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Positing that shifts in the mind, body, and spiritual energy can be as much of an opportunity as a challenge, this self-help guide offers sage advice to menopausal women. Erasing the stigma that is often attached to this transitional period, experiences of the Dark Goddess are explored and embraced. An exhaustive list of helpful strategies are highlighted, including nutrition and herbs, meditations and imagery, flower essences, vibrational healing through quartz crystals, reflexology, and more. Celebrating a reconnection with natural life cycles, thought-provoking suggestions are explored for envisioning this profound change as a rite of passage, and not something to fear.

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Laurel Alexander's beautiful little book Natural Wellness Strategies for the Menopause Years is a comprehensive guidebook for any woman approaching this important transition. Laurel not only charts and explains the physical, emotional and spiritual processes of this journey across the threshold into the Third Age but provides a wealth of practical information and guidance about each of them. With topics ranging from herbs to rituals, nutrition to stress-management, chakras to sexuality, meditation to reflexology and more besides, this small and easy-to-read volume is a treasure trove of information, ideas and suggestions, all of which can be adapted to suit the unique needs of the reader. It contains, in one small package, everything that today's 'pausing' woman might need to lead her gently through her transformation. Marian Van Eyk McCain, author of Transformation through Menopause (Bergin & Garvey 1992) and Elderwoman (Findhorn Press, 2002) Shifts in the mind, body, and spiritual energy can be as much of an opportunity as a challenge; this self-help guide offers sage advice to menopausal women. Erasing the stigma that is often attached to this transitional period, experiences of the Dark Goddess are explored and embraced. - Sandra Goodman, Positive Health on-line

Laurel Alexander's beautiful little book Natural Wellness Strategies for the Menopause Years is a comprehensive guidebook for any woman approaching this important transition. Laurel not only charts and explains the physical, emotional and spiritual processes of this journey across the threshold into the Third Age but provides a wealth of practical information and guidance about each of them. With topics ranging from herbs to rituals, nutrition to stress-management, chakras to sexuality, meditation to reflexology and more besides, this small and easy-to-read volume is a treasure trove of information, ideas and suggestions, all of which can be adapted to suit the unique needs of the reader. It contains, in one small package, everything that today's `pausing' woman might need to lead her gently through her transformation. -- Marian Van Eyk McCain, author of Transformation through Menopause (Bergin & Garvey 1992) and Elderwoman (Findhorn Press, 2002) Shifts in the mind, body, and spiritual energy can be as much of an opportunity as a challenge; this self-help guide offers sage advice to menopausal women. Erasing the stigma that is often attached to this transitional period, experiences of the Dark Goddess are explored and embraced. -- Sandra Goodman, Positive Health on-line

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Laurel Alexander is a complementary therapist, a qualified reflexologist, nutritionist and a stress manager. She is the author of Everyday Calm, How to Incorporate Wellness Coaching Techniques into an Existing Therapeutic Practice and How to Turn Redundancy into Opportunity. She runs Wellness for Life, providing complementary healthcare solutions and a range of accredited and leisure wellness-related courses.

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