Join me in the beautiful Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts for my second annual workshop:
Becoming the Wise Woman:
Yoga & Ayurvedic Care for a Graceful Menopause
Sunday October 15, 2023
1-4:30pm
REGISTER HERE!
Menopause is a word that tends to strike confusion or anxiety in most of us. It is a time of life that is often rejected, avoided, and even tends to be pathologized as a disease by Western medicine. Menopausal women have been invisibilized and marginalized in our culture, too.
It's likely that most of what you've learned about menopause is untrue, and has been intended (purposefully or not) to make you fear this rite of passage.
Menopause is NOT a disease, nor is it something to be eradicated or avoided. It is a natural and radical transformative process that can bring, to those who embrace it, greater empowerment and a more expressive and discerning wisdom and strength.
This change is both entirely natural and inevitable, and thus is best viewed as NOT a cause for anxiety or grief, NOR something that needs to be “fixed" by our disintegrating healthcare system, but rather, a time of life that is a natural and potentially empowering, beautiful process—an initition--into the very kind of human being that is so vastly needed in our day and age. Through it, you can become a Wise Woman!
Becoming the Wise Woman:
Yoga & Ayurvedic Care for a Graceful Menopause
Sunday October 15, 2023
1-4:30pm
REGISTER HERE!
Menopause is a word that tends to strike confusion or anxiety in most of us. It is a time of life that is often rejected, avoided, and even tends to be pathologized as a disease by Western medicine. Menopausal women have been invisibilized and marginalized in our culture, too.
It's likely that most of what you've learned about menopause is untrue, and has been intended (purposefully or not) to make you fear this rite of passage.
Menopause is NOT a disease, nor is it something to be eradicated or avoided. It is a natural and radical transformative process that can bring, to those who embrace it, greater empowerment and a more expressive and discerning wisdom and strength.
This change is both entirely natural and inevitable, and thus is best viewed as NOT a cause for anxiety or grief, NOR something that needs to be “fixed" by our disintegrating healthcare system, but rather, a time of life that is a natural and potentially empowering, beautiful process—an initition--into the very kind of human being that is so vastly needed in our day and age. Through it, you can become a Wise Woman!
I invite you to join me to learn what I've discovered through my own transition: the facts, concepts, ideas and theories; the sensible shifts needed to manage the change; the somatic and spiritual practices that can help navigate the initiation of menopause holistically and sensibly (and even without Hormone Replacement Therapy).
These healing, empowering and nourishing practices helped me dismantle a lifetime of internalized conditioning that had made me fear and resist becoming an "old woman".
This workshop is for those who:
We'll learn:
These healing, empowering and nourishing practices helped me dismantle a lifetime of internalized conditioning that had made me fear and resist becoming an "old woman".
This workshop is for those who:
- are still in their menstruating years;
- are in perimenopause - right in the midst of the "initiation" process;
- have passed through the initiation of menopause to the other side - the wise woman!
We'll learn:
- menopause basics - what it is, how it generally unfolds AND an empowering hypothesis on why it happens;
- how and why the Western medical establishment and culture often pathologizes what is entirely natural;
- the real issues and concerns that plague and stress women as they enter this "time of life";
- more pragmatic, less condemning beliefs about female bodies in transition;
- grounding, beneficial and freeing perspectives on the wise woman life after menopause.
We'll experience:
All of the practices are designed to work together or alone. Most cost nothing other than a few minutes of time. All of them can be done by anyone who wants to experience greater wellbeing as they age.
When done consistently, their benefits compound and accrue over weeks, months and years, to ultimately provide a sensible, non pharmaceutical, self-empowered means to taking control of and easing this initiation--helping to balance your life, and ideally, to embrace and find joy in your new wise woman body.
You'll receive:
Learn about your own potential to become the kind of human that is embodied by the loving, truthful, discerning and fearless feminine power of the Wise Woman. REGISTER HERE!
- a Vedic goddess myth that helps dimantle partriarchal misconceptions about women's power;
- a beautiful, simple Sanskrit mantra to balance, strengthen and empower before, during and after this transition;
- simple pranayama practices to do every day to help bring balance - and a special pranayama practice that helps ease hot flashes;
- a grounding yogasana sequence that both alleviates stress and nourishes our mind/body as it transitions;
- three simple daily practice rituals of self care (dinacharya) from the wisdom of Ayurveda that help ease this rite of passage.
All of the practices are designed to work together or alone. Most cost nothing other than a few minutes of time. All of them can be done by anyone who wants to experience greater wellbeing as they age.
When done consistently, their benefits compound and accrue over weeks, months and years, to ultimately provide a sensible, non pharmaceutical, self-empowered means to taking control of and easing this initiation--helping to balance your life, and ideally, to embrace and find joy in your new wise woman body.
You'll receive:
- Your own basic Ayurvedic self-care/dinacharya starter kit to introduce you to the daily practices that help ease this initiation time;
- a workbook on how and why to do Ayurvedic these simple self-care techniques that help cultivate a Graceful Menopause,
- healthy and simple Ayurvedic recipes designed to reset your digestion and create better sleep;
- tips on cultivating the habits that empower you, and kickstart the compounding benefits that lead to an easier transition;
- an extensive bibliography of resources (books and online media) for your own continued exploration of the initiation into the Wise Woman!
- a special invitation to a multigenerational Menopause Zoom Community: Wild & Wise - a Women's Circle for the Second Half of Life. This circle is free and meets virtually (and also sometimes in person) with me and the Wildwomen Birthkeepers, on a quarterly basis, to share experiences, stories and to offer ongoing mutual support. (More details tba)
- a sensible and accessible path through your own initiation, resources for support, and a sense of sisterhood and community with other women to help cultivate a deeper sense of freedom and empowerment as you become the wise woman.
Learn about your own potential to become the kind of human that is embodied by the loving, truthful, discerning and fearless feminine power of the Wise Woman. REGISTER HERE!
This workshop will give you tools and knowledge to help to ease your fears AND help dismantle an oppressive conditioning that marginalizes women before and after they enter the wise women years - so you can experience menopause with more power, grace and equanimity.
The cost for this retreat-style workshop,
for the yoga and ayurvedic practices,
plus the Ayurvedic Care Kit,
plus the Graceful Menopause Workbook,
and an invitation to the Wild & Wise quarterly Sharing Circle,
is only $45-65 along a sliding scale.
If this scale is still prohibitive, please email me and we will make it possible for you to attend!
The cost for this retreat-style workshop,
for the yoga and ayurvedic practices,
plus the Ayurvedic Care Kit,
plus the Graceful Menopause Workbook,
and an invitation to the Wild & Wise quarterly Sharing Circle,
is only $45-65 along a sliding scale.
If this scale is still prohibitive, please email me and we will make it possible for you to attend!
Venmo: @Michelle-Ryan-57
Paypal: michelleryanyoga @ gmail.com
Please pre-register by Friday October 13th.
Minimum 5 students, maximum 15.
This is an in-person only workshop:
There is no zoom option. Those who cannot attend this in person event are very welcome to work with me directly,
and book a private session via zoom to learn some of these practices one-on-one with me.
Pay all at once, or hold your space with a $25 nonrefundable minimum deposit.
FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS or TO HOLD YOUR SPACE!
REGISTER HERE!
CAN'T MAKE IT ON OCTOBER 15TH?
I'LL BE TEACHING A SHORTER VERSION OF THIS WORKSHOP IN DECEMBER IN COLCHESTER CONNECTICUT!
Saturday December 2, 10am-12pm at
The Practice Room
191 Broadway, Colchester, CT
go to:
www.thepracticeroomct.com
I'LL BE TEACHING A SHORTER VERSION OF THIS WORKSHOP IN DECEMBER IN COLCHESTER CONNECTICUT!
Saturday December 2, 10am-12pm at
The Practice Room
191 Broadway, Colchester, CT
go to:
www.thepracticeroomct.com