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Closing the bones, my story, by Helen Discombe

This story has been written by Helen Discombe Where to start with this story?  I had planned to start at the birth, but I feel I need to reach back before then. There was a time where I thought I would never be a mother.  I feared birth.  I feared hospitals and doctors and nurses.…

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Closing the Bones for Loss

by Skevi Nicodemou  An Exciting New Skill When I initially attended the Closing the Bones workshop I came away feeling inspired and couldn’t wait to offer this new skill, a beautiful postpartum massage and ritual. I envisioned performing it for new mums as celebration of their transition from giving birth and entering Motherhood, and helping…

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Today I was healed-a story of loss

We recently asked for stories from the bone closers in our community. We wanted to run a competition to celebrate our 200th member! We wanted their experiences of both giving and receiving. We had many marvellous entries and will be sharing the winning entries here over the coming weeks. Here is our runner-up winner, Rosie, with her…

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Friends close the bones

We recently asked for stories from the bone closers in our community. We wanted to run a competition to celebrate our 200th member! We wanted their experiences of both giving and receiving. We had many marvellous entries and will be sharing the winning entries here over the coming weeks. Here is our first place winner…

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A mother’s experience of closing the bones

When I first heard of a ‘closing the bones’ ceremony I must admit I thought it sounded slightly sinister and cult-ish – I couldn’t have been more wrong! A quick ‘Google’ brought up lovely stories and images of South African women celebrating motherhood with a wonderful woman-centred ceremony incorporating massage and rebozo work. So, not…

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Welcome to the Closing the Bones Community Blog!

Why this website? Welcome to the new closing the bones community – a reflection on 4 years of closing the bones giving and receiving. When Maddie and I attended Rocio’s workshops back in 2012 and 2013, we could have never predicted how much the closing the bones community would grow and how we would be…

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