The 5 Elements & Menopause
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CONNECTING TO YOUR ENERGETIC, EMOTIONAL & SPIRITUAL LAYERS.
In Chinese Medicine Menopause is considered our Second Spring, a season of renewal where your energy shifts inward, inviting deeper self-care and a new sense of vitality.
During this transition, the flow of energy (Qi) that once moved downwards — from Heart to Womb — to nurture children, careers, projects and businesses, and the needs of others, begins to rise upwards — from Womb to Heart. This is the energetics of the Bao Mai channel.
It is a return to self and your true essence.
This reversal opens space for reconnecting with your mind, body, and spirit, and for nurturing the aspects of yourself that may have been set aside in earlier chapters of life.
It is a time of renewal, balance, and self-discovery.
Our brand new online community offers a fresh, empowering perspective on menopause. Seeing it not as an ending, but as a beginning, a new phase & empowering time.
Join us for an exploration into the nutritional, energetic, emotional & spiritual dimensions of perimenopause and menopause. Through a Chinese Medicine, 5 Element and holistic wellness lens we will explore the underlying shifts, beyond the physical body and symptoms, and the opportunity that this phase of life offers.
Our online community explores the body, mind, consciousness, 5 Elements, nourishment, red thread & ancestral energetics imprints or miasms, and womb healing.
Our intention is to build community fostering balance and support for women in the lead up to and during their beautiful menopausal transition.
Joining the community includes:
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access to all classes recorded from January -June 2026, a total of 18 classes
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brand new classes and sessions from September 2026. Including; webinars, interviews, womb wisdom and shamanic journeys
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sharing resources & reading lists
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nourishing tools & practices
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our free Qi Food Therapy "Blood Nourishment" PDF ebook
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co-creating with an international community of 5 Element soul sisters!
Enjoy all the classes with one year access and from September 2026 we are evolving this community space.
Emotionally, the Womb (Bao) is associated with grief & joy. Unprocessed emotions & trauma can inhibit the flow of Qi & blood to the Womb whereas joy & contentment enhances the flow. A healthy Bao is linked to emotional well-being & a sense of security. During perimenopause the Bao Mai plays a fundamental role in hormonal health, emotional and energetic well-being.
Launched in January 2026 we have been introducing Chinese Medicine food therapy, functional foods, the 5 Elements, an emotional, metaphysical, energetic, and spiritual approach to supporting the Menopausal transition.
Uncover the alchemical capacities of this important time & space in a woman's life cycle and how you can bring clarity & support in navigating the shift of energy.
Themes in the community include:
5 Element nutrition & functional foods
Cultivating liver, kidney and heart health
The Bao Mai channel & it's energetic role
Tending to the womb space & heart connection
The spiritual & shamanic dimensions of menopause
Recommended resources & comprehensive book list
Nourishing tools & practices
Free Qi Food Therapy "Blood Nourishment" ebook
Food Therapy for Balance & Vitality
the right foods can be powerful allies during perimenopause. A TCM-guided approach focuses on:
Balancing yin & yang energies
Nourishing vital substances like Qi, blood & essence
Choosing foods & cooking methods that ease symptoms
Supporting overall harmony to embrace this new chapter with strength & clarity
Schedule of classes 2026
JANUARY
EXPAND - The importance of Kidney Qi & Adrenals in perimenopause/menopause, with Dr. Lori Earley, DACM, LAc. Phoenix Rising Integrative Medicine.
NOURISH - Blood building meal planning with Kimberly Ashton, Qi Food Therapy.
REFLECT - Qigong for the Liver - working with the organ energetically & support during perimenopause/menopause, with Bridget McCormack, Heart Light Healing (Qigong, Craniosacral therapy, Myofascial Release, Inner Alchemy & Tarot).
FEBRUARY
EXPAND - Understanding your 5 Element Type for clarity and steadiness through the upheaval of perimenopause and menopause. Exploring the archetypal transitions of this stage and how to build personalized rituals that restore agency, alignment, and ease. Hosted by acupuncturist & author of 5 Element Alchemy - Ashley Abbs.
NOURISH - Blood nourishing foods - part two (liver & kidneys), with Kimberly Ashton, Qi Food Therapy
REFLECT - Meridian yoga/Ki Yoga with Jody Vassallo. Ayurvedic health coach, counsellor, yoga teacher and author. Host of the Changing Seasons podcast.
MARCH
EXPAND - Threads of Yang Sheng Fa- The Daoist Art of Nourishing Life, a webinar with Nicole Lee.
NOURISH - Wholesome Carbohydrates webinar- an important fuel in Menopause, with Kimberly Ashton
REFLECT - Journaling session: a community session reflecting on the 5 Elements and the energetics of Menopause, the pulse of feminine consciousness, your red thread, what your body is holding onto, womb healing & identity, how you are feeling about this next version of self.
APRIL
EXPAND - Accessing Your Systemic Field to Support Your Evolutionary Movement, with Amy Babish (weaving Family Constellations & the 5 Elements)
NOURISH - Holistic Nutrition for menopause- bridging Western nutrition & Chinese Medicine, with Maham Noor (RD & Clinical Nutritionist)
REFLECT - Shamanic Dimensions of Menopause (Matresence) with Dr Amanda Waaldyk
MAY
EXPAND - Eco Somatics & Elemental healing webinar with Kimberly Ashton
NOURISH - Intuitive Nourishment: Reclaiming Body Wisdom in Midlife with Lauren Hausheer, MS, RDN, LD
REFLECT - Gong Fu Cha Tea talk & meditation with Po-Tien Goh
JUNE
EXPAND - Finding Balance in the 5 Elements - a creative art exploration with Antje Howard
NOURISH - Liver Qi Stagnation: Emotional & Food Therapy with Kimberly Ashton
REFLECT - Bringing the Five Elements into your self-care practices to balance your energy with Blaine Wilkes
Featured guest teachers 2026
COMING SOON!
Details coming soon, we have a pretty awesome line up of beautiful women for our monthly classes and interviews in 2026-2027.
COMING SOON!
Details coming soon, we have a pretty awesome line up of beautiful women for our monthly classes and interviews in 2026-2027.
COMING SOON!
Details coming soon, we have a pretty awesome line up of beautiful women for our monthly classes and interviews in 2026-2027.
You are invited to be a part of our NEW online community and co-creation.
We would love to have you join us!
From September 2026 we are evolving the community with new classes & interviews from
5 Element practitioners and wise women in their menopause and post- menopausal years.
Real life stories, experience, expertise and learning from those before you.
Come to be inspired by elders, this is a space to connect with women & be held.
QFT Menopause community
Join our community for 1 year access to the Menopause online community of classes, interviews & events.
