Wild Womb is an educational initiative developed by Symbiotic Roots that promotes menstrual health and sovereignty through expressive arts, somatic practices, and social sciences. Grounded in a participatory and transdisciplinary approach, the project fosters collective knowledge, community building, and transformative learning processes.
A central action of the initiative was “Wild Womb: Menstrual Education, Health & Sovereignty”, a 7-day training course co-funded by the European Union. Designed for youth workers, the program deepened participants’ understanding of menstrual health and sovereignty through an exploration of themes such as stigma and taboo, body–territory, cyclicity, and self-care.
RESOURCES for facilitators
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Traveling Within: Anatomy, Physiology, and Cyclicity
Facilitated by Mikaela Estrada
This class offers a journey through the sexual anatomy of bodies with a uterus and the physiological functioning of the ovulatory menstrual cycle. The talk presents an anatomical and physiological exploration that considers the energetic, living, and embodied aspects of the organs, and invites us to approach them from an integral perspective that embraces felt somatic awareness and a connection to the emotional information held within the body.
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Gender and Intersectionality in menstrual sovereignty
FACILITATED BY Serena Bernardini (Europamente)
In this class, Serena explains the concept of intersectionality and explores how it relates to menstrual sovereignty, highlighting the political, social, and intersecting dimensions of the menstrual cycle.
WILD WOMB TOOLKIT
A non-formal education toolkit that promotes collective knowledge and participatory methods to support personal and collective transformation. It includes movement and breathing practices, eco-somatic walks, artistic expression, sharing circles, and discussions on menstrual rights to challenge taboos, address inequalities, and strengthen menstrual literacy in youth work.
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«I bleed and remember this is not weakness,
this is the earth moving through me.
Pain may take my hand
teaching me to rest, receive,
and came here again.»
Moments
Mobility project for youth workers in the youth field (KA153)
2025-1-ES02-KA153-YOU-000300970