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“That which is not in the body is not in the universe.” ~N.N. Bhattacarya, History of the Tantric Religion. I can’t say that I’ve ever felt completely at home in my body and sexuality, not fully at home in the way that I yearn for. But I will say that I am close, very close […]
The journey of menopause can disturb our equilibrium. We may find ourselves subject to new fears and anxieties that seem to arise from nowhere. We are changing and growing, our lives are changing, our bodies and psyches are changing ~ what are the best tools for coping with this change with equanimity? Mindfulness meditation is […]
Last month I shared my own menopause story with you – at least a bit of it. There is no doubt in my mind that sharing our stories is tremendously healing and empowering. The stories around our reproductive lives are especially powerful, and, in our society, especially difficult to tell. It is an understatement to […]
In our culture, menopause is a private business, not something to be celebrated. We devote very little energy as a society towards celebrating the feminine passages – and menopause especially is often ignored or denigrated. I don’t just want to change this a little. I don’t just want to make menopause into something a little […]
For your listening pleasure, as we contemplate women’s wisdom and diving deep – this is a CBC documentary from 2007: The Sea Women (Oct. 2007 Encore) South Korea’s “sea women” have been harvesting commercial treasures from the ocean floor since the 4th century. With only a few tools and fishing baskets slung over their shoulders, […]
From our earliest adolescent years, we grow accustomed to ebb and flow. Our hormonal cycles and the subtle shifts in mood and perception that accompany them create the background rhythm of our lives, and no matter how we feel about our cycles, their monthly pulse is both a promise of life and a thread of […]
How Do You Love and Honour your Body? Loving our natural women’s bodies is a challenge in our culture, where women’s bodies are pornified, objectified, and commodified as a matter of course. Throughout are lives we are challenged in our attempts to love and honour our physical selves. As we age, this challenge takes on […]
When Annagrace and I dream up our weekly themes, we pull inspiration from all over. We talk and share our own deep stories around the theme. We read poetry and sent it to each other, we daydream and seed night-time dreams too. And we collect images. We create shared Pinterest boards in secret, compiling bits […]
I grew up in a severe and drafty 19th Century farm house with high ceilings and a wood-burning furnace. My dormered room faced out over the tangled old orchard, and beyond that, the grey green sea. That sea was the Bay of Fundy, site of the world’s most extreme tides. Every day the green sea […]
Do I have your attention? What do you think about older women being passionate and sexy? In a culture where sexually explicit images are everywhere, older sexuality is invisible. Why? As an older woman and a sexual being, how does this make you feel? As a younger woman and a sexual being, how does this […]
Bronwyn brings light, love and beauty with her presence and her leadership. Her insights, support, experience and wisdom have enriched me in just the one week I was blessed to spend with her in Mexico. This was not my first experience in women’s retreats and I hold it up as an example of what is possible at their highest level. I was inspired and given practical tools to grow in my creativity, body, heart, and spiritual life. This will not be my last retreat with her and I look forward to an ongoing journey with her!
- Laura Flanders-Roush, 2014 Retreat Participant
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