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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.

A Special Seder: A Telling About Menopause

By Shoshana Silberman | Complete Ceremony

Part of the script of a new ritual, based on the Passover Seder created by the author to celebrate and mark her passage into menopause [more]

Found In: Menopause

Tags: shehekheyanu

Menopause Celebration

Complete Ceremony

This ritual is to be performed by a group of women, some or all of whom have gone through menopause. It is to be held, in part, at a mikveh or a natural body of water. [more]

Found In: Menopause

Tags: mikveh, priestly blessing, shehekheyanu

Fulfillment in Midlife

By Phyllis Ocean Berman | Complete Ceremony

An account of a women's ceremony based upon the Passover seder, to acknowledge the passage into menopause. [more]

Found In: Menopause

As My Daughter Bleeds, So Do I

By Valerie Root Wolpe | Poem

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

Found In: First Menstruation, Menopause

Weekday Amidah for Women Transitioning to Sage-ing

By Yonina, Andrea Kim Foster, Ph.D. | Prayer

An original prayer based on the blessings of the Amidah to mark the transition into peri-menopause. [more]

Found In: Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Menopause

Tags: Amidah