This was a very relaxed afternoon, in the company of some wonderful wise women. It was so enjoyable it was a shame it only lasted for three hours.

The room was laid out to feel 'womb like', with red coverings over the lights, red cushions and red throws over the furniture. It worked, the ambience was very soothing and womanly.

We spoke about all aspects of womanhood, through from puberty, motherhood to crone years. Some very interesting comments came out of the conversation, the main ones we would like to share are the following.

As in the days when the moment of birth arrived and only women were in attendance, it has recently been proven that a man's presence makes the birth more difficult. We discussed this further and decided this may be because of the energies, it may be that if a partner is there the energies that should be focused on self during birth maybe be shared with energies given to the partner. A good subject for further study.

It was commented, and agreed, that it is important that older women are there for younger women. It needs to be said that it is ok to feel confused at various stages of womanhood. To let them know it all works out and is simply part of life.

We all agreed that the taboos of sexuality and femininity do a lot to keep us away from being at peace. Not talking about, and not understanding our bodies takes us away from who we are and takes us away from our power.

The meditation chosen for this event was the three moon meditation. This is a beautiful and very powerful meditation whereby the three energies of the moon are called down; maid, mother and crone.

The creative part of the afternoon was to make a hanging mobile to represent the three stages of our life. For those who have not yet reached any particular stage, this would be to represent the attributes of that stage of life. So with the table spread with beads, buttons and glittery things, we created our 'Three stages of woman' mobiles.

The afternoon ended with the enjoyment of tomato pasta, delicious and the colour red befitting the theme of the afternoon.

It was a beautiful and inspiring afternoon.