Abortion As A Rite Of Passage, Grief, Healing Rituals And Ceremony Together With Rachael Rose podcast

Abortion as a Rite of Passage, Grief, Healing Rituals and Ceremony

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In this beautiful conversation with Toyah Hicks, we talk about Toyah's abortion experiences, which happened 15 years ago. Toyah tells her story from a place of deep processing, healing and understanding.
You’ll hear us discuss:

Toyah's personal experience with her abortions
How Toyah held both grief back then and relief and joy for what is now
How Toyah views her abortions as a Rite of Passage
How Toyah's healing started once she was witnessed in community
Rituals Toyah bought in to integrate her abortions
Toyah advice on how to support someone who's processing their abortion
Traditional postpartum care and yoni steaming

MEET TOYAH HICKS
Toyah Hicks is Vaginal Steaming Practitioner, Healing Birth Practitioner, Postpartum Care provider and Māmā to her 3 year old Son. She is deeply committed to the path of the Feminine and the Reclamation of our sacred Rites of Passage, specifically those woven through the pregnancy, birth and postpartum continuum.
TOYAH HICKS SAYS

"With a Rite of Passage, there's the preparation, then there's the experience. The final piece is the witnessing by the community. And I really don't feel that I started to heal from my experience until the witnessing really began, and had my own kind of ritual and ceremony around it many, many years later."

Connect with Toyah Hicks
Instagram - @mothercareaotearoa & @rosewombsteaming
Website - www.rosewombsteaming.com
Connect with Rachael Rose
Instagram: @the_rachael_rose
Website www.rachaelrose.com.au

TOYAH HICKS SAYS
" I did a lot of journaling in the early days and then I began meditating. I did some plant medicine ceremonies. Really beautiful ceremonies where I experienced a lot of, just profound relief. I began meditating and connecting with the spirits of the babies that I had had."
Special offer from Toyah - discount code for yoni steaming herbs and herbal postpartum care products
Use Code "TOGETHER" FOR 15% OFF
Valid til 15th of September 2023

Music by Edwina Masson 'The Feminine Spitfire'

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