Mama Blessing

Celebrate the rite of passage from maiden to mother in sacred ceremony, honoring this beautiful threshold moment with intention, ritual, and celebration. Mama, may you remember your strength, beauty, intuition and divinity as you prepare to birth not only your baby, but also yourself as Mother.

I’m ancient communities, this was a common practice. This ceremony is inspired by the traditional Navajo Blessingway ceremony. This is a space to acknowledge and focus on Mama - to witness, hold space and celebrate a woman on the cusp of motherhood, one of the most important vocations and roles one could ever play in this life.

Imagine a radiant pregnant goddess surrounded by a circle of women, her closest friends and family, all there to celebrate her, to honor her as she prepares to give birth and transform herself, her family, her life as she guides her baby into this world and becomes a mother.

They gather together in a beautifully and intentionally decorated space to laugh, cry and share stories that elevate birth and motherhood and tend to any of her worries or fears. They connect with one another through ritual, breath, meditation, song, movement. Her body and her spirit is gracefully adorned, pampered and blessed as she sits here, wading between the worlds, preparing for this great transition. She is presented with intentionally chosen, love-filled gifts to remind her of her innate, incredible power to create, birth and nurture new life. They craft and weave a web of support around her that she then takes with her, a web that holds her through her final days of pregnancy, through birth, and into this new phase of her life as a mother. The circle is then closed through feasting on a spread of nourishing food and beverages together.

She knows that only she alone can birth her baby, but these women remind her that she has everything she needs within her to take this journey, and she has this village to support her in becoming Mama.

This ceremony is tailored to each mama’s vision.

Reach out to Sarah (rootandrise.life@gmail.com) to ask questions and discuss your vision!