Theme for February 2019: "Stirring Up Your Sensual Self-Care"

Why Sensual Self-Care?

The connection between pleasure and health is so vital for women. An embodied sensual women is empowered with the energy and vitality of love. A healthy women has the energy to make a difference in the world, achieve her goal, be a leader, and create transformations. Activating the full power of our feminine sensuality is an essential life practice in healing ourselves and the world.

Our sexual energy is our life force – it is the pulse of ecstatic energy moving through our bodies throughout our lives, supporting our health, creativity and longevity. It’s a powerful sacred sensual force that deserves to be truly honoured, celebrated and protected.

Self-care is necessary to create health and well-being. It is the foundation of a thriving vibrant body, mind and spirit.

Women have a natural special stress response called “Tend and Befriend”, when we experience stress we can reduce it by engaging in caring activities or connecting with other women, which creates oxytocin – the hormone of love.

Sensual self-care enhances oxytocin, the love hormone, which supports our feminine health, sexuality and vitality.

Through honouring the arts of traditional women healers around the world, we can recognise the sacred nature of why women healers, medicine women and midwives from diverse cultures have utilised the practices of touch, massage, sacred movements, and pampering to support women’s health and well-being.

Take your self-care to new levels and re-ignite your feminine sensual energy, confidence and passion at The Red Shed today!

What is the Red Shed? The Red Shed is a sacred space aligned with the natural lunar cycles for women where we can learn to reclaim our power and light as divine and loving goddesses that we are. These fun and soul-nourishing events enable you to align with your inner self, other women and the greater cycles as we gather at the new moon to reflect upon the lessons of our last lunar cycle and focus and intention for the coming month. Through the suppression of the Divine Feminine, women have disconnected from our true natures.

Most women are so focused on getting through each day, fulfilling roles and pleasing everyone that they forget about themselves and who they are. Depression and anxiety rates are at all time high. Do you think this is because women are happy? Is the current ‘formula’ for life the key to a fulfilled life? These statistics are showing us that it is time to review the way we live our lives.

Often these days, it is not man who put women down, but other women, in the effort to compete and be better than each other. Really it is to prove that we are worthy because deep inside we have disconnected from the essence of who we are. It is time for women to support each other to bring out the diamonds and gems inside!

Welcome to your Womanhood... Observing the lunar cycle is the fastest & easiest way to reconnect with & empower your feminine sense of self. Traditionally, girls would start attending the Red Shed when their bodies started to cycle with the moon. It was here they would learn about their fertility cycles & every facet of being a woman known as Women’s Lore, Women’s Mysteries or Secret Women’s Business…

In a nutshell, it gifts feminines a mystical understanding of their womanhood. Including the effect of the lunar & seasonal cycles on women’s emotions, energy levels & psychological well-being, as well as how to balance those cycles for greater harmony. This secret knowledge then engendered empowerment as women learnt the value of their bodies as physical temples & learnt to set personal boundaries accordingly. It is now our opportunity and responsibility to reclaim our ancient heritage in a modern context.

What is involved?... The Red Shed is simply a gathering of women that occurs at the New Moon when girls & women are most in need of support, rest & reflection. A timeless tradition observed by ancient cultures it serves as a regular forum for empowering one’s feminine sense of selfhood.