Wombelt: Weaving Women back into Matter

WomBelt: Weaving Women back into Matter    
AS the seat of life, a woman’s womb is both a sacred and uniquely precious place. Azul Thome , as part of her SOULand enterprise, is inviting women to bless, heal, celebrate and protect their wombs, the wombs of other women and of Mother Earth herself in a special ceremonial weekend.

WomBelt – Weaving Women back into Matter is a two-day ritual that invites women to weave a belt, using the backstrap weaving method and incorporating the prayers and blessings of each woman present on the day. Azul said: 
“Weaving a WomBelt is a rite of passage, a way back to mattering. It is a way to honour our womb and to weave women and our stories back together. We will be creating beauty, praying for one another, listening, remembering and mending. As women, we matter, we are matter, we are mater, mother, Earth.”

WomBelts are a ritual way to mark, celebrate and heal.  They can be helpful at transitional times in a woman’s life – conception, birth, the start of menstruation, menopause. They are also used for healing, releasing and grief – for example, after rape/abuse, abortion, miscarriage or divorce. 

Azul explained: 
“We begin the ritual by leaning into a tree like the spokes of a wheel or a web. Then we begin weaving using the ancient backstrap method. At a certain point, everyone is invited to rotate moon wise one belt to their right. We then continue weaving the next woman’s WomBelt, adding our own prayers, stories, songs and love as we go. At the end of the ceremony we complete our own WomBelt 
before  grounding it into the earth with our prayers.”

She added:
“The process of creating a WomBelt in the company of other women is extraordinarily healing and grounding. We are expressing that we matter, every one of us. The ceremony of weaving something from nothing is about, healing, mending what is broken, marking transition… We are honouring the many different stages of a woman’s being and celebrating the birthplace of life.”
Azul is working on weaving this vision within other women empowerment projects like TreeSisters and 1 Billion Rising .

The next WomBelt weekend  ceremony is on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 September  in Totnes, England
​(£120 for the non residential weekend)
 Azul also makes WomBelts to order between £190 to £300

.For more information call: 07765 257517 or email:  [email protected]

 Re-Connect Magazine, July 2017

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Our Pilot event/Launch just happened
​here are the images and testimonies of 14 women on the very first Wombelt event...a day truly touched by beauty and grace!

Feel free to make contact with me if you would like to join a WomBelt event or want to bookme to run one for your own event .
​[email protected]
Blessings 
Azul