First Moon Circles are playful and holistic menstrual education workshops which prepare, educate, and celebrate children aged 8-12 at a very important time of their lives.
As a trained First Moon Circle facilitator, I support children and their families to experience their Menarche (first period) as a sacred rite of passage, which empowers the children for life.
We are on a mission to heal menstrual shame and create period-positive cultures and communities to nourish, empower and transform the lives of future generations to come.
part 1: children only session
We start with a 2h experience just for the group to come together, have fun, be silly, make new friends, and learn accurate information about what’s happening to their physical body, as well as their emotional and spiritual selves as they approach and encounter menarche (the first period, or first moon).
Here First Moon attendees learn about:
What periods and puberty are, what happens during this stage of development and what they can expect to notice, sense and feel within their body and emotions,
An introduction to the female body, hormones, and the reproductive system,
Introduction to Cycle Awareness (remember, the period is just 1 part of a 4 stage cycle!) and how our energy, superpowers and needs change across the month,
Introduction to self-care for their cycle (a couple of examples include: why rest is important, why its ok if suddenly they might feel a bit cranky and how to nurture themselves through the pre-menstrual phase),
Body and earth friendly period product options and a chance to play with different options,
And they can ask me any and all awkward, embarrassing, curious questions they’ve not felt able to ask yet.
part 2: mothers join for a celebration
A celebratory afternoon tea where Mums/Nanas/Carers are invited to join us to share what the girls have discovered, whilst the elders are invited to share positive guidance and beautiful wishes they have for the girls in their lifetime.
Here the intentions are to:
Role model that it is possible to talk openly about periods and puberty amongst friends and adults,
Give the parents an opportunity to affirm the positive learning and experience, and to encourage the girls to be able to talk to them about personal topics,
Parents share wisdom with everyone present, which helps the girls feel supported and remember that they are not alone, and that all womxn before them have been through the same experience.
Girls share what they have learned with the adults which will no-doubt offer you new knowledge yourself!
To celebrate a very special time in a person’s life – and to frame the natural process as normal, healthy, magical, and a time a girl meets her power.
I would love to host you and your young girl in my home at Lisarow.
Laura Jones is a Remedial Massage Therapist & First Moon Circle Facilitator living with her partner and four children on Darkinjung land, on the Central Coast of NSW.
Laura has been massaging since 2006, she has been passionate about teaching women about their cycles after training as a fertility massage therapist in 2015. She has a passion supporting women through lifes biggest transitions: menarche, pregnancy, birth and the post partum period. She understands through her own experiences, how important support and nurturing is needed during these times.
When she isn’t working Laura enjoys being in nature with her children, hiking, going to the beach and attending to her self care needs and inner healing journey.
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