Ancestral Womb and Postpartum Care Program

In partnership with Harvest of All First Nations (HAFN) and Drylands Agroecology Research (DAR)

Healing after birth is a potent and vital part of life. It can bring deep health to the birthing person to be held and honored during this time

In collaboration with HAFN and DAR, Community Roots Midwife Collective is bringing healing treatments, emotional wellness, and reproductive health education to communities across the Denver/Boulder Front Range. Our intention is to support people through the postpartum journey — a potent and vital phase of life — with care rooted in ancestral traditions, respect, and ceremony.

The Cerrada Ceremony (Closing of the Bones)

an ancestral practice that supports the postpartum body, spirit, and energy field. This ceremony includes:

  • A herbal bath to invite the spirit back into the body

  • Abdominal massage to tend the womb and support healing

  • The Closing of the Bones with Rebozos (traditional woven scarves) to energetically and physically close what was opened during birth

  • Use of fire and sacred instruments to regenerate and rebalance the physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies

Traditionally, this begins in a Temazcalli (sweat lodge), but we currently use a cedar sauna with hopes of building a traditional Temazcalli in the future.

Cerradas are also offered in-home, especially during the winter months when outdoor saunas are not available.