I was thrown into menopause at an early age…29…due to a surgery because of abnormal cells on my cervic. I went through shock! Then I went through a second menopause around 50ish. I am now 67 and although I did not embrace this phase until a few years ago, within in the past 6 years I have reached a point of pure celebration. The goddess has awoken within me🦋🌸. I take good care of myself on all levels spiritually emotionally mentally and physically. Life is a gift and a joy…and I remember some people don’t have that privilege to reach older years. I have some less than perfect days but not many because Magic is in me and around me❤️ Blessed be

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Blessed be! What a powerful reminder that getting old is a gift! May we all embrace it with pride.

P.s. your videos are a welcome refreshment here on the interwebs...there are not many witches out there around our age and stage so your content is extra special.

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to hear that. It's true that there is less content with people our age!

AMEN!!! The crone years are such an incredible time, best time in my life by far. I have never felt so good, so whole, so filled with awe and magic and allll about ME! I am all for celebrating getting older and the absolute GIFT that it is.♥♥♥

@naturalwitchery

3 ай бұрын

Wooohooo! Yes! Let us celebrate how lovely we are and the joy of not giving a f$#!

I'm Grabbing this GIFT ! I got sugurcial induced Mentalpause when I was 41, it was brutal 20 years all at once . Im happy to see this video for women around our age, (I'm 49) I\'d love to see more videos like this . Thank you for you ! and welcome back .

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I'm brewing up another one as we speak...

I am embracing this transition. I feel that this is a truly magical time. I am no longer ruled, and my life no longer revolves around my periods. This feels liberating for me. I feel that this stage of my life is about stepping into my power. Knowing who I am. And a time to focus on me. Yes the hot flashes, waking up at 0300, and mental fog are not fun. But the realization of personal power and new level of self awareness is worth it.

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

I am discovering so much about myself through this process. It IS liberating. My life feels my own in ways it never has before!

I’ve heard of families that do a ceremony for girls when they have their first period. And I agree we should have some kind of acknowledgment as we reach our cronehood. I have come to embrace my inner Crone. The transition wasn’t always easy, but I love it more and more lately!

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

I would love to hear of more families celebrating all aspects of womanhood!

I started perimenopause at a much younger age than average. Personally, it gave me both a lot of strength and patience to look at the scientific side of it. To learn how the hormones interact at which normal range and all the places we have hormone receptors in our body that go crazy when they suddenly receive below their expected dose. (Hello oestrogen receptors in the brain, hello brain fog!) This understanding brought a level of acceptance on top of which I could layer magic to come to embrace the process. As witches we are lucky because in traditional folklore witches tend to be older, wise women. And through the internet we can see witches 20-40 years older than sharing their wisdom and craft. I seek them out as role models who offer something I’m still hoping to grow into. It is hugely interesting to me to hear you share your individual path.

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

So good to see you over here Julia! It really is so individual. I am grateful for all the science out there that has helped me. I'm also grateful for the community on Tarot Tube who gathered round me (people like you) to let me know I wasn't alone or going crazy!!!!!

Thank you for broaching this subject. Yes, please create more instalments on this topic and ramble about all the things. It's hard to find others who feel/want this change to be positive. All my best, Amber

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Let us unite and grow this power positively!

I am powerful! Thank you for this; it will help so many! I had my daughter (1st and only child) at 43, so I entered motherhood and perimenopause around the same time. I also spent a few years healing from the birth trauma, limiting what i could do physically. I was somewhat stuck in and by my body, but now I can be with my body as it transitions to cronehood, and definitely feeling more powerful. I don't know if you know of Mags (formerly The Woodland Hag), but she said something along the lines of: entering the crone phase is like returning to maidenhood. 🙏🏼💕🧙🏼‍♀️

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

That sounds really intense! Motherhood and perimenopause! This is such a lovely time, albeit challenging, but I believe the rewards are so huge. I also believe we need to reclaim this time as not something to endure, but to embrace with pride!

This is great timing for me! In 2023 I've really started working with the changes that menopause is bringing as I journey into 'cronehood'. Learning to embrace this transition and sit with what it is bringing physically, emotionally & mentally. I look forward to more discussions on this topic!

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

It's such a profound journey that is powerful when embraced. Glad to walk this road together ❤️

This was terrific. Thank you. I look forward to hearing more. My almost decade of transition has been filled with extreme fatigue, debilitating body pain, rage, and existential struggle. After a lifetime of sacrificing myself (as taught), this perspective gives me a whole new way to channel and value the process. Life changing. 💗💗💗

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Sacred rage is my next topic I want to cover in this. It's real, can be held, acknowledged, and directed for powerful magick!

Definitely not enough out there about menopause and witchcraft. Thank you for this video, well needed.

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

I was just planning the next installment in this series. I agree! We need more on this subject!

Yessssssss! I turn 50 this year and can’t wait to be a #babycrone - I commit to embracing my body and sovereignty, THANK YOUUUUU for this!

@naturalwitchery

2 ай бұрын

Yes! Celebrate the powerful transition. ✨️ Embrace Your burgeoning power!

Thank you for this video! I’m in perimenopause and dreading losing my period. Looking forward to the follow up videos. Love the fire analogy!!

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

I am leaning into this and peeling back the layers to find authentic power. Our society has really made this something to dread instead of celebrate. Let's throw off the atigmas!

@TeiaKennedy

Жыл бұрын

@@naturalwitchery YES 🙌🙌

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!! It has been a most difficult road for me in regard to this area of my life. I had a horrific 1st moon. I looked like a murder scene. Not exaggerating. I woke up and thought I was stabbed. Not only the fluid but the pain (cramps). I literally thought I was dying. From that day on I was down & out for 3-5 days every month. I hated it. To top off, in my family these things were not discussed. So 'the talk' was tense, embarrassing, mortifying. I ended up with cysts, endometriosis, and other issues related to my female parts. I finally had to get a hysterectomy. Celebrating my body & life cycles did not even exist. I WISH I did have that support. Now I am experiencing some form of menopause--terrible hot flashes. It's like my inside is on fire all the time but my outside is freezing. I have to have a heater on me & a window open or fan blowing. I have concentration issues, brainfog, lethargy/low energy; I can't always tell what is my chronic issues & menopause issues. Either way, I feel like I have completely lost myself. This video was very uplifting and empowering. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! Tess

@naturalwitchery

2 ай бұрын

I need to make another installment in this series! It's so important that we support each other during menopause. It's a blessing, not a curse.

I'm pretty sure I'm in peri. I get migraines, dizziness, just feeling yucky for no reason but there's nothing I can point to, and I have to be mindful about what I'm putting into my body because it's a lot more sensitive than it used to be: sugar, caffeine and alcohol can really throw my balance off both literally and non-literally. Thanks for this video, Häxa! xo, A

@naturalwitchery

3 ай бұрын

I have a sensitivity to all you mentioned. I really do advise leaning into it. It has become an incredible journey into knowing my power!

I got my period at 10 years old! I’ve always had painful periods. 5 years ago I was bleeding so heavy I’d go through a tampon and pad! Came to find out I had fibroids so I had a hysterectomy 5 years ago so it’s hard to tell if I’m going through menopause. I turned 50 in August so I guess I should be staring soon. Lol

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

I too had fibroids and had to have my uterus out! I have one ovary. I still cycle in certain ways, but its happening. I look forward to sharing more on this.

I too was a late bloomer. My mother was killed in an auto accident when I was only a year old and I had 4 older brothers. The youngest was 5 yrs older than me and my oldest was 12 yrs older. So when I got close to starting my period my father handed me an encyclopedia opened to "Menstrual cycles". that was it. I probably learned more from girlfriends at school than anywhere else. As far as celebrating , I tried to with my granddaughters' but they totally thought I was totally weird. Menopause itself has pretty much been an easy transition other than sleeplessness. Which I hate with a passion. But I can't complain really. I feel blessed. And if you haven't noticed I ramble as well.

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣 Let us all ramble. What a story! I thunk many of us learned from others at school.

I love this video! We need to celebrate our crone selves. Power to the sisterhood!

@naturalwitchery

6 ай бұрын

Agreed! We are powerful gifts to this planet. Let us celebrate!!!!

Thanks. I think I needed to hear that and give myself permission to really claim this power. You’re so right! This is power. It’s tough to see it that way because all the physical issues slow me down and I just haven’t liked that. I guess I need to find the power within this stage of life for me and move forward through that. Anywho, loved the video 🌈⭐️

@naturalwitchery

12 күн бұрын

Wonderful! Yes, please claim your power loudly with joy!

Seeing menopause as a gift is a big change from how society views it. I love this 💚

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Definitely Shauna. We need to reclaim our bodies and their cycles as sacred and beautiful.

Oh my goodness, sweet truth. Sweet sweet truth. Thank you. ❤

@naturalwitchery

9 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

Exactly what i needed! Please do more on this subject and practicing as a crone. So much out there of young witches and newbie witches....let's celebrate the crone!!!

@naturalwitchery

10 ай бұрын

💃💃💃💃 I agree! Let us embrace the beauty of our crone years and really REVEL in their power!

The lantern is fire that is (or has the potential to be) moving around, mutable fire - Sagittarius energy which I feel very profoundly as a Sag Sun. I hear the inner calling of coming back to myself, my body, and being a light in the world, bringing something important that comes from deeply integrated lessons I learned so far.

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

This was so beautifully said. Thank you!

I had no transition, as due to.a.cancer history and future risk, I was placed into immediate menopause through historectomy. I have struggled so much with the slamming on life's breaks that I experienced. Thank your for the reminder that I am powerful.

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

So many women share your story. I hope that you will continue to claim that power ✨️

Thank you sooo much for doing this. I am currently menopausal and being shaken back into my body. I’m not going to lie it’s been extremely challenging but what you are sharing helps me immensely.

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Yay! I have been exploring this and I'm happy to share my discoveries.

I want to thank you for this video. I recently discovered your channel and really enjoy listening to your teachings/musings. It confirms in me that I have been doing it right all this time but not giving a damn if I wasn't... lol😂. I agree with your assessment of coming back to our bodies. Learning about our own needs and finding creative ways to fulfill those needs, and I can say it matters. Filling your own cup matters. No one will fill it for you, and if you didn't discover that in the maiden years, the fire years, here's your sign!!!❤ Thank you for this channel. I just discovered after 65 years that I'm a witch. It's been an awesome journey🎉

@naturalwitchery

18 күн бұрын

I'm so glad you found us! I know your comment will touch others greatly. We need to know we are not alone and that it's OK to fill our own cups🥰

Thank You very much for sharing! This is so precious for me. I'm at my 30ties now and just create my way to this experience. Your way of thinking about this topic really resonates with me. Such a goog metaphor about the fire and the lantern -- I feel the same now being the mother, the daughter and beloved to my boyfriend. As I'm the fire for their needs. And I come to get tired of this all. And I work on my autonomy now. Starting my way in astrology, numerology, tarot and oracles, witchery. Oracles speak to me so magicaly fantastic and just accurate. Even better than tarot for now... Sorry for deviation from the topic))) I'm preselebrating this transformation into the lantern. Please continue sharing on this if you want. This is great discussion to be. And I love the way you challenge the old paradigma of the menopause.

@naturalwitchery

7 ай бұрын

I am so glad to hear that this resonates with you. Treasure the power of your transformation. Having a magical practice can help to remind you of YOUR importance and help keep balance. If you like divination, you may want to check out my other channel @learntarotandwitchery It's all about Tarot and oracle. I really love oracle cards as well!

Happy New Year, April🎉 I’ve been on hiatus from KZread and quickly chiming in. I just saw your post about this channel. Perimenopause was probably the most challenging cycle I’ve experienced. Yoga and movement (in various forms) was the key in managing this long transition. I’m in the last phase of the Mother moon and feeling a different kind of shift that has me embracing my practice with a greater sense of Self. My “Hermit” year is definitely utilizing that inner light during this transitional time. Thanks for sharing your experience so others can understand their own journey through others. ❤️‍🔥🕯✨

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

I've missed you. I too havent been watching KZread much. I love this time of year, especially right now leading to Imbolc. So restful and filled with contented promise.

Fantastic video, April! I agree completely with pretty much all you’ve said here. I am powerful. We need to say it with conviction and as often as possible. Thank you for this. Blessed be, sister crone.

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you! Blessed be Powerful One!

Embrace this next phase, yes, it is powerful, thank you Sister

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Being present with our changes is so powerful. Let us create a world where every phase of womanhood is celebrated!

Hope you had a very embodied 50th year and finish your last few weeks with a blast. Will be wishing you Happy Birthday when in the now moment of Early April. You are MagicallyPowerful April

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I just found your channel. You are so well spoken. I'm enjoying your videos so much. Thank you for doing these. 🌷

@naturalwitchery

2 ай бұрын

Welcome! So glad you found us. I look forward to hearing about your journey ✨️

This is one of the best videos I have ever watched. You made sense of things that just seem to make sense. Thank you!

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! This is such a powerful time for us and we should ve reveling in our POWER!

You make total sense ❤

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

❤️🥰❤️

Thank you for this!

@naturalwitchery

8 ай бұрын

Rise up great woman and embrace this time!

Great one!!! ✨💖✨

@naturalwitchery

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Looking forward to part two!

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

I'm brewing it up!

I’m so glad I found you! This is fantastic! It’s definitely something I needed to hear. Looking forward to more videos about this subject. I’ve definitely been struggling with my power and my body. This video was very empowering❤️

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to hear it! I'll be doing another video in January. I hope this is a place we can all feel empowered at!

Perfect ! I loved this video. I agree . I just discovered you . I enjoyed all of your content that I viewed .

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! I am so excited to take this journey together ❤️

How far intobthe process are you?

My husband calls my menopause as an excuse

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Spoken like a man. You are POWERFUL. Your feelings are real. You are POWERFUL

❤️

@naturalwitchery

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for being here

I went through so many horrible things when I had my period from having the worst cramps to at the end having my period 20 days or more every month and I had to have a full hysterectomy before I was 40 years old so I did celebrate having menopause I was so glad I wasn't bleeding or cramping

@naturalwitchery

5 ай бұрын

I do not miss my uterus. I was anemic, as I'm sure you were. It became such a battle with my body. I was 46 and I still have an ovary, so I'm deeeeep in the hormonal shift right now!

@nannetteblackwell6214

5 ай бұрын

@@naturalwitchery Yes I did mine started getting bad when I was about 35 but it runs in my family on both and I'm convinced that it happens in most families what I mean by that is that if you have problems with your ovaries and uterus the women from the past in your family will more than likely have the same problems

I said that I am Powerful and the first thing that came into my head was I feel so tired

@naturalwitchery

5 ай бұрын

There is power in acknowledging where you are. You can be powerful and tired too. Don't let that thought keep your from your power!

@nannetteblackwell6214

5 ай бұрын

@@naturalwitchery Thank you April 😊

I'm really glad that you video April Thank you so much!!!

@naturalwitchery

5 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!