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Australia
Alexandra Pope
PO Box 1018,
Bondi Junction, NSW 1355.
Ph/fax: (02) 9310 0591
Email: genie@wildgenie.com
I offer counselling, psychotherapy and life coaching for individuals and
couples, as well as workshops and one-on-one sessions on menstrual
health and menopause. Phone consultations are also available.
Amrita Hobbs
PO Box 337
Kyogle NSW 2474
Ph: 0419 336 291
Email: amritahobbs@bigpond.com
Amrita runs workshops in Australia and overseas to support girls and
women through key life passages. Current programs include: Girls
Growing Up (mother and daughter, and father and daughter programs);
Rites of Passage (for teenagers); Reclaiming First Rites (for women); and
Wise Woman healing, a certificated training program.
Felicity Oswell
PO Box 206
Manly, NSW, 1655
Australia
Ph: (02) 9983 9440
Email: felwm@ihug.com.au
Felicity, creator of the Wombmoon Calendar, regularly runs Mandala
Moon workshops in Australia and Japan using art and dance. She also
leads and teaches the Mandala Dance of the 21 Taras and develops
Wisdom Moon programs for women focusing on cyclic and menstrual
awareness.
Jane Bennett
PO Box 786
Castlemaine, Vic 3450
Australia
Ph: (03) 5474 3213
Email: hijane@vic.chariot.net.au
Author of “A Blessing Not a Curse” (Sally Milner Publishing, 2002).
Jane
runs “A Blessing Not a Curse” workshops for mothers of daughters
from 8
to 12 years old to prepare them for menarche.
Jane Hall at Healing Dimensions: Centre for Life Design
MEd BAppSci(Adv Nurs) Cert Midwifery FACM FRCNA TTP HTP
Flemington VIC 3031
Ph: (03) 9372 2247
Email: janehall@healingdimensions.net
Women centered and holistic care: helping you come into balance and experience
greater zest and enjoyment in life. Private consultations and workshops in:-
Life design coaching - with our support, design and implement a healthy lifestyle;
achieve your dreams and enjoy challenges.
Healing – A combination of therapies are tailored to help you with
anxiety and stress; health problems; dealing with life change, loss and grief.
Natural Fertility Management
The Jocelyn Centre
1/46 Grosvenor Centre
Woollahra
NSW 2025
Ph: (02) 9369 2047, Fax: (02) 9369 5179
Website: www.fertility.com.au
This centre offers private consultations and a correspondence service for
contraception, conscious conception and overcoming fertility problems.
They also provide a range of medical and holistic therapies for
reproductive and general health issues.
Jane Harwicke Collings
Independent midwife, facilitator
Website: www.moonsong.com.au
Reclaiming feminine power through reconnection with women's mysteries.
Workshops and products incl.13 Moons handbook and journal and The Spinning
Wheel to understand your rhythms.
The International College of Spiritual Midwifery
The Balcony Room, Level 1, 210 Lonsdale St,
Melbourne, Vic 3000.
Ph/fax: (03) 9654 3737
Website: www.womenofspirit.asn.au
Offer a range of seminars, workshops, and individual sessions on ancient
women’s knowledge in a modern context: fertility, conscious conception,
childbirth preparation, spiritual midwifery, healing, women’s mysteries
retreats, adolescent programs and much more.
Wise Woman Business Pty Ltd
Kerry Hampton
Fertility Awareness and Menstrual Cycle Education
PO Box 250 Canterbury Vic 3126; ph/fax: (03) 9830 5280
Email: kerryhampton@iprimus.com.au
Website: www.wisewomanbusiness.com
Kerry offers individual or couple tuition, women only groups, distance
education, and mother and daughter evenings.
Amy Scully
Ph: (02) 9521 4808
Email: empressarts@hotmail.com
Website:
womens-circle.blogspot.com/
Amy Scully co-facilitates the Cronulla Womens Circle, a monthly
event at Cronulla Yoga Centre. A night of magic, myth and meditation...women
come together in sacred space and explore their creative selves whilst
honouring the earth and her cycles. Amy also runs "Changing Woman Workshops" and
teaches Tarot. "Raise
the Red Flag" is her work in progress... see blogspot for inquiries/bookings.
Shushann Movsessian
Ph: 02 9386 5642
Email: shushann@bigpond.net.au
Author of "Puberty Girl" (Allen and Unwin), Shushann has been running groups on puberty for girls since 1991 at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney. She works as a psychotherapist and also has extensive local and international experience in counselling, group facilitation and training.
Motherhood Mysteries
Maree Lipschitz BSc (Hons), Grad Dip Lib Sc, Mother of 2
11 Oakley Road
Bondi NSW 2026
Ph/Fx: 02 9130 7283
Mob: 0417 428 007
Email: menright@bigpond.com
Website: www.motherhoodmysteries.com.au
Maree offers ceremonies, workshops & women's circles that support & celebrate mothers and daughters. She runs Puberty weekends /workshops for
girls and boys, Menarche Celebrations, Pregnancy Circles, Baby Shower Ceremonies, Doula Services (Trained Birth Assistance),
Baby Naming Ceremonies, Mothers Circles /Workshops /Celebrations, Corporate Mothers Forums (combining work and family).
Marybeth Zang
Ph: 02 9610 3488
Website: www.ozcelebrant.com
Marybeth Zang is a consultant and facilitator of all Rituals and Rites of Passage
including Blessing Ways, Naming Ceremonies, Menstruation, Bridal Blessings/Showers,
Handfastings, Meaningful Legal Wedding Ceremonies, Menopause and Funerals.
She also works as a Bereavement Counsellor.
Canada
Justisse Healthworks
for Women
Healthworks Building
Edmonton AB
T6H 1V1 CANADA
Ph.: 780.420.0877
Fax: 780.420.0354
Tollfree: 1.866.JUSTISSE (587.8477)
Web: www.justisse.ca
Email Mika at: belsheimika@hotmail.com
General Information: info@justisse.ca
Our goal is to teach every woman how to observe, chart, and make sense of her menstrual cycle events. At Justisse we call it Body Literacy. Body Literacy gives women the skills they need to use fertility awareness methods of natural birth control such as the Justisse Method.
Italy
Barbara Monti
via Napoli, 8
39100 Bolzano Italy
Email: umbarb@hotmail.com
The Power of the Feminine
Barbara works as a healer; she teaches workshops on the power of the feminine
qualities, through self-awareness, love and forgiveness. By helping women heal
their emotional, historical and cultural wounds, it is possible to manifest
the Feminine into our everyday lives and roles with wisdom, courage and joy.
Barbara lavora individualmente e in gruppo per offrire sostegno a quelle donne
che, attraverso un percorso di guarigione di tematiche emotive, familiari e
storiche, desiderano manifestare nel mondo il proprio potere femminile con
saggezza, coraggio e gioia.
New Zealand
Luna Collective for Women’s Wellness
PO Box 836
Nelson
Ph/fax: (03) 5458505
Email: lunacollective@ts.co.nz
Website: www.luna.tasman.net
This collective is non-profit and promotes women’s health, in particular
menstrual health. It produces information sheets and has menstruation and
fertility resources.
Natural Fertility Management
Jo Barnet
220c Kilmore St, Christchurch.
Ph: (03) 365 1906.
Email: herbald@xtra.co.nz
The Health Alternatives for Women (THAW)
PO Box 884
Christchurch
Phone: (03) 796970; Fax: (03) 663470
Email: thaw@ch.planet.gen.nz
A health information and resource centre offering a variety of health
services.
United Kingdom
Cabby Laffy
Ph: 020 7482 6371
Email: cabbylaffy@yahoo.co.uk
Cabby offers one-on-one and couple counselling sessions as well as group
sessions and workshops on fertility and/or sexuality, providing practical
and emotional support.
Natural Fertility Management
Julia Schultz
26 Fern Road
Storrington
West Sussex RH20 4LW
Ph: 01903 744052
USA
Ash Tree Publishing and
the Wise Woman Centre
Susun Weed
PO Box 64 Woodstock
NY 12498.
Ph: (914) 246-8081
Websites:
www.ashtreepublishing.com and
www.susunweed.com
This centre provides classes, books, phone consultations.
Dr Christiane Northrup
PO Box 199
Yarmouth, Maine 04096
USA
(800) 804 0935
Website: www.DrNorthrup.com
Medical practitioner and well known author, Dr Northrup also produces a
newsletter, information tapes and women’s health videos.
Menstrual Health Foundation
Tamara Slayton
708 Gravenstein Hwy North PMB #181
Sebastopol, California 95472
Ph: 707 522 8662, Fax: 707 823 2137
Website: www.cyclesinc.org
Tamara offers educational programs on coming of age, menstruation and
fertility cycles, menopause, teacher training, curriculum development and
program design.
Mysteries of Life
Judith Barr
PO Box 218, North Salem, New York, 10560.
Ph/fax: 914-669-5822.
Email: judbarr@judithbarr.com
Website: www.judithbarr.com
Judith works with individuals and groups worldwide. She teaches on the
feminine and women’s mysteries, including workshops on menstruation,
menopause and sexuality.
Sherrill Sellman
www.ssellman.com
Author of “Hormone Heresy: What Women Must Know About Their
Hormones” and “MOTHERS, Prevent Your Daughters From Getting Breast
Cancer”. Sherrill offers individual consultations, lectures internationally
on the dangers of HRT and The Pill and how women can create hormonal
health naturally.
Free monthly Hormonewise Digest is available by going to the website and
submitting your email address.
Natural Fertility Management
National coordinator (USA): Joyce Stahmann
Email: stahmann@yahoo.com
Website: www.herbalwellness.net
www.laraowen.com
Author of Her Blood Is Gold and Honoring Menstruation, two wonderful books on menstruation, Lara is an astrologer and teacher and runs an online course: A Guide To Independent Spiritual Practice.
www.menstruation.com.au
This website aims to provide you with information, products, and an alternative
viewpoint about menstruation, fertility and wellbeing so that you can feel
great about being a woman every day of the month!
www.moondiary.com.au
The
Moon Diary and other products are tools for the journey that come
from the wellspring of the Feminine Soul. Encapsulated within these beautifully
produced products are moon myths of many cultures and ideas for simple
but powerful ritual.
www.wen.org.uk
Women's Environmental Network - educating, empowering and informing women
and men who care about the environment. Campaigning on environment and health
issues from a female perspective.
www.westonaprice.org
For excellent general dietary information
www.wwdty.co.uk
Excellent source of well-researched information on all health issues
www.gillsanson.com
For good information about osteoporosis. This is a useful resource for women seeking information that is not commercially motivated. It offers (often hard to find) evidence-based perspectives on the safety and effectiveness of medical approaches to menopause, osteoporosis, contraception, infertility, etc. and also offers practical directions for staying healthy and preventing disease
www.inspirall.com.au
Jenny Moalem, practitioner of Holographic Repatterning
www.womantomother.co.uk
Prepare for the rite of passage from maiden to mother in a conscious, intuitive and empowering way. Workshops in holistic preconception, early pregnancy and childbirth preparation (based on Birthing From Within) and a drop in pregnancy cafe.
www.wisewomanwithin.co.uk
Offers both a book and workshops of that title,
caring for the deep intelligence of women
www.moondiary.com.au
Tools for the journey from the wellspring of the feminine
soul
www.ankya.com
Be inspired with Ankya Design one earth images
www.thefemininepath.com
Inform your feminine mind, nourish your feminine
body, uplift
your feminine soul and reclaim tools for your Feminine Journey
www.rainbowpathways.com
A
Shamanic Centre in the UK, offering all types
of Healing and Psychic Readings including specific programmes for women
www.menopauseandbeyond.com
Natural health products and advice
www.mum.org
The Museum of Menstruation
www.heart2heartceremonies.com
Providing personal wedding ceremonies, commitment
ceremonies, baby namings and other ceremonies, to reflect your values and beliefs.
www.sarahjbuckley.com
Dr Sarah J Buckley, GP/family physician, author of Gentle Birth, Gentle
Mothering; the wisdom and science of gentle choices in pregnancy, birth, and
parenting.
www.empowermentcentral.co.uk
www.dyig.co.uk
Debby Carter, Coach, Guide, Therapist & Workshop Facilitator.
www.essentialsforbalance.com
Dr. Taryn Jacobs, registered homoeopath - passionate about women's health
and wellbeing.
Australia
Pleasure Puss (cloth
pads)
Website: www.pleasurepuss.com
Rad Pads (cloth pads)
Dumaresq Wendy
PO Box 113, Mt Clear VIC 3350; ph: (03) 5330 3010
Email: wendy@radpads.com.au
Website: www.radpads.com.au
Wemoon (cloth pads)
PO Box 249 Byron Bay, NSW 2481; ph: (02) 6684 6300
Email: info@wemoon.com.au
Website: www.wemoon.com.au
Wise Woman Cloths (organic cloth pads)
PO Box 250, Canterbury, Vic 3126; ph/fax: (03) 9830 5280
Email: kerryhampton@iprimus.com.au
Website: wisewomanbusiness.com
Organic tampons are available in many health food stores.
Sea sponges are available from selected health food stores and pharmacies.
Website: www.menstruation.com.au
Full Bloom Pty Ltd
1800 068 870
Email: bodywise@fullbloom.com.au
Website: www.fullbloom.com.au
Comfortable and attractive bras and underwear for women of all shapes
and sizes including pregnant women and nursing mothers. Also leopard
skin undies with red gusset to wear at menstruation!
www.SDUnit.com
Website: www.SDUnit.com
For
the hygienic disposal of sanitary napkins and tampons in the home and in
the office
Katherine
Cunningham
Temple of the Blood - a CD to empower your Menstrual Life. Release shame, heal
symptoms and regain the wisdom within you.
Written & spoken by Katherine Cunningham
Email: madrone@myway.com
Website: www.naturaltherapypages.com.au/therapist/7338
New Zealand
Moontime Aotearoa (cloth
pads)
Email: lunacollective@ts.co.nz
Website: www.luna.tasman.net
Also available in most health food shops around New Zealand.
The Keeper
PO Box 47820
Ponsonby
Auckland
Sea Sponges
Maree Hassick
Waiora Mara
Pokororo, RD 1
Motueka
Ph: 03 5268829
Mooncups
www.livinglegacies.co.nz/mooncup.html
United Kingdom
Ecofemme Cloth Pads UK
Natasha Hood
15(3F1) Londsdale Terrace
Edinburgh
EH3 9HL
Scotland
Ph: 0131 221 0016
Email: natasha@cherry.freeserve.co.uk
Feminine Alternatives
18 Tor View Avenue, Glastonbury, Somerset
BA6 8AF.
Ph: 01458 834787
Menstrual pads, sponges, fertility information.
Mooncup
Mooncup Ltd
Dolphin House
40 Arundel Place
Brighton BN2 1GD, UK
Tel: 00 44 (0) 1273 355 024
Website: www.mooncup.co.uk
A resuable mentrual cup as an alternative to tampons made from soft silicone
rubber
USA
Cascade Healthcare Products,
Inc. (cloth pads)
Moonflower Natural Products Catalogue
141 Commercial St. NE, Salem, OR 97301.
Ph: (503) 371-445; Fax: (503) 371-5395, orders 1 800-443-9942.
Website: www.1CASCADE.com
Gladrags (cloth pads)
PO Box 12648, Portland, OR 97212
Ph: (503) 282-0436, 1-800-799-GLAD
Email: info@gladrags.com
Website: www.gladrags.com
Menstrual Health Foundation (cloth pads)
708 Gravenstein Hwy North PMB #181
Sebastopol, California 95472
Ph: 707 522 8662, Fax: 707 823 2137
Website: www.cyclesinc.org
Website: www.e-irmc.org
Avena Botanicals (cloth pads)
219 Mill St
Rockport, Maine 04856.
Ph: (207) 594-0694
Japan
Nawa Prasad, (cloth
pads)
3-15-3, Nishi Ogi Minami,
Suginami-Ku, Tokyo 167 - 0053
Ph: (03) 3332 1187, Fax: (03) 3331 3067
Also contact point for women’s workshops run by Felicity Oswell (see
under Women’s business)
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