WORKING WITH ME
You never thought you would have an abortion
The experience brought you to your knees in grief
You felt alone
And wished there were a circle of guiding women around you to hold and witness you
abortion is an initiation into the underworld,
no-one should navigate this loss alone
yet most of us do and just feel we need to pick ourselves up and keep going as that is what society tells us to do
despite the experience being one of the hardest that life can bring
I feel you and know what it's like
Where is the guidance that isn't just generic advice ?
What to do when our menstrual cycle goes awry after ?
Do you see yourself in any of these feelings or thoughts?
You wake up in the night filled with anxiety and grief
You are critical and self judging with your choice
You feel a lack of vitality
You have sought help from a counsellor but still feel something is missing
Your menstrual cycles have been off since the loss
You feel shame that this experience is still impacting you years later
You are in perimenopause and the grief of this experience returns
Healing after abortion is long and slow, the path is winding and is never a quick fix.
I honour this slow path in how I work - I acknowledge the intelligence of your YIN nature and the deep waters of grief.
I meet you where you are, and we begin our path together from there.
I hold the lantern, you take the steps.
I look forward to supporting you to reclaim your power as a woman who has met the underworld and is ready to take the steps of healing and finding peace
What does this look like?
Somatic guidance - this experience of loss is held in the body first and foremost. A central piece of my work is guiding you, at pace that aligns with your nervous system, back to balance.
Creative - drawing and journaling are both effective ways of unlocking pieces of our story that may still need to be heard and expressed. Working with craft is key, I guide you to create bundles and offerings to your womb, your body and the earth, as an ancient way of healing.
Ritual - is there a calling to honour this experience in a way that feels sacred? If so, ritual is likely the answer. Together we will gather the threads of what needs to be tended to, and will co create a ritual that can be done online, in-person (if local to me) or by you solo or with a partner.
Altar making - An altar is ultimately a doorway into deeper connection with yourself and your soul. Here you can bring your tears, your prayers, your wishes for this healing journey. I support you in creating and tending to an altar.
Ancestral prayers - so often I work with women who tell me stories of their mothers or grandmothers going through this experience. We so much more than our own stories. If this arises in a session then I shall guide you to make connection, bring healing and seek ancestral guidance that feels strong and true.
I OFFER TWO DIFFERENT PATHWAYS OF HEALING
MOTHERWORT PATH
Over one sessions, I shall guide you along the first stages of physically, emotionally and spiritually healing from your experience.
This pathway is for you if :
You wish to tend to outer edges of your experience over two sessions, this experience of loss has impacted you however you have had quite a bit of support and just need a few sessions of holistic guidance.
You wish to journey through the layers of your experience with your body
You feel that this experience of loss is draining your vitality, and you wish to reclaim your life force back.
You may have some experience of ritual and wish to have a guide to help you create a ritual to honour your loss.
Over this time I shall :
Offer gentle somatic self care practices
Share journalling prompts that help inform our work together
Teach you how to wrap your belly
Discuss simple rituals
Explore your connection with your womb
One session / 70 minutes
£110
THE ROSE PATH
This pathway runs the deepest, and tends to both your own healing and the ancestral threads running through you.
This journey is for you if you wish to spiral along the ancient ways of healing from loss - encompassing many spiritual and embodied practices along the way and truly find more peace and acceptance after your experience.
This longer and slower path over 3 months is for women who feel the impact of their experience has affected their physical / emotional and spiritual health.
If you want to see long lasting shifts to you
Our time together will include:
Learning somatic tools to support your female nervous system
Taking the brave step to face any shame that may be there
Tending to your womb through somatic practises, journalling and guided meditations.
Reclaiming your sovereignty - finding your voice within the grief of loss
Build a repertoire of plant allies who can support your physical, emotions, spiritual healing
Create simple rituals to release aspects of your experience and welcome in a fresh path of healing
Culminate in a closing ceremony - honouring yourself, your womb and the little being who passed through you
Create a bundle to hold and treasure
Creating relationships with the ancient holy Goddess’s who bear loving witness to the life death transitions that we live through in our bodies
Five sessions / 70 minutes each
£495 (payment plans available)