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

A Jewish Ritual For Menopause

This ritual is intended for marking the end of the 12-month absence of menstrual bleeding after which a woman is considered officially menopausal.

menopause, menstruation

the hand of a woman writing in a journal

Shadayim: A Blessing and Ritual of/for Breast Self Examination

A complete ritual for monthly exams for all people with breasts

feminism, health care, Shekhinah

hand holding one apple blossom

Fill Your Plate: An Earth-based Ritual of Transition to Post-childbearing Stage

Ritual for moving into new phase of life post-childbearing

children, earth, menopause

Fill Your Plate: An Earth-based Ritual of Transition to Post-childbearing Stage

Third Age Ritual

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

Third Age Ritual

Everything Is But a Moment: A Meditation on Kohelet

meditation, megillah, mourning, welcoming

Everything Is But a Moment: A Meditation on Kohelet

Traditional Mikveh Blessings

Traditional blessings for mikveh immersion

abortion, birthdays, cancer, conversion, mikveh, miscarriage, name change, rape, same-sex wedding, sex

Traditional Mikveh Blessings

As My Daughter Bleeds, So Do I

A poem about a daughter’s onset of menses at the same time as her mother, the poet, begins menopause

silhouette of a woman photographed from behind in the lotus position facing the sunrise

Kaddish for the End of Biological Fertility

A moving prayer in which the author, working off the traditional kaddish, mourns her inability to birth a child

women pictured from behind staring at mountains