Digging for Mother’s Bones

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About the Author

Coco Oya Cienna-Rey is a UK-based mother, grandmother, creative, mystic, soul guide and writer. Her creativity is informed by her journey as a devotee of the Tantric path (an embodied path of self-liberation) and her personal journey with trauma. She has always felt a call to channel the Voice of the Divine Feminine and is published in several bestselling anthologies. Often thought provoking, yet always heartfelt her work speaks of the sacred wisdom stored in the body, the non-linear nature of trauma and the embodiment of soul. She believes that our innate connection to the natural world can heal humanity.

As a deeply sensitive, highly empathic gifted intuitive Coco can be found weaving her soul-coaching embodiment work at creativelycoco.com

Praise

“Digging for Mother’s Bones is a profound exploration of the feminine essence and its deeply rooted connections within our lives. It’s a healing balm for the collective feminine psyche, eloquently navigating the terrain of motherhood, womanhood and the sacredness of life.
The book is an essential read for those yearning to reconnect with their inner wisdom and to honor the interconnectivity of life as seen through the lens of the Divine Feminine. It is a manifesto for transformation and an invitation to a deeper communion with our true nature. The journey Coco lays out is one of profound awakening and healing, necessary for anyone looking to mend the fractures of a disconnected world and find solace in the arms of the Great Mother.”

—Astara Jane Ashley, MA, CEO and publisher of Flower of Life Press, book midwife and ordained priestess

“Coco Oya Cienna-Rey is a true oracular voice for The Great Mother, anchoring the reclamation of the wild, sensual, embodied and future ancient feminine.
Digging for Mother’s Bones is a manifesto to counter the hijack and censorship of womb, body, heart through the revelatory pathways of raw sensuality, mysticism, and rebellion.
Reading Coco Oya Cienna-Rey’s work is a refuge for those who have heard the clarion call to return to the initiations of dark fertile wisdom of the feminine. We are blessed to have Cienna-Rey’s prophetic and lyrical voice alive amongst us.”

—Caroline Seckinger of Her Eternal Ceremonial Knives, artist, author and ceremonial guide

“A powerful, unapologetic call to remember the true essence and potency of the Mother. In a world that seems increasingly determined to abuse, obfuscate, deny and distort Woman’s inherent embodied intelligence, Coco Oya Cienna-Rey’s voice is clear and welcome balm.
Her writing asks us to enter a process of descent through the real, raw, radiant body of ourselves that delivers us home to our Mother wisdom. Can we process our trauma and move through our pain, vulnerability and personal stories, to uncover the original seeds of knowing buried deep in the marrow of ourselves? Digging for Mother’s Bones offers a compelling mixture of personal story woven with teachings, insights and embodied exercises to help you do just that.”

—Carly Mountain, author of Descent & Rising: Women’s Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth

“Coco Oya shares her journey from a place of unexamined intergenerational trauma to a life of full and courageous exploration of shadow and pain. She takes us along in the discovery of how the Divine Feminine has been diminished and demonized, and how the fears for survival have forced women to deny their true power. She bravely leads us into a mapping of the shadow places with helpful exercises and a desire for full embodiment. I had a lightbulb moment in understanding that seeking higher realms of consciousness does not require escaping the body but rather, requires that we deepen our physical attentiveness and become more embodied. Her life, her journey, and this book are an inspiration for us all.”

—Gina Martin, author of the When She Wakes series (Sisters of the Solstice Moon, Walking the Threads of Time, She Is Here)

“Coco’s raw honesty in sharing her story is deeply touching, and allows one to grieve, rage, laugh and celebrate with her. It also creates a space within which we can all step into a profound honouring of ourselves, our mothers, our mother lines and of Her, the Great Mother.
Coco is truly a siren for the Mother and Digging for Mother’s Bones is the kind of medicine that our world so desperately needs right now.”

—Emmi Mutale, womb healer, author, founder of Feminine Revered, host of the ‘Sacred Feminine Power’ podcast and the Return to the Mother World speaker series

“Coco Oya Cienna-Rey speaks of the Mother, the Goddess, in a way that only a true initiate of the sacred feminine can. She presents an invitation to do the work, to do the reflecting, as the key to return home to the masculine and feminine within us all.
She weaves the story of her own sacred journey as a woman, mother, and healer, granting us intimate insight into what it looks like to surrender to the call of the Goddess and to become an Oracle of the Divine Mother. Following along as she outlines transformational spiritual practices to tap into the wisdom of the Goddess served to anchor me more deeply into my womb and into my own calling.
This has very quickly become one of my favorite books about the feminine, the Goddess, and the Mother.”

—Tiara Shardé, oracle, founder of The Pussy Portal and Embodying the Goddess Temple & Mystery School

“A heartfelt, authentic and powerful guide to unearthing true feminine nature, Coco’s book is inspiring and timely. Rooted in her lived-experience, every word she writes is a resonant call from the deep feminine to awaken the embodied wisdom within every one of us. Essential reading for anyone who wishes to honour life, earth and The Great Mother whose time is now.”

—Umā Dinsmore-Tuli PhD, author of Yoni Shakti, A Woman’s Guide to Power, Freedom through Yoga and Tantra and Nidrā Shakti: an Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Yoga Nidrā

“This work is a timely, precious and necessary attunement to the archetype of Mother, who was suppressed by patriarchy, religious dogma and pathology. Coco’s voice beckons the reader deeper into the feminine intelligences of emotion and intuition. Supporting them gracefully with practices to reclaim and balance the fullness of their humanity.
This is not just a book, it’s a sacred journey of reclamation.
Blessed be.”

—Rainbow Goddess, matricentric feminist researcher, mushroom shamaness and creator of the podcast, ‘Motherhood: Rawful But True’

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About the Artist

Dorrie Joy, cover artist for Digging for Mother’s Bones, lives and works as a prolific multi-disciplinary artist. She teaches ancestral skills and traditional crafts and is also a herbalist, forager, poet, writer, international speaker and ceremonial leader.

As a painter, she is largely self taught. Her formal studies are in literature and ceramics.

For almost thirty years she has been initiated by and trained intimately with indigenous women and Elders in many areas of ancient craft and ceremony.

Her paintings are held in private collections and public displays and her ceremonial craft is carried and respected globally.

She has travelled widely and lives in the south west of the UK. A mother of three and a grandmother of two, her work is informed by her passion for sustainability, rooted in connection and reciprocity.