The story most women hear about menopause is incomplete.
In mainstream culture, it’s often framed as a decline, deficiency, or dysfunction — a list of symptoms to suppress, a hormonal problem to manage, or a medical condition to treat.
In this free online event, Jane Hardwicke Collings will offer a very different perspective.
As a former homebirth midwife with more than 30 years of experience, a retired registered nurse, and founder of the School of Shamanic Womancraft, Jane has spent decades researching where and how women’s physiological, mental, emotional, and spiritual cycles intersect to shape each woman’s menopausal journey and beyond.
Through her work with thousands of women around the world, Jane has come to see menopause not as a disorder to be managed, but as a profound rite of passage into the second half of life.
“Like all rites of passage, menopause is a transformational experience that includes a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual component,” she says. “What I am here to offer are ways to work with this transformation for your healing, wellness, personal growth, and development — and the reclamation of feminine power and knowledge.”
During this hour, you’ll be reintroduced to menopause through a holistic lens — one that recognizes the physiological changes unfolding in your body and its deeper role as a meaningful threshold into spiritual maturity and sovereignty rather than a problem to fix.
Drawing on rites-of-passage theory, cyclical awareness, and decades of work with women in both community and clinical settings, Jane reframes menopause as a powerful turning point — a time when wisdom takes root and new expressions of leadership, creativity, and self-knowledge begin to emerge and be shared.
You’ll also explore the cultural forces that shape how women experience menopause today — from a limited understanding of the body’s changes to the taboos that still exist around women’s bodies and aging.
Jane will share how the symptoms of menopause are not obstacles, but “clues for the inner work that needs to happen.” Embracing this transition can become a catalyst for healing and a gateway into greater wisdom, clarity, confidence, and self-trust.
You’ll experience this firsthand as she guides you in a shamanic drum journey designed to help you connect with your womb— or womb space — and listen deeply to your body for insight into your own menopausal path, whether you’re approaching it, moving through it, or beyond this transition.
Jane’s work offers a compassionate and empowering way to experience menopause as a sacred turning point — a time to harvest the lessons of your life experiences, heal long-held patterns, and awaken the wisdom that comes with this stage of life.
