A closing ceremony is a deeply restorative, universal practice for any family, with roots in ancient Mayan culture, it is also referred to as Cerrar la Cadera.
The postpartum season is a sacred and transformative time - a period of healing, reflection, and gentle return to yourself after the powerful, expanding, work of pregnancy and birth. This nurturing ritual is designed to honor this transition, offering warmth, rest, and intentional care for both body and spirit.
During this ceremony, you are invited to slow down, be held, and receive support as your body and heart integrate the birth experience. Through comforting touch, wrapping, and quiet presence, the ceremony symbolizes closure, grounding, and coming home to yourself in this new chapter of motherhood. This experience is not about rushing recovery, but about creating space to feel cared for, acknowledged, and restored. It offers an opportunity to be witnessed, nourished, and gently supported as you reconnect with your strength and wholeness.
During pregnancy and birth, the physical body and energy field significantly expand in order to usher in new human life, these many physiological expansions include:
Increases in the hormone relaxin
Blood volume increases by on average of 50%
Diastasis recti expansion in 100% of women
Pelvic expansion during birth to allow for the baby's passage
Emotional, psychological and spiritual expansions that are unique to each mother
A Closing Ceremony is a core aspect in many traditional postpartum care practices, it is a powerful aid in helping to "close up" the mother's physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental bodies so she can reconnect with herself and be fully present.
-Sessions last two hours
-Herbal tea is offered
-Herbal foot bath is offered
-Birth storytelling is welcomed
-Aromatherapy is provided
-Wrapping with rebozos (closing the bones) is performed
-Care investment is $150