~ Tending thresholds. Holding women. Weaving life. ~
Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum
Bodywork, doula care, and womb-centered integration for the full threshold of becoming a mother.
From conception through pregnancy, across the threshold of birth and into the sanctuary of postpartum, this passage is sacred. A quiet and powerful transformation unfolds within you. You are not only growing a child, you are becoming mother.
This becoming moves gently and powerfully through the layers of your being ~ body, emotion, energy, identity, and spirit. Much of it is subtle. Much of it happens in places few can see. It is a rite of passage that asks to be witnessed, tended, and held with reverence.
To walk this threshold with care is to honor the deep integration of who you are becoming.
Supporting you to drop in and connect with yourself, your breath, your body and your baby. Massage therapy to support circulation, swelling, pelvic comfort, nervous system regulation. Slow, intentional, integrative.
Prenatal Massage
Birth Doula Support
As your birth doula, I offer steady, continuous presence through pregnancy, labor, and the immediate postpartum hours. My role is to provide grounded education, physical comfort measures, and calm emotional support so you can remain connected to your body and your choices. This is birthkeeping rooted in trust ~ walking beside you, honoring the wisdom already within you.
Birth preparation sessions are designed for the final weeks of pregnancy when your body is moving toward labor. These sessions combine integrative massage, gentle pelvic work, Mayan abdominal techniques, breath awareness, and nervous system support to encourage balance and mobility within the pelvis and surrounding tissues.
Rather than attempting to “induce” labor, this work focuses on creating optimal conditions for your body to function as it is designed to. When tension patterns soften and the nervous system feels steady, the body can respond more efficiently to the hormonal signals of labor.
These sessions can support:
• Pelvic mobility and comfort
• Lower back and hip tension
• Nervous system regulation
• Emotional grounding before birth
• A sense of physical readiness
They are especially supportive between 36–41 weeks, or whenever you feel your body asking for deeper preparation.
These are 90 minute sessions.
Birth Preparation Sessions
Postpartum is considered the fourth trimester, a time of nesting and gently learning the ways in holding yourself as you hold your new baby. These sessions support pelvic and core recovery, lymphatic movement, nervous system settling, and whole-body integration through Mayan abdominal work, manual lymphatic drainage, and integrative massage.
Postpartum Massage
A Postpartum Ritual of Integration
Postpartum massages and wrapping rituals like Closing the Bones exist all around the world.
I learned closing the bones from a South American lineage (Mexico and Peru (May 2026)).
“Birthing and postpartum traditions from around the world are virtually the same, because they are rooted in our physiologic and psychologic NEEDS as postpartum women. These needs are the same – no matter to which lineage we belong to. And the differences of the respective practices, reflect the differences in our land-based environments.”
I learned Closing the Bones through a South American lineage rooted in Mexico and Peru (May 2026). It is a traditional postpartum ritual that honors the physical and emotional threshold a woman crosses after birth.
After pregnancy and birth, the body has opened — structurally, hormonally, and energetically. This ceremony offers containment and grounding. Through warmth, stillness, intentional presence, and woven cloth, the body is gently gathered again, supporting integration as a mother transitions into this new chapter.
This is not a medical treatment. It is a ritual of acknowledgment — a time to be witnessed, to rest, to process, and to honor the deep integration that follows birth. Many women experience it as calming, clarifying, and deeply regulating.
Closing the Bones can be offered in the early postpartum weeks or later, whenever you feel ready for intentional integration. It is never too late for a closing.
What Our Time Includes
Our session begins with a gentle introduction and preparation, followed by an abdominal womb massage. Before the body is wrapped, I offer a gentle herbal bathing element ~ warm compresses applied to the womb, pelvis, head, and feet to support cleansing and grounding. This helps the nervous system soften and the body feel safe enough to be gathered again.
This preparation may include intentional touch, breath guidance, and a quiet moment of acknowledgment for what the body has carried. Pregnancy and birth open a woman in profound ways. Before we begin the rebozo wrapping, we create space for settling, for clearing, and for arriving fully into the present body.
Only then does the wrapping begin as containment. A steady gathering of the body, layer by layer, offering support and integration after the great opening of birth.
I offer this ceremony at the sanctuary of Rising Earth or in the comfort of your home.
The length of this ceremony is between 2 and 3 hours and the exchange is $350.
Closing the Bones
F.A.Q.
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Irregular or painful periods can result from hormonal imbalances, stress, diet, or underlying health conditions. Holistic therapies like Mayan Abdominal Womb Massage, Yoni Steaming, and Holistic Pelvic Care can help support balance and ease discomfort
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Not necessarily. Many factors affect fertility, and holistic approaches like Preconception Planning (Holistic Fertility), abdominal massage, herbal support, and emotional balance can enhance reproductive health and improve natural conception chances.
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Emotional shifts before menstruation are often linked to hormonal fluctuations. Holistic therapies, including Somatic Wise Woman Therapy and energy-balancing practices, can help regulate emotions, reduce stress, and support overall well-being.