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Mother Blessing Hair Grooming Ritual

Hair grooming is another cornerstone of the Mother Blessing tradition. Get out a nice natural bristle hair brush and give the new mom a relaxing hair brushing. You can finish it off by decorating her hair with flowers.

What to do

I hope this is as self-explanatory as it sounds! Fully brush her hair, massage her temples, stimulate her scalp. You can leave her hair down, put it up, or style it according to her wishes. Then decorate her hair with flowers, ribbons, hair combs or even a crown of flowers. If you have two or more people who want to be part of the grooming rituals, you can have one or more people groom her hair while others give her a foot bath.

You can make a crown of flowers by starting with crafting or florist wire. Braid three strands of crafting wire leaving spaces in the braids for the flowrs. Fashion the braid into a circle that will fit the mother's head comfortably. Tie ends together with a ribbon. Then insert the flowers into the braids of wire. Or, for a simpler crown that probably won't last as long, you can simply cut a small slit in the flower stems and chain them together, as in a daisy chain.