A place to remember, re-ignite and celebrate the Sacred Feminine. A place of belonging for all women. We invite you to join us on our journey of reclaiming the ancient practice of gathering together as women to honor, share and understand our cycles and seasons.
The Red Tent has been, and in some places remains, an actual place. It may also be referred to by its Native American name - the Moonlodge.
In our modern western patriarchal culture it has almost disappeared in terms of its social acceptability; however it remains in our hearts and souls as the place we retreat to during our bleeding time.
In the old times before electricity and when we lived together as a community, the women all bled at the same time, the dark of the moon. They would retreat together to the Red Tent, and enjoy their bleeding time free of the chores and concerns of their lives. They usually spent 3 days away from their families, just with the other women. They would talk together, rest, dream, care for themselves and each other. It was a nurturing environment that they all loved and appreciated. Many of the women would have prophetic dreams during this time. The women would be blessed with a vision on their third day of bleeding and this would be shared with the whole community on their return. The community hugely valued and relied on these visions the women would return with and used them as instruction for direction and focus for the community.
Why do we need Red Tents?
Red Tents reclaim a sacred space in women’s lives that support us to nourish ourselves and take time out of our busy schedules.
Red Tents provide us with a quiet space in which to focus our attention inward. An opportunity to reflect and let go of anything in our lives that no longer serves us or things we want to change. When a woman can decipher from what irritates her, the things about herself she needs to change, she can let these go with her blood and not take them into her next cycle.
Woman, the creatrix, is herself reborn each cycle. Reborn in an evolving state if she takes this innate opportunity to let go of that which no longer serves her, spiraling forward on her path of evolution. Or she is reborn back into the circle of the same issues and same energy if she does not.