Reclaiming our Thresholds…Community is KEY!

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THIS IS THE COUNTER CULTURE TO SOCIAL MEDIA. This is real connection. Those of you who have followed my story will know I moved to Wales with “Community” as my goal…and interestingly along side my failed community venture (read more about that here!) I’ve come to see that I did manage to create community…..in the Red Tent, in our Mother …

The Grandmothers Speak….

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Ever since I was a child I have felt the Grandmothers presence around me. Wise indigenous elders, who hold council on the etheric plane, the web of light. Often I sense other divine feminine figures working with them, Mary Magdalene and Isis are two I connect with regularly, my spirit animals too. One way to connect with the Grandmothers is …

Red Girl (Mid Girl and Menarche) Passages- Online Teachings

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      Red Girl (Mid Girl & Menarche) Passages -£66 buy here  How many girls are taught that their menstruation is her power? How would your relationship to your cycle have been different if you had been celebrated at menarche? What if society was set up to support women living by their cycle instead of encouraging us to ignore …

Healing the world, a catch up ceremony- placentas and prayer

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Shared with permssion of Minmia Under the Quandong Tree by Minmia– Aboriginal Teachings– this book has totally confirmed my sense of how important it is to bury our placentas and bleed on Mother Earth. These Aboriginal teachings from wise woman Minmia need to be shared far and wide. The rebirthing ceremony from her book, I believe is an extremely important …

Naming Ceremony:

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A Naming Ceremony is an opportunity to declare before family and friends, your promises to be as good a parent as you can, and for adult friends or relatives to confirm their special relationship with your child. I can support you in creating a personal ceremony for you, your baby and your family. Parents often ask ‘what happens at the …

Full Moon Ritual

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Full Moon Ritual In 2012 I was co-running a Full Moon Ritual and Moon Lodge, the ritual has been handed down a line of women from Seneca Elder Grandmother Twyla right down to women in the UK  including my friend Hoppi Wimbush here in West Wales. The ritual itself is simple but the wisdom and healing women bring to each …

My Menarche Ceremony at Sacred Arts Camp by Ro Ocean 2006

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This article is published in ‘Menarche a Journey into Womanhood’ by Rachael Crow (Hertogs). My Menarche Ceremony at Sacred Arts Camp by Ro Ocean 2006 My Menarche Ceremony this year was truly beautiful. I just wish every girl could experience what I did. The sweat lodge the night before the ceremony was just as important as the actual thing, as …

A young woman’s description of her menarche

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This article is published in ‘Menarche a Journey into Womanhood’ by Rachael Crow (Hertogs). My Menarche Ceremony at Sacred Arts Camp by Ro Ocean 2006 My Menarche Ceremony this year was truly beautiful. I just wish every girl could experience what I did. The sweat lodge the night before the ceremony was just as important as the actual thing, as …