16/08/2025
Today I had my “Closing the Bones” ceremony — also known as the Cerrada.
The Cerrada is a traditional postpartum ritual that honors the mother’s journey through pregnancy and birth. It acknowledges the physical and emotional shifts she has undergone, and facilitates a sense of closure and renewal. The ritual includes an energetic and physical “closing” of the body, using techniques such as massage, body wrapping with rebozos, and a warm bath.
For me, it felt like a profound rite of passage — a fundamental ceremony that allowed me to reflect deeply on these past few months.
So much has come up. So much has happened.
Giving birth and becoming a mother has been the catharsis I didn’t know I needed — to finally release so many things that no longer served me. Things I had set the intention to let go of so many times before… but that could not be cleared by intention alone. They needed to be released at an energetic and cellular level.
I let go of the part of me that felt small, insecure, doubtful.
There is no room for that in motherhood.
I let go of the old stories where I saw myself as a victim — just so I could feel “right,” even at the cost of my peace.
I let go of the belief that I must simply accept life as it comes, and instead embraced the knowing that limitless possibilities exist — and that I can create the life I dream of.
Motherhood has called me to rise into a greater version of myself.
But not through force.
It simply made it happen — when I couldn’t do it on my own.
And I am so deeply grateful for that.
So excited for what’s yet to come.
No longer for me as an individual.
But as a part of a greater entity - my family. ✨
✨✨✨ infinite gratitude to my fairy doula for supporting me and us through this journey, during the most powerful time of our lives 🤍
