Reclaiming Menopause
The Power and the Purpose
Stoking the Fire
June 7 & 8 2025
Byron Shire Hinterland, Non-Residential
Cost: $490/ or $440 Early Bird paid by April 30th
When I gave a presentation on menopause lately I was struck by a sense of urgency- that younger women really need to hear the stories of menopause and begin planting seeds for their future through woman’s ways of self-care- embracing the journey of womanhood now. For some of you menopause is in the long and seemingly far away future, for others it is today or even yesterday and everything in between.
“ There is a magic that happens in circles with Moana that goes beyond the mundane.” Michelle
Through sharing knowledge, self reflection, ritual and Circle we will invoke our inner wise woman instincts, give her voice, and welcome her as ally.
What are your beliefs about menopause? Where did you learn them?
What does it mean to be a ‘middle aged’ woman? What are our cultural stigmas or representations?
How does menstruating/fertility define us as women? Or doesn’t it?
If menopause is a liminal space, unable to be choreographed, often confusing, challenging physically, psychically, emotionally, sexually, mentally, what would you, or did you, do to navigate the transition?
“The joy of menopause is the world’s best-kept secret. . . . in order to claim that joy a woman must be willing to pass beyond the monsters who guard its gate. As you stand at the brink of it, it can appear that only darkness, danger and decay lie beyond. [But] . . . as thousands of women from all cultures throughout history have whispered to each other, it is the most exciting passage a woman ever makes.”– Leslie Kenton, Passage to Power
Reclaiming Menopause is an opportunity to dive deeply, unravel and reclaim the wisdom of our bodies, the power and purpose of change and create a foundation on which to move skillfully into this potent transition of womanhood. I would recommend this weekend to any woman who wants to fully embrace her deepest knowing and take claim to her most wondrous self as she moves into the next stages of her life.-Susan Stark, Somatic Coach