Shadow Work
Golden Opportunities - Shadow Work with Nicola & John Kurk
Shadow Work - information about coaching and seminars nationally and internationally
Shadow Work in the EU - European Shadow Work information
Introduction to Shadow Work on You Tube with Hugh and Marianne, a series of amazing talks about the basics of Shadow Work.
Men's and Women's group work
Band of Brothers - A mentoring charity involved with working with young men in the criminal justice system.
Women's Mysteries study and topics of interest
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Jane - The work of my teacher and mentor Jane Hardwick Collings. Incredible work concerning the women's mysteries, rites of passage and birth.
Red School - The work of Alexandra Pope, focusing on creating menstrual health, valuing menopause and much more.
Red Tent Temple Movement
Alisa Starkweather
Red Tent Directory - Listings of red tents in the UK
Courage to bleed - local circles with Seraphina Maguire https://www.radicalreturn.co.uk/post/the-courage-to-bleed
Prolapse and Pelvic Floor
Christine Kent – The Whole Woman way and first aid for prolapse, including restoring our natural posture.
Tina and Annabelle at the Brighton Women's Health Physio practice brilliant post birth checks and have a good network for support.
Justine Sipprell – Hypopressive breathing and core breath work.
Isa Herrera – specialist in pelvic pain and prolapse
Una dinsmore Tuli – teacher of womb yoga
Kimberley Ann Johnson, author of Fourth Trimester, and Magamama and co-founder of STREAM School for Postpartum Care.
This is a particularly useful podcast - listen here
Tami Lynn Kent, author of Mothering from your Centre and Wild Feminine,
working with internal self-massage video.
Mayan Abdominal massage
pathways for addressing trauma
Yoga Nidra and deep relaxation
Helen Moss – Downward dog yoga
Laura Doe – pleasure, anatomy and deep healing through work with the yoni.
Anja – Womens sexual health and healing massage therapy
Peter levine somatic experiencing and body work. Working with releasing trauma safely. For more information and practitoner list see here.
Trauma release Exercises – TRE
Mind Movement Solutions - useful system of movement, carefully taught, to support deep release of tension and stress and patterns in the body associated with trauma.
Doula connections and birth preparation and postnatal
Doula UK - use their find a doula search engine to find a recognised doula in your area.
Amanda Porter - Arvigo therapy for all aspects of woman's womb well being, conception, pregnancy and beyond.
Spinning Babies - Spinning Babies with Gail Tully, wonderful educational website packed full of information on optimal foetal positioning and simple things to do to make pregnancy more comfortable and support an easy delivery.
Ayurveda and traditional chinese medicine to support energy through process
Importance of closing bones, first 40 days postnatally, binding, self massage, nutrition, REST.
Cookbook by Heng Ou The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother
Julia Jones – Nourishing new born mothers
Post-natal steaming with Rosemary, Yarrow, Calendula, Lavender, Rose, Mugwort and Motherwort.
See also Keli Garza recommending regular steaming for all women
Birth stories for addressing birth trauma
Grief and end of life transition
Orphan Wisdom - Stephen Jenkinson. Valuable work on how we can honour and support our loved ones, and ourselves, as we face death and dying.
5 gates of Grief - Francis Weller
Women's and Girl's empowerment and self development
A mighty girl inspirational and gender positive books/films for Girls
Girleffect.org
Omega Women's leadership Centre
junior youth spiritual empowerment programme -
This PhD thesis broke grounds in the 1990s by helping to reconceptulise power in generative terms asvwell as in its zero-sum terms - http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1424/1/1424.pdf
agenda.wales a young people’s guide to making positive relationships matter - developed in Wales
It's time we talked Reality and risk - pornography - developed in Australia
Zero tolerance briefing for sexualisation
Understanding the risks of premature sexualisation 2011 NSPCC report
Young minds - UK Charity championing well-being and mental health in young people
The Circle - Women Empowering Women (Annie Lennox set it up)
Women in media Leaders Quest
Girls Leadership
The Moon Inside You - film
The Red School - feminine leadership & spirituality
Women In Power Rites of passage for adult women, amazing program.
Embrace - film about positive body image
School of Shamanic Womancraft - the school I did my training with, amazing work by Jane
Kookie Inspiring magazine for pre teen girls
https://www.facebook.com/JourneyOfYoungWomen/
BOOKS
Menarche and Supporting ourselves and our Daughters through puberty
Girl Up - Laura Bates
Mothering and Daughtering: Keeping Your Bond Strong Through the Teen Years - Eliza Reynolds and Sil Reynolds
The heroines club, a mother daughter empowerment circle – Melia Keeton Digby
The Thundering Years, rituals and Sacred Wisdom for Teens – Julie Tallard Johnson
Moon Mother, Moon Daughter, myths and rituals that celebrate a girls coming of age - Jane Lucy and Terri Allison
Menarche A journey into Womanhood – Rachael Hertogs
Becoming a Woman – Jane Hardwick Collins
Strong is the new pretty – Kate Parker
The Goddess in every Girl, develop your teen feminine power – M Abadie
Girls Rising, a guide to nurturing a confident and soulful adolescent - Urana Jackson
Nine Passages for women and girls, ceremonies and stories of transformation – Gail Burkett
Reaching for the moon – Lucy Pearce
What should we tell our daughters – Melissa Benn
Untangled – Lisa Damour
The seven sacred rites of menarche, the spiritual journey of the adolescent girl – Kristi Boylan
Raising Girls – Steve Biddulph
Womens Wisdom
I Know I'm in There Somewhere: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner Voice and Living a Life of Authenticity - Helene G. Brenner
Braiding Sweetgrass, Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Her Blood is Gold, Awakening to the Wisdom of Menstruation – Lara Owen
Vagina, a new biography – Naomi Wolf
The Pill, are you sure it's for you – Jane Bennett and Alexandra Pope
Wild Power, Discover the magic of your menstrual cycle and awaken the feminine path to power – Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
Pussy A reclamation – Regena Thomashauer
Women who run with the Wolves, contacting the Power of the wild woman – Alice Walker
Moon Magic – Lori Read
Circle of Stones – Judith Duerk
I sit Listening to the Wind – Judith Duerk
Daughters of Copper Woman – Anne Cameron
Calling the circle – Christina Baldwin
Marija Gimbutas, The language of the Goddess -
Shakti Woman – Vicki Noble
Dancing in the Flames - Marion Woodman
Gifts from the Elders – Gail Burkett
Red Moon, understanding and using the creative, sexual and spiritual gifts of the menstrual cycle – Miranda Grey
Leaving my fathers house, a journey into conscious femininity – Marion Woodman
Mother daughter Wisdom, understanding the crucial link bewteen mothers, daughters and Health – Christianne Northrup
If Women Rose Rooted, The journey to Authenticity and Belonging – Sharon Blackie
The Heroines Journey, A womans quest for wholeness – Maureen Murdock
The Wise Wound, Menstruation and Everywoman – Penelope Shuttle and Peter Redgrove
Emergence of the Sensual Woman, Awakening our erotic innocence – Saida Desilets
Womens bodies womens wisdom, Christianne Northrupp
Menopause
Passage to Power – Leslie Kenton
Kissing the Hag, the dark goddess and the unnacceptable nature of women – Emma Restall Orr
The Wisdom of Menopause - Christianne Northrupp
Crossing to avalon – Jean Shinoba Bolen