Bengkung Belly Binding

Bengkung is a traditional Malaysian belly bind which is practiced in variations all throughout South East Asia. If you are a Filipina, you would be familiar of midwives or manghihilots massaging and pressing your hips back together after birthing. Bengkung has the same goal of tightening your hips and stacking your core muscles to give you 360 degrees support using a very long personalized cloth. It is highly recommended to help heal diastasis recti with constant support of the abdomen area.

Here are a few photos of when Irina binded my up at our first Sacred Pregnancy & Conscious Birth retreat in Antipolo.

You can do it yourself but its better when someone else binds for you!

Here is Irina binding Ria, another participant in the recent Blissful Mama's Retreat in Bahay Kalipay Palawan. 

See how cute little Sitara is holding Mama's hand?

Here I am struggling with it at first, using my teeth to hold one end of the cloth to keep it tight.

Viola! I am mighty proud of how I was able to come through with this bind by myself and getting a selfie done, too!

The Bengkung Belly Bind Kit will be available for all our participants at our Sacred Postpartum workshop tomorrow in Casa Natura. To sign up, SMS 0917-8386261

Sacred Postpartum: A Mother's Honoring Workshop

I have had many inquiries on Bengkung Belly Binding after posting photos of the 1st Sacred Pregnancy and Conscious Birth Retreat. It seems like many mothers need extra help to get their organs back in place and bodies back together! 

I have teamed up yet again with my doula, Irina of Conscious Birth Manila to give postpartum moms a workshop on Honoring one's self after birth. We all need closure from whatever birth experience we've had, whether it was an unsatisfactory, traumatizing birth or a loss of a child and even a happy, soulful birth. Birth itself is a form of release so we need to continue the flow with an event with other moms on the same journey.

With the birth of the baby the woman is crossing the threshold from maiden to mother, which is a massive undertaking that not only needs to be recognized and ceremonially honoured, but also deeply necessitates a healing touch that can welcome the new mama with the open arms.

Sacred Postpartum Mother Honoring Retreat will hold space for women on the other side of birth to seal the rawness of the birth experience and support your recovery and journey into the motherhood. 

EVERY woman deserves to be welcomed into MOTHERHOOD through GENTLE LOVING + CARE.

March 7, Saturday 2-6pm in Casa Natura, San Juan

Interested mothers can email consciousbirthmanila@gmail.com or SMS 0917-8386261

Online registration is up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KJOcbpZUU6s2Yv-XbR1EWhZSeY5L_VLmWDly0H0w69s/viewform

What to bring:

 - any cherished belonging (crystals, malas etc) for the sacred space

 - journal or notebook

 - a long shawl / scarf made of thick fabric

 - yoga mat

See you there!