‘HARVEST QUEEN JOURNEY - THE SECOND SPRING…’

PERI-MENOPAUSE AND MENOPAUSE RITE OF PASSAGE FOR WOMEN

SPRING RENEWAL: 9 WEEK JOURNEY , 2024

PERIMENOPAUSE INTO MENOPAUSE IS A TIME FOR DEEP

REFLECTION, RENEWAL, REST + RECLAMATION…

This is an Initiatory Rite of Passage Reclaiming our Intuitive Power + Wise Woman

Perimenopause is referred to as ‘the quickening’ often in our 40’s where we need to deeply care for and cherish the way we feel. Our menstrual cycle plays an essential part in helping us feel empowered and rise into a new phase of responsible awareness beyond the role of Mothering. Biological shifts amplify the process and often modern western paradigms pathologise this Rite of Passage that creates suffering due to symptomatic signs such as insomnia, night sweats, low energy, anxiety, weight gain, mood swings, intolerance, irritation and emotional upheavals.

Nourishing ourselves and honouring our emerging innate wisdom requires us to cultivate deeper inner connection. This helps us emerge through the inevitable death process where endings are occurring for new beginnings to light the way for the rising wise woman within. Along the way there will be shedding of relationships, experiences, material things, values, beliefs and careers. Our biological body is adjusting to fluctuations in hormones and our health determines how we walk with ease through this passage. Our inner climate will ebb and flow so deep self care and self love are essential to balance our ecosystem.

This stage is often about ‘emptying or undoing’ what we no longer want to make space for more creativity and spiritual connection. Prioritising ourselves becomes the focus as we empower family members to step up in their own roles and see us in our new emerging role in our communities.

During menopause, the ovaries, which produce as much as 80% of a woman’s estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, essentially close up shop and stop producing hormones associated with ovulation and menstruation. The remaining 20% of these hormones are produced by the adrenals, and that continues post-menopause. Our biology is going through a major change and each woman has a different experience depending on how they have cared for themselves up until now, and then during this journey and beyond.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this Rite of Passage is described as the "Second Spring" and emphasises the positive aspects of this life transition, focusing on transformation, renewal and self-care rather than just the end of fertility. The shift in qi and blood towards the Heart is significant, as it reflects a deeper connection to our inner self and the potential for personal growth.

The wisdom within is cultivated through the nurturing of the Heart and Spirit during this phase to create greater emotional balance, expanded creativity, and authentic expression. It’s a time to embrace self-discovery and to nurture a deeper understanding of who we are rooted in our wisdom. The reverence for elders in Chinese culture also reinforces the notion that this stage of life brings valuable experiences and insights. Celebrating this transition can encourage women to explore new passions, strengthen relationships, and share their wisdom with younger generations. It’s a reminder that ageing is a beautiful journey filled with opportunity, vitality, and personal empowerment.

Here is what this SPRING offering is all about.

  1. RESTORING HOLISTIC WELLBEING + VITALITY - BALANCING SOFTNESS AND STRENGTH

2. DEEPLY CONNECTING TO THE INTUITIVE, EARTH CENTRED WISE WOMAN WITHIN

3. GROUP CONNECTION, SELF-ACCOUNTABILITY AND BELONGING IN THIS RITE OF PASSAGE

There are 2 parts to this experience beginning in October, 2024.

One or both are on offer depending on your personal commitment:

4 WEEK PERSONAL WELLBEING JOURNEY INTO OUR ‘SECOND SPRING’

Self empowerment, self-accountability and self-healing through transforming somatic, biological, hormonal, behavioural, emotional and spiritual patterns as a reset for this Rite of Passage

Inclusions:

  • 28 day Body, Brain and Biofield Detox - ‘Grow A New Body’ protocol (devised by Dr Alberto Villoldo) consisting of a 21 day preparation followed by a 7 day upgrade process. Cleanse through Nutrition, Qi Gong, Somatic Practices and a Nervous System Reset (4 weeks of plant based super food supplements are included)

  • 4 x 60 min Sacred Transformation sessions including Diagnostic Assessment, Wellness Coaching, Acupuncture, Quantum/Shamanic Healing for assisting the energetic clearing and upgrade process.

  • Access to the ‘Grow A New Body’ Quantum healing meditation library for the 12 human systems to assist the biological (physical) and bioenergetic (light body) detoxification process.

  • Lifestyle assessment (focused diet and exercise recommendations) and relevant testing recommendations (hormone levels and gut health)

  • Weekly content relating to the detox process and your personal healing journey around the Medicine Wheel to support the holistic process of restoration and renewal.

    Integrated natural wellbeing and awareness is an essential part of being human. For many of us, our lives are spent busy + disconnected. This detox provides the essential space for deep cleansing and letting go to restore more of who we are.

    If you are feeling sluggish, have brain fog, carrying unwanted weight, have symptoms such as digestive problems, insomnia and mood changes, this detox is ideal to begin this Rite of Passage and embrace this deeply transformative experience as you move into your ‘Second Spring’ in life.

    Our current reality is filled with: Inner-environmental pollution (beliefs, emotions, trauma, patterns) and disconnection from ourselves and others. Outer environmental pollution (chlorinated water, EMF’s, chemicals in food and products)

    It's time for a shift in perspective and a return to our innate natural adaptive operating systems that have always been with us – this is nature's way. The relationship we have with ourselves is a vital springboard for all the relationships we have in our lives and with the Earth herself.

    I have been facilitating this 4 week holistic detox protocol with people for almost 5 years now and have had incredible results. This protocol approaches detoxification from the perspective that both our physical and energetic bodies need attention. Toxins are accumulations in the body, brain and biofield that hold a low frequency and gradually cretae stagnation in our system. Shifting the physical debris as well as clearing the energetic imprints/patterns in our morphogenetic field provides a deep ‘whole system’ reset.

    Connect with me via email if you have specific questions about the detox protocol or health concerns. Your personal journey is unique and important. Click below to learn more about the full process.

    (this personal wellbeing offering is not limited to location, it is available online or face to face)

9 WEEK GROUP JOURNEY: ‘RECLAIMING VITALITY AND EMBODYING OUR HARVEST QUEEN DURING THIS INITIATORY RITE OF PASSAGE ’

(options to gather on the land in Myocum or online)

Week 1: Full Moon - Intentions and Reflections to release and honour ‘life’ endings

Week 2: Third Quarter Waning Moon - Rising into our vital ‘Second Spring’ through body awareness

Week 3: New Moon - Earth and Elemental Wisdom for seeding vitality and renewal in the Spring cycle

Week 4: First Quarter Waxing Moon - Deepening into healthy life balance for ‘Reclamation and Rest’

Week 5: Full Moon - Embodying the Mage and Wise Woman archetypal wisdom

Week 6: Third Quarter Moon - Redefining who we are BE-coming as Modern Wise Women

Week 7: New Moon - Rooting into our Intuitive knowing and expanding our Creativity

Week 8: First Quarter Waxing Moon - Celebrating our Harvest Queen Embodiment

Week 9: Full Moon - Final Reflection and Integration Circle

What’s included over the 9 weeks:

  1. Connecting to our WILD ESSENCE: 5 x 90 min Group New Moon and Full Moon wisdom circles (Myocum) as themed above that include:

  • reconnecting with and reclaiming our intuitive knowing and wise woman,

  • reclaiming rest and balance through nature connection practices,

  • sharing and honouring our stories for healing and expansion.

  • receiving healing and activation through sound, voice and breath

Option 1 on the land dates: Wednesdays at 4pm on Oct 16th and 30th, Nov 13th and 27th, Dec 11th

Option 2 online dates: Mondays at 4pm on Oct 14th and 28th, Nov 11th and 25th, Dec 9th

2. Supporting ourselves during this SECOND SPRING: 4 x 90 min Sacred Transformation fortnightly group circles on the land (Myocum) deepening into the above weekly themes and sharing:

  • understanding the changes in our physical body, hormones and biological systems

  • hormonal, nutritional and herbal wisdom for restoring vitality and healthy gut balance,

  • stillness and presence practices supporting and optimising our body, mind, heart connection.

Option 1 on the land dates: Wednesdays at 4pm on Oct 23rd, Nov 6th and 20th, Dec 4th

Option 2 online dates: Mondays at 4pm on Oct 21st, Nov 4th and 18th, Dec 2nd

3. Getting strong and fit with relevant lifestyle and exercise recommendations for the peri/menopausal body and corresponding body types

4. Restoring and grounding through weekly Elemental Qi Gong, Breath and Meditation embodiment practices to calm the nervous system and cultivate balance of inner softness and strength (Thursdays 4-5pm, location online)

5. Private Group sharing and content platform that provides practical information and recommendations about our functional wellbeing (understanding hormonal imbalance, restoring gut health, tracking symptoms, exercise recommendations, seasonal nutrition) as well as deeper wisdom to embody the essence of your Wise Woman archetype.

We begin this SPRING journey together on October 14th …

FROM MOTHER TO MATRIARCH…

A PHASE OF REBIRTH, SELF-LOVE + LIBERATION

Remembering Natures way and Reclaiming our Earth Centred Wise Woman Wisdom together…

On the New and Full Moon of each month, we will gather in circle to listen, share and embody this wisdom and move through our life experiences together. Each month will be a new lunar adventure that provides opportunities for our growth and evolution together. These foundations provide a support system for our sisterhood and help us all cultivate our inner connection, the connection with our sister's and connection with all our ancestral relations. This wisdom flows through us naturally when we are held in loving sacred space and feel safe to express our unique authentic nature.

As we celebrate the beauty of all parts of us in sisterhood, we also explore our inner and outer worlds through drum journeys, sound, song, stories, movement, art and more. As we are guided through our innate Feminine wisdom through the woven wisdom of the menstrual and lunar cyles, we learn to trust our own and each others gifts. We will also follow the Elemental and seasonal influences and will be embodying the Spring (Air Element) season in various ways through understanding nutrition, herbal medicine, somatic practices and the alchemical nature of the Air element in relation to deep wellbeing and awareness.

We embrace and explore our own elemental traits and constitutional tendencies to help us appreciate the beauty of the diversity in our wholeness in relationship to one another and the Earth. The wisdom in the elements translates through deeper practices and awareness into our feminine wisdom and earth connection. We all have our own medicine to explore and share.

Ultimately, the quality of healing, listening, self love and nourishment we give to ourselves is the quality of caring we can give to others. It's so essential for women to deeply honour themselves during this ‘Second Spring’ and connect to their innate wisdom as examples for others in their families and communities. Through this ripple effect, we reclaim our magic, wholeness and wise woman and embrace the natural flow of life's infinite joys and wonders!

These circles bring us back to deeply trusting ourselves and our feminine intuition. 

REDEFINING WHO WE ARE THROUGH EARTH AND ELEMENTAL WISDOM AND OUR SACRED RELATIONSHIP TO ALL LIFE…

We explore expand on the nature of who we are through the archetypes of the 5 elements, particularly relating to this season of Spring, as we revitalise, reclaim and renew our whole being during this 9 week journey.

The FIRE element relates to the idea of the sun being vital for warmth and light. In the physical level it manifests as your ability to regulate hot and cold in the body (balance of fire and water) to create connection. Communication with others, joy and passion reflect a healthy fire element.

The EARTH element relates to the idea of a mother who is always supporting her family. This role can go unnoticed hence the need for the Earth element constitution to be balanced by supporting and nourishing the ‘self’ first to be the ‘best mother’ to others. In nature it relates to the life giving qualities of earth through the essential nourishment in the soil to grow quality food and inhabit our planet that provides all our natural resources.

The METAL element relates to the idea of a ‘precious’ metal within us that is valuable but often concealed by other substances. In nature it relates to metal as trace elements or minerals that nourish the earth and soil - life giving substance. Finding the deeper meaning in your life by focusing more internally and setting solid boundaries with others will allow you to create the space to nurture yourself with self-love practices and embrace stillness.

The WATER element is the most ‘yin’ of all the elements. In nature it relates to the flow of water and its ability to be flexible and creative, whilst maintaining ‘riverbanks’ so the flow is contained and directed. The aim is to cultivate a strong stable 'will' by creating a healthy balance of rest and activity to ensure longevity and joy in life rather than 'burning out'. Maintaining a healthy nervous system and not running on adrenaline all the time is essential.

The WOOD element aligns with the image of a tree that has a strong stable trunk and branches and leaves growing outward towards their potential. In nature it relates to growth and expansion, similar to clearing the soil to make way for new seedlings to be planted. Wood elementals in balance have a clear vision of their unique path in life and the patience to let it unfold. Balance of activity and rest is essential for expansion and growth.

Harvest Queen Rising into a VITAL AND SACRED SECOND SPRING

We are the Intuitive Women honouring and reclaiming our Wellbeing, Magic and Earth wisdom in service to the goddess and our communities.

More information.

Email us if you have any questions or would like to learn more about the offering or…..

Remembering and reclaiming …

Your investment in YOU this Spring…

Part 1: 4 Week Personal Wellbeing and Reset Journey

$1,800 + GST

Part 2: 9 week Group Harvest Queen Journey

$900 + GST (for both options, on the land or online)

Note: Both parts provide a complete journey, however, either part can be experienced separately.

When we honour our temple body and co-create sacred space to revitalise and reconnect, we amplify our vitality exponentially and become the best version of ourselves we can be!

Leading with Love, Wild By Nature …

Gina x

A Medicine Woman’s Prayer…

I will not rescue you. 
For you are not powerless.
I will not fix you.
For you are not broken.
I will not heal you, for I see you in your wholeness.
I will walk with you through the darkness.
As you REMEMBER your LIGHT.

Let your heart guide you towards your next step. If this offering resonates with your heart, listen and take action. Taking a risk by stepping into the unknown and trusting your heart is how you navigate the flow. If you have any further questions, PLEASE send me an email!