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“The key to a woman's health and well-being lies in knowing her body and its natural rhythms. Understanding her hormones, and how they influence her reality, is the birthright of every woman and girl. She is equally entitled to feel positively about her body.”
The Red Web Foundation (RWF) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to supporting a positive societal view of girls' and women's bodies and menstrual cycles from first menstruation through menopause. We honor individual and cultural practices, both of the present day and the past, that promote a healthy outlook for women and society. We further acknowledge menstrual education is also important for boys and men.
Girl Talk Seminars, Providing straight and practical answers for young girls concerning major physical, emotional, and physiological changes that occur during puberty.
The Menstruation Museum The site is one of the best on the web. It is interesting, informative, humorous and just plain terrific!
The Jade and Pearl web site is a wonderful site for natural sea sponges and a lovely menarche gift bag with sea sponge tampons, a lunar calendar, a silver sea shell necklace and more.
The Cycles Page allows you to keep an online record of your past menstrual cycles, view predictions of your upcoming menstruation and ovulation dates, and know when you are most likely to be fertile.
The Women's Way Program, is dedicated to helping women cherish the cycles of their lives.
GladRags cotton menstrual pads protect the health of women and the environment. Organic cotton GladRags come in natural unbleached and in great colors. Many women find GladRags help with allergies and chemical sensitivities caused by disposable products. Other menstrual products are also available such as The Keeper menstrual cup, Organic Essential Tampons, and Jade and Pearl Sea Sponges. Economical, sustainable, and healthier choices for your monthly cycle.
Women's Wisdom, empowering women and girls. This site has many lovely gifts for girls celebrating menarche.
Life Blessing Institute, has many wonderful rituals for women and girls.
Living Awareness Institute founder, Kami McBride is an herbalist with many wonderful products for women, and author of 105 Ways to Celebrate Menstruation.
Joan Morais, Natural bodycare products, and author of A Time To Celebrate, A Celebration of a Girl's First Menstrual Period
Megan's Menarche Party: A large group, on the road menarche party that you can hold in your own town.
My Moon Cards, all about the woman's cycle.
Passages Into Womanhood, empowering girls to love themsleves.
Deanna L'am, empowering women to mentor girls into womanhood.
Linda Knodle, facilitates Coming of Age and other Rituals for men and women.
Please e-mail me at brooke@celebrategirls.com if you would like to have a reciprocal link to my web site.
If you have an event that you would like to mention here, please email: brooke@celebrategirls.com. I will happily display it. Be sure to put the city, state and country.
Become A Red Moon Trainer! Training will take place in A RED TENT, starting Sunday, April 20. A Red Tent structure and experience will not only hold monthly meetings, but will equip you to create Red Tents anywhere! Training includes:
- Spiritual, emotional and physical aspects of menstruation
- Healing the Maiden Within
- Elements of ceremony
- Planning and leading ceremonies
- Shamanic work
- Guiding women and girls
- Group facilitation
- Mentoring
Duration - One Sunday a month, 10:00AM- 4:00 PM, for 13 months Cost : $100 per month payments plans available (total cost of the training is $1300) Place - Sebastopol, California (50 miles north of San Francisco) Starting : Sunday, April 20, 2008
Facilitator: DeAnna L'am, author of Becoming Peers - Mentoring Girls into Womanhood , and founder of Red Moon - Cycles of Women's Wisdom (TM) (1994).
To receive a registration package , email lam@sonic.net For an overview visit: Web: www.deannalam.com
Blog: http://moonwisdom.blogspot.com/