Workshop: Herbal Support Approaches Through Perimenopause
Rites of Passage: Knowing Ourselves through the Time of Perimenopause and the Second Spring – an intergenerational exchange with herbal and connected support approaches.
’The most powerful force in the world is a menopausal woman with zest’ - Margaret Mead, 1950
This interactive, participatory workshop is a coming together of participants to share experience, knowledge and support around our journeys through menstrual life into the age of richness and nuanced wisdom! We invite you to join, both if you are in your peri or post-menopausal time and also if you are still in the cyclical phase of life and would like to learn from elders about experiences that may lie ahead of you. This day will offer opportunities to:
Share our experiences in circle with each other to deepen our understandings of this time of life
Exchange guidance in emotional, spiritual and physical approaches to balance the journey
Hear about diverse cultural perspectives and traditions relating to this profound rite of passage and reframe the colonial/capitalist/biomedical reduction of our bodies and health to ‘decline in ovarian function’
Learn about plant medicine, nourishment and body practice support that we can access and enjoy on a daily basis to strengthen our bodies and souls through the changes.
Together we will explore:
The physical and psychological aspects of menstrual life ceasing, a basic level of understanding what is happening in our bodies, and the links between this and our experiences
The ways in which a holistic appreciation of our health can enable us to connect the dots and support ourselves in different aspects of these experiences
Some of the herbs that are specific to supporting our body systems – nervous, endocrine and hormonal, digestive and liver, circulatory, musculo-skeletal – that are involved with the processes of menopause
Foods and practices that particularly nourish our bodies at this time of life
Practical medicine making – herbal teas, tinctures & infused oils – to build a home kit for wise healing in necessary moments You will leave the session with a remedy to take home, a heart full of shared support and herbal nourishment and resources to hold and guide you in the path forward in this rich next part of your journey.
Meet Rasheeqa
Rasheeqa is a community medical herbalist based in east London with 10+ years experience of facilitating group learning and teaching short and long courses in many aspects of herbal medicine. She is a tutor on the Heartwood Herbalism Foundation Course and a clinical trainer for the Professional Course. She is passionate about collaborative and participatory herbalism in the community, with a focus on sharing and exchanging healing traditions between the diverse cultures and knowledge of London. She is co-founder of Community Apothecary Waltham Forest in north London which is a social enterprise sharing knowledge and practices of plant medicine through community herb gardens, learning and collective remedy making. https://www.hedgeherbs.org.uk/
Price: £85/ Free for Southwark residents
Free places are available for Southwark residents aged 19+. Each resident can claim 1 place per academic year (Sept 24- Jul 25). To check whether you are eligible, please click here.
To claim your free place, click ‘Book Here’ below, and enter code ‘SOUTHWARK25’ under ‘Redeem Coupon’.
You will then be charged a £10 deposit in order to claim your place, this deposit will be refunded to you after you attend the workshop.
Please note that you will be required to fill in a Southwark Council form, including some personal information, in order to confirm your place on a workshop. Your place will not be confirmed until this has been completed in full.
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