53. The gifts and vulnerabilities of the luteal phase with Red School founders Alexandra and Sjanie

Do you struggle in your luteal phase? Are you curious to deepen your understanding of the language of menstrual cycle awareness? This week on Āio, I am honoured to welcome Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, co-founders of Red School and co-authors of the iconic and hugely celebrated books Wild Power: Discover the Magic of the Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power and their latest offering, Wise Power: Discover the Liberating Power of Menopause to Awaken Authority, Purpose and Belonging. Trailblazers in the emerging field of menstruality, Alexandra and Sjanie are pioneering a new language and approach to women's health and wellbeing, creativity, leadership and spiritual life, rooted in the power of the menstrual cycle and the initiatory journey from menarche to menopause and beyond. Bringing a collective 60 years of experience, they teach worldwide on the psycho-spiritual process of maturation that unfolds throughout our menstrual lives and are devoted to training the menstruality leaders of the future. They say don't meet your heroes - well, I'm SO glad I did! I have been a devoted student of their work for years. Their teachings have profoundly shaped the way I work with my own cycle, and the intimacy I've cultivated with myself through menstrual cycle awareness has truly changed my life. Wherever you are on your menstruality journey, this conversation is an invitation to deepen your understanding, cultivate greater compassion and build a more loving, intimate relationship with your cycle. What we cover: The cycle check-in: cultivating a new language for our inner experience The power and wisdom of the four inner seasons Working with our inner autumn (luteal phase), when the veil begins to thin Honouring the heightened sensitivity of inner autumn and attuning to its subtleties How our intuitive and psychic gifts can illuminate during inner autumn How childhood trauma can resurface in the second half of our cycle Working with inner autumn to bring greater grace and compassion into our lives The antidote: menstrual cycle awareness CONNECT Red School Instagram | @red.school Website | www.redschool.net STUDY WITH RED SCHOOL HERE Red School Programmes ĀIO Instagram |aio.thepodcast TikTok |@aio.thepodcast Website | www.aiothepodcast.com Tarikura Instagram | tarikura_