Join us as we listen to the beautiful Ali Shaffer tell the birth and death story of her beloved daughter Auzlyn Merry Sky.
A mother standing in the threshold between portals shares her beautiful birth story & how we heal after tragedy from life’s greatest losses.
Ali is a Naturopathic Doctor, Shamanic Priestess & Sovereign Midwife who believes that all pain can be turned into power and that when we make a conscious decision to heal, we can change narratives around societies perceptions.
In our conversation today, we explore ancient ceremonies, healing rituals, and traditional death rites that can support deep emotional grief processing when death meets us in the birth space.
Throughout this almost two-hour conversation, we are asking the questions: What is and isn’t helpful when we find ourselves in community with a family navigating loss? What can meeting death and bowing reverently in tragic circumstances look like? Can we find gifts and silver linings when we are faced with life’s most profound tragedies? How may we hold fear and radical surrender in pregnancy, birth, and death? Are we able to find beauty in our experiences with loss and what does that even look like?
Here, we sit in the darker and medicinally potent realities of birth, asking the questions that we may never have answers to.
Truly it has been the biggest honour to have welcomed Ali into this conversational space. The wisdom pours out of this medicine woman so beautifully — and we are sure you will walk away from this episode feeling the same.
Today, we honour you, Ali, and your daughter Auzlyn. She came into this world to make sacred your path and everyone who comes into contact with your story. Thank you for birthing such a beautiful light and walking alongside the darkness with such grace.
In reverence,
Emma & Sami
To connect with Ali Shaffer and learn more about her work, you can reach her through her email: divinetribe7@gmail.com
