Rebozo Closing Ceremony: Your Most Common Questions Answered

As women, our bodies carry stories of birth, loss, transitions, and transformations. The Rebozo Closing Ceremony is a moment outside of time, created to honour those stories. Here are the questions I’m most often asked…

1. Is the ceremony only for women?

Yes. This tradition has been passed down for generations by women, for women. My knowledge and my comfort rest deeply in understanding women’s bodies, cycles, and emotional landscapes. While I believe men also deserve rituals of care, this particular ceremony is for women only.

2. I had my baby two years ago (or longer). Can I still have a ceremony?

Yes. There is no time limit.

A Rebozo Closing Ceremony can honour many other kinds of transitions:

• weaning or ending breastfeeding

• closing a relationship

• marking the end of your reproductive journey

• recovering strength

• or simply reconnecting with your body

In Mexican tradition, life’s experiences can shift the alignment of the mind, body, and spirit. This ceremony helps bring all parts of you back to centre.

3. How soon after giving birth can I have my Rebozo Closing Ceremony?

Traditionally, women choose to receive it between 1 week and 40 days postpartum, when the body is still open, tender, and naturally returning to balance.

But many women receive it months or even years later. What matters most is that your body feels ready and you feel emotionally prepared to be held in this way.

The right time is simply when you feel called to it.

4. Can I invite friends to my ceremony?

Yes. Invite the women who make you feel held.

I always encourage choosing women who uplift you, who feel like home, who would have sat beside you in moments of vulnerability or celebration.

Your friends can:

• look after baby

• prepare food

• make flower arrangements

• help create an altar

• participate in massage (if you desire)

• sing, speak intentions, or simply hold space

Women gathering to honour another woman creates one of the most special moments.

Partners are welcome if you want them present.

5. Can the ceremony be just you and me?

Yes.

This is very common, especially in London where many families live far from extended support.

I have the strength, training, and techniques to safely hold the ceremony one-on-one. These sessions may be slightly longer, especially if caring for a baby is part of the space we hold together, but the cost is always the same and there is no time limit. You receive all the time you need.

6. Can the ceremony be adapted for Muslim women?

Absolutely, and I truly appreciate when this question is asked.

The ceremony is about honouring you, your beliefs, your spirituality, and your comfort. I can adapt the entire process to be fully halal and aligned with your needs.

This ceremony is not tied to one religion. It centres the woman receiving it.

7. Does the ceremony need to be in my home? Don't you offer it at a studio?

I strongly recommend having the ceremony in your home, especially if it’s shortly after birth. Being in your own warm, familiar space helps the benefits settle deeply.

Much of the ceremony focuses on returning heat to the body, warmth lost through pregnancy, birth, or emotional milestones.

8. Can the ceremony be adapted for pregnancy loss?

Yes.

I have held ceremonies for women who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth and termination of pregnancy or abortion. These ceremonies are approached with deep sensitivity — the rhythm softens, the intention shifts, and the entire experience becomes a space of honouring your body and its immense emotional, physical, and spiritual labor.

Not all closing ceremonies are celebrations. Sometimes they are acts of remembrance, compassion, and grief-healing.

9. Is the Rebozo Closing Ceremony safe if I had an abdominal birth (caesarean)?

Yes.

The ceremony can be fully adapted to your healing and recovery needs.

In these cases, I avoid any pressure near the incision and keep all movements gentle and supportive.

What questions do you have?

If you’re curious about the Rebozo Closing Ceremony or wondering whether it could support you at this moment in your journey, I would love to hear from you.