Sacred Threads: Mantra, Goddess & Menopause with Rachel Nokes

In this beautiful session, Edwina is joined by yoga therapist and mentor Rachel Noakes to explore the gifts of mantra yoga and goddess teachings as companions on the perimenopause journey. Rachel shares her personal reflections on entering her fifties, moving through midlife transitions, and finding deep purpose and authenticity through spiritual practice.

Together, Edwina and Rachel dive into:

🌸 Midlife as Transformation – embracing perimenopause as a sacred season of change, with space for reflection on grief, purpose, and life choices.

🌸 Goddess Teachings – how archetypes such as Durga and Saraswati offer strength, balance, and empowerment during this stage of life.

🌸 The Power of Chanting – Rachel’s journey with the Durga Suktam, and how precision in Sanskrit chanting (diacritics, notes, breathwork) becomes a meditative and transformative practice.

🌸 Guided Meditation – a gentle introduction to Sanskrit chanting, including mantras invoking Kanyakumari, Durga, and Gayatri.

🌸 Durga Energy – connecting with the protective and supportive qualities of the divine feminine for empowerment in perimenopause.

Rachel also introduces her upcoming offerings:

✨ The Becoming – her online membership weaving yoga philosophy and mantra chanting.

✨ A Way of the Goddess retreat in North Bali (November).

✨ A spiritual Yatra to India (January).

Books mentioned:

• Living Your Unlived Life by Robert A. Johnson and Jerry M. Ruhl—a classic Jungian guide to midlife transformation:
• Awakening Shakti: The Goddesses of Yoga - Sally Kempton
• Hagitute - Sharon Blackie 

Find the mantra notation/diacritics for the Durga Gayatri HERE

This session is a reminder that perimenopause can be more than a physical shift—it can be a season of sacred expansion, creativity, and devotion. 🌸