Liminal Rites, Bar Harbor, ME (2025)

05/14/2025

Tender beech leaves wave like prayer flags in the forest, verdant greens shimmer in the gentle wind. The waters are warming, the soils are teeming with the breath of life and death turning over, and over.

Days grow longer; the external calls for our full attention once again. In honor of this quickening, and the fullness of the summer season here in Maine, I have committed to the next three circle dates!

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Women’s circles are an invitation to share what’s on your heart and witness one another in celebration and grief of all that it is to be human in this world. Come as you are and take part in the magic of expression, witness and deep listening.

You can expect to be guided through a brief embodiment practice, followed by introductions, boundary setting and intentions, and finally, group sharing. Circle closes with a collective prayer, a reading or short meditation.

Register through my link in bio and venmo $15-$25 dollars to secure your spot.

This event is 18+, wee babes in arms are always welcome.

In gratitude,
Molly

04/09/2025

This morning, a light cover of snow rests on the branches of hemlock and beech lining the trail where I walk with my dog. The earth is soft and wet. The sun is gentle, but present. Last night, the first loons sang.

The earth emerges from a deep winter’s rest. As do we.

What seeds are you watering in the landscape of your own creation as we approach the season of growth and rebirth?

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Women’s circles are an invitation to share what’s on your heart and witness one another in celebration and grief of all that it is to be human in this world. Come as you are and take part in the magic of expression, witness and deep listening.

You can expect to be guided through a brief embodiment practice, followed by introductions, boundary setting and intentions, and finally, group sharing. We’ll close circle with a collective prayer and another short meditation if time allows.

This event is 18+ but wee babes in arms are welcome. What is spoken in circle is to be kept completely confidential. When you show up, you agree to uphold this contract.

Circle is capped at 8 participants to maintain intimacy and to ensure everyone has ample time to speak.

Let 2025 be a year of showing up for ourselves and one another through building a supportive network of sisterhood.

03/06/2025

Join us for a special women’s circle honoring Equinox//Ostara on Thursday evening March 20th.

As womb bearers, we are intrinsically connected to the rhythms of the earth body.

Rising tides and waxing moons, the falling of the beech leaves and the emergence of new buds each spring.

These processes are a mirror of the birth/death/rebirth cycles we experience within our bodies, guided by our hormones.

Deepening with the land through a greater awareness of the cyclical patterns of growth and decay builds awareness in our relationship to our own cycles, inviting us to soften, and surrender to the changing seasons of our lives on a daily, weekly, monthly basis and beyond.

Our Equinox circle will explore the theme of Spring as it relates to the follicular phase of the fertility//menstrual cycle, and the greater phases of the planetary system as we move into the season of growing light.

We’ll learn about how to align with the energy of renewal and growth as we move from menstruation to ovulation, and take part in a ritual//reflection that honors both our collective emergence from the fertile dark of Winter, and the planting of our seeds as the sun returns.

As always, there will be time to share what’s on our hearts and minds.

✨Sign up through my link in bio. I hope to see you there!

02/28/2025

Attention Mount Desert Island Community!

I have had the great pleasure of supervising an independent study in Ayurvedic Postpartum Care for a College of the Atlantic student over the last several weeks.

Lila is passionate about the womb-bearing continuum and has spent the past two months learning how to support families in the postpartum period.

Her studies have included an Ayurvedic postpartum care course by Ayurvedic Mamas, as well as texts like Heng Ou’s “The First Forty Days” and Kimberly-Ann Johnson’s “The Fourth Trimester.” She has been cooking up some beautiful and nourishing meals, and practicing supportive techniques like belly-binding, abhyanga, and yoni-steaming.

This spring, Lila will take part in COA’s Hatchery Program, which supports students in an entrepreneurial business venture, to explore how this work might evolve as she nears graduation and considers her career.

Lila is currently looking to connect with families on MDI in the postpartum window to gain experience and practice her skills. She would be a valuable resource to any family in need of postpartum support!

Enjoy this photo of Lila’s beautiful beef congee, and see the next slide for her contact info. ✨

02/11/2025

If you’ve been here for awhile, you know I took a break from growing this work as I moved through some personal transitions over the last of couple years. Thanks for hanging out with me through the pivots and bumps🫶🏼

The days are getting longer here in Maine, and I feel my creative energy returning to me after taking plenty of time to court my seeds and tend my roots! I look forward to stepping into service this year, starting with postpartum care.

Postpartum care is preventative care.

Cultures worldwide have recognized the first forty days following birth to be a critical time of recovery for centuries, understanding that the quality of healing in the postpartum is a determining factor for future health or dis-ease. When we encourage the body’s natural ability to heal in the weeks following birth, we fortify our health for the task of raising young ones, future pregnancies, menopause, and all the years in between.

My approach to postpartum care, informed by my training with , focuses on rebuilding the constitution through an extended period of rest, warmth, appropriate nourishing foods, bodywork, and community care. As a postpartum care provider, my role is to guide and support you through these essential pillars of healing.

Visit liminalrites.me to learn more. And tell your friends!

02/06/2025

Hey babes! It’s that time again.

Come get cozy with a cup of tea in candlelight and take part in the magic of expression, witness and deep listening.

Tuesday, February 18th 5:15pm-7pm
*Circle starts at 5:30pm

Women’s circles are an invitation to share what’s on your heart and witness one another in celebration and grief of this wild human experience!

Take part in the reintegration of ritual and ceremony within community spaces and be reminded that our experiences are not as unique as they may seem.

You can expect to be guided through a brief embodiment practice, followed by introductions, boundary setting and intentions, and finally, group sharing. We’ll close circle with another short meditation if time allows.

Please sign up through my Calendly via link in bio, and venmo $15-$25 to reserve your seat! Let me know if you prefer to offer cash on the day of, or if a financial contribution is a challenge for you at this time.

This event is 18+ but wee babes in arms are always welcome. What is spoken in circle is to be kept completely confidential. When you show up, you agree to uphold this contract.

Circle is capped at 8 participants to maintain intimacy and to ensure everyone has ample time to speak.

Let 2025 be a year of showing up for ourselves and one another through building a supportive network of sisterhood✨

Big Love,
Molly

Art by Dona Seegers

12/31/2024

Let us welcome the new year in ritual and ceremony with one another.

This circle is an invitation to share what’s on your heart and witness one another as we celebrate and grieve the closing of another year. Come get cozy with a cup of tea in candlelight and take part in the magic of expression, witness and deep listening.

You can expect to be guided through a brief embodiment practice, followed by introductions, boundary setting and intentions, and finally, group sharing. We’ll close circle with another short meditation if time allows.

Wednesday, January 22nd 5:15pm-7pm
*Circle starts at 5:30pm

Please sign up through my Calendly via link in bio, and Venmo $15-$25 to reserve your seat! Let me know if you prefer to offer cash on the day of or if a financial contribution is a challenge for you at this time.

All women over 18 are welcome. Babies in arms are welcome, too. What is spoken in circle is to be kept completely confidential. When you show up, you agree to uphold this contract.

Circle is capped at 8 participants to maintain intimacy and to ensure everyone has ample time to speak.

Let 2025 be a year of showing up for ourselves and one another through building a supportive network of sisterhood✨

I can’t wait to be in circle with you!

Big Love,
Molly

12/22/2023

Celebrating that in 2023 I finally found a haircut that feels like me.

…after several years of spiritual expansion and a complete reorganizing of my values and orientation to life, 2023 has been slow and uncomfortable integration process. Anyone else with me? Holding you.

I have not been expressing creative energy in this space for several months, and while I value the connection and community on this platform(even in periods of creative pause), I am being called to cultivate more presence in my day to day routine as I celebrate my 33rd birthday and the winter solstice.

((I feel like instagram is siphoning my life-force and I’m turning into a slug-person!))

So. I’m going into hibernation to attune more deeply with the forest kin and the desires of my own true heart!

Sending you a lotta love wherever you are.

Be back later😘

06/03/2023

After a gentle unfolding into 2023, May ripped through me like a lightning bolt, and I’ve been feeling behind as summer blooms.

Weeks ago, I ovulated on the new moon. I cruised through my luteal phase: working on the yurt, planting the garden, tending to my brood, making new connections, and catching up with old friends. I rode those estrogen fumes long past ovulation and didn’t prepare for my bleeding phase as I usually do.

Yesterday morning, I returned home from celebrating a friend’s birthday, and as I unloaded my things I busted my toe on a rock in the driveway. When I went inside to clean the wound and use the bathroom after a long drive, I found my moon had also arrived.

All week, I knew it was coming. I’d been ignoring my body’s call to slow down. My living space was a wreck, my clothes were dirty, I hadn’t made food or even gotten groceries.

Instead of being angry with myself for not preparing for my blood, or upset with my body like I may have been years ago, I felt an overwhelming gratitude for the opportunity to reflect on how I’ve grown.

It’s been 3 full years honoring the voice of my womb. It is incredible to me how naturally my life has shifted to prioritize my well-being through choosing to surrender to the intelligence of my cycle.

I spend the bleeding phase resting, tending to my body's deepest wants and needs, grieving and setting goals for the next cycle. The rise of Progesterone in my luteal phase invites me to slow down, stock up on foods, and prepare my home for release. I willingly surrender to the pause, because I feel a sense of accomplishment through harnessing the rise of estrogen in my follicular and ovulatory phases, which supports me in being active and social, and working on creative projects.

I'm amazed by how little conscious effort this demands now that I'm settled in the flow and guided by my intuition.

On this full moon, I’m not enjoying my bleeding phase as much as I usually might, but I’m grateful for the reminder of my growth and progress. and for little seeds I’m planting for a future in which all of us are supported to surrender to the cyclical wisdom and pure magic of our bodies.

05/11/2023

Did you know that a regular monthly bleed is not necessarily an indication of ovulation on its own?

While the length and quality of your cyclical bleed is an important biomarker for determining hormonal health, tracking additional biomarkers is essential for accurately identifying and confirming ovulation:

💦Cervical Fluid:
The one consistent rule for every fertility awareness based method of cycle tracking, is that they all use cervical fluid as a tool for tracking ovulation. A typical pattern for cervical fluid is scant following the bleeding phase, changes from thick and creamy to increasingly more clear, stretchy, and lubricative, and tapers off through the second half of the cycle. *Learning to interpret cervical fluid from regular secretions is nuanced, every body is unique, and it may take several cycles for a clear pattern to be revealed.

🔥Basal Body Temperature(BBT):
Following ovulation, the body moves into a state of Progesterone dominance. Progesterone causes a rise in BBT of about .5-1 degrees F. In a normal cycle, postovulatory temperatures remain elevated until shortly before the next bleeding phase begins. Taking your BBT each morning before getting out of bed reveals a bi-phasiac pattern between pre and postovulatory temps. When cross checked with cervical fluid, BBT reasonably confirms when/if ovulation occurred within the cycle.

⭕️Cervical Position:
Did you know the position of your cervix changes based on where you are at in your cycle? As you approach ovulation the cervix rises, becoming more soft, open, and receptive to s***m. During infertile phases, the cervix is firm and rests lower in the vaginal canal. Connecting with your cervix through touch once a day for an entire cycle can be a gateway to building relationality and trust, and will help you to track fertile changes over time.

Fertility Awareness Based methods are one part science, one part observation, and one part magic. While the only technical confirmation of ovulation can be achieved through ultrasound or proven through conception, tracking these biomarkers is the most reliable way to be aware of our cyclical patterns, fertility, and therefore health and vitality.

05/08/2023

Walking this land has been a gentle homecoming.

When my relationship ended last summer, my heart told me to come home.

What is home I asked? And then I listened for some time.

Home is the old path to the water, lined with teaberries in the springtime. It’s the arms of the pine reaching past the shoreline for the sun, where your great-grandmother’s cackle is heard between the pop and hiss of a brush fire, and the whispers of your grandparents meeting for the first time echo gently across the lake.

Are you sure? I asked my heart again, and again.

My heart was sure.

I do not know for how long this little piece of land will be my home, but I do know my heart led me back here, to a place that is both familiar and mysterious, because there is a story here that is ready to be told.

It's revealing itself to me slowly, and I’m not sure it will ever want to be shared, but I’m listening for what is with every walk to the outlet stream.

04/11/2023

Potential side effects of Fertility Awareness Method may include:

🩸Resting While you Bleed

If you know when to expect your blood, you can avoid making social plans or taking on extra obligations in advance. You may take advantage of the hormonal fluctuations in your late luteal phase to complete tasks around the house, or prep meals so you can prioritize rest when your bleeding phase arrives.

🌊More Liberated S3x

You are fertile for 6 days each cycle. Learning how to identify the fertile window and confirm ovulation may lead to out of this world s3x, free from the stress of potential pregnancy in certain phases of the cycle.

🕊Fewer Pregnancy Scares

The late period. We’ve all been there. The impact of stress on a developing egg causes variability in the length of the first phase of the cycle. Learning to identify and confirm ovulation enables you to see clearly if a long cycle is due to potential pregnancy, or more commonly delayed ovulation in the follicular phase.

❤️‍🔥Improved Intimacy with your Partner

If you have a partner they can take a more active role in your fertility management by learning about how your biomarkers and cycle phases impact fertility. FAM encourages conversations about your fertility goals and the risks you are willing to take as a couple. You may feel a greater sense of intimacy as the two of you begin to understand your unique cycle phases and how your needs change throughout the month.

🫀Body Literacy

Fertility is a measure of health regardless of your intention to procreate. Observing biomarkers is an excellent way to confirm your hormonal and metabolic health, and may reveal conditions that otherwise go unnoticed. Overtime, FAM will make clear how your lifestyle influences your fertility, and the impact of stress on your health.

🍄Connection & Belonging to the Earth

Surrendering the to innate wisdom of your cycling body may influence the way you relate to yourself and the world around you, provide a deeper sense of trust in the birth/death/rebirth cycles of the land, and encourage a greater connection to the elements as you embody the processes they reflect within yourself.

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