Hello all, including those ladies who didn’t make it to the meeting – we miss you and hope that you’ll make it some time.
At the last meeting, we became aware that as we get to know each other it’s becoming easier to diverge into delicious conversations about almost anything. We decided to ask someone to “hold the space” for each meeting, to help us focus on our central theme (the monthly cycle and its impact on our lives), so that it doesn’t become just another ladies’ chatter group. Xxx was to have done it yesterday, but she received an offer she couldn’t refuse (to be wined and dined and otherwise spoilt in France for five days) and asked me to step in, which I was glad to do.
The poem I used to open the meeting was “Taboo” by Jennifer Boire. I found it at the Museum of Menstruation (it’s the third poem on this page, so you have to scroll down to see it). I felt that it captures our mission in these meetings: to express, explore and “re-vision” our thoughts and feelings about the feminine cycle in order to discover and consciously use its positive power.
