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Mamax6. birth stories. Ancient and modern birth rituals & ceremonies of Bisaya (&/Aklan) 🇵🇭 and 🌍 . Indigenous pre&post #BirthRitual +Hilots🌀🪷

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⚠️ content warning: home birth images and audio. Still reflecting during @mahalayamade birthday month. Our friend @angelicatonatzin sent this video of Mahalaya’s birth from 15 years ago and saw it for the first time yesterday. All our births, all lights are out and only soy or bees wax candles are lit ( so the baby is transitioning from dark womb space to llow light earthside ) So you can only hear the audio mostly. But just love listening to these special intimate moments . I rarely share these so it’s very vulnerable but also so empowering. This is my first undisturbed / free birth experience. Just papa @tyrone.maximum and the kids and gram gram ( in the background) and auntie Angelica filming. No interventions: lotus birth. Quiet, sound of the night and water running. . I love sharing this story but it’s very personal. So please as the saying goes, “take it with a grain of salt”. Proud to come from an uncut lineage of homebirthers and free birthers ( my Lola/grandma, my mom, and auntie ( also a midwife)). My grandpa / lolo ( mom’s dad ) was the midwife when I was born in the Philippines. I would love to share more in the future and host another gathering. Dm me if you’re interested. I will be sharing more on @ancestralbirthways
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#mamasoltribe #homebirth #undisturbedbirth #hilotandbirth #hilottradition by @ancestralbirthways

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What an incredible 2 day gathering. Grateful for everyone who took time out of their day , showed up and gathered with us with so much love and intention. Being in community is medicine in itself . This event was held on Araw ng mga patay/ kalag-kalag/ undas/ day of the dead. We had a beautiful community altar and we honored our ancestors & ourselves by continuing to practice our traditions , medicine, and rituals.
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Thank you to @3fourths_art for being an amazing co collaborator . Thanks to @morenamama_ @malayamidwifery for sharing your work in the community. Shout to @veganvedas for the clay and supplies.
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So much love to my family and @tyrone.maximum for holding it down and offering support to prep for this event.
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Excited to have more of these intimate magical spaces.
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Vegan Kamayan both days by @nanaysvegan .
(Shout out to my Nanay for passing on some recipes)
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#nativesol #Ancestralcreations #anito #Filipinoroots #FilipinoAncestralskills #Filipinohealingarts #austronesian #earthbasedskills #Filipinohealingarts #diwata #filipinoplantmagic #hilot #naturalbirth #naturalhealing #ancestralmedicine #aklanonartist #aklanonmedicine #filipinorituals #arawngmagapatay #filipinomagic #pilipinomagic #ancestralhealingarts #birthrituals #ancestralbirthways #birthmedicine #vegankamayan #filipinowellness #undas #kalagkalag by @ancestralbirthways

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This vessel had birth 6 children all at home: water birth , lotus birth, undisturbed birth. Through rituals , ceremony, and tradition. I am excited to offer a special one of a kind gathering centered on Filipino Ancestral birth practices and rituals , stories, culture, ceremonies. I will be sharing my personal stories with 6 of my Homebirths and also excited to have a few Pinay facilitators sharing their stories and work around birth, prenatal, & post-partum. We are bridging modern and Ancestral, joy & grief, storytelling and community.
When: Sunday, Nov. 2nd : 12-6pm
IThis event is on Araw ng mag Patay and we will honor our ancestors through this work and we will also have a community altar.
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AnitoDay2.eventbrite.com
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More info about the graphics on post :
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1. pic by @kumarivisionz
2. pic by @dinahism
3. Lingling-o (generic blanket term & name varies in different traditions ) is a Filipino / Austronesian symbol of life , fertility, protection, balance, divine feminine & masculine. This symbol is found all over the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Oldest surviving LingLing-o were made of nephrite jade from 500 BC . Northern tribes in the Philippines like the Ifugao, Bontoc, Kankaneay, and Kalinga had preserved this symbol and continued to be part of their traditions. I created this graphic to share the connection with the biology of a uterus. “Womb of the Earth”
4. Me dancing almost 9 months preg with @mahalayamade
5. Anito Day 2 event flyer
6. Anito Day 2 event flyer
7. Recent Home water birth with my 6th child Ake
8. Placenta making (more discussion at the gathering )
9. Another pic of the Lingling-o with the bottom pure gold version found in Eastern Visayas 10th to 13th century.
10. This graphic by @iamhaizehawke of the Ankh inspired the Lingling-o version. For the longest time , I used to wear so many ankh necklaces and jewelry and was so drawn to it as well as Ancient Kemetic mystcisms and traditions that also brought me back to my Filipino healing arts traditions. Love seeing the two connections.
11. Pic of an ancient depiction of Indigenous women ocean birthing ( we will discuss this topic a lil more) by Natalie Lenard
12.dancing by @ancestralbirthways

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FBF : pregnancy photo shoot with the talented photographer /artist @rozkumari_ / @kumarivisionz . Book your future shoots with her and it will be amazing.
Wearing our @nativesol two piece and handmade cuff. (And personal adornments by Roz and May)
@mamasoltribe circa 2014 with Lele
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Excited to share this again. •
Ancestral Birth Ways
With May Salem @mamasoltribe
Weds. May 16th 7pm-9pm
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Sharing Ancestral Birth Ways of my past, growth from my present, and hopes for the future.
Honored to be creating a beautiful safe space to talk about birth stories and my personal experience as a home birther and free birther. I had 5 amazing orgasmic (and pain free) birth experiences with all my children (last 3 unassisted) and hoping to share some insights around home births and my journey with all my pregnancies. I will also be sharing some of the natural birth wisdoms past through my family as generations of birth workers and medicines from my Ancestors. My intention is to create a space of empowerment surrounding birth and ways to possibly help guide or inspire your personal journey. I would love to share this space with you in ceremony and dialogue. Let's come together and re-discover our ancestral medicine from our unique backgrounds , share with each other, and build new narratives to pass down to our children / future gate keepers.
We will also be making herbal remedies / postpartum recipes inspired from my ancestral land of the Philippines. I am very honored and humbled for this opportunity to co-create with you all.
Space is limited.
Energy exchange : $20-$35 suggested donations via PayPal.me/NativeSol (no one will be turned away from lack of funds) •
This space welcomes expecting mamas/birthing person/partner supporter, future mamas/parents, birth workers, etc
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Please bring a journal, pen, mug/cup, offering for the community altar that you can take back home (optional) •
Native Sol
2018 E. 4th St.
Long Beach, CA 90814
email: nativesol.love@gmail.com
Event Photo by Kumarivisionz.com
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Brief Bio
May Salem is a Mama of 5 children , Creative (designer and co-owner of @nativesol )
She envision herself as a future birth worker , first as doula and eventually as a Midwife to continue the lineage of her family (Lolo /grandfather was a midwife).
Currently, she creates and sews pretty much every day while raising her children with her partner Ty. •
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#nativesol #ancestralbirthways #birthstories #gathering #homebirth #waterbirth #orgasmicbirth by @ancestralbirthways

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8 years ago

The after glow ✨ plus flower full Moon energy. .... We are blooming and shining bright! Super inspired tonight and so activated from this sacred space. Thank you community for coming and showing up to Ancestral Birth Ways and sharing your energy with us. Thanks for co-created such a safe space for us to share our stories. I am so humbly honored to facilitate this space and being able to share from the heart and felt received by this offering. Excited to share more and also check out my personal page @mamasoltribe for more birth stories and cute babies. Thanks to sis @angelicatonatzin for capturing this 💕✨•
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#ancestralbirthways #naturalbirth #primalmothering #babaylanroots #healing #orgasmicbirth #decolonizebirth #primalmama #birthstories #homebirth #waterbirth #nativesol #community #birthcommunity #flowermoon #blooming #magic #reclaiming #remembering #wearetheones #ancestralwisdom #ancestorsguideme taken in Native Sol by @ancestralbirthways

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Super inspired tonight and so activated from this sacred space. Thank you community for coming and showing up to Ancestral Birth Ways and sharing your energy with us. Thanks for co-created such a safe space for us to share our stories. I am so humbly honored to facilitate this space and being able to share from the heart and felt received by this offering. Excited to share more and also check out my personal page @mamasoltribe for more birth stories and cute babies. Thanks to sis @angelicatonatzin for capturing this 💕✨•
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#ancestralbirthways #naturalbirth #primalmothering #babaylanroots #healing #orgasmicbirth #decolonizebirth #primalmama #birthstories #homebirth #waterbirth #nativesol #community #birthcommunity #flowermoon #blooming #magic #reclaiming #remembering taken in Native Sol by @ancestralbirthways

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