We all know menopause is the cessation of the menstrual cycle, which is in turn almost identical to that of the moon’s cycle.
My experience with groups of women living through this time.
In my previous article, I spoke to you about the importance of spending our time as much as possible amongst women during the life transition called menopause. I have given my own name to this transition “the days of Venus”, it is Venus Dies. And through these experiences of working with groups of women living with menopause, I have devised a method for going through this time together, accompanied and enriched with each other’s knowledge and experiences.
The Venus Dies Proposal
We all know menopause is the cessation of the menstrual cycle, which is in turn almost identical to that of the moon’s cycle. Both have four stages that correspond in time and characteristics with alchemy, which is why we say that the fertile life of a woman is the “lunar stage”. At the end of this stage and seen from this same perspective, we have the opportunity to move to the Venusian stage that encompasses joy, harmony, balance, and beauty.
This transition, as all the ambassadors of Grace of no Age have commented, is usually difficult because of the tremendous amount of change we experience. Menopause can change almost everything inside and outside of the body, including our rhythms, our environment, and our relationships. From this platform, all of us who collaborate here intend to leave reflections which will guide us to return to the days of Venus, in a glorious way.
Based on my personal experience and the therapeutic and formative support of many women, I took on the task of systemizing a proposal to live menopause in a conscious way. A way which enables us to take advantage of the end of the lunar stage in the form of a restart of Venus life. For this, I designed and created three potions called Alchemical Elixirs for the Full Woman. These potions are plant essences made according to the oldest Andalusian tradition.
Since each elixir has a very important and time appropriate personal work plan, we can take the elixirs and do the work alone. But it can also be done in a group, and in a more powerful way. We chose, therefore, to unite in a group, where 15 to 20 women were taking the same doses at the same time for one month. Taking advantage of technology, we also scheduled meeting times for the group on WhatsApp.
Elixirs are themselves a very powerful tool, but what has happened to the women who decided to venture into this exercise is truly monumental.
We have already had several experiences with more than 200 women, and without a doubt the power of the Goddess manifested in these meetings is one of the largest explosions I have ever witnessed, accompanied by truly surprising results.
Experiences of the elixir and personal work groups.
Initially, since most women had never met neither virtually nor personally, I asked them to introduce themselves and to get to know each other. Little by little as the days went by, they did small tasks that I recommended, for working with the specific area of menopause that we were addressing: talking about the body, emotions, mind, and relationships. This provided many ways of opening their hearts and souls, allowing them to give menopause a new meaning, quite different from the references they previously had.
And the result is always the same. Recognizing oneself in the words of other women, who may even be on the other side of the Atlantic, brings them light and empathy. But above all, it helps them to reflect and search more deeply for all that must come to consciousness in order to be transformed and liberated. In this way, women learn to accept each other and they are then inspired to accept themselves, which otherwise would not be an easy task to accomplish. In recognizing each other’s experiences, the personal work of expansion is ultimately reflected in absolutely all of them.
These groups become in a matter of a few days a cauldron of encounters that inspire and welcome women going through the time of menopause. In the words of many of them, “we find similarities that we discover when entering into this community of women, we feel accompanied along our journey because we are all experiencing the same fears and emotions”.
And this is the testimony of one of the group participants at the end of the session: “Time flew by. It was very satisfying to read your experiences and carry out this process in the company of others. Thank you for the guidance and support. I think we all experienced black and white days, but self-knowledge is a powerful weapon… I learned things with this group that I hadn’t previously had the opportunity to uncover… the power of love is stronger than the fear of facing oneself. Thanks for everything.”
Live through menopause within the female tribe, participate in the forums offered by Grace of No Age. Recognize yourself in the eyes, the souls, and the hearts of women. Know that we are experiencing a profound transformation that offers us infinite opportunities to live the days of Venus. A hug from the heart.
Diana Torija
Menoapause. Mental Wellbeing. Women’s Empowerment.
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