Discover Wrapping and Closing Ceremony – Closing of the Bones
The wrapping and closing ceremony, also known as Closing of the Bones, is a ritual found in many cultures around the world. It has traditionally been offered to women after childbirth, miscarriage, loss, initiation, or other profound life transitions. Its essence lies in the symbolic and physical closing of a passage — supporting a woman’s return to herself after a time of openness, expansion, and deep transformation.
It is an act of deep self-care.
A return home to oneself.
Roots in global traditions
Although the contemporary name comes mainly from Latin American traditions (such as the Mexican cerrada and Rebozo practices), the meaning of this ritual is universal:
Morocco and Arab cultures — during the period of nifas, women were surrounded with care, warmth, massage, baths, and purification rituals that gently closed the postpartum time.
India and Ayurveda — body binding, oil massage, warm foods, and deep rest were used to “close” the space in a woman’s body after birth and restore balance among the doshas.
Indigenous cultures of the Americas — women after birth or initiation were wrapped, held, massaged, and protected from external stimulation so the transformation could fully integrate.
Traditional Europe — now largely forgotten, practices such as postpartum binding, corsetry, scarves, and home or church rituals symbolically welcomed women back into the community.
Across cultures, the common ground was clear: time, warmth, the presence of another woman, and conscious intention to close.
Why this mattered in the past
Traditional societies understood that childbirth and major transitions expand a woman on many levels. Without closing, she could remain in a state of ongoing vulnerability, depletion, disorientation, or grief. The ceremony functioned as prevention — protecting health, emotional well-being, and relationships.
It was not a luxury.
It was essential.
Why it is returning today
Modern women often move through birth and life transitions in isolation, speed, and without ritual. The body may be expected to “function again” quickly, while the soul and nervous system are still in process.
The return of the closing ceremony reflects a growing need for:
integration of experience (birth, loss, transformation),
regulation and soothing of the nervous system,
restoring a sense of boundaries and safety within the body,
consciously closing one chapter and stepping into another.
This is not a return to outdated beliefs. It is a reclaiming of embodied wisdom that has never ceased to be relevant.
The wrapping and closing ceremony is a gentle, attentive process that may include:
massage (often oil-based)
breathwork and embodied awareness
breathwork and embodied awareness
ritual wrapping of the body
silence, music, mantras, or spoken intentions,
a symbolic closing of one stage and an invitation into the next
A woman’s body, which for months or years may have been “open” — physically, emotionally, and energetically — receives a clear signal of safety, containment, and completion. It is a return to the center, to alignment, to oneself.
Who this ceremony is for
The wrapping and closing ceremony may support women:
after childbirth (no matter how much time has passed),
after miscarriage or loss,
after divorce, illness, or personal crisis,
during initiations and identity shifts,
whenever there is a sense that “something has not been fully closed.”
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