What is a First Moon Circle?
A First Moon is another way of saying a person's first period – their "menarche".
In order to celebrate this important and life changing rite of passage, First Moon Circles are held. These circles are also educational, empowering, inspiring and most importantly fun - for both the child and their adult.
When to attend?
The circles are aimed at girls and biological females aged 8 - 13 years approximately. They may have, or have not yet, started their periods - it doesn't matter and all are welcome of course.
Participants will leave their First Moon Circle inspired by their amazing bodies, empowered by the process of menstruation, deeply informed about their cycle and their bleed and the necessary self care. They will feel proud and excited and prepared - with knowledge of how to support themselves physically, emotionally and spiritually.
FMCs support girls towards a happy, healthy and positive entry to menstruation and puberty. They are sacred, beautiful, love filled and ... FUN!
What happens in a FMC Part 1
PART 1: Period Education & Play
We start with a 2h experience just for the group to come together, have fun, be silly, make new friends, and learn accurate information about what's happening to their physical body, as well as their emotional and spiritual selves as they approach and encounter menarche.
Here children learn about:
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What periods and puberty are, what happens during this stage of development and what they can expect to notice, sense and feel within their body and emotions
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An introduction to the female body, hormones, and the reproductive system
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Introduction to Cycle Awareness (remember, the period is just 1 part of a 4 stage cycle!) and how our energy, superpowers and needs change across the month
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Introduction to self-care for their cycle (a couple of examples include: why rest is important, why its ok if suddenly they might feel a bit cranky and how to nurture themselves at every cycle phase
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Body and earth friendly period product options and a chance to explore, investigate and play with different options
And they can ask me any and all awkward, embarrassing, curious questions they've not felt able to ask yet. It is a safe space for sure.
What happens in a FMC Part 2
PART 2: Cycle Awareness & Celebrating with our loved ones :)
A celebratory afternoon tea where Mums/Nanas/Carers are invited to join us to share what the girls have discovered, whilst the elders are invited to share positive guidance and beautiful wishes they have for the girls in their lifetime.
Here the intentions are to:
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Role model that it is possible to talk openly about periods and puberty amongst friends and adults
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Give the parents an opportunity to affirm the positive learning and experience, and to encourage the girls to be able to talk to them about personal topics
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Parents share wisdom with everyone present, which helps the girls feel supported and remember that they are not alone, and that all women before them have been through the same experience
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Girls share what they have learned with the adults which will no-doubt offer you new knowledge yourself!
To celebrate a very special time in a person's life - and to frame the natural process as healthy, magical, and a time a girl meets her power.
What are the benefits?
First Moon Circles are absolutely overflowing with value:
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Each participant will leave feeling more confident and empowered through greater knowledge, understanding and acceptance of what's to come, and how powerful, important, special and transformational this phase of their life is
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Parents and participants are supported to open up conversations to discuss periods and puberty (and who knows what else!) afterwards, having been held in the safe space of circle where this talk is safe and normalised
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If friends attend together, then they gain the added benefit of sisterhood, having this shared experience to refer back to, and to share wisdom with their other friends
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Parents are also supported to learn this wisdom alongside their daughter, feel safe and heard and be guided with tools and language to support their child
And often, mothers are able to heal a part of their own relationship to their menarche and menstruation, through giving their child the support they wish they'd had as a child, and learning about their own cycles.
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