocking your body with rebozos/scarves

  • Wrapping your body as you sink into loving holding

  • Energy work/reiki, prayer, and sound

  • Integration time at the end with herbal teas to support

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I completed my Closing the Bones training in March, 2024 with Sophie Messager. Closing the Bones has its lineage in Ecuador, Mexico, and other parts of Central and South America. It is traditional ceremony that supports mothers postpartum on a physical, emotional, and energetic level. The ceremony includes being held, rocked, and wrapped by rebozos (Mexican scarves) to support expectant and birthing women.

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If you're longing to be held, nurtured, and supported, I'd be honoured to hold this space for you...
You can book below, or email me at rootedinreverence@gmail.com

Held, rocked, cradled, swayed, pressed, squeezed, felt, heard. Closing Bones offered me a opportunity to lay an anchor into the heart of my body.

 

Willow was gentle, compassionate, understanding and intelligent in her offering. Her energetic attunements and active listening invited me to lean in and trust, which was so healing and special to receive. She was careful and considerate of my specific needs and preferences, meaning I was able to relax and soak in the feeling of being embraced and nourished.

 

I could hear the ancient lineage of the practice through Willow's transmission, brought home to the womb tomb, vast and unique in it's way of supporting the body to find recovery and love. I felt revered in my womanhood, as well as seen and accepted. Closing Bones with Willow invited me to rest in the nature of wholeness and gravity, to open into my femininity and connect with ancestral remembrance.

 

This way of handling healing bodies seems incredibly innate and I’m excited to know that Willow is continuing the lineage of this ceremony. I shan’t forget being wrapped up in sacred cloths and squeezed with love as my vision and limbs sunk into the vast blackness. The richness of love and tenderness Willow devoted to our session truly touches my heart.

Alice

I bow to you, at your beautiful temple of creation & change

I kneel at the altar of heart and bone,

in service to all transitions of your body and soul

Woven arms reach out to meet you, rock you, hold you.

Cocooned in cloth of prayer,

wrapped in devotion, held in love

I am gifted these hands to serve

With grace and care

A path of devotion my heart longs to share

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