FACILITATED BY: Aki Hirata Quetzalyolotzin Jewel Moon Medicine Woman
EXCHANGE: $350-650 Sliding Scale
This class meets 3 evenings for 3 hours each via Zoom on January 8th, 15th & 22nd from 6:30-9:30pm EST
"When the women give their blood back to the earth, men will come home from war and earth shall find peace.”
~ Hopi prophecy
Facilitator Training in Menstrual Ceremony through Feminine Reclamaition: Guiding the Next Generation Through Sacred Menstrual Rites and Mythic Remembrance
The ancient ones saw our menstruation and the monthly blood as a vital force of life and magic. How we have moved so far away from this knowing - all for us to now reclaim this part of us for the renewal of human consciousness.
This training is offered to all those who are interested in creating a celebratory ceremonial space for the menstruating bodies. Whether you are interested in creating this space for your inner child, or a parent, aunty, grandparents or community space holder wanting to create a space for the young ones as they embark on their new journey - I invite you to come and un-learn in order for us to remember the wholeness of our menstruating body.
These sessions are designed to prepare those who are interested not only in the technicality of ceremony facilitation, but also in the art and energetics of what it means to create a transformative space through deep healing work of mind and heart.
This class is designed to guide participants to understand the deeply lodged patriarchal belief system that negates the full blossoming of the Feminine in order to guide the next generation to honor their powerful nature we carry within. We welcome any person within the gender spectrum, however we will be learning specifically the reclamation of the Feminine. There will be a discussion on what it means to hold space for folks with various gender expressions though that will not be the focus of this class.
The session includes:
Healing of subconscious belief systems that continues the oppression of the Feminine and its sexual power
Historical understanding of why menstruation is shamed
Examples from Mythology to reclaim our innate power
Cultural and ancestral remembrance inside of our bodies
Creation of ceremonial space
Community building and space holding
In this 3-day training, we will navigate various parts of us to uncover, heal and connect to the parts of us lost:
Day 1: BODY
On our first day, we will discuss the physical significance of menstruation and the larger cycle of female sexuality and its archetype: Maiden, Mother, Crone and Prostitute. We will learn how hormonal changes give rise to particular kinds of interpersonal and sexual cravings, and what they signal to us physically, psychologically and emotionally.
Day 2: MIND & HEART
On the second day of our training we are focusing our attention to the healing of our subconscious. Through history and mythology, we gain deeper insights into the current states of our psyche - and to start the process of reclamation of our forgotten power. To hold space for others is to bear the responsibility of holding others' vulnerability; and this requires us to have utmost accountability to our own shadows.
Day 3: SPIRIT
On this final day, we are working to remember our Medial nature. Our powerful connection to intuition and the invisible realm comes from connecting to the cycles of our body which are interwoven with the cycles of everything else. We will culminate this training with the celebration of the birth of Medial women now ready to create a space for all those who are embarking on the path of the Red Flow.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own cultural tradition of menstruation into the class to share with others.
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Aki Hirata Quetzalyolotzin Jewel Moon Medicine Woman is attuned to various energetic healing frequencies including Usui Reiki, Earth Evolution Reiki, IET, and 13th Octave LaHoChi. She is also a master teacher of Usui Reiki, co-channeller of Earth Evolution Reiki symbols, and the founder of MINKA Brooklyn. She is a moondancer, and trained under numerous teachers of ancient traditions, including Hatha yoga, pranayama and meditation (Integral Yoga Institute), Ayurvedic Nutrition (Naina Marballi), Art of Energy Healing (Suzy Mezoly), MedicineWay (Irma StarSpirit Turtle Woman), Toltec Healing Practice (Sergio Magaña Ocelocoyotl), Curanderismo (Rita Navarete Prez and Tonia Gonzalez) and more.
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