Are you ready to hold A RED TENT for WOMEN & GIRLS in Your Neighborhood? I want to let you know where you can learn exactly How To DO This! If you are loving the Global Red Tent Summit, (or if you only love Red Tents 🙂 If you are Inspired to start one — but not sure HOW to BEGIN – this is your opportunity to get a Red Tent Road Map, with support and Guidance on how to walk the RED path… My colleague DeAnna L’am has created OUR GIRLS, OURSELVES – an Online Tele-Tent CLASS – (

What messages did your mother give you about being a Woman? What messages are you offering your daughter, or son, about being a Woman? What legacy would you like to pass-on Today’s Girls? I am sure that answers immediately spring from the depth of your womb… My friend and colleague, DeAnna L’am, has posed these questions to 28 luminary women leaders and invited them to inspire you with their answers! I am honored to be one of them, and join DeAnna in giving a gift to women wo

by DeAnna L’am Leah called me to let me know she has just got her period! Being a heart-auntie to her I was delighted, and deeply touched that she chose to share this with me… Leah excitedly relayed the experience over the phone, told me of her Moms special attentions, and her bounty of gifts that included a red ruby necklace, a journal, fragrant bath salts, a red candle, a box of soothing teas, and many beautifully printed cloth pads. Leah continued to say that she chose to

by DeAnna Lam Everything starts as a Thought! A dissertation, a dress, an airplane, this article, or a national holiday such as Thanksgiving… The thoughts of Sarah Josepha Hale translated into action: she wrote letters to American politicians for 40 years(!) until Abraham Lincoln eventually proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday to be celebrated on the last Thursday of November in the U.S.A. What does this have to do with us? Everything! It took one woman only 40 years to

by DeAnna L’am “This is my Moon Flow,” I said to Ellah, who was about 4 at the time, when she saw me changing a pad. I never saw my Mom changing pads, and hence committed to not hiding my natural flow from my daughter. Without my flow, my girl would not have been born… How could this be anything but a source of joy in my ability to give birth? An ability she will one day share! “All women flow with the moon,” I added, “and you, too, will flow when you become a woman.” Ellah s

by Jayleigh Lewis On September 15, 2014, the Red Tent movie, Things We Don’t Talk About, marked two years since its world premiere. In that time, it has reached thousands of men and women all over the world and has had a significant impact on the lives of many. Not only does the film tell a powerful story, but inspiring stories continue to grow out of the screenings that are taking place every month, many of which are attended by Dr. Isadora, the filmmaker. As she reports her

by DeAnna L’am “Underneath the color of our skin, all women bleed the same, red, deep, ancient flow of life force. It is this power what makes the blood that naturally flows through a woman during her cycle seem taboo.” This powerful statement, made by Marjory Meijia is revolutionary in its depth and implications. Under all perceived differences between us as women — our blood flows as one. This profound realization filled my eyes with tears at the first Jewish & Palestinians

by DeAnna L’am In order to birth Life, we must first Menstruate! In native cultures Menstruation was known as the time when the veil between the worlds is thinnest In native cultures Menstruation was considered a time when women have access to the Divine In native cultures Women had special places to go to when they Flowed: Moon Huts, Moon Lodges, Red Tents. It was understood that when a woman bleeds she is in a heightened state, and cannot be bothered with everyday tasks!

© 2009-2012 DeAnna L’am My own transition into womanhood was painfully lacking in warmth or empowerment. How was the day of Your first period? Was it an inspiring experience? Or is there a knot at the pit of your stomach when you think about it? Our Inner Maiden, the coming-of-age girl we once were, is left inside us hanging, often shamed, embarrasses, or afraid. Her story never told, her beauty never seen, she grew up considering her periods “nuisance,” “bother,” or “the

By DeAnna L’am © 2012 “Sing daughter sing Make a song And sing Beat out your own rhythms The rhythms of your life But make the song soulful And make life Sing” ~ Micere Mugo Zimbabwe, 1970’s From; “I’m on my way running”, editors: Lynn Reese, Sean Wilkinson, Phyllis Koppelman. Avon books, 1975 Isn’t this the wish of every mother — for her daughter to find her own song, beat her own rhythms, make a soulful song of her life, and sing it? Most would answer with a resoun