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Menopause: The Spiritual Perspective
By Sabra Jenny

Western culture has trained women to think of menopause as a medical condition that introduces the onset of old age, and which requires treatment. However, some other cultures, both ancient and modern, that are more in tune with nature's cycles, herald this time in our lives as the coming of the Wise Woman. It is recognized as a time when women can begin a new phase of our lives and discover our true nature, as well as a whole new dimension of female power and awareness.

This concept is grounded in the medical reality that brain chemistry alterations from the changes in a woman's reproductive system can birth a greater awareness, redirected motivation, and even a deep spiritual awakening. Menopause is a time of significant physical change. Uncomfortable symptoms lead many women to seek help from medical doctors. Hot flashes, disturbed sleep patterns, weight gain, memory loss, mental confusion, and fluctuating emotions can occupy our attention to the point where we fail to notice the changes going on in our deepest inner world.

Also, many women go through “the change” around the time that our children are grown and leaving home to make their adult lives, or our husbands/significant others are having rocky mid-life experiences as well. All of us, male and female, have regular growth and change cycles, and middle age can be one of the most challenging.

Menopause is actually one the most important changes in a woman's life, as pregnant with possibilities as the phase of motherhood. It is a time for us to honor earlier accomplishments as mother, homemaker, partner, achiever of all types, and give ourselves the respect, honor and dignity we deserve as we move forward into the new role of wise elder. Many women are now birthing their Wise Woman selves with the same joy, expectation, and excitement that they gave to their newborns, and I encourage you to anticipate and experience this change from a fresh, spiritual perspective.

-- Reprinted with changes, from Spirit Voice Newsletter, Volume 6, Issue 6, November/December 2003

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