Re-Imagining Menopause: Half-day Retreat – 2025 Term 1
Pre-requisite: None. No previous experience of meditation, yoga or mindfulness required. Facilitators: Megan Layton and Jennifer Sexton
Sunday 23 February, 10am to 1pm at the Gathering Place
A special half day retreat for women who want to explore and engage positively with the peri-menopausal and post-menopausal life stage.
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$120.00
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Reimagining Menopause Half Day Retreat:
Nourishment, balance and wholeness through big changes
A space for parts of you that are tired to rest
A space for parts of you that need care or understanding to be expressed, listened to and met with compassion
Peri-menopause and menopause can be a disorienting and challenging journey through huge changes in roles, physical energy, emotions, identity, relationships, work and purpose in life. Rather than just enduring it, how do we embrace, lean into, grow and shine?
This retreat creates a space to you to explore in your unique journey, ways of nourishing your mind, body, life and spirit. Through this collective container, feel supported and bring more balance, ease and purpose into this stage of life.
Retreat Program
- Focus on nourishing, drawing energy back in so that the energy you give out increasingly comes from a place of balance and wholeness.
- We’ll begin with gentle guided nurturing yoga and meditation practices to facilitate settling and deep rest
- Brief input and insights from facilitators
- Individual reflection and creative expression to allow space for connecting with yourself and your journey and self-care
- We will finish with some collective sharing and listening
Notes
- This is not a strictly silent retreat, however there will be quietness and space for you to be with yourself, times of individual guided reflection and creative expression, guided practices and times for sharing.
You are encouraged to do just what feels right for you, everything is optional.
Your facilitators
Megan Layton and Jennifer Sexton
Two fabulous peri-/menopausal women will lead you on this retreat.
They have very different journeys and a shared understanding of the challenges, opportunities and wisdom available to help us all through this significant life stage. Challenged by the symptoms, they have each done their own deep dives into the contemporary and ancient wisdom and resources available to help us understand, navigate and grow through menopause.
What to bring
- Bring your meditation and yoga gear if you have some (yoga mat, blanket, cushion or pillow, meditation stool).
- Wear comfortable layered clothing that allows for free movement and breathing
- A journal and pen
- If you have a current form of creative expression you’d like to use, feel free to bring that along with you also
We will provide:
- Morning tea, including delicious food, milks and a range of teas/coffee
Skilful, heartful, inclusive facilitation
Comfortable chairs and spare meditation and yoga gear
A beautiful calm, restorative space for you to be nurtured including a gorgeous garden
Some simple creative materials – art supplies, pens, drawing and writing paper, crayons
Please contact us if the cost is a barrier as we may be able to supply a discounted rate.
Event Details
Date: 23 February 2025
Start time: 10:00 AEDT
End time: 13:00 AEDT
Venue: The Gathering Place, 4 Bancroft Street, Dickson 2602
Coordinates: -35.25421, 149.14261
Directions: Parking is available on Bancroft street or in the church car park (St Brigid's) next door to the Gathering Place. Entry to the church carpark is off Wilshire St. Please don't park in the driveway unless you need special access or have mobility issues. There is a pathway from the church carpark to the Gathering Place driveway. There is a bike rack located at the side of the building halfway down the driveway.
Phone: (+61) 0490 354 900
