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Eternal
Health Radio Program
ETERNAL
HEALTH RADIO SHOW: On 89.7 FM on Tuesday nights
7.30-9.00pm
The
Shows highlights:
RADIO SHOW 3/7/01
These were the main
points highlighted by Alexandra Pope the author of the
book " The Wild Genie."
The Wild Genie: The Healing Power of Menstruation
Menstruation is a blessing, a woman's time of power.
The menstrual cycle is an inner referencing system.
Bleeding is a highly charged altered state, where a
woman can have access to a more expanded reality.
What if the menstrual disturbance that too many of
us experience today were in part to do with our inability
to understand the nature and usefulness of the cycle
and menstruation in particular? And what if those of
us who suffered were alerting us all to something, men
and women alike, about the nature of this power and
of the deep Feminine?
In the book The Wild Genie: The Healing Power
of Menstruation these questions and more are explored
in considerable depth. The book is a self-care guide
for all women in their menstruating years to both maintain
wellbeing and to heal menstrual problems. And it will
guide all women to harness the spiritual and psychological
depths available at menstruation.
The book is important for parents of young girls to
help pass on a positive model of menstruation and for
men to gain an insight into the world of women. (It
also helps men to recognise how they can contribute
unwittingly to PMS!) The true stories of many women
are woven throughout the book.
A simple first step to accessing the power of menstruation
is to cultivate an awareness of the whole cycle. Know
where you are at any one moment, and begin to recognise
the characteristics of each phase of your cycle. Learn
to cooperate with the ebb and flow of your energy and
moods. In turn this will cultivate greater sensitivity
and self esteem.
As you approach menstruation recognise that you become
more open. Sometimes this can be overwhelming if you
are stressed or unhappy with your life. However with
the self-care practices recommended in The Wild Genie
this distress can be turned into something positive
and empowering.
The high sensitivity of the menstrual world is the
opening to heightened intuition, psychic skills, vision
and ecstasy. These talents will grow over time if you
give space at menstruation to completely stop, drift
and dream for a while.
The kind of knowledge described in the The Wild Genie
is information that all women should know as their birthright.
Let's make sure that no women goes out into the world
without knowledge of The Wild Genie!
Summary of areas covered in The Wild Genie:
· inspiring stories of women who have healed
difficult menstrual problems and turned their suffering
into an opportunity for learning about themselves and
the world
· what makes menstruation powerful
· how to access and use that power
· how the menstrual cycle can be used as an inner
reference guide
· decoding the premenstrual emotional roller
coaster
· how to heal menstrual problems through changing
life style, diet and learning to value the power of
menstruation
· the importance of dealing with environmental
influences for healing and wellbeing
· and many other useful, down to earth healing
practices
The Wild Genie:The Healing Power of Menstruation
(Sally Milner Publishing 2001) costs $34.95, and is
available from all book shops.
About the Author
Psychotherapist, educator and a prominent figure in
menstrual health, Alexandra Pope has run menstrual health
workshops at Sydney's Royal Hospital for Women for 8
years. Currently she is guest lecturing and doing workshops
at Australasian College of Natural Therapies and Nature
Care College. She has also taught at the chiropractic
school, Macquarie University.
Her knowledge on menstruation has grown out of 16 years
in-depth research including the healing of her own very
painful menstrual experience, which suddenly erupted
at the age of 31. She was not interested in taking drugs
or having surgery so chartered her own course of healing
through self-care practices and the help of alternative
medicine. Today she is pain free, her uterus intact
and menstruation all pleasure!
Before specialising in menstrual health, Alexandra
had a background in high school education and conducted
counselling skills workshops for the Uniting Church
Adult Education programme, Lifeline and Family Planning
Australia.
She has had coverage in the national and local media
including television, radio and print media. She has
presented papers on different aspects of her menstrual
health work at a number of workshops and conferences,
including Family Life of Australia, Women's and Sexual
Health Nurses Conference and at Women's Bodies Women's
Power, the first Australian women's natural health conference.
Alexandra Pope can be contacted on (02) 9310 0591 or
aepope@ozemail.com.au
Bondi
Family Health Centre
Phone 02 9365 1333
Int: 612 9365 1333
260a Bondi Road
Bondi NSW 2066
AUSTRALIA
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