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Menopause

Women experience menopause in various ways. For some, it is liberating to be done with their monthly cycles. Others grieve the loss of reproductive potential. Whether the passage into menopause is difficult or joyful, physically or emotionally, these rituals sanctify the changes aging brings to our embodied selves.

Latest Rituals

This ritual is intended for marking the end of the 12-month absence of menstrual bleeding after which a woman is considered officially menopausal.
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A complete ritual for monthly exams for all people with breasts
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Ritual for moving into new phase of life post-childbearing

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Source sheet pairing verses from Eicha with voices of immigrant parents separated from their children

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Traditional blessings for mikveh immersion

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A poem about a daughter’s onset of menses at the same time as her mother, the poet, begins menopause
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A moving prayer in which the author, working off the traditional kaddish, mourns her inability to birth a child

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