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Alchemy of new life

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Bringing a child into the world is a process of alchemy. So many things are changing in the physical, social and emotional fields of the pregnant person and their partner, family and surroundings. To be well prepared we believe one needs to focus holistically on all these changes.

Services

Birth Preferences Session

Shiatsu / Watsu for pregnancy and postpartum

Over Time Treatment

Rebozo Closing Ceremony

Mikveh Ceremony

Placenta Remedies & Rituals

Birth Philosophy Session

You might have heard a friend or your midwife talk about a birth plan. A plan about what you would like for your birth. It has become an important document to take with you to your birthing space (home/birth centre/hospital) and to share with your care providers.

We believe that the process of walking through your birth ahead of time can be beneficial. You have a chance of talking through certain moments in a birth, thinking and feeling things through. Most importantly you will discover your set of values around birth – a sort of personal philosophy of birth.

In our private Birth Philosophy Session we sit with you (and your (birth)partner) and talk through your ideas and beliefs around birth. We provide you with a Birth Plan outline and help you fill it out in preparation for your next midwife appointment.

duration: 1.5 hours
costs: 150 euro
location: your home / zoom
who does it: Oda / Lievnath

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Shiatsu / Watsu for pregnancy and postpartum

Shiatsu is a Japanese holistic manual treatment method in which the flow of energy (‘Ki’) through the meridians in the body is influenced by touch and by applying targeted pressure to specific places on the body. Shiatsu activates body awareness and helps to restore the life force in the body. It rebalances and stimulates the self-healing ability of the body, which is essential around pregnancy and postpartum. Watsu (water-shiatsu) is a unique form of therapy that has an effect on emotional, physical and mental levels. A deep sense of relaxation, connection and healing can arise.

duration: shiatsu 75 min watsu 50
costs: shiatsu 105 watsu 120
location: shiatsu The Rub Watsu : Akasha spa conservatorium Hotel
who does it: Oda
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Postpartum prep and care

This package is for families who want to be cared for before and during their postpartum. In the sessions before the birth you will create a plan for how to meet your (and your partner’s) postpartum needs. This is so that by the time of the birth, everything will be ready and prepared in advance. We will look at what are the items you need to buy for the baby and you, as well as what kind of help. After the birth I will visit you between 3-1 times a week (8 sessions total), depending on the situation, for sessions lasting between 2-4hrs. During my visits I will cook, massage, answer questions, guide with babywearing, help you connect and understand your baby more deeply, help you connect with yourself (and your partner), and much more.

At the last session out of the 8, we will hold a special closing ceremony for you to mark the end of our time together. This will be a more festive session held in collaboration with one of the other members of Alchemy of New Life.

duration: 3 sessions before birth (2 hrs), 8 sessions after birth (between 2-4hrs)
costs: 2.500 euros
location: your home
who does it: Danielle
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Mother blessing ceremony

You have probably heard of a baby shower, right? Well, imagine a baby shower except that the entire focus shifts from materialistic gift giving to warm and loving blessings to the mother and the baby. What a gentle way of receiving care just before birth.

In this session you will invite some close friends to give you their blessing before you experience one of the most transformational moments in your life. Together, we will create a small gift for you to take into the birth so you can keep our support with you the entire time.

The mother’s blessing is also an important moment to talk about the support you want for the postpartum, inviting your friends to take part in a meal train (which is when they bring you cooked food). This ceremony will leave you feeling loved, cared for, seen, celebrated, and carried as you get ready to birth your baby.

duration: 4 hours
costs: 300
location: your home (or other place)
who does it: Danielle or Ayelet

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Over Time Treatment

When you arrive at 42 weeks pregnancy, this is called ‘over time’. Most care providers will want you to give birth before reaching this mark. In the days before you might be offered different ways to induce birth.

We offer you various types of support in this period. From (foot) reflexology and moxabustion to support the onset of birth naturally – to deep sessions on emotional release before birth, alone or with your (birth)partner. As every journey is unique, so are the ways in which we can support you in this time of letting go and surrender.

duration: 75 min
costs: 105
location: the rub or client home (extra cost for travel)
who does it: Oda

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Rebozo Closing Ceremony

The Closing of the Bones ceremony is an ancient Mexican postnatal ritual, celebrating a new life cycle and closing a previous one, such as the circle of fertility and the birth of a child. It’s a wonderful way to celebrate your body’s amazing abilities (including – and especially – after a stressful birth experience).

Apart from that, it’s a way to create a moment of calm and reflection in the middle of the rollercoaster of emotions we experience during motherhood.

The ‘Closing of the Bones’ is not only a spiritual/emotional experience, but also a physical one: the bones and organs are invited to return to their original place in your body.

duration: 3-4 hours
costs: 480 euro
location: your home
who does it: Lievnath and Oda
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Mikveh Ceremony

The mikveh is a traditional Jewish water ritual that is used to mark time and important moments in time. Through an immersion in this ritual bath, you create a pocket in time where you are literrally held by the water, its softness, warmth and wholeness. Your mikveh immersion is witnessed by a mikveh guide (balanit) who can help you prepare for your ritual and who holds the space for you during.

One can immerse in the mikveh for a number of reasons. Around childbirth there is a tradition (minhag) to immerse in the ninth month of pregnancy as a way to mark the upcoming seperation between mother and baby, the transformation of the woman into mother and the welcoming of the new soul into the world. However, there might be other particular moments around pregnancy, birth and the postpartum that immersion in the mikveh would feel like a good thing to do. We understand and support you in this.

This ceremony is intended for those who self-identify as Jewish.

duration: 1,5 hours intake / ceremony 1 hour
costs: 150 euro for intake / ceremony is free, only mikveh costs apply
location: a mikveh at a synagogue / the sea
who does it: Lievnath

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Placenta Remedies & Rituals

The placenta is a wonderfilled organ which women produce in pregnancy. It facilitates the exchange of oxygen and nutrients between mother and baby, providing everything your baby needs in order to grow and thrive in the womb. We recognise both the medicinal and spiritual properties of the placenta, and provide services that match these.

Placentas have been honoured and consumed since times long gone by and in various different ways. Choosing how to engage with your placenta after birth can be a powerful and beautiful process. From capsulation, to making a tincture that can last years, to a placenta print or a custom made ritual of burial and celebration.

duration: varying
costs: varying
location: your home
who does it: Lievnath

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Mother’s Mentorship program

A mentorship program lasting 6 months, to be started within the first year about birth. Each 1-1 session includes two parts. In the first half of the session you will receive tools to connect more deeply with yourself and your baby in the first years of motherhood and parenting. You will have the opportunity to share challenges you are experiencing and receive compassion and deep listening.

In the second half of the session you will receive a nourishing body treatment in the form of a foot bath, massage, or vaginal steaming, depending on your preference.

This mentorship program allows you to receive a once a month moment of pampering for your body and soul in the midst of raising your baby and yourself to be the mother or parent you want to be.

duration: 6 monthly sessions of 2 hrs each
costs: 960 euros
location: your home
who does it: Danielle

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Services

Alchemy of new life

OUR SERVICES

Services

Birth Preferences Session

Shiatsu / Watsu for pregnancy and postpartum

Over Time Treatment

Rebozo Closing Ceremony

Mikveh Ceremony

Placenta Remedies & Rituals

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