Menopause rite of passage retreat

October 3-5, 2025
Osage Forest of Peace
Sand Springs, OK

You’re invited to a nourishing weekend of support and learning about the initiatory gifts of perimenopause and menopause. Claim your experience in a sacred rite of passage ceremony.

  • This weekend retreat will give you nourishment and support for perimenopause and menopause so you understand what you’re experiencing and are able to navigate this time of your life with a solid framework to support you.

While it’s great that menopause is rising in our public awareness, most of the support materials out there are focused on symptom management or keeping us rolling along as usual in our careers and lives. There is a very crucial aspect of menopause that is being completely missed:

At its core, it’s a deep initiation, a disruptor to our lives, and it’s calling us to withdraw from the world, to rest, and to hold space for this profound process. Initiations are meant to be challenging, and for sure when we come out the other side, we’re not the same person we were.

We’ve lost our wise elder women who teach us the sacred and powerful ways of this important passage of our lives, giving us something to look forward to.

Until now.

We don’t have to live by this narrative our society gives us.

There is another way.

Over this 3-day weekend, you’ll:

  • Get an overview of the physiological changes happening in perimenopause and menopause and learn why this is a crucial time of transition for a woman’s health that sets the stage for the second half of her life.

  • Navigate the five initiatory phases of menopause and receive their unique gifts, as taught by Red School.

  • Learn why you need to drop as much as you can in your life and rest, rest, and rest some more…and also learn the 1% rule.

  • Learn to recognize and accept where you are in your peri- or menopause process.

  • Embrace the great reckoning and clearing out of the first half of our lives so we can grow into our post-menopausal years clean, clear, and vibrant.

  • Gain a sense of hope and vision for your “second spring” and the rising of your energy and power post-menopause.

What this is

  • An exploration of the psycho-emotional-spiritual aspects of menopause.

  • Compassionate sharing and listening.

  • Learning about the empowering, positive aspects of menopause.

What this is not

  • Focusing on physical symptom management and issues.

  • Rehashing all of the negative rhetoric around menopause. 

  • Trying to ignore or bypass menopause for the powerful effect it has on our lives.

Menopause is a soul awakening

Menopause is undeniably one of the most significant rites of passage in a woman’s life, when she steps fully into her most magnificent power. Yet this is the power that we have been cut off from for generations, hidden in shame and secrecy, suffering in silence. Instead, we’re fed a narrative that:

  • Our lives are over, along with our youth, beauty, and “value” as fertile women.

  • Menopause is full of suffering and terrible symptoms.

  • Menopause is something to be “fixed” or ignored as we’re encouraged to just keep working and going on with our lives as before.

“We’re all alchemists, deep inside — it’s just that women have learned that fires must be put out, not encouraged to burn. We’re afraid of conflagration. We’re afraid of losing control. But during menopause we generally find that we have no choice. We’re not in the conflagration — we are the conflagration. 🔥”
— ~Sharon Blackie, Hagitude

About the retreat

The autumn of early October is an auspicious time for this retreat weekend, as menopause is all about transitioning into the autumn phase of our lives. Join a compassionate group, supporting each other through the journey of perimenopause and menopause.

The retreat will include:

  • Learning.

  • Experiential exercises.

  • Time for rest and replenishment.

  • Making your own charm bracelet, with symbols of your menopause passage, that will act as a map on your wrist to remind and guide you through this time.

  • A hot flash fire 🔥 ceremony claiming your sacred rite of passage, and your bracelet will be placed on you.

  • Journeying into the Cave of the Mothers, the Forest of Peace’s underground temple to the Feminine Divine.

What to Bring

  • Bring something to place on our communal altar that speaks to you about menopause. It can represent something you’re letting go of, or looking forward to, or anything that represents menopause to you.

  • Bring something special to wear for our rite of passage ceremony. Examples: a special dress, a shawl, a tiara, jewelry, or anything that will make the ritual feel special and sacred to you.

  • Journal

  • Day 01 / Opening ceremony

    Opening ceremony, creating our altar, intro to the weekend and sharing, overview of physiological stages. Yoga nidra for sleep (optional).

  • Day 02 / Sessions and fire ceremony

    Learning about the phases of perimenopause and menopause, supportive resources, creating our menopause bracelets, evening rite of passage hot flash fire ceremony. 🔥

  • Day 03 / New Beginnings

    Resting or meeting with your listening partner, closing ceremony, sharing time.

Who this weekend is for

Perimenopause

You’re in your 40s and navigating perimenopause.

Menopause

You’re actively in your menopause process.

Postmenopause

You’re postmenopausal and wanting to retroactively reclaim or understand your own rite of passage…or to grieve what you didn’t know or weren’t taught.

What’s included

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    A menopause playbook that includes all the information taught during the weekend, as well as remedies, resources, and ideas to nourish and support yourself.


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    Morning and evening meditations.

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    A menopause-themed Spotify playlist.

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    All meals from Friday dinner through Sunday brunch

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    Lodging in a cabin if you select it in your registration.

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Retreat location

The retreat is located at the beautiful Osage Forest of Peace interspiritual retreat center, located in Sand Springs, OK, on the traditional, ancestral lands of the Osage Nation.

Experience the beauty and privacy of 45 wooded acres on a ridge between Keystone Lake and Shell Lake, just 20 minutes from downtown Tulsa.

The Forest facilities include private cabins nestled among the trees, a beautiful chapel with big picture windows, and sacred spaces such as:

  • Cave of the Mothers underground temple to the Divine Feminine.

  • Woodland labyrinth.

  • Zen Garden.

  • Trails.

  • Mary’s Grotto.

  • Dragonfly Meadow.

Check out the beautiful Cave of the Mothers here:

  • I attended the menopause retreat by Jeni Enns. This is the second time the Forest has saved my life in as many months. Each time I have limped in entirely broken and hopeless. Each time I have been welcomed in and offered solace, succor, warm hospitality and genuine human kindness. I am so grateful for you. Thank you for holding safe and sacred space for people like me. Thank you for doing this work.

    Amy, Menopause Rite of Passage Retreat

  • Every detail of the retreat felt intentional, and Jeni's enthusiasm overflowed throughout this retreat (truly contagious). The Bede center was transformed into a sacred space for us to gather, learn, and share. Jeni's authenticity and transparent disclosure of her own journey invited others to show up authentically/vulnerably (and this vulnerability was present in the very first sharing circle).

    Crystal, Menopause Rite of Passage Retreat

  • I learned more about menopause this weekend than I ever had. I appreciated the honest conversations with a fantastic group of understanding women going through the same physical changes.

    Anonymous, Menopause Rite of Passage Retreat

  • The retreat was so nourishing and eye-opening. Through it I came to understand that I am not alone in my experiences, that there is a framework for navigating this time of life with greater perspective and skillfulness, and that I do have sacred gifts to offer and a sacred duty of care to uphold. It was grounding, empowering, connecting, and inspiring. I am so grateful for the teaching and for the friends I made while there.

    AL, Menopause Rite of Passage Retreat

  • The retreat was life changing. I have been thinking about it all week. It truly changed me in amazing ways. Jeni was amazing, the women were incredible, the activities were perfect. Just an overall amazing weekend.

    Brittney, Menopause Rite of Passage Retreat

  • Osage Forest of Peace is a magical place, and the retreats offered here are well worth the time, effort, financial investment, and participation. In the Rites of Passage retreat (initiating into perimenopause/menopause), not a single detail was missed. This retreat was a wonderful, connected, empowering experience. Jeni was a terrific guide, offering a wealth of wisdom, enthusiasm, modeled vulnerability, and passion. Thank you so very much for creating this space and for responding to the inner call with a willing “yes.”

    CB, Menopause Rite of Passage Retreat

  • My sister and I attended the menopause and perimenopause rite of passage retreat. Everything was absolutely perfect! It was well-thought out, insightful material. The accommodations were sufficient, the meals were incredible, the setting was spectacular! Such an enjoyable experience!

    Jennifer, Menopause Rite of Passage Retreat

Schedule

(Subject to change)

Friday

1:30-5:30 Arrival, check in, settle into cabins if staying overnight

4:30 Forest community meditation (optional)

5:30 Dinner and introductions

6:30 Opening ceremony, overview of physiological stages

8:00 Perimenopause: The quickening and entering the menopause hinterland

9:30 Yoga nidra for sleep (optional)

Saturday

7:00 Forest community meditation (optional)

7:00-9:00 Self-serve silent breakfast

9:00 Enter chamber 1 of the rite of passage

10:30 Break

10:45 Enter chamber 2 of the rite of passage

12:30 Lunch and free time.

2:00 Afternoon session:

  • Enter chambers 3 & 4 of the rite of passage

  • Make your menopause charm bracelet

  • Prepare for our evening rite of passage ceremony 🔥

5:30 Silent dinner (to help hold the deep space for the ceremony)

7:00 Rite of passage ceremony 

Sunday

7:00 Community meditation (optional).

7:00-9:00 Self-serve silent breakfast.

9:00 Enter chamber 5 of the rite of passage

10:00 Closing ceremony and sharing time

11:00 Brunch

Pricing

You can choose to stay overnight in a cabin or to commute to the retreat every day from your home.

If you choose to commute, I kindly ask that you commit yourself to the weekend and the schedule of the retreat to avoid disruptions to the group.

  • Single Occupancy in a private cabin: $360

  • Double Occupancy in a shared cabin: $660 total for both people

  • Commuter Registration Full Retreat: $275

Cancelation policy

If the reservation is canceled within the 7 days before the scheduled retreat date and time, a credit towards a future stay is provided. A credit is valid for one year from date of issue.

If the reservation is canceled up until the 7th day before the scheduled retreat date and time, a refund will be issued, minus any credit card transaction fees and donations. Refunds will be made to the original credit card on file or by check within two weeks of the notice of cancelation.

An exception may be made in the case of illness, death in the family, or inclement weather, in which case  a credit towards a future stay is provided. A credit is valid for one year from date of issue.

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