Inner Seasons Retreat
Us women don’t operate in a linear way. We flow in cycles. A natural rhythm of inner seasons packed with wisdom and inner guidance, if we know how to listen. Yet often it can feel like we are expected to show up in life in a way that’s constant, steady and unchangeable in how we feel, love, think, function or how productive we are. But for most women the reality is different. One week of the month you simply feel and think differently than the other. That’s not just imagination, it’s an actual changing play of hormones and activated brain areas that result in our menstrual cycle. A female rhythm which at times asks for rest and introspection, and sometimes for productivity and connection. That moving rhythm is not a weakness – it is our strength.
Just like the outer seasons, we move through inner seasons: the different phases of our menstrual cycle. In this retreat, we’ll take our time to delve into the wisdom of our cycle. Both through theory of hormones and the brain, as well as practical exercises and embodiment that allow you to actually feel the rhythm of the seasons within your body.
This Half Day Inner Seasons Retreat is for every woman who’s curious about her cycle and natural rhythm. Whether you are familiar with it already and want to dive deeper, or are new to it and would simply like to get to know yourself better: you are warmly welcome. Come as you are – with your unique cycle (or absence of it), your curiosity, questions, silence, discomfort, vulnerability, tingly nerve or excitement.
What to expect
- Insight into what happens in your body, brain & hormones during the different inner seasons
- Insight into how to live more in tune with your natural rhythm
- Embodied practices (yoga, breathwork & nidra) for each phase of the cycle
- Practical tips & self-care practices tailored to support your hormonal balance in each season
- A personal, grounded, down-to-earth approach
- Connection with other women who are on the same exploration as you.
Side effects
- Feeling equipped to flow with your inner seasons instead of fighting them
- Feeling connected to your own body and tapping into deep relaxation
- Finding recognition in the stories of other women
- Coming home to yourself and your natural rhythm
Why this retreat?
How is it possible we haven’t learned such fundamental knowledge about our very own female bodies at school? A little more understanding can bring you incredibly much: more compassion, slack, or connection to yourself, your body and its wisdom. With an average of 500 cycles in a woman’s lifespan, it pays to get to know and understand your natural rhythm better. So that your cycle is no longer something that’s ‘unpractical’ or ‘something to struggle through alone (and preferably without anyone noticing it)’ but instead: a natural, wise rhythm that you can learn to flow and synchronize with.
Inner Seasons Half Day Retreat
Date: Saturday April 18th, 14:00 – 18:00
Location: The Attic – Yoga & Ayurveda, The Hague
Price of the Half Day Retreat: €69,-
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Half Day Inner Seasons Retreat
€69,00
About Melanie
This retreat is carefully crafted and guided by Melanie Fissendjidis. With The Well Women, Melanie specializes in holistic well-being for women. She’s a certified practitioner and facilitator who unites her knowledge and experience from yoga, breathwork, nidra, mindfulness, tantra, deep restoration of the nervous system, and women’s health. As an experienced spaceholder in retreats and workshops, she brings these different perspectives together for more balance in the hormonal and nervous system. In her approach she loves to balance Western modern science with ancient Eastern philosophies and practices. Creating an experience that’s both grounding and in-depth, connected and introspective.