Sunday | May 4 | 2-5 pm

Denver, CO

The Ceremony

Hey Birdie’s annual maternal event, Maternal Burn, is a sacred space to honor the layered, complex, and often unseen experiences of mothering—whether through birth, caregiving, creativity, or self-reclamation.

This year, we’re honored to partner with Laurie D. Riley of Leita Ayurveda—a Hey Birdie Bird in Flight, Ayurvedic practitioner, doula, and guide into the feminine mysteries. Laurie brings a deep well of wisdom in womb care, ritual, and the cyclical nature of the body, and together we are crafting a ceremonial experience that invites women into reflection, release, and renewal.

You’ll be guided through three sacred phases:

• Descent — slowing down, sensing what has been held too long

• Burn — a ritual of release through breath, movement, and symbolic fire

• Rebirth — a soft return to your center, your sovereignty, your creative energy

This is a space where grief, tenderness, truth, and power are welcome.
Where silence is sacred.
Where movement becomes medicine.

We honor the maternal archetype as a living energy:
The one who tends. Who gives. Who holds. Who creates.
And — importantly — the one who learns to receive.

This space is for anyone who:

• Feels like they’ve been holding too much for too long

• Craves sacred release without needing to explain

• Is ready to let go of roles or patterns that no longer serve

• Longs to reconnect with their own clarity, desire, and rhythm

You don’t have to be a mother.
You only need to be someone who has mothered — people, projects, dreams, identities — and is ready to return to yourSelf.

You don’t need to perform.
You don’t need to explain.
You only need to come willing to remember what is yours to keep — and what is ready to go.

As a token of our appreciation for your presence, each attendee will receive a Nesting Gift, including a ceremonial mug and the assurance of a supportive community of women who see and embrace you in your entirety.