CYCLE. WISDOM. POWER.
a self-paced video course to help us return our attention to the cycles of life
Do you find it hard to trust yourself or to listen to your body, like you need others’ approval or guidance to make decisions?
It’s a pretty much known fact that women’s trust in ourselves is repeatedly undermined in this patriarchal culture and that we often look outside of ourselves for answers or guidance.
Often, this can lead to us women experiencing difficulty making decisions, even sometimes the simplest day-to-day choices.
Almost always, this leads to us feeling a profound uneasiness and lack of trust in our bodies.
Almost always, this leads to us obeying some kind of outside authority and/or seeking external approval.
However, the authority that really governs all of life is the cycle of the calendars of the natural world - the seasons, the movement of the sun, the phases of our lives...
Each of these calendars is mirrored in the calendar of the menstrual cycle.
In other words, the source of all life, the authority which guides everything that happens in the universe LIVES IN OUR BODIES.
For generations, humans have listened to women’s cycles, to the cyclical nature of life to make decisions, to be well, to receive visions for our communities, to be healthy. Only recently have women been (incorrectly) told that the only reason we live the cycle is so that we can reproduce. In actuality, our individual and community health depends on our attention to the menstrual cycle.
In your quest for wellness, you might have been to women’s circles and retreats. Perhaps you have studied the Fertility Awareness Method, steamed your yoni and massaged your womb. Maybe you have done yoga for the vagina with or without a jade egg, danced ecstatically with other women in womb healing temples, even orgasmed collectively in a sacred sexuality workshop.
Often, these experiences are fleeting, leaving us with a taste of what is possible, wondering how to work with this magic ongoingly. Because as soon as you look again at your phone or respond to the demands of day to day life, it can feel like the wisdom you found is once again hidden or out of reach.
In moments, you have probably touched upon the magic that lives in your cycle, but still are not sure how to integrate it into your daily life to be healthy. No matter whether you are living the cycle regularly or not, the power of this calendar is accessible to us all, all of the time, so long as you pay attention to it.
Cycle. Wisdom. Power. is for you if you want to reclaim your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health by returning your attention to your essential relations with the cycles that define our life.
It doesn’t matter if you are still living the menstrual cycle or not - you know, in the deepest knowing of the waters of your cells, the movement of this cycle. In fact, all humans of all genders and all ages know this movement becasue we have all been born through the life of this cycle in the bodies of our mothers.
You know the dance of the rhythm of birth, growth, death, composting, rebirth.
Listening to that knowing allows you to cultivate and use the power of transformation that lives within and around you. Listening to that knowing is a source of immense power for you and for anyone who has the privilege of knowing you.
Integrating your awareness through conscious practices to direct your attention opens the possibility to work with the magic of your cycle in your day to day life.
In this course, we follow the ancient map of the medicine wheel, drawing on the energetic teachings of each of the 7 directions.
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East - focusing your attention
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South - engaging your passion
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West - grounding your vision
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North - resting and preparing for rebirth
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Earth - attuning to the wisdom of your feminine
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Sky - aligning with the arrow of your masculine
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Heart - gathering into your center
Directing our attention back to the cycle realigns us with the true authority to which we all answer - the cycle of life, which opens our direct access to our natural wisdom.
Women have been doing this for generations.
"This course helped me connect to femininity in a way that is both powerful and soft. From this course I have learned - What am I, as a woman, capable of bringing into the world? Why is it important to listen to my cyclicality, to the cyclicality of life that is reflected in me, in my body? This connection is so deep, the understanding that this cyclicality lives in me defines how I relate to so many things in my life now."
-Hila Shemesh, 38
In this course
You will explore:
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the gift that it is to live in this body and the possibility to reclaim your innate wisdom and sensory literacy by paying attention to your cycle.
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your sensual expression in order to increase your experience of pleasure.
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your relationships with the elements, Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, so that you can lean on these relationships to support your health in every stage of life
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embodied practices to better listen to yourself, to your emotions, and express your passion.
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steps toward cultivating and deepening your relationships with the earth, the food we eat, our bodies, and our voices
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the physical and energetic aspects of the four phases of the menstrual cycle so that you can understand and align with the power available in each phase
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the relationships between the menstrual cycle and the medicine wheel of life - the seasons of the year, the sun’s course throughout the day, the phases of the moon, the stages of our lives, the energies of the four directions - in order to align with the wisdom present in those cycles as well.
"This course was amazing. It was like a point of light for me each week. It was my first step into a much longer journey to understand the significance of the directions and how this knowledge can support my well being. Each session was dedicated to a different direction and what it brings with it. I left each session wanting more, to deepen my relation with the energetics of each direction; what I learned in this course is an inseparable part of my life now."
-Yasmin Itamari, 55
In this journey, you will receive tools to
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Deepen your relation with natural cycles in order to better align our actions with body’s rhythms and the rhythms of the natural world
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Embrace the ongoing movement between rest and action as a key to health
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Focus your attention on the waters of our body to allow for deeper presence and trust in yourself
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Embody an attitude of gratitude which can ground you into balance
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Reclaim your attention to use your energy in nourishing ways
What you get:
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7 video lessons, one for each direction on the medicine wheel which include teachings and guided movement practice. Each video is accompanied by:
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Recorded guided meditations to practice when and where best suits you
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A PDF detailing the central ideas of the teaching
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Weekly practices which are clear action steps to create opportunities to relate to the work more deeply and personally
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Invitations to in-person women’s weekends and other events especially for this community of women who share a common language about our relationships and our cycles.
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Ongoing access to our Facebook community which is a space to connect with other women who are cultivating the language of the cycle
As a young woman, I learned that my body is an object, public property, for others to look at, judge and use. My body didn’t look like what I thought it was supposed to, so I separated from it - we became two entities, Naomi and Naomi’s body.
That separation led to me essentially abusing my own body, particularly by engaging in sexual encounters that I didn’t actually want. I thought that doing so would make me feel better about my body. I have spent years working with women and girls, and I know that many of us share similar experiences of detachment from our bodies.
About ten years ago, I completed an initiation with my teacher, Carmen Vicente, a medicine woman from the high Andes. She shared practices of the women of her community; under her guidance I retreated for four days and four nights every month, during the time of my bleeding, over the course of one and a half years.
During this time, I slowly learned to listen to the cycles in my body. I bridged the gap between the two entities we had become in my adolescence and reconnected with the wisdom that flows from the universe through my body. This reconnection has changed my life.
For the past 25 years, I have worked with hundreds of women and girls to reclaim our relations with our bodies and our innate wisdom in countless women’s and girls’ circles, retreats, workshops and ceremonies as well as through 1-1 mentoring. In 2014, I published Beautiful, a guide for adolescent girls and the adults who support them.
I am a dancer, and for me the body is my channel to spirit, and to any kind of deep relation with life. All of my work integrates embodied practice. I have been deeply moved by the teachings of Gabrielle Roth and a number of her students, with whom I have been walking for nearly a decade.
I am passionate about redefining culture for women and girls by revitalizing our relationship with the wisdom that lives within us and reweaving the web of sisterhood that nourishes all of life.
"Naomi, you are a very special woman. Your facilitation makes everyone feel comfortable as you make space for all voices to be heard. It is clear that you have so much knowledge, and so much to give. I am thirsty to learn more!"
-Rachel Elany, 60
Is this for me?
This course could be for you if:
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You identify as a woman or adolescent girl.
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You strive to trust your intuition.
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You long to feel more at home in your body.
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You want to live in alignment with the rhythm of your body and the rhythms of the natural world.
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You yearn to feel the presence of the sacred every day.
What if I do not menstruate?
Please note that this is not a fertility awareness course, and we are not tracking our cycles. We are working with the spiritual and energetic understanding of our cycles and our bodies in the larger context of the natural world, which are accessible to all.
As such, this course is great for self identifying adult women, and anyone who wants to learn about the energetics of the menstrual cycle, whether or not you are currently or have ever menstruated.
This course is also great for girls who have experienced menarche over one year ago.
This course is also great for adults who work with girls who are coming of age, to support their well being.
Will I still benefit from this experience if my cycle is irregular?
Absolutely. We are working with the menstrual cycle as a tool to deepen our connection to our bodies and to the cycles in the natural world. This perspective helps us to understand the importance of the cycle beyond its role in pregnancy and birth. We are working with a holistic understanding of women’s cycles as the basis of all life.
From my own experience in the phase of shifting from a regular cycle to not bleeding anymore, I can say that my understanding of the relation between the menstrual cycle and the other cycles in the natural world has been an incredible support and source of stability and health in a time of so much change in my own body.
How much time do I need to commit to this course?
The course is online and self paced. I recommend taking at least a week between doing each lesson, in order to let it all sink in. For each direction, there is a video (approx 20 mins) and a guided movement practice (approx 10 mins). Beyond that, the time you spend doing these practices is entirely up to you.
What if I want to work with you 1-1?
You are welcome to check out my 1-1 mentoring program and/or book a free call to explore this together. Email me if you are interested in this option.
Does this really work over zoom?
Before the pandemic, I would not have dreamed of trying to share my work online. The necessities of that time opened this door for me, and I have since seen that it is not only possible to create transformative spaces over zoom, but that individual journeys can be even deeper when they are grounded in the comfortable, familiar setting of home.
This course was actually born after many women asked to do ongoing work online, after participating in a virtual talk.
Is there an opportunity to meet one another in person?
I hold many different retreats and workshops around the world, and would love to meet you at one of these events.
What if I want to contact you?
I would love to hear from you! If you wish to share something or ask a question, you are welcome to email me and I will respond as soon as I can.
This course will be fulfilling for you if:
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You want to embody your natural authority.
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You are seeking deeper intimacy.
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You are longing for more authenticity.
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you are open to recognize the interconnectedness of all of life
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you seek and appreciate authenticity
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you are willing to love your body and listen to the wisdom that moves through you
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You long to feel more at home in your body.
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You yearn to feel the presence of the sacred every day.
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You hold space for others and want to refine your leadership.
Working with me will be fulfilling for you if:
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you are open to recognize the interconnectedness of all of life
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you seek and appreciate authenticity
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you want to listen to the wisdom that lives within you
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you aspire to reclaim your attention
“Your guidance returned me to my body, to be good to my body and to do what feels right. My body is grateful.”
-Dafna Zamir, 31
This work offers the possibility for deep, authentic transformation.
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