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MOON MOTHER Even though I hadn’t intended to take on any new projects for a while, I found myself signed up to do the Moon Mother training. Once again my ‘inner knowing’ had taken over and led me where I needed to be –it is funny and wonderful how that happens! The Moon Mother training has broadened my perspective on aging and given me a useful set of tools for the RED TENT gatherings and for rituals celebrating, for example, a girl’s first period, or a woman getting married or moving into motherhood. Menopause too can be marked with a blessing and ritual, honouring the transition into a new stage of life, wisdom and empowerment.
Whereas the format of the RED TENT gatherings will be changeable from one place to the next and according to what participants would like, one constant for the Exeter one is having a beautiful meditation taught by Miranda Gray at her Moon Mother training. Called the Womb-Tree meditation, I find it a wonderful way to re-charge myself as I feel my connection with the Earth, my feminine essence, heart and the moon. It may also help bring healing in subtle or overt sexual trauma.
Exeter RED TENT meets monthly and all women and menstruating-age girls are welcome. Details can be found at
www.extermindandbody.com
About the author Holistic Health Practitioner and Health Detective, Jacqueline Kareh has been on the spiritual/personal growth path since her teens. Since qualifying as a nurse - both general and psychiatric-trained, she has studied and practiced many forms of therapy, energy and body- work, healing and complementary medicine as well as nutrition and holistic lifestyle counselling. Jacqueline also feels strongly about healing the emotional wounds that can so easily occur between men and women. Her goal is to support and encourage a deep understanding, honouring and respect of ourselves and between the sexes. Jacqueline is based in Exeter but also works from Ashburton (Devon Dental Practice) and London. Contact: Text or call: 0785 000 8133 Email:
healthdetective@hotmail.co.uk Web:
www.sciohealthdetective.com
Bibliography LIGHT ON DEATH:
THE GLASTONBURY DAY OF THE DEAD by Dominic Quarrell
On November 3rd this year we will be launching the 2nd Annual Glastonbury Day of the Dead and this is an invitation to you to join in. Described as ‘A Community Health Education initiative in the form of a town party,’ this day has a number of purposes of which the chief are: 1. To Celebrate and Remember the Dead 2. To Acknowledge the Impact of Death and Loss in the Community
3. To assist the community in building compassionate local responses and strategies for end-of-life care and issues
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4. To Encourage the Community to communally enter the chthonic liminal.
Since time immemorial humans have been coming up with ideas about what happens when they die. For the most part these would include a posthumous journey that probably would involve some test or trial, ultimately leading to transition to a new status, such as an ancestor, or as a resident of heaven or hell.
Given that this journey could commence at any time, the purpose of life on earth was to
London & South East Connection - August/November 2012
‘The Red Tent’ by Anita Diamant ‘Red Moon’ by Miranda Gray
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