22/10/2025
Words can not describe my gratitude and awe to for the most 3 incredible days in Berlin. A Gathering of Women + 1 Man ☺️ to learn, unlearn, witness and honour the ancestral wisdom of Birthkeepers, midwifes and all things womb related and so much more. What I felt was a home coming, a reconnecting to myself and my womb space. To honour myself Self and stand proud in my work in protecting traditional beliefs when it comes to maternity care. Pregnancy, Birth and Postnatal care is so much more than just a practical task. It is a rite of passage, a transition from woman into a mother, a journey of change and transition, moving forwards from what has been into the unknown. I feel so honoured to have sat with such beautiful and powerful women, indigenous to the contemporary. You have all truly moved something within me. I arrived with fluster, anxiety and awkwardness feeling like an outsider and came away feeling I had found my sisters and re-discovering my-Self. Thank you Charlotte for taking the initiative to create a most magnificent community of birth workers, explorers and protecting indigenous women of ancient practices. What I discovered, is that there are similarities to our traditional practices across nations, cultures and people and yet perhaps we are not so different after all. In love and gratitude, Ann 🙏💖🙏💖🙏💖
