Blessing
You'll meet me Noor Al Hayaa your post partum Qabla (traditional Birthworker) and I'll present you with your beautiful ceremonial nafsa tray that is given to mothers after birth. It contains all the soap, oil and clays you'll be adorned with during your traditional Moroccan hammam steam bath.
Hamam
Traditional Moroccan steam bath.
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Herbal womb steam bath in your home with gentle body massage (arms, neck, hands and legs.).
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Applictaion of beldi soap, henna mask and ghassoul clay applications.
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Relaxing scalp massage and hair washing.
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Exfoliation with kessa glove.
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Then you'll be covered to not catch a chill and served a traditional tea tray with sweets.
Womb Steam
This is an ancestral tradition and is an integral component of feminine Shifa (healing). The womb steam is a beautiful and rejuvenating treatment for the nafsa (mother). Let yourself relax and embrace the warm steam heal your most intimate feminine place. The beautiful herbs will give gentle healing to your body. This womb steam should be done in 3 sessions for optimal rejuvenation. Womb steams are beneficial for all women of all phases of their lives and help to provide balance for the female cycle. Depending on the specific purpose, different choices of herbs will be chosen for your specific steam. If you are not having a hammam steam bath, a foot soak, leg and foot massage are offered after your womb steam. Embrace your femininity with gentle self love and care.
Sacred Postpartum
In ancestral times, it was a right of passage after birth for the new mother (nafsa) to be nurtured, nourished and honored for the full postpartum period, approximately 40 days and beyond. It is a special and yet very vulnerable period, for the mother. The family as a whole needs quite a bit of support after birth while mother and baby recuperate. In today's world we've lost these sacred practices of indigenous postpartum care. That is the objective of the birth worker to provide and create the sacred postpartum, while supporting a healthy recovery process. Unlike western traditions we honor the nafsa (mother). We do this through bodywork, nourishment and dua special prayers. Let me offer you that experience, so you can remember it for a lifetime. I also provide bereavement ceremonies for closure upon request. Whether you had a baby last month or many years ago. I invite you to have this sacred experience.
The closing
The closing of the bones ceremony is practiced in quite a few cultures around the world. It is a traditional ancestral ritual that women practiced after birth, which could be at any time, one month after birth or 20 years later. It is a beautiful practice that the Qabla's (traditional midwife) would practice on a woman to help her mind body and soul feel honored and restored. There is wrapping of the traditional kourzia woven cloths firmly around the body from head to toe. Then while this is performed with aromatherapy's either incense or essential oils, the tribal music of the Qabla's is played. There's also the option of silence and or dhikr and dua (prayer). Additional offerings of gentle womb massage arm and leg massage with oil is offered. This completes the first session of restoration and healing of the indigenous Moroccan post partum healing traditions. Then you'll sit and relax with a ceremonial nafsa Moroccan tea tray, or choice of milk and sweets.
Breastfeeding Support
As a mother of four breastfed children I know exactly the challenges a new mother faces. It is crucial to have the proper support you need during the first few weeks and sometimes beyond.I am here for you via text virtual and in most cases in person. I am certified lactation consultant that is here to support you with lots of patience and guidance.
My other experience and qualifications:
Im a licensed cosmetologist, hairstylist & makeup artist since 1997. I spent over 18 years behind the stylist chair and also as a makeup artist for special occasions and photographers. Ive been a full time homeschool mother and homesteader for the past 11 years . I enjoy organic gardening and holistic and sustainable lifestyle . I also hold space for other peoples paths and can meet them where they are .
