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The Wise Woman Tradition is the oldest recognized healing tradition on our planet. It gives a unique view of health that is woman-centered and deeply empowering to ladies. This is in stark contrast to orthodox - and most alternative - healing traditions, which are based on male viewpoints which disempower girls.  The medicine I learned in school was based on a linear, scientific, male worldview whose truth I did not question. When this medicine failed me, as a lady and a mother, I sought options. Herbs helped me take care of myself and my loved ones, just and safely, but I questioned the assumptions behind what I was taught.  It was clear to me that option health care disempowers ladies as a lot, or far more than, orthodox medicine does. They both actively assume that the norm on which assessment of well being is to be based is masculine in gender.  Assuming that a healthful male is the definition of health might not seem like much of a dilemma, unless you are a woman. This core assumption has hurt, and continues to hurt, women in a multitude of direct and indirect methods, from the deeply individual to the widely political. This assumption leads to attempts to "correct" - with drugs and surgery - physical and emotional states that are standard (and healthful) for ladies, but not for men.  Contemplate: Wholesome girls were given DES (a hormone) merely since they were pregnant - their offspring are cancer-prone.  Millions of menopausal females have been (and are nevertheless) treated with hormones in an work to replace what is "lost." Does this enhance their health? No. Use of hormone replacement increases the threat of stroke, heart disease, and breast cancer.  Menstruating females need some quiet time alone. As an alternative they are provided pink Prozac to assist them overcome their "depression."  Females are advised to have their uterus (and increasingly their ovaries, as well) removed since they are "not required immediately after menopause ... just places that can harbor cancer." It is nicely identified that a woman's sexual response is unlikely to be as robust, and may even be lost, when she loses these essential organs. A century ago, a lady who challenged male authority could be diagnosed as "hysterical" and her uterus ("hyster") removed (frequently with no anesthesia or disinfectants).  [http://eventful.com/users/Adam2f3a1 find out more] There is far more to medicine than the male perspective. I speak for the lady-centered tradition. It delivers males and females a new way to believe about and produce health in all stages of their lives. It empowers women to take charge of their health and their lives, to honor and respect themselves, and the earth.  I contact it the Wise Woman Tradition.  The Wise Lady Tradition empowers ladies by:  Focusing on simple remedies that are effortlessly accessible  Sharing information freely  Providing compassionate listening  Renaming her weaknesses as strengths  Reminding her that her physique is the body of the earth, is the body of the goddess, is the sacred ground of being.  The Wise Lady Tradition empowers girls to:  View themselves as healthful, even when they have issues  Produce their own healthful norms  Honor their organic cycles and modifications (puberty, menses, pregnancy, menopause)  Define themselves from a woman-centered viewpoint  Connect with other females for individual and planetary healing  A lot of modern medicine appears difficult and challenging to realize. A lot of alternative treatments are also complicated, some are unduly expensive, other individuals require special instruction and initiations. This disempowers females. The Wise Woman Tradition, by focusing on easy treatments that are simply accessible, and by sharing details freely, permits girls to really feel competent and strong in taking care of their personal wellness.  The Wise Lady Tradition heals by nourishing the wholeness of each unique person. Nourishing has three main elements: basic ceremony, nourishing foods, and compassionate listening. When girls are heard, when we listen to every other, then we feel validated and empowered. Harking back to the consciousness-raising sessions of the 1970's, and informed by Native American teachings of the talking stick, compassionate listening reshapes women's stories so they can reshape their lives.  One of the fantastic gifts of the Wise Lady Tradition is the renaming of our weaknesses as strengths. When we permit ourselves to be depressed, outraged, yearning, grief-stricken, confused, fearful, bitchy, and a lot more when we enable all that we are to be part of us, then we can finally discover and celebrate our wholeness/wellness/holiness.  The Wise Woman Tradition empowers females by reminding us that we are sacred, that our bodies are sacred. As women, we are the earth. Every one particular of us lives in the physique of the earth. Each and every 1 of us comes from this sacred ground of being. And not only are we empowered to honor ourselves, we are empowered to demand that respect from all other individuals.  When ladies accept orthodoxy's image of them as continually in need to have of help, they accept a powerless position. When females accept the Wise Lady Tradition's assertion that they are currently ideal, already vibrantly healthy, even when they have difficulties, they assume a position of power. When girls create their personal wholesome norms, they generate a place of power in which they can stand, no matter how rapidly and furious the adjustments.  When females think that their natural cycles and alterations (puberty, menses, pregnancy, menopause) are somehow sick or wrong, they open themselves to healthcare experiments. When girls discover that the Wise Woman Tradition honors these states above all others, they discover a supply of deep wisdom and fantastic energy flowing into their lives.  When ladies define themselves from a male-centered viewpoint, they usually loose. When they define themselves from a lady-centered viewpoint, they constantly win. The Wise Lady Tradition gives this energy to women, from the Ancient Grandmother's heart to yours.  Susun Weed [http://eventful.com/users/Adam2f3a1 click here]  PO Box 64  Woodstock, NY 12498  Fax:  1-845-246-8081