Menarche Moon
A Rites of Passage Journey for Young Girls & their Mothers
Sept 7th, 8th & 22nd
This will be three days of sacred ground where we will support the young girls to prepare for the menstrual cycle, support the mothers to explore their own menarche time, and support the connection of the mother-daughter relationship.
It will offer the mom insights into how to support her daughter through both her first menarche and her transition into the teenage years, as well as supporting the mother herself to fully integrate her own menarche experience.
What if we mentored young girls into womanhood?
What if we showed them how powerful they are?
What if you could time travel and hold our own inner maiden?
What if we celebrated each others uniqueness and enoughness?
Guided by Sinead McLoughlin & Sky-Maria Buitenhuis, The weekend Sept 7th, 8th & 22nd will be centred on the ‘Rising Moon’ journey of preparing the young girls for her first menarche. Sunday Sept 22nd will be a day for the mums only - ‘The Menarche Journey’.
Rising moon
Rising Moon circles are a safe space for 10 and 11 year old girls along with their Mums, to consciously prepare for the menarche rite of passage. (Or puberty)
As we stand with the girls on this threshold to womanhood, we will explore ideas and inspiration for a holistic coming of age.
We will learn how to listen to our inner wisdom and express our needs and boundaries. We will explore the importance of nature connection, and honouring the cycles and rhythms of our body. We will experience the magic of Sisterhood, and share age appropriate information about our bodies and the menstrual cycle.
the menarche journey
This day is about supporting your daughter with your most whole self.
We will be exploring the life-cycle wheel of a woman and the rites of passages that happen along the way, what a rites of passage is and why it is important.
We will do practices for you to connect with your menarche journey, tell your story and time-travel in ceremony to reclaim what may have been missing.
further details
Sept 7th-8th 10am-4pm
Sept 22nd 10am-6pm
The cost for the full three days for you and your daughter is €350, deposit to commit to you and your daughters space is €150.
Please don’t let cost be a barrier, do get in touch to discuss other options.
We will provide a big pot of organic vegetarian soup each day for lunch, please bring along bread and other condiments to share.
Menarche Moon will take place near Rosscahill in Co.Galway at Dancing Moonlight, Gort na nDarach.
This deepening of healing intimacy is fostered through practices that focus on the different gateways to connection, that of the heart, the mind and the spirit (that aspect of ourselves that is an integral part of all of life), and our whole body presence, intuition and movement.
I am primarily offering this work through co-leading the Village Nature yearlong journeys Bringing it Home & Ecological Homecoming programs, as well as upcoming forest therapy immersions.
Bringing it Home is an in-depth, yearlong journey
Whether you are called to leadership within yourself, your family, your community or your professional life, join us to find or deepen into the gift you are here to bring.
We work with the fundamental energies of nature to navigate life, personally and collectively as a society.
The Bringing it Home Immersion will support you in your journey of transformative exploration and learning to embody nature-based culture and seed collective healing.
With seven spacious online weekends, solo time in nature (including a supported dusk to dawn or 24 hour solo), personal mentoring and other activities to bring 8 Shields wisdom and nature-based culture repair practices into your life, family, work and communities.
We explore the cycles of nature within and without, finding our wholeness and belonging as a gift to our people and the rest of nature.
The next journey runs from the Spring equinox March 2024 until February 2025.
‘This course has turned a flickering candle into a roaring fire‘ – Sally Ann
Ecological Homecoming
Ecological Homecoming is an introduction to the core nature connection practices that create the deep rootedness from which regenerative culture emerges. It will deepen and expand your sense of wonder, curiosity, and connection.
When we go beyond our human-built homes we find a greater home, that of all of nature and our ecological place within it.
learn the core routines of deep nature connection which are the foundation of all of our teachings
befriend your place and all of life around you, creating a deep living relationship with the natural world
develop a strong felt sense of connection to all of nature, opening a pathway through which you can feel support, receive guidance and ultimately live a fulfilling life with deep trust in your place amongst all of life
awaken the ‘ecological self’, the deep knowing that you belong and are utterly dependent on the Earth
all within a community of like-minded supportive people.
‘The whole course was filled with wonder, appreciation and gratitude’ 2023 participant
