Episode 159: The Red School: Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer

Published: April 15, 2023, 10 a.m.

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On the sacred metamorphosis of menopause, redefining this time of life from health crisis to empowerment, tenderness and leadership.

On discovering the liberating power of menopause to awaken authority, purpose and belonging.

  • 0:42 Introducing Red School; Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer; Wise Power: Discover the Liberating Power of Menopause to Awaken Authority, Purpose and Belonging
  • 3:00 \\u2013 Wild Power: Discover the Magic of the Menstrual Cycle and Awaken The Feminine Path to Power; https://www.redschool.net/; The Seasons of Menstruation
  • 6:00 \\u2013 Restoring the power of menopause \\u2013 our inner ecology. An integrated process of growing down into ourselves. An initiatory journey of awakening. Evolving into menopause.
  • 9:30 \\u2013 Seamless entry into the menstruality journey. Weaving a thread of yes through the beginning of menstruation to menopause.
  • 12:25 \\u2013 Our experience of cultural dislocation from this initiatory path. Menarche, menstruation, motherhood and menopause are evolutionary tipping points in our life\\u2019s journey.
  • 15:20 \\u2013 Seeing our 50s, 60s and 70s as one of the most fertile grounds of being \\u2013 alive, creative and productive.
  • 17:55 \\u2013 5 phases of menopause \\u2013 Betrayal, Repair, Revelation, Visioning and Emergence. Cycle awareness applies across many areas of our psychological and spiritual development.
  • 20:50 \\u2013 Betrayal \\u2013 Transformation involves dying to the old self and emerging new. Betrayal is the first moment of menopause where the deep initiatory process kicks in. It is the death of an identity.
  • 25:40 \\u2013 Repair \\u2013 Emphasizing Rest and Healing. Rest is the medicine that allows the organic process of healing to move through us. Giving yourself kindness.
  • 29:55 \\u2013 Revelation \\u2013 A subtle dawning of a new recognition of yourself. An acceptance and reception of yourself.
  • 32:25 \\u2013 Visioning \\u2013 Full flourishing and receptivity of your capacity. Breakthrough with coherence.
  • 37:10 \\u2013 Emergence \\u2013 Freshly minted clarity and innocence. Reborn, vulnerability and innocence as a buffer against bitterness and cynicism. \\u201cSecond Spring\\u201d.
  • 40:50 \\u2013 Ritual to anoint and celebrate yourself \\u2013 1) Name all the qualities you have discovered or recovered during menopause \\u2013 all of your strengths and brilliances. 2) Forgive anything in yourself that you feel still needs forgiving. 3) State some clear intentions for your future. 4) Allow plenty of time for this ritual.
  • 44:20 \\u2013 Menopause can deliver us to a place of deep belonging within ourselves. Union is the heart of the menopause transition. Understanding and removing our barricades to intimacy.
  • 47: 20 \\u2013 Attunement tools for Leadership \\u2013 Keep Council with Emptiness

    https://www.redschool.net/

    Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, authors of Wild Power: Discover the Magic of the Menstrual Cycle and Awaken The Feminine Path to Power and the creators of the Menstruality Medicine Circle\\u2122, a brand new healing modality.

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