Before the baby arrives, we celebrate the mother who is being born too.
A circle with the women you love most, gathered to honour the passage you are living, and to fill you with tenderness and blessings before birth.
What is a Blessingway?
It is not a baby shower.
There are no games, no wrapped gifts, and the baby is not the centre of attention. The word Blessingway comes from a sacred ceremony of the Navajo people (Diné): a rite of blessing and of restoring harmony, held at life's great thresholds.
From the late twentieth century onwards, midwives and women in the West drew inspiration from the spirit of this tradition to recover something modern culture had lost: a moment devoted to honouring the woman in the midst of her own metamorphosis.
Because somewhere along the way, we got it backwards. We fill expectant mothers with objects for the baby and forget to prepare them for the greatest transformation of their lives. The Blessingway gives that focus back to the one who is living it: the mother.
*also called a Mother Blessing in some countries
You leave with a support network
In our culture, we often cross into motherhood alone: with fear, contradictory information, and other people's expectations. The Blessingway gathers your tribe to assure you that you will not be doing this alone.
Gentle care, blessings, and symbols to take with you into the birthing room — and a commitment of presence for the days after the baby arrives.
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Blessingway Essential
Every Blessingway is guided by Sueli shaped around you.
The space
Private room at the studio, in Benfica
Décor of the space
Healthy vegetarian snacks, free of refined sugars (gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan options available)
Digital invitations for your guests
The rituals
Opening ritual and setting of the circle's intention
Guided meditation
Tribe Weaving — a binding ritual with wool threads and bracelets
Blessing Tree for the baby
Tunnel of Motherhood, with messages from parents (exclusive to the first pregnancy)
Before and after — what sets us apart
Communication platform with your guests
A selection of poems and readings on motherhood
A personalised playlist for your birth
Postpartum meal support network, organised among your guests — so that your first days at home are for resting, not for cooking
Max 12 guests · 2h30–3h
590€
Optional Rituals
Add depth to your circle. Choose one, two, or all.
Connection Ritual
95€
The intimate gestures of care.
Foot bath and massage by your circle
Flower crown
Messages for your birth
The strength of community around you.
Collective belly painting
Birth bracelet or adornment
Personalised candles for the birth
Tribe Ritual
105€
Professional belly henna, by artist Filipa Caires
Filipa Caires draws onto your belly a henna piece made to the measure of your moment. A temporary, sacred ornament that turns the pregnant body into a work of art.
Henna Ritual with Filipa Caires
200€
Dedicated Photographer
200€
To keep your day in images, by Nairam Oliveira
Nairam Oliveira follows the circle with discretion and a sensitive eye, holding on to the gestures, the glances, and the tears that would otherwise be lost. You leave with the images of a day that passes too quickly.
To close the afternoon in deep relaxation, by Ana Rita Pinto
With Moon Frequencies, the sound of singing bowls, piano, and voice carries the entire circle into a final journey of deep release. The frequencies settle what was lived and seal the ceremony in stillness.
Sound Journey
200€
Baby’s Aura Reading
70€
A glimpse of the one who is arriving, by Alda M. Oliveira
A deep connection with your baby’s energy, even before meeting him. A gift to keep and return to it after the birth,
Blessingway Full Moon
Up to 12 guests · 4h
1350€
The complete experience, everything included.
✦ Everything in the Blessingway Essencial
✦ Connection Ritual
✦ Tribe Ritual
✦ Henna Ritual
✦ Dedicated photographer
✦ Sound journey as a closing ritual
✦ Baby’s aura reading consult
✦ A special gift — a deck of 52 postpartum affirmation cards, for the days you will be alone with your baby (exclusive to Full Moon) — value €50
Who guides your Blessingway
Sueli Spencer
A scientist by training, I opened Feel at Om to share with the world the practices and therapies that have most shaped my life. When I was pregnant with my third baby, my friends organised a Blessingway in my honour — and I fell in love with these rites of passage, these celebrations so full of meaning. I bring you not only my own experience, but also my training in ritual practice through Sabedoria da Lua, and my passion for motherhood.
The team
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Nairam Oliveira
Passionate about capturing meaningful moments through documentary photography, I seek to record every detail in a way that feels natural, gentle, and true. My aim is to hold on to real emotion and create lasting memories that tell honest stories.
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Ana Rita Pinto
I am a musician and composer with formal training in music. I give life to Moon Frequencies, a project born from the meeting of composition and piano with the sensitivity of crystal singing bowls and the voice. Alongside teaching piano, I regularly offer meditative concerts and sound journeys.
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Alda M. Oliveira
I accompany people in their processes of inner reconnection, transformation, and awareness, drawing on energy work, one-to-one sessions, and the Heal Your Life® method. I offer themed aura readings, including the pre-birth reading of the baby.
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Filipa Caires
Trained in science — environmental engineering — I stepped, out of love for the craft, into the world of tattooing, founding the brand Clethra. I have been a tattoo artist for several years, and I work as an artist deeply connected to nature.
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Margarida Spencer
I am a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with training in Biodanza — but it is nourishing, healthy cooking that feeds my soul. I have been catering for events for several years, and since 2025 I have been running the café at Feel at Om, where I prepare daily meals under the motto "Food that loves you back."
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Frequent Questions
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Instead of material gifts, you and the other women in her life come together for a circle where she feels seen, held, and celebrated — even before the baby arrives.
You gather the guests (up to 12), and the cost can be shared between you all.
We take care of everything else: the space, the rituals, the food, the materials, the practitioners. All you need to do is show up and be present with her.
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It absolutely does. Every passage into motherhood deserves to be honoured. In that case, the Tunnel of Motherhood is replaced by other moments within the circle.
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We take care of everything. Through the communication platform, we guide your guests in what is simple and beautiful to bring — without pressure or homework.
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Yes. The Essential is the foundation; the optional rituals and the rhythm of the circle are shaped with you.
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Up to 12, to preserve the intimacy of the circle.
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Before the Blessingway, we organise a meal calendar with your guests for the first weeks after the birth. Each one chooses a day and brings you a meal — instead of gifts, you receive time and rest.
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Fill in the form above or contact us through Whatsapp to the number 938590503
Your circle is waiting.
Whether for you or for someone you love — tell us the due date and we will shape the Blessingway together with you.
hello@feelatom.pt
(+351) 938 590 503
Av. do Uruguai 21B, 1500-613 Benfica
Feel at Om is the brand of the company Egrégora Cardinal, Lda.