A decade into my passage from perimenopause to the depths of menopause, I am now able to understand that not only is this Initiation a complete hormonal shift in the landscape of our overall health, it's also a psychological and emotional transformation, and I believe a spiritual initiation too.
All of this means you are going to change profoundly; it is a death and rebirth. Searingly powerful, and this power awakens great potential.
However, the Power of Menopause is currently being subsumed and lost under a sea of distress and suffering.
But what if understanding it is actually the key to transforming that suffering?
Menopause is not a problem from which we need to be rescued; it is not a health disorder, even though you may be experiencing some unpleasant, perhaps distressing symptoms.
Instead, you’re suffering from a huge lack of recognition of and respect for the spiritual process you’re undergoing. You’re suffering from a lack of time and space, space and support to acknowledge and follow your inner imperative to tend to your own needs.
And from the absence of dignified framing and language, to name the power that is erupting inside you and the enormity of what it demands. It's both a call home to yourself and a call to the future, the yearning of life. For you to bring your unique contribution in service of all, it's the call of Love.
Once in menopause, we are off all the usual maps, guided only by our instincts,
feelings and intuitions; however, there is a map of sorts for this place, a
timeless archetypal pattern for transitioning this world between worlds, and it has an implicit order in 5 phases.
These 5 phases are different atmospheric conditions you’ll encounter on this Night Sea Crossing. These conditions, these subtle 5 phases of menopause, can be known as;
BETRAYAL (Purpose) Meeting betrayal, face the shadow and let yourself be undone.
REPAIR (Purpose) Healing, making peace with your history, repairing your Body, Mind & Soul
REVELATION (Purpose) Receive yourself, restore you to yourself
VISIONING (Purpose) Receive and be inoculated by the grace of your calling
EMERGENCE (purpose) To deliver you back to the world, complete and whole unto yourself
We will come together to deeply dance with these 5 phases, navigating
The mystery of menopause with honour, respect and acceptance for our
newfound rhythms. Your job is no longer to keep all plates spinning but to Reorient your being towards a new kind of self-care.
I see these gatherings being Gold for those in Perimenopause, Menopause and Post Menopause, the gold, the harvest or gift you receive and the new Powers you awaken in yourself through practising the self-care that you need, meeting the initiatory challenge and developing alchemical capacities that you will need in each phase of menopause to build new layers of ground, increasing the sense of stability within you- which together will allow you to Embody the Wise Power of this New
Consciousness.
Movement medicine is a refined integration of Psycho Therapeutic dance, Shamanism and Neuroscience.
Within Movement Medicine, there is a Mandala, which is seen as a map of consciousness, and we will be working closely with this.
This includes the 4 directions and the elements of earth, air, fire and water, each one a huge resource and teacher for life.
Then nine important spheres which represent the body, heart, mind and past, which relates to The Journey of Empowerment.
Present and future, which relates to the Journey of responsibility.
And fulfilment, interconnection and realisation, which relate to the Harvest and the role you are to play in your life.
We also dance with what are called the 5 dimensions of relationship -
connection - self, others, community, spirits & the imaginal realm, the Great Spirit, the Original Source of true emptiness & connection to all.
In the centre of the mandala are the wings of yin and yang, and at the centre of these is the space where we experience everything and nothing.
The invitation is for us to meet 6 times every 2 weeks.
These gatherings are safely held with strong, respectful, empathic, and
sensitive guidance which allows for deeper immersion and focus, the
music is DJ’d live, and the intention is to energetically, physically, and
emotionally meet and match the group exactly within the exquisite blend
of where we are on the night, where we are holding, that with which we
can let go of, and just be with what is.
This will be a closed group, with a maximum of 20 women, so that we can dance deeply and communicate responsibly within a safe and caring
container.
NB: The sign-up deadline is 16th September to secure your place and help me plan.
If you would like to know more about Movement Medicine, please visit
https://schoolofmovementmedicine.com.
NB: I have been in training as a movement medicine teacher for 4 years, and I work under the guidance and supervision of my mentor
