Awakening Traditions
Indigenous Midwifery & Ceremony
Rites of Passage Ceremonies:
Honoring the Evolution of Womanhood
Holding Each Stage of Womanhood with Reverence & Joy
Across cultures and throughout time, Rites of Passage have been how we honor, name, and celebrate the sacred thresholds of life. From a girl’s first blood to her menopause, these are not just physical changes—they are spiritual, emotional, and cultural shifts that deserve reverence, guidance, and celebration.
In modern life, these sacred thresholds are often ignored or minimized. But in Indigenous and ancestral traditions, these moments are honored through ceremony, education, and community, teaching young girls and grown women alike to see themselves as powerful, cyclical, and divine.
I offer personalized Rites of Passage Ceremonies to honor:
• A young woman's first menstrual cycle (menarche) through education, ceremony, and celebration
• The transition into sexual maturity and fertility
• Mother Blessings & Birth
• Ceremonies for marriage, mothering, separation/divorce, and menopause
• Any significant spiritual or personal transformation
These events may be structured as intimate ceremonies, full celebrations, private blessings, or educational gatherings—designed around the cultural, spiritual, and emotional needs of each individual or family.
Why It Matters:
A rite of passage affirms: You are seen. You are supported. This change is sacred.
It’s an Indigenous way of being—grounded in honoring the Earth, the body, and the cycles of life. When we return to this remembering, we root ourselves in wisdom, wholeness, and love.
Let us help you or your loved one feel beautifully witnessed and ceremonially welcomed into each new chapter of womanhood.
Closing of the Bones Ceremony
Gathering the Spirit, Restoring the Body,
Closing the Portal
Closing of the Bones Ceremony: One-on-One Healing The Closing of the Bones is a sacred — a deeply intuitive and ancestral ceremony meant to help a woman return home to herself after the expansive journey of pregnancy, birth, loss, or transformation. For postpartum mamas, it honors the mother’s body and spirit, gathering back the energy she poured into growing and birthing life. This ceremony is rooted in Indigenous, African, and Latin American midwifery traditions, where postpartum care is seen as an essential rite, not a luxury. For me, this work is ancestral. I was guided into it by the lineage of women before me—my grandmothers and the powerful women they encircled. These ceremonies are not new; they are the way we’ve always remembered and revered womanhood. Who Is This For?This ceremony is ideal for women who:• Wish to honor their postpartum journey—whether recent or long ago.• Seek emotional and spiritual integration after birth, loss, or personal transition.• Desire physical nurturing, helping the body feel gathered and held.• Are called to reclaim traditional and Indigenous practices that honor the feminine.• Yearn for energetic closure, support, and rebirth after opening so fully. You deserve to feel whole again. To close what has been open. To gather what has scattered. To reclaim your body as sacred ground. Location Options:This ceremony can be performed in my sacred healing space in Hartford, CT or in the comfort of your home. I have traveled to women as far as Puerto Rico and Texas—distance is never a barrier when ceremony calls.
