Women of a Certain Vintage

Monthly Intergeneration Learning and Support Group with Monthly Speakers, Community Connection, and Collaborative Transformation.

Learn, Connect, Grow, Explore

• Meeting 6:15pm Every 2nd Monday of the Month

• Different Speaker and Topic Each Month

• Bring a Journal & a Friend

1. October 14th: The Beginning: "Internal Light" Kat welcomes the group. Set individual & group intentions. photographer takes "beginning photo". Opening circle: discuss why everyone is here/share stories. Ground ourselves, determine who we have been over our lifetime and our aspirations for the next year. Talk about images of ourselves and how we see ourselves. Drinks/food included. $40 - Erin Bloodgood Photography, Tosa Physical Therapy and Wellness

2. November: What’s up with my lady parts? Healing from the Inside out: An Integrative approach to Pelvic Health How to optimize your pelvic health and heal from the inside out from a holistic lens (incorporating concepts such as nutrition, gut health, hormones, nervous system regulation and pelvic care). $25 Megan Wiley Megan PT, DPT, WHC

3. December: The power of breath Includes brief biology lesson respiration and nervous systems. breathwork relating to yoga and life. learning several breathing techniques. $25 - Jane Smetana, PTA, Bohemian Yoga

4. January: Nutrition, Movement & Self-Care Learn about the importance of adequate nutrition, movement, sleep and stress management to help you thrive through menopause and beyond. $30

5. February: Strength Training during Peri/Meno/Postmenopause Guided by Alyson Stearns PT, DPT, Spine Specialist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach as she magnifies the meaning behind strength in this stage of life. - Rehab Lab PT $20

6. March: Sound Healing Meditation w/ Cacao Ceremony Opening with a sacred cacao ceremony to open and connect to our heart, embody gratitude for our aging bodies, and feel more grounded and connected leading into a sound healing meditation session that will focus on relieving symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. Together this experience will help activate our body's natural healing system. - Kristy Mills, Sound Healer

7. April: The Seeds We Sow Meditation and discussion around how our thoughts, words and actions plant the seeds that grow, bloom and thrive in all our lives. Take home a peat pot sown with 3 zinnia seeds to nurture from seed to flower. - Carly and Joseph, Aromatic Acres

8. May: Bowl Mending: Finding Beauty in Change and Imperfections Art Therapist Brittany Runaas will lead participants through art experential exploring the Japense art of repairing broken pottery ("Kintsugi"/"Kintsukuroi"). Participants will have the opportunity to break a vessel to repair and then paint followed by a discusion related to the metaphors this process highlights. - Brittany Runaas
   
   
   

SOME BACKGROUND:

This idea stemmed from a conversation my friend and I had about how she felt women who are becoming or have become empty nesters often feel, in her words, “forgotten" — in identity, in their fields of work, in their sense of self, and their roles.  It was so moving that I wanted to create a space to discuss, grow, learn, and support one another before, during, and after this time in life.

PURPOSE:

This is intended to be a monthly workshop on perimenopausal health, intergenerational connection, support group, and educational/healing/learning /reflection time with a different monthly practitioner/Instructor/special interest topic/presenter.

INCLUDED:

30-60 min instructor led time followed by a 30-60 min group discussion after (totaling around 90 mins). Participants are encouraged to journal/reflect on their experiences to engage in the subsequent sessions. 

Topics/activities will be thought provoking, relaxing, lighthearted, informative, transformative involving Local Practitioners, artists, speakers, and community advocates.