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The Grand Initiation

Navigating Menopause with Wisdom & Grace

The Grand Initiation

Navigating Menopause with Wisdom & Grace

The Grand Initiation

Introduction

What you Get

14 interviews

Over 14 hours of emerging information from the latest science based studies to deep womb wisdom. Learn essential tips and tricks from internationally renowned women’s health experts that you can start using today ~ to ease symptoms, balance hormones, calm stress and inspire the soul.

7 Bellyfit® Workouts

A customized series of 20 minute sequences that you can mix and match to support your menopausal body, mind, heart and soul including guided movement, weight training, freestyle flow, meditation, prayer and more.

Between the Mother and the Crone is a forgotten realm

that of the

Queen, Maga, Enchantress.

It’s time to remember her and embody the heart centered power and sacred beauty she offers.
Together, we will navigate this path.
Together we will heal, transform and reclaim our power.

The Grand Initiation

About the experts

Josea Tamira Crossley

Entering the Underworld: Navigating The Grief Of Menopause

For over 22 years, I’ve been working with grief & trauma. Through practices that work with the nervous system learned through my studies in Somatic Therapy, Attachment Theory, Deep Nature Connection, Craniosacral therapy, Shamanic Study, Tibetan Buddhism and Yoga, I’ve learned to support people to completely transform how they experience the world and themselves.

It is my mission to create spaces in this world where people can experience enough safety & belonging, and can gain enough skillfulness, to be able to heal. I offer a free monthly newsletter, online grief support groups, 1:1 Somatic Therapy & I train people from all walks of life to facilitate grief tending & ritual spaces in their own communities.

I have trained with expert grief facilitator Francis Weller (author, Wild Edge of Sorrow), as well as key Somatic & Relational Therapy teachers Mariah Moser (Relational Somatic Psychotherapy), Peter Levine (SE), Diane Poole Heller (DARe), Irene Lyon (SmartBodySmartMind), & the 8 Shields Institute.

I currently live, work & play in the seaside mountain town of qathet, BC, on the traditional territory of the Tla’amin people.

In this deeply moving conversation with Josea, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

The time of the Long Dark
Menopause as a time of reckoning
Clean grief vs complex grief
Grief as essential to the building of community
The importance of Somatics when processing grief
The grief of losing our youth
Grief as an initiation into the underworld

Kim Vopni

The Buff Muff Solution - Staying Juiced Up and Full of life

Kim Vopni is a self-professed kegel maven and is known as The Vagina Coach. She is a certified fitness professional who became passionate about spreading information on pelvic health after the birth of her first child over 18 years ago.

She is an author, a passionate speaker, and a women’s health educator. Her most recent book, Your Pelvic Floor, launched in March 2020 and joins her other 2 books, Prepare To Push and Pregnancy Fitness, as top picks for women wanting to learn more about their pelvic floor at various stages of life.

Kim offers pelvic health programs and coaching for women and is also a menopause support practitioner. Her Buff Muff app is an ever-growing community where people from around the world find support through her 28 day challenges and monthly membership.

Kim also certifies other fitness and movement professionals to work with women with core and pelvic floor challenges through her Core Confidence Specialist Certification and Pre/Postnatal Fitness Specialist Certification.

You can find her on-line through her podcast Between Two Lips, her website at www.vaginacoach.com and on social media @vaginacoach

In this incredibly educational conversation with Kim, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

The silent suffering
The evolution of pelvic health
The normalization of urinary incontinence
Sanitary pads - a temporary solution
Hyaluronic acid, collagen, estrogen as it relates to the pelvic floor
Hysterectomy and the after effects
Anatomy of the pelvis
Organ prolapse and what to do
The effect of caffeine, alcohol,
Dealing with depletion

Pamela Sylvan

The Cleaning, the Clearing, and the Burning - Stepping and Squatting into Menopause

Pamela Sylvan is a highly accomplished personal development ‘whisperer’ primarily for midlife women who know they are ‘not done yet’ and would like to express and flow more vibrancy in their lives.

With over 35 years of experience in the field of self-improvement, Public Relations, training and development and leadership, Pamela has established herself as a respected expert and sought-after speaker.

Pamela’s journey began with her own personal transformation, overcoming challenges and adversity that began with debilitating messages from within her own family to emerge as a confident and booming individual. Inspired by her own growth, she embarked on a mission to help others unlock their mojo, spiritual energy, vibrancy and inner strengths and achieve their dreams.

As the founder of Pamela Sylvan PR and Mojo-Midlife Vibrancy Consulting, and host to a weekly TV series, Natural Mojo, Pamela works with women to develop effective self-leadership skills, and boost courage, confidence and resiliency, to enhance a joy-filled journey for the 2nd and 3rd half of life. Her dynamic and results-oriented coaching style always focuses on actionable strategies and a sense of fun and style that is incredibly contagious.

Pamela’s unique approach combines a deep understanding of psychology and human behaviour with practical tools and techniques from her extensive training and experience. She believes in the power of self-awareness and mindfulness and encourages her clients and audience to cultivate these qualities to drive personal and professional success.

In addition to her coaching work, Pamela is a captivating speaker and author who has delivered inspiring keynote presentations and workshops to audiences worldwide. Her engaging and energetic style, coupled with her wealth of knowledge and expertise, has made her a sought-after speaker at conferences, corporate events, and industry panels.

Pamela’s commitment to giving back extends beyond her professional work. She actively serves as a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs and young professionals. She is passionate about creating opportunities for others and helping them discover their true potential.

You’re invited to follow Pamela on her vanlife journeys as she amplifies what it’s like to follow your dream, and your curiosity and turn life into a huge adventure.”

In this deep and cosmic conversation with Pamela, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

Our energy and power is now needed
Finding our place at the table and answering the call
What is Mojo?
Ritualistic healing and beauty
Energy centres
Root chakra trauma
How to heal while we multitask
The importance of supportive spaces and shadow work
What will happen of we don't do the 'shadow work'?
Breaking up concretized energy
The warrior spirits of Oya and Oshun
The important of resistance, standing up and voicing our needs
Calling on unseen energies to support us
The importance of simplicity
Embracing the opportunity to try new things
The importance of mentorship
Embracing grandmother energy
Self oiling and honouring our source energy

Cordelia McFadyen

You Are The Expert - Taking Control of Your Journey through Nutrition and More

If you want to commiserate over your health issues while sipping a cup of lukewarm fennel tea, Cordelia McFadyen - Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition - ain’t for you. But if you’re ready to put your game face on, get your sh** together (literally) and become the “Gutsy Goddess” you know you can be, read on….

Cordelia, who’s Dean of the most comprehensive holistic nutrition program in Canada, and who has battled and overcome debilitating health issues herself (a water bottle is an accessory, right?!), moves beyond Captain Obvious of drinking more water and nibbling greens.

Get ready to not just change what’s on your plate, but add movement, mental mastery and curated lifestyle habits to the menu! THIS is how you make new habits stick, improve your health and become the happiest, most energetic person you know. Cordelia - the type who started a swear club in elementary school, because f*** - will get you there. Start today.

In this entertaining and educational conversation with Cordelia, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

You are expert!!
The importance of having a team to support you.
Toxic beauty and home
The implications of Xenoestragens
The importance of tracking your cycle
Eat more protein!
Early signs of Perimenopause
The dangers of processed foods
The importance of healthy fats
Loving the messy middle
Use adaptogens AND mitigate stress

Leanne Zdebiak-Eni

It's Gotta Feel Good! - Healing the negativity Surrounding Menopause and Fitness

Leanne Zdebiak-Eni is a fitness & movement professional, studio owner and women’s health coach with over two decades of experience.

Her mission is to inspire, uplift, and empower women through movement, self-love, and simple actionable steps to create lasting changes that support a healthy lifestyle, far into the future. Her coaching style is all about practical, achievable steps that fit into women’s busy lives.

Leanne loves helping women make their health & wellness a priority, especially as they transition through all stages of menopause.

In this inspiring and informative conversation with Leanne, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

High intensity Interval Training (HIIT) vs plain old high intensity
Minimizing length of workouts
Cortisol from long workouts
Exercise to help depression
Changing the focus from how we look to how we feel
Importance of softening and connecting to our femininity
The importance of sharing with your community of women
Simple nutrition including carbs!
Sugar and inflammation
Men and menopause

Julie Daniluk

Next level Nutrition - Using Science to Master the Menopause Journey

Julie is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and a highly-sought-after anti-inflammatory expert and speaker. She is an award-winning author of 4 #1 National bestselling books, Meals That Heal Inflammation, Slimming Meals That Heal, Hot Detox, and Becoming Sugar-Free.

After graduating from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition and the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, she studied culinary arts at George Brown College, herbalism at Emerson Herbal College, and life coaching with Tony Robbins. Julie’s passion is to speak in venues around North America where she blends her skills and experience in fun and positive ways to provide breakthrough results with her audiences.

Julie went on to co-host ‘Healthy Gourmet’, a reality cooking show that ran for 3 sessions and aired in over 70 countries.

Julie has appeared on hundreds of TV programs including The Dr. Oz Show, Evolve with John Edward, CTV News, Global TV, The Social, Canada AM, and CBC Radio. You may know her best as the resident nutrition expert for the #1 Canadian Daytime TV show, The Marilyn Denis Show for the past 13 years.

Be sure to check out her Thrive Hive Community at JulieDaniluk.com

In this educational and inspirational conversation with Julie, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

Holistic nutrition + Naturopathic protocols
Our outdated food pyramid vs anti-inflammatory food pyramid
Importance of red meat
3 macro nutrients
Estrogen and inflammation
Julie's personal story and a serious health scare due to HRT
Herbal adaptogens
The importance of Microbiome

Glynnis Osher

The Portal of Healthy Longevity - Embracing the Beauty of Elderhood

Glynnis is a certified Ayurvedic practitioner (CAP), passionate teacher, published author and wellness entrepreneur, specializing in the wisdom arts of Ayurveda, aromatherapy and aromanutrition. Glynnis is on faculty at the Vancouver School of Healing Arts (VSOHA), where she has created the curriculum for aromatherapy, and Ayurvedic head massage and self-care for the Bodywork Therapy Program.

Glynnis founded Thousand Petal Lotus Ayurvedic Head Massage and offers master trainings, sessions, and retreats. Her love for sharing aromatic beauty inspired her to create Academy Aromatica, offering exquisite online learning experiences in the wisdom arts of Ayurveda.

Glynnis strongly advocates for Ayurveda as a way to awaken to a life of sustainable wellbeing and beauty. Glynnis, has been called an aromatic alchemist and is affectionately known as The Spice Mistress. Glynnis is co-author of the book Your Irresistible Life: 4 Seasons of Self-Care through Ayurveda and Yoga Practices that Work.

In this wise and wonderful conversation with Glynnis, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

Honouring Elderhood
Giving ourselves grace
Each phase of life has a Dosha
Recognizing Pitta excess
Meditation as self care
Movement for the Doshas
Herbs for Healthy Longevity
Shifting our perspective on beauty
Self oiling for self worth
The beauty of self love
Owning our Medicine to heal others

Lyndsay Lila

The Time of Awakening - Welcoming the Rise of Kundalini

For the past 16 years Lila has had the joy of guiding transformational journeys and retreats weaving Kundalini Dance, Feminine Leadership, Cyclical Wisdom and Ecstatic Embodiment. Cultivating spaces for activation, connection and remembrance as a dance facilitator, astrological guide, alchemical priestess and sacred feminine mentor.

She is humbled to be able to guide and mentor others on their path of awakening and transformation, holding a loving space for coming home to oneself and to remember their true unique essence and shine that into the world.

Lila brings a nurturing presence and playful spirit to engage and inspire others to connect with their own joy, passion and authentic selves.

Weaving in ceremony into all her offerings as her devotion to the divine and desire to create sacred spaces for self-healing and presence.

As a priestess of the goddess and the lineage of the Rose, she is guided deeply through the wisdom of the Divine Mother, Mary Magdalene and the cycles of Venus, devoted to the path of beauty and the way of love.

She is deeply moved by the cycles of nature, of the cosmos and our innate inner rhythms that guide our lives.

She feels blessed everyday to be able to share this path of ecstatic embodiment that has had such a transformational impact on her life.

In this sweet, celestial conversation with Lila, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

Living from the body rather than mind
Lila's experience living off the land
Remembering the sacredness of the divine feminine
Intuition and the cycles of the seasons
What is alignment and how does it feel?
Treating our body as a vessel
Trusting our guidance
Kundalini dance
What is Kundalini?
Demystifying dance and returning to intuitive movement
Who is the Maga?
The 4 seasons of womanhood
The importance of slowing down and being present
Listening to our bodies
The return of Chiron the wounded healer
Loving the wounded parts of ourselves

Trina Aspinall

Time to Take it Easy - Staying Fit While Slowing Down

I am a mother, a Holistic Hormone Health Practitioner, Holistic Nutrition Coach, and certified Personal Trainer specializing in pelvic floor health, corrective exercise, and pre/postnatal fitness.

Using a holistic approach, I focus on body and mind balance through nutrition, stress management, and movement.

After my own struggles with weight, depression, and hormone imbalances, I have dedicated my life to helping others feel their best. To help them become strong and confident in their bodies.

I want to inspire you to be the best version of yourself. It is my mission to help you love and accept your body the way that it is, for all of the amazing things it can do!

In this motivational & inspirational conversation with Trina, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

Trina's experience with burnout
What exactly is peri menopause and menopause
Changes in Progresterone and Estrogen
Antidepressant being prescribed for hormonal issues
The importance of more moderate exercise
The risk of overdoing it with exercise
Less impact shorter workout less stress
The importance of protein
Becoming who you truly are

Katrina Chapman

Deep Restoration - Regulate your Nervous System to Regulate Your Life

In the movement industry for over 30 years, Katrina is a firm believer in the healing power of movement, breath, meditation and community. Now, in her qualifying year as a Yoga Therapist in Training, Katrina combines the tools and teachings of yoga, in individual appointments and in group classes, to bring greater ease and balance to her client’s minds and bodies. Katrina specializes in Yoga Therapy for mental health, nervous system balancing and the menopausal transition. Katrina also offers on demand Yoga, Pilates, meditation, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and more, through a subscription service so that everyone can benefit from movement and rest.

Katrina Kahn:

Yoga Therapist Candidate in Qualifying Year

Over 30 years in the movement industry

Yoga: E-RYT 500, YACEP

YogaFit 200-Hour Teacher Training,

YogaFit 300-Hour Teacher Training,

YogaFit 300 Hour Trauma Informed Teacher Training,

Active Adults 100-Hour Teacher Training,

YogaFit for Brain Health 100 Hour Speciality Training,

100 hour Mind Body Recovery Coaching Specialty Certification,

YogaFit for Warriors 200 Hour Trauma Sensitive Teacher Training,

YogaFit for Wellness 100-hour Specialty Track,

100 Hour Holistic Body Health Yoga

Certified Yoga Nidra Teacher

Certified Yin Yoga Teacher

Certified Pilates Teacher

Certified Group Fitness Instructor

In this thorough and enlightening conversation with Katrina, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

Burnout is real
Role overload
Menorage
Menopausal anxiety and sleep
Adrenalin + cortisol
HPA axis
Restorative sleep / Yoga Nidra
Alpha, beta and delta - different types of brain waves/sleep
The benefits of red light
The gut/serotonin connection
The importance of breath
The importance of creativity
Co-regulation with your sisters
Movement for the love of it

Satiya Channer

Moving with the Seasons - Embracing The Yoga of Nature

Satiya has been in motion most of her life. Her athleticism and passion have taken her on a great journey through aerobics, body building, semi-professional dance and a lifelong enthusiasm for yoga.

Becoming a Yoga Therapist has been the obvious transition for Satiya as she has matured.

The introduction of the sweet magic of BellyFit has really helped her and many other women on a path towards self-expression and self-care through dancing together.

Living on one of British Columbia’s amazing Southern Gulf Islands, Satiya splits her time between Farming, Yoga and living in a thriving Farm Community.

There she teaches Yoga, sees private clients and host Yoga retreats in the nurturing grounded setting of her beautiful Farm.

In this down to earth, no nonsense conversation with Satiya, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

Yoga Therapy
Clearing our baggage - healer heal thyself
Hysterectomy
The importance of movement
Sexuality post menopause
Cum as you are - book recommendation
Living in alignment with the seasons
Being close to the land
Turn off your computer and go outside
Using the winter as a time for recovering
Yin Yoga
The importance of talking
Eldership - not quite yet

Jenni P Parker Brown

We're Just Getting Started - Owning The Power of Potential

Conscious Media Creatrix, Jenni Parker Brown is a maverick, Divine Personal Brand design consultant and manifestation lifestyle maven.

For the last 15 years, Jenni has been a student and is now a highly respected teacher of the science of ‘Embodiment’ - the art of changing our biology and habits to create our highest lives and business, epitomised by her favourite expression ‘Be it so that you can see it!’.

Jenni is innovating an aesthetic and holistic new approach to feminine success with science, spirituality and strategy in harmony. She’s passionate about serving Wellness and Lifestyle entrepreneurs driven by mission and purpose-based projects - she says: ‘My zone of genius is to make yours look good’.

Jenni’s work is backed up by neuroscience, quantum physics, a life-long passion for well-being and fulfilment, and a mission to reveal to as many people as she can reach, the magic of basing their life on their genius and super-powers, through sharing the incredible power of The Trinity Code, a ground-breaking, Quantum Success model for the 21st century.

Originally from the UK, Jenni has lived in southern France for over 30 years enjoying a mountain paradise location and a lifestyle dedicated to living, dreaming and serving as long as possible!

In this incredibly inspiring conversation with Jenni, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

Well being as a bi-product of mind body soul alignment
Jenni's personal story of overcoming a major health scare
What is our 'higher self'
Returning to "I am"
The richness of being, beyond 50!
Permission to do what truly serves us
The importance of finding our sisters

Jumana Sophia

Holding our Wise Blood Within - Wisdom of the Deep Feminine

Jumana is a deeply trusted teacher, beloved ceremonialist, author, healer, and ordained priestess. Her work has touched the lives of tens of thousands the world over. She is the founder of HER Mystery School, an international women’s mystery school, the founder of the Aquamystica Water Temple, and former co-director of the Goddess Temple of Ashland. She holds the deep feminine mysteries with a safe, soulful, inclusive, powerful, yet practical mastery. Her work articulates the soul road of womanhood and the luscious nobility of deep feminine living.

In this deeply nourishing conversation with Jumana, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

The cost of overexposure
What is the Deep Feminine
What if being a woman is your spiritual path
Reuniting womanhood with the Holy
Death and rebirth of initiation
The importance of boundaries and limitations
Navigating the momentum while we want to slow down
The river under the river
Sisterhood
What is the initiation of Menopause
How do we stay in our power as our power changes
Time to stop reaching

Debs Stanley

Embodying our Inner Queen - Womb Medicine and Deep Magic

Deborah is a Womb Medicine Woman and Spirit Keeper of the Wild Feminine who has lived off-grid through the seasons where she created a beautiful forest home, wild-birthed her babies & experienced an apprenticeship under the fierce guide of Mother Nature

Having navigated the wild initiation of “moon-a-pause”, with over 20 years experience as a healer and holding sacred space for women, Deborah shares the gift of Quantum Womb Healing as she guides soul-centred women on the pathway of Womb Awakening - to heal their lineage, activate their womb-codes, reclaim their womanhood rites of passage and unlock their Sacred Feminine power…so that they can step into leadership and confidently share their gifts with the world, as the creators, birthers, healers and ‘Womb Shamans’ of this Feminine Awakening movement

Together with her children and several four-legged familiars, Deborah now lives on the wilds of Dartmoor in Devon, UK, where she founded the international feminine mystery school - “Womb Awakening 4-Seasons Apprenticeship”. Deborah also offers bespoke 1:1 Quantum Womb Healing programmes and holds live Womb-Activations and Celtic Wheel Ceremonies honouring the archetypal feminine aspects of Maiden, Mother, Queen and Crone.

In this magical and mystical conversation with Debs, we discuss the following points and much, much more:

Owning our cyclical nature as the womb bearers of the world
Welcoming the season of Autumn within
Stepping into our Queendom
Remembering our first Menarch and making peace with our womb
Portals of empowerment
What is a Woman Medicine Woman?
Conscious menstruation
No uterus? Your womb medicine is still alive and well!
Connecting with our inner queen
A spontaneous, unplanned drum journey!

The Grand Initiation

About the workouts

7 Unique Bellyfit® Workouts

Customized to empower and enlighten your menopausal journey.

1. Presence

Low and slow.

A beautiful, gentle practice to bring you into deep, flowing feminine presence.

2. Chakra Magic

Energizing and fun.

A grounded, enlightening practice to get your Shakti spiraling from root to crown.

3. Letting Go

Healing and cleansing.

A restorative, medicinal practice to help you release grief and let go of trauma.

4. Feminine Power

Strengthening and empowering.

A muscle building practice to fortify bones and awakening your deep feminine core.

5. Sacred Temple

Divine and dancy.

A sassy, seductive practice to keep you connected to the queen within.

6. Boundaries

Powerful and potent.

A high energy practice to help you strengthen your edges and alchemize your experience.

7. Illumination

Core centered and fluid.

A creative, high vibe practice to keep your heart light and your hips happy.

How much does it cost?

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$199 $99.99

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The Grand Initiation

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