TBA This 90-minute workshop invites women into a trauma-informed, heart-centered space to explore menopause as a powerful rite of passage. Through the lens of Compassionate Inquiry, somatic practices, and the ACE model, we’ll unravel old identities and meet the deeper truths beneath the surface. This is not an end—it’s an awakening. Flow of the Workshop: Welcome & Opening Circle (10 mins) • Guided arrival: Breath & grounding • Brief check-in round: “One word to describe how you’re arriving today” • Framing the space: menopause as a sacred threshold Guided Somatic Practice: Meeting Yourself Beneath the Masks (15 mins) • Gentle body scan & breathwork • Somatic inquiry: Where do you feel the threshold in your body? • Journaling prompt: “What skins am I ready to shed?” Compassionate Inquiry Reflection (15 mins) • Exploring emotional imprints and adaptive roles • Prompted journaling: “What beliefs or roles have I inherited that no longer serve me?” Psychoeducation & Nervous System Insight (15 mins) • The ACE model and early emotional wounds • How survival adaptations can shape hormonal and relational responses • Menopause as a convergence of biology, biography, and belief Group Sharing & Witnessing (15 mins) • Gentle breakout or circle sharing • Invitation: Share a part of your “unmasking” or midlife bloom Ritual Practice: Honoring the Midlife Bloom (10 mins) • Visualization: Standing at the threshold • Affirmation: “In the embrace of compassion and curiosity, I bloom brighter than ever.” Integration & Closing (10 mins) • Journaling: “What is awakening in me?” • Nervous system check-in: grounding breath • Final circle: word or intention to carry forward