In this episode I share my experience with the traditional Mexican ceremony Closing of the Bones, performed on me by Priestess and Traditional Mexican Midwife Miriam Avalos in Puerto Vallarta Jalisco Mexico Topics in the order they appear: - [ ] Song and prayer to open the throat and invite me to speak truthfully. - [ ] My first introduction to closing of the bones - [ ] The first time I received closing of the bones following an unwanted c section. - [ ] Closing of the bones performed on me in Mexico by Priestess and Traditional Mexican midwife Miriam Avalos - [ ] I share my story to bring myself closer to the blessing of this ceremony that has touched my life. - [ ] Tending to the human during a transitional point in their life. - [ ] A call to reclaim ritual and ceremony so they may nurture us. - [ ] Mothers honouring their daughter’s first bleed. - [ ] Thank god for Medicine Women - [ ] Ceremony, right of passage, ritual. - [ ] Entering the birthing house. - [ ] Wild pregnancy and birth - [ ] Starting the ceremony - [ ] Yoni steaming and sound bathing - [ ] Herbal bath with spellwork - [ ] Dr. Masaru Emoto and Water Consciousness https://thewellnessenterprise.com/emoto/ - [ ] Bodily resonance with the drum - [ ] Intuitive card reading. - [ ] Feeling crystal vibration and the hands they trade before we meet them. - [ ] Rebozo massage and wrapping. - [ ] Baby wearing with rebozo. - [ ] Shedding what is no longer needed for the newness of life post ceremony. - [ ] Alignment - [ ] The nourishment of being wrapped - [ ] Sound bath forcefield - [ ] Losing the space between my skin and the air around it. - [ ] Resonating in expansion - [ ] The presence of elements - [ ] Adornment of my body in the style of Mary of Guadalupe. - [ ] Knowing that ceremony is yours to claim. - [ ] Intuitive movement and realizing something had been realigned in my physical body. - [ ] A shift out of an imbalance that had been mine since youth. - [ ] Living in more alignment with my truth than ever before. - [ ] Walking a path towards an elder I want to become. - [ ] Permission to realize a priestess. - [ ] Knowing a connection to the spirit world - [ ] Knowing the cycles of our bodies earth and moon draw us close to truth. - [ ] We are beings who need prayer and meditation. - [ ] We need ceremony. - [ ] Bringing ceremony to your home and family. - [ ] Creating the container for others to have deeply spiritual experiences and changes their frequency. - [ ] Marriage as ceremony to fortify a u ion you are already engaged in. Links: Quoted “Human upon the earth” Medicine Stories podcast by Amber Mganolia Hill https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/medicine-stories/id1317478907 Miriam Avalos https://instagram.com/miriamavalosceremonias?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Angels and Ancestors Oracle Cards: A 55-Card Deck and Guidebook https://a.co/d/4b91wTI