Boho Maternity Session
“Being a green witch is a very loose framed natural way of living. It doesn’t have boundaries or specific rituals that need to be followed. It’s more about being open to connecting with the earth and its offerings towards aiding our mental and physical health. It’s interpretive and flexible yet always holds tight to the belief in the harmony of the earth’s elements.
I created the stang as a symbolic and functional tool in my journey of becoming a green witch. Traditionally a stang is a forked staff. It aids in walking while exploring nature and also as a place to gather treasures found while in the forest. The wood is from an Ash tree and represents stability, roots that weave into the earth, and strength through grounding. The top of it is adorned with fallen antlers which hold various meaningful sweet little findings from my journeys. Feathers, dream catchers, flowers, moss, herbs, and crystals represent my quest in being coming a mother. The feathers remind me to be free floating and carry myself with pride. The flowers, moss and herbs remind me that I can heal by using mother nature’s tools. And the crystals are malachite for maternal strength and rose quartz for self care and love. All of the parts together are a remarkable symbol of my journey to and throughout motherhood.
A wise woman once told me that you have to be pulled back in life in order to be launched into something better. This is the significance behind an arrow. And that woman is my dear mother. I have always wanted to be a mother like her, wise and encouraging. She helped me see that the valleys of the past seem shallow compared to the mountains of the future we look upon now. With her encouragement, I crept through my struggles quietly and stumbled upon my SOMETHING BETTER. And now my husband I are expecting a little girl into our precious lives melded together. I look forward to embracing her with the love of our story and the warm dreams of our future together. The most important lessons I want to teach my daughter are those of stillness. Feeling content with patience, Mother Nature’s greatest lesson. Always making time to talk and to listen. Hearing the soft sound of water running, the gentle flow of the willow tree branches, and the delicate songs of birds. As my mother did for me, I want to empower her with grace and empathy as her greatest tools in this fast-moving world. I hope she gently flows through life with the sun on her heart and dreams in her soul. My journey of motherhood has been something I knew I couldn’t live without. And to know that she carries in her the secrets to the kind heart of my husband makes me prouder than I ever imagined. Carrying her soothes a missing piece I never knew I had. She is a treasure within me, and I cannot wait for our love to grow by the sun and by the moon.”
– Danae
