Meeting Menopause

What Happens to us during menopause?

Many of us find ourselves challenged and bewildered by both the psychological and physical changes that arrive with the approach of the menopause.

We have a feeling that we don’t quite “fit” in our own skin anymore. And with a cultural backdrop that seems to have only negative things to say about the menopause this can be a lonely place to be.

And yet menopause is a completely normal and healthy process of transition that effects every woman. It can be a dynamic gateway to exciting change; to a more authentic you.

What are we going to do?

• Orient ourselves in our journey of the menopause
• Create a space, to bring forth feminine values of connection, cooperation and compassion
• Enquire into our inner landscape to find new possibilities and insights.
• Experiment with different ways of knowing and learning to tap into what really matters to us.
• Be empowered and inspired to remember, reclaim and to be the author of our own stories. Stories that have often been disowned or forgotten.

How are we going to do it?

• Practice simple embodiment techniques that allow us to gain insights to ourselves.
• Explore the traditional story “Seal Skin Soul Skin” (taken from Women Who Run with The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes); a story about a woman who has lost touch with her soul and her journey to reclaim it. This story will provide us with a framework to help us reconnect with who we really are.
• Locate ourselves in the story and, using coaching and facilitation techniques, gain insight and self-awareness.
• Activities and activations that touch on different aspects of what it is to be a woman going through menopause with the objective of finding what works for you.