Pregnant Belly Henna - Blessingways and more!
Check out this great article and book on some emerging traditions of using henna to decorate pregnant bellies!:
Article in Mothering Magazine - birth preparation - blessings (with henna!).
Here's a book on blessingways with a hennaed belly featured on the cover!
Note that the henna in the photo appears to not have been done by an experienced henna artist... it will come out a bazillion times better if you have a professional henna artist decorate your belly! Do an image search for "pregnant belly henna" and you are sure to find some stunning examples.
Blessingways are beautiful ceremonies - I've had the pleasure of doing henna for the bellies of moms-to-be at four of them so far. Everyone has their own spin on it, it seems. But what they all have in common is that it is a celebration of the mother and all of her connections with other women. In this way they're very similar to baby showers... but in a blessingway, it's the sharing of stories and advice given from woman to woman that take center stage, rather than party games and presents.
Article in Mothering Magazine - birth preparation - blessings (with henna!).
Here's a book on blessingways with a hennaed belly featured on the cover!
Note that the henna in the photo appears to not have been done by an experienced henna artist... it will come out a bazillion times better if you have a professional henna artist decorate your belly! Do an image search for "pregnant belly henna" and you are sure to find some stunning examples.
Blessingways are beautiful ceremonies - I've had the pleasure of doing henna for the bellies of moms-to-be at four of them so far. Everyone has their own spin on it, it seems. But what they all have in common is that it is a celebration of the mother and all of her connections with other women. In this way they're very similar to baby showers... but in a blessingway, it's the sharing of stories and advice given from woman to woman that take center stage, rather than party games and presents.
1 Comments:
I have to agree with you. I haven't seen the actual book, but the images from the website aren't of the best quality. It would have been much more professional to have hired or bartered with a pro.
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