Protecting Sacred Birth Workbook; Crafting Your Birth Ritual

Description

This workbook was written as a guide to accompany Protecting Sacred Birth Childbirth Education Series. Protecting Sacred Birth is centered towards reclaiming our sacred right to childbirth as the ceremonial and initiatory rite of passage that it is.

This workbook begins with an introduction to protecting sacred birth as a concept and contains many ceremonial rituals you can incorporate into your childbearing year as well as a workbook at the end to help you in crafting your own unique birth ritual.

Contents:

Introduction | 4

Crafting Your Birth Ritual | 6

Focusing and Preparing your Inner Energies for Birth | 7

Intentional Movement During Pregnancy | 8

Setting Your Birth Altar | 9

Candle Lighting Ceremony | 10

Sacred Stories Ritual | 12

Hair Braiding Ritual | 13

Sacred Birth Pouch | 14

Woven Wishes Blanket | 15

Reflections, Questions to Consider, Space to Explore, Ritual & Ceremony Planning Worksheets | 16-19

Notes on Self & Baby, Additional Resources, References, Other Offerings from Demitria | 20