After Mother, before Crone, is the time of the Mage
…the Matriarch, the Enchantress, the Harvest Queen…
Autumn Woman, Harvest Queen
What is Autumn Woman, Harvest Queen?
Autumn Woman, Harvest Queen is a one-day workshop in which to explore (PERI-)MENOPAUSE as a powerful rite of passage in a woman’s life, often feared and misunderstood.
As our fertility wanes, we move from the Summer season of our lives to the Autumn. This is a time to CLAIM our harvest, EMBODY our wisdom and LEAD our communities!
This Workshop Will Help You:
- Explore the transformative power of Menopause and your earlier rites of passage
- Unpack fears and ‘cultural baggage’ around changing bodies and aging
- Renegotiate your health, your work-life balance, your relationships, your sexuality, your lifestyle…
- Appreciate your embodied wisdom and embrace the new person you are becoming in this energetic upgrade!
Why Menopause?
All our rites of passage are powerful initiatory processes, and menopause is particularly potent.
Through this journey we are called to re-examine, and reflect on our life thus far, so that we can step into this powerful life season of Mage, crafting our soul purpose.
In this workshop we celebrate you, and your journey to the Altar of Transformation that is menopause.
The dance with your hormones, your bodies, and your emotions are given a sacred context which empowers you to navigate this part of your life with clarity and consciousness.
Self-care practices are embedded within the day, as how we care for ourselves now shows up through the rest of our lives.
Join us to reclaim this powerful rite of passage , and to become your own Autumn Woman, Harvest Queen!
“"At menarche a young woman enters her power, throughout her menstruating years she practices her power, and at menopause she becomes her power.””
Native American Saying
Workshop Structure
An Autumn Woman Harvest Queen workshop begins with the creation of a safe container, the sacred circle which holds us all throughout the day. In this co-created space we ground and center. We pass the talking bowl, to listen, to share and to reflect.
We allow our stories, bodies and presence to carry us into full feeling, whether that be grief, joy, pleasure, pain, delight, shame… knowing that all of these experiences are pathways that lead us home to ourselves.
And Menopause is a home-coming, a profound journey to Self.
Much of the wisdom of menopause has been buried and seems lost. And yet, within your own body, within the wisdom of your menstrual cycle, there is a profound map to guide you through this powerful Rite of Passage.
In this workshop we co-create the wheel of life and chart the changing seasons, energies, feelings and opportunities of each phase.
Then we dive deeper into the particular medicine of the Autumn season and the Maga archetype, her powers and potential, so that you can reframe and celebrate the deep bodied wisdom and power of menopause.
Menopause, like any rite of passage, is an ‘altar of transformation,’ a threshold on the lifelong journey of becoming more uniquely and distinctly YOU!
At this altar you meet yourself, those parts that may have been exiled, those parts that show up again and again to teach you what you need to know, and those parts of you calling to be born anew.
What needs to be renegotiated and transformed so that you can become your own Sovereign Self?
The body holds much wisdom for this menopausal journey. In this part of the workshop you are invited to let your hands create, and your body move to the wisdom within.
Creative play with clay, with dance and drumming are openings to deeper consciousness of your lived experiences, and offer transformational opportunities of release and rebirth.
Self care is essential to the easeful transition within and through menopause. In this workshop, we share stories and insights about many of the important self-care practices available to you. By the end of the day, you’ll have many more tools and possibilitiesto adapt to your unique situation!
We reflect on ways of claiming the power of Maga, of your sexuality and life force. We are nourished by the voices of each other, pooling our stories of loss and transformation, and sharing the resources and perspectives that help us in this journey.
Autumn Woman, Harvest Queen Teachers
Founder of the School of Shamanic Womancraft • Creator of Moonsong, Shamanic Dimensions of Pregnancy and Autumn Woman Harvest queen workshops • co-creator of Winter Woman, Bone Wisdom Workshop • Grandmother •
My interest in bringing and offering this information is to help how I can in healing the wounded feminine and the wounded masculine of our patriarchal culture.
My mission is to help women reclaim feminine knowledge and wisdom, to help heal birth, menarche, menstruation, menopause and death, for all my relations.
I represent three lineages:
Home birth Midwifery – ancient wise woman practices passed down the generations that I learned from Maggie Lecky Thompson (Australia).
EarthSong (Boulder, Colorado, USA) Shamanic Teachings and Practices – that I learned from James Harvey (AKA BlackBear) and Cedar Barstow.
Shamanic Midwifery – the teachings and insights of the Late Jeannine Parvati Baker (USA).
(Jane Hardwicke Collings is not registered as a midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.)
Listen to Jane on the Womancraft Podcast→ Episode 2 ~ Growth ~ Founder & Shamanic Midwife
Shamanic Craftswoman • MagaWoman • Workshop Teacher • Shamanic Womancraft Teacher • Shamanic Drum Making Teacher • Story Teller • Earth Dancer • Wild Bird Protector • Tree Sister •
Sarah Bird Miller is enchanted by this Earth and has a passion for embodied earth wisdom. She is deeply held by the stories/myths and ways that reweave humanity back into the web of life.
She is a teacher of the Four Seasons Journey and Moonsong Workshop for the School of Shamanic Womancraft. She is also the founder of Embodiments Dance, a dance, drum and women’s circle space.
She lives an embodied spirituality, honouring feminine wisdom, the cycles within and without, and the gentle-wild rhythms of Life that hold us all.
She is a Mage woman, married for over 20 years and has two young adult children.
Listen to Sarah on the Womancraft Podcast
→ Episode 18 ~ Embody ~ The Drum Journey
Shamanic Craftswoman • Shamanic Womancraft Teacher • Workshop Teacher • Witch • Hearthkeeper of the SSW • Doula • Mother •
Sequoia is a Mother, a Witch, a Shamanic Craftswoman, a Doula and a Hearthkeeper.
As a Teacher with the SSW she brings her presence and skills to witnessing and supporting transformation, creating safe spaces and supporting women to find their inner knowing and reclaim their power.
Sequoia is the founder of The Wild Witch, supporting women to claim their inner witch and live a wild and wonderful life. She offers in-person workshops, online courses and 1:1 support.
She holds workshop in her community, at conferences and festivals, on Blood Magick, Reclaiming our Wild Selves, Honouring Women and Menstruation, Drum Making, and Seasonal Sabbats. She has co-created and held Red Tentsand women’s spaces around Australia
She lives in the forest on Bundjalung Country in the Byron Hinterland with her family and animal companions, connecting daily with the earth and all the wild creatures she shares her bush home with.
Sequoia holds the vision of the healed sisterhood and is dedicated to living in service to the Goddess.
Listen to Sequoia on the Womancraft Podcast
→ Episode 5 – Blood ~ Safety and Connection
Shamanic Craftswoman • Workshop Teacher • Blood Keeper • Sister • Aunty • Daughter • Explorer • Observer • Creator •
Brittany is a teacher of the Moonsong workshop, drawing on many years of cycle-tracking and retreating during her blood time. She loves sitting in sacred circle with sisters and is passionate about supporting women and girls to reconnect to self through the menstrual-ovulation cycle and reconnect to the earth mother through the cycle of the seasons.
She has a special interest in Fertility Awareness for body literacy and has studied with fertility specialist Kerry Hampton.
Shamanic Craftswoman • Workshop Teacher – Moonsong • Circle Facilitator • Integrative life coach • Shamanic Drum Making •
Bianca offers community events and circles in the Sydney Northern Beaches area and supports women 1:1 in their growth, healing, and transformation.
She is a shamanic craftswoman, integrative life coach, circle/ceremony facilitator, Moonsong workshop teacher, drum maker, and meditation teacher with a background in healthcare.
Woven through her work is an emphasis on rewilding, reconnecting, and restoring wellbeing. You can see Bianca 1:1 for integrative life coaching and shamanic womancraft. You can also join a Moonsong workshop, shamanic drum making workshop, the monthly women’s circle or monthly shamanic drumming circles in Freshwater.
Bianca offers bespoke rite of passage ceremonies such as mother-to-beblessings, bridal blessing circle, and maiden moon blessings. And offerings for workplace wellbeing programs.
Midwife • Shamanic Craftswoman • Shamanic Womancraft Teacher • Workshop Teacher • Priestess of Avalon • Mage •
Judy has a professional background in health sciences and women’s health. She is an experienced midwife who has spent over 20 years working with birthing women and families in Australia and England. She currently practices as a midwife in the public health system. She holds a passion for all aspects of child birth and an awareness of pregnancy and birth as a transformational rite of passage. She offers clinical supervision and mentorship to student midwives.
Judy is a Graduate and Teacher for The School of Shamanic Womancraft. She teaches the Four Seasons Journey, Moonsong and Shamanic Dimensions of Pregnancy workshops.
In all her work, Judy guides women to remember and reclaim their innate wisdom, inner knowing and authentic nature. She creates and holds the sacred space, the safe container for inner healing to take place.
Judy leads ritual and ceremony to honour significant times of transition in our lives including rites of passage, seasonal Sabbats and phases of the lunar cycle. Judy facilitates women in reconnecting with Self and the Divine Feminine, grounded in Nature Based Spirituality.
Judy holds workshops, courses, individual transformational sessions and community-based women’s circles, including:
The Women’s Spiral of Transformation: year-long program
Pregnancy and Birth: The Inner Experience
Wise Woman Rising: Introduction to the Women’s Mysteries
Journey to Avalon Immersion
Moon Circle for Soulful Women program
Frame Drum journey work
Student Midwife Support Circles
Co-Creatrix of regular Red Tent Rising gatherings.
Judy brings the wisdom of many years of spiritual, personal and professional education and enquiry to all that she offers. A woman of Goddess, Judy delights in the continued unfolding of a synchronous, magical and meaningful life.
Judy recognises Biripai Country and offers her respect to the Biripai people as the original guardians, custodians and wisdom keepers of the land where she lives, the beautiful Mid North Coast NSW.
Listen to Judy on the Womancraft Podcast
→ Episode 12 ~ Priestess Wisdom ~ Maga, Honouring our Transitions
Founder of the School of Shamanic Womancraft • Creator of Moonsong, Shamanic Dimensions of Pregnancy and Autumn Woman Harvest queen workshops • co-creator of Winter Woman, Bone Wisdom Workshop • Grandmother •
My interest in bringing and offering this information is to help how I can in healing the wounded feminine and the wounded masculine of our patriarchal culture.
My mission is to help women reclaim feminine knowledge and wisdom, to help heal birth, menarche, menstruation, menopause and death, for all my relations.
I represent three lineages:
Home birth Midwifery – ancient wise woman practices passed down the generations that I learned from Maggie Lecky Thompson (Australia).
EarthSong (Boulder, Colorado, USA) Shamanic Teachings and Practices – that I learned from James Harvey (AKA BlackBear) and Cedar Barstow.
Shamanic Midwifery – the teachings and insights of the Late Jeannine Parvati Baker (USA).
(Jane Hardwicke Collings is not registered as a midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.)
Listen to Jane on the Womancraft Podcast→ Episode 2 ~ Growth ~ Founder & Shamanic Midwife
Shamanic Craftswoman • MagaWoman • Workshop Teacher • Shamanic Womancraft Teacher • Shamanic Drum Making Teacher • Story Teller • Earth Dancer • Wild Bird Protector • Tree Sister •
Sarah Bird Miller is enchanted by this Earth and has a passion for embodied earth wisdom. She is deeply held by the stories/myths and ways that reweave humanity back into the web of life.
She is a teacher of the Four Seasons Journey and Moonsong Workshop for the School of Shamanic Womancraft. She is also the founder of Embodiments Dance, a dance, drum and women’s circle space.
She lives an embodied spirituality, honouring feminine wisdom, the cycles within and without, and the gentle-wild rhythms of Life that hold us all.
She is a Mage woman, married for over 20 years and has two young adult children.
Listen to Sarah on the Womancraft Podcast
→ Episode 18 ~ Embody ~ The Drum Journey
Shamanic Craftswoman • Workshop Teacher • Homebirth Midwife • Perinatal Educator • MIPA teacher • PLYM Teacher • Mother •
Noemi is a Homebirth midwife, Saluto physiology midwife, a wife and mother. She is a teacher of the Moonsong and Shamanic Dimensions of Pregnancy workshops, and a perinatal educator. Noemi is also a MIPA teacher and PIyM teacher.
She offers Midwifery and shamanic support for girls approaching menarche, and in pregnancy and postnatally.
Noemi offers Sex education, Homebirth care and bereavement support.
She works with women in one to one sessions or group workshops.
Shamanic Craftswoman • Workshop Teacher • Menstrual educator • Contemporary dancer • Cranio Sacral Therapist •
Lisa is a contemporary dancer and Cranio Sacral therapist based in Berlin, specializing in gynecology and female anatomy.
She supports women in reconnecting with their womb and menstrual cycle, guiding them tomeet their body and their blood in a new way, giving space to release and integrate past experiences.
Passionate about the sacredness of menstruation, Lisa creates dance pieces inspired by the cycle and works as a menstrual educator.
