The Calling: Sex and the Menopause
A 6-week online course starting October 22nd to support women who long to step our in their full sexual power as they approach and journey through menopause.
Jewels has recently emerged from her own conscious menopause, experiencing it as a profound rite of passage in all its grief, joy and sensuality. She brings a depth of her own lived experience to support women through this gateway.
” . . . Jewels’ work offers a woman the possibility to embrace her fullness, her sexual sensual power with all of life in and through her body . . . ” Laura
You can hear our introductory online call below.
Registration closes October 15th – claim your seat below!
A radical realignment
Whether in a relationship or not, whether actively sexual or not, menopause brings about a radical change in a woman’s sexuality. This change has been misunderstood for generations, and we women have struggled with some of the myths we have been told.
Over six weeks together we will work with ceremony, reflective practice, ancient womb teachings and time-tested tools and techniques to support each woman to emerge as her most radiant, powerful self. Together we will
- Uproot the myth that as a menopausal women, your sexual energy will fall away and is of no use.
- Heal some of the wounds of your sexual history, as well as in your ancestral line.
- Step through this sacred menopausal gateway in full embodiment of your nature as a connected, creative, alive sexual woman.
Watch my video interview with Katie Phillips, part of her ‘My Menopause’ series in 2018
About the course
As women we journey through life from maiden to crone with an experience of ourselves as a sexual being. Each of us experiences a deeply personal journey which takes us on many explorations, twists and turns. Many of us have had challenging times with our sexuality as well as times of deep beauty and perhaps wild alive creativity and/or profound intimacy.
There are so many reasons to connect with our sexual energy from it being the root of our creative expression, to the playful innocence and pleasures offered by our body, to a deep expression of intimate love and profound spiritual awakening. Our sexual erotic flow of energy has deep wisdom held within it and is the essential essence of the sacred feminine in women.
When we begin the journey of menopause we can be sure that change is afoot. Of course the old story goes thats it’s all over, that sex is a thing of the past, that we are no longer ‘desirable’ or even visible. We all know this story and the fear it instils in us.
In reality, menopause is a powerful rite of passage offered to women into a deeper level of power and connectedness to her erotic, creative intelligence. But in a very new and different way. Ancient womb mystery teachings have not been passed down in our culture for a long time and for many women the menopause simply becomes a case of switching off her sexual energy and when this happens she potentially also switches off her connection to her creativity and spirituality.
Read my article for website ‘Advantages of Age’
Spirit, Sexuality and the Menopause
The key thing that happens in our sexuality in menopause is we move from a hormone-driven energy to a spiritual energy. And with this comes a finer level of discernment. So our sexual experiences begin to focus on quality over quantity, and we cease to be willing to ‘make do’ with what’s on offer. It is a wake up call to any habitual override, where we settle for ‘OK’ rather than meeting the longing deep within us and honouring what we want.
Menopause asks us to listen even deeper inside, and if we do not understand the passage, and cannot state our needs, we may say we would rather have no sex than unconnected unsatisfying sex, and then we switch off. It is a profoundly healing passage, allowing us to heal any wounding we received at the time of our menarche – another passage that is so often insensitively held in our culture.
At menopause, if we can meet and embody our own new levels of power, our sexual energy begins to flow in a new way that offers a whole new paradigm of experience as woman.
Three common myths we will transform together!
- Your vulva will dry up for good.
- You will go off sex and lose your libido.
- You will no longer feel or look sexy to a lover.These are indeed myths and the way to transform them is by reinstating the ancient/future sacred womb mystery teachings for women. We will rebirth ourselves and walk a new path, as well as clear the pathway for the future daughters.
In the ancient women’s temples it was the menopausal women who taught the young maidens the sacred teachings of sexuality and womb connection and how to navigate their sexual energy in a way that is self-honouring. This has been hidden for years by our patriarchal culture. In truth in was the menopausal women who initiated the young men into their sexuality – these women were respected as being both the most sexually empowered and also deeply connected to the gift of sex as a spiritual gateway to the divine.
