The Descent and Rising of Childbirth recorded webinar
Explore how the descent and rising of childbirth relates to the myth of Inanna and how essential the initiation of childbirth is for our personal and collective health.
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- How the experience of childbirth relates to the myth of Inanna
- How the natural initiation of childbirth benefits the collective when a mother is deeply cared for
- How important rites of passage are for our wholeness, growth and health
- The timeless wisdom of the Inanna myth to help us navigate the continual life cycle of descent and rising
Birth, by design, is an altered state of consciousness that intends to take a birthing woman beyond her usual self so that she can be transformed on every level as she enters motherhood. This journey of descent and rising is the core initiation of the feminine. Just like the goddess Inanna descended into the underworld to be stripped from all that she thought she was, to later return to the world more whole than before, a birthing woman will undergo a similar experience of death and rebirth.
Carly Mountain is a writer, psychotherapist and women’s initiatory guide, who specialises in working with sexuality, relationships and embodiment. She is author of Descent & Rising: Women’s Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth. Carly facilitates people at the threshold of change to deepen intimacy with themselves and their lives. Her writing and work seeks to uncover what has been exiled or hidden within, that is longing to be remembered and reconnected with. A mythopoetic process that leads us back into intimacy with all that we have been estranged from, so that we can become more of who we are, and have always been.