An online workshop using the inner seasons as a guide to self-acceptance and compassion
Cost £17
3 places available for £10 email me direct to book at the reduced rate
When our menstruating life is over, the inner seasons can become a guide to what we need in the moment; a shorthand for instant-access compassion. As we navigate our strange new post-lockdown world, with new protocols and anxieties, it’s easy to lose connection with ourselves. Using the guide of the inner seasons helps us to come back to our bodies and find what it is that we need and what quality of action is most appropriate to the moment.
We may have been used to recognising the inner seasons in our menstrual cycle but what about now? They might show up as part of a circadian, creative or relational cycle and being able to spot them quickly gives us access to self-acceptance and compassion.
Our first step is to learn to recognise the feeling of the seasons in our bodies and thoughts, so that we can maximise their qualities. Just naming them:
“Hello Autumn!”
will reduce shame, self-judgement. Then we can access our Autumn gifts, maybe editing or sorting, to their best advantage as well as effectively communicating our needs to our housemates.
What’s on offer
A co-created space that is gently held for you to let go and explore how the seasons show up for you. We’ll use sharing, movement and guided visualisation to identify the gifts, qualities and sensations of the different seasons. You’ll leave with a toolbox of awareness to facilitate more self-acceptance and compassion in your life.
What you’ll need
You’ll need access to Zoom on your computer or device, room to move about a bit in comfy clothes, a notebook and pen and a willingness to explore.
Who is this for?
You don’t have to be in menopause or postmenopause to benefit from this workshop, you might be pregnant, have irregular periods or just not feel the seasons strongly as part of your menstrual cycle. You’ll just need some cycle awareness and a desire to deepen your practice and to use it to develop more self-acceptance and compassion.
