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Coming of Age

Menstrual Wisdom from India

Menstrual Wisdom from India: “Why we don’t go to the temple, and other practices” “What is pure, we don’t touch. And what we don’t touch,

August 31, 2015 No Comments

Red Tent

Red Tents of the future

Will Red Tents of the future be sustainable? Absolutely! Red Tents can take a whole new meaning in near future: Sustainable structures collecting rain water

August 30, 2015 No Comments

Coming of Age

Suppressing menstruation is killing the messenger!

Have you ever considered suppressing your menstrual cycle? Do you want to stop the phenomenon of rain just because it’s inconvenient to be outdoors while

August 29, 2015 9 Comments

Coming of Age

Radical Self-Acceptance

“Radical self-acceptance may be our highest calling as human beings. ~ Freeman Michaels What’s so radical about Self Acceptance? Well, everything! Self Acceptance is the most

August 4, 2015 5 Comments

Red Tent

Mothers Save the World

A View From the Year 2020 A vision written in 2007 by Oralee Stiles © “It is Mother’s Day in the year 2020 The fresh

June 4, 2015 No Comments

Coming of Age

Coming of Age – What’s the Alternative?

I recently watched in disbelief a short video taken during an Israeli girl’s 9-year-old birthday celebration. The girl, and a group of her select girlfriends,

March 1, 2015 No Comments

Coming of Age

Shall I Drive You To The Red Tent?

Imagine your girl coming home from school. She feels tired. She is actually crabby, and the sullen look on her face warns you to keep

January 26, 2015 5 Comments

Women's Wisdom

From the Apennines to the Andes

Ida picked me up from the airport in Milan last summer, and drove me to her home in Parma. My mind was dotted with

December 1, 2014 1 Comment

Red Tent

One Seed At a Time

When I first envisioned a Red Tent in every neighborhood, I had only a faint idea of how to make this a reality… Do you

September 1, 2014 No Comments

Red Tent

As cycling women – we have a meta-language. The cyclical rhythm of our body is a language, and a universal one at that! The more you listen to your body’s rhythmical Meta-Language, the more fluid and harmonious your life can become, whether you still cycle or not! Read On…

May 3, 2014 4 Comments