Reclaiming Menopause
The Power and the Purpose
Stoking the Fire
July 9th and 10th 2022
Byron Shire Hinterland, Non-Residential
Cost: $440/ or $390 Early Bird paid by May 30th
When I gave a presentation on menopause lately I was struck by a sense of urgency that younger women should be hearing the stories of menopause and preparing for the future by how they self care and embrace their 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