Your Second Spring
Why the Taoist tradition sees menopause as an initiation, and what that changes for a woman living it.
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Kelley Lila talks about menopause as an initiation: the Taoist Second Spring, sexual energy as a woman's most valuable asset, and practices that change how this season feels in the body. She is coauthor, with Master Mantak Chia, of The Tao of Menopause (Destiny Books, April 13, 2027).
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Meet Kelley.
Trained in pelvic floor therapy, Kelley Lila is a women's health educator and Qi Gong instructor with more than twenty-five years of experience in the feminine healing arts. She is coauthor, with Master Mantak Chia, of The Tao of Menopause: An Initiation into Vitality, Radiance, and Feminine Power.
Cover hand-painted in watercolor and ink by Aya Lani Avidov, Kelley’s daughter.
The book
The Tao of Menopause
An Initiation into Vitality, Radiance, and Feminine Power
With 100 full-color illustrations
Destiny Books, an imprint of Inner Traditions
April 13, 2027
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Desire doesn't expire
Sexual energy as your most valuable asset in perimenopause and menopause.
Cool the fire
Qi Gong practices for the heat, done live with the audience in a few minutes.
Old practice, modern body
How Taoist practice can sit beside modern care, from Kelley's own transition.
Writing with a master
Bringing the feminine experience of menopause into Master Mantak Chia's teachings.