Extraordinary women’s cycles

In this video I introduce you briefly to some of the connections we will be exploring in our bodies. Find a comfortable position to sit quietly for a couple of minutes to tune in.

What is in this Extraordinary Women’s Cycles on line course?

The course is set up with 8 Phases.

In the online course there is a mix of pre recorded videos, audio clips and text documents. This is about X hours of material and you have life time access. Here you can go back and forward between the phases on your own as you wish.

When I run the course with the live sessions, it is run over 8 weeks with sessions lasting one and half hours in which Suzanne gives an overview of each phase with some exercises and time for sharing. We start with Phase 1: “Tuning In” and end with Phase 8: “Gathering in your Wisdom”.

1:"Tuning in" - setting your intentions

We begin with where you are at now and how you feel you could harness your energy more fully. We focus on how the Stepping Vessels help us adapt to changes and be more fully present in our body. By understanding the energies of our core organs (brain, heart, womb and kidneys) we access deeply held patterns and how to receive the strength of our ancestors, whatever they have lived through.

2:"Clearing Out" - how  much are you able to let you of what you no longer need?

Before you can begin to fully harness your energy and create a new “mistress piece” , you need to clear out stuck energies, thoughts and emotional patterns to create a space from which creation arises.

This is the initiation into the power of the releasing phase of your menstrual cycle around your bleeding time. This is especially important after the menopause when you no longer have the physical support of the bleeding.

Letting go is part of the energy of birthing a baby or a project, and grief may accompany this. We learn how to safely open up your powerful Girdle Vessel to only release what you are ready to. As you release you are ready to allow in the new.

3:"Visioning"- who/what do I want to invite into my life?

This is the openness as we deepen into our bleeding and new eggs start to mature. We have the possibility of creating new life, or a new project: birth and death are intertwined. It is chance to reflect on where we want to be.

Here we work with the openness of our centre line between our perineum and brain. This is the energy of Conception and Governing Vessels: spinning wheels like the chakras. They invite a connection to the whole universe: anything is possible.

4: “Connecting with your maiden energies “- a new potential

From the openness we can unravel old patterns held in the tissue of our body. Reconnect with your innocent and playful child before you first expressed your sexuality. Connect anew with your first bleed and sexual rites of passage.

We play with the Linking Vessels which invite spaciousness in the tissue of our body, releasing us from stuck patterns. It is part of the process of entering back to earth, bringing our vision into a renewed body.

5:"Regeneration"- nurturing the seed

Once we have opened out to our vision, we need to gather ourselves back in and regenerate our energies so we can nurture our new seed.

This is the post menstrual phase or the building up after any exertion, including giving birth. In the menopause it is about learning how to put our needs first.

Gathering in is like drawing a cloak around us. The Penetrating and Linking Vessels gather back in our womb and heart and help close back our Girdle Vessel. Then we can anchor back to the earth and allow ourselves to be nourished by her with Yin (earth, inner) nourishing practices.

6:"Manifestation"- inner birthing of the seed/dream and opening to receive

As our vision becomes more real and connected to the earth, we are ready to open to the outer world and show ourselves for who we are.

This is ovulation when we release our egg. It is a time of birthing our potential and inviting others to share and support us in our vision at any stage of our life.

We support ourselves by feeling an opening of our heart and womb to others. We learn how the spaciousness of the Yin and Yang Linking Vessels support this opening up of the Girdle and Penetrating Vessels.

7: “Mothering ourselves and our dreams" - Filling up our nest

We start filling up our body to nurture our dream/new life. How much are we able to navigate between our inner and outer worlds while nourishing ourselves? We explore our deep compassion to ourselves and the power of unconditional love.

This is the energy of early pregnancy which menstruating women experience each month for the 10 to 12 days after ovulation. We mother our dreams, which if we are not pregnant is ourselves!

We explore our expression of mothering (not necessarily linked with having children) and our relationship with our mother by deepening our understanding of the Penetrating Vessel: the powerful Vessel of bonding, Blood and the ancestral line.

8:"Gathering in and celebrating our wisdom "- accessing the energy of all the phases and freedom to move between them at will

This is the energy of the menopause but is essentially how we harness the power of all energies to nurture ourselves. We don’t have to wait for our menopause to be able to do this! It is a time of integration, which we tend to forget about. It is the time to celebrate our harvest and our new experience of our full potential.

We reflect on what we have learnt over this course. We re connect with our 4 core organs of the womb, heart, kidneys and brain, understanding them in a different way. How much have we changed from when we first tuned in to the Vessels? How can we integrate all this knowledge into our lives?