About

A pioneer in Menstrual Empowerment,
DeAnna L’am is a recognized world expert
in helping women and girls
make coming-of-age easier,
and womanhood richer.

Like many women, DeAnna struggled with PMS and for many years viewed her period as a bother and a nuisance.

In 1992 she began a personal journey toward embracing her monthly cycle, which led her to “reverse the curse!”

Having already been a trained coach and facilitator at the time, she called her first Menstrual Empowerment circle in 1994. The response was overwhelming, and the journey embarked upon — profound.

In 1995 DeAnna coined the term ‘INNER MAIDEN’
as a result of recognizing the deep need in all women
for soothing, healing, and reclaiming the adolescent girl within,
who may have never been welcomed into womanhood.

In Israel/ Palestine, her country of origin,
DeAnna helped Jewish and Palestinian women
surpass political, religious, and cultural differences
by deeply bonding as cycling women.
Since founding ‘Red Moon’ in 1994,
DeAnna has been teaching nationally and internationally,
empowering women to reclaim menstruation
as source of inner guidance and spiritual renewal;
coaching Moms in welcoming their coming-of-age daughters into womanhood
with ease and comfort,
and training women to hold Red Tents in their communities.
DeAnna is author of
Becoming Peers – Mentoring Girls Into Womanhood
and creator of The M.A.D.E.N. Acts -
5 Steps To Making Coming Of Age easier, And Womanhood Richer!

“I had never felt good about being female and for the past 10 years have experienced extreme, debilitating menstrual pain. I had tried dietary changes, orthodox medicine and natural therapies with little improvement. I started searching for those who celebrated womanhood and our cycles – this led me to DeAnna L’am.

We have now been working together for three months and during my last two moon times I have taken only five anti-inflammatory tablets, when I used to take up to 20 – a significant decrease.

DeAnna’s work resonated with me at a core level and I have totally turned around my perception of my body, my flow and my spirituality. I now feel myself to be a blessed and beautiful woman. I am grateful.”

~ S.M., Australia

“I am forever changed by the experience of the Red Moon event!
I connected with a long-ago part of myself, with which I’d been thirsty to connect. Since the workshop, I have been called to be more of the woman that I already am, in a greater way than I knew possible!

This workshop is a multi-dimensional way to call forth your youthful spirit and harvest the gifts that are still available to you as a woman on this earth.”

~ Amy Mansfield Weinberg, mother and counselor, Sacramento, CA


“What a transformation! To come back to my body, spirit and soul… You have given me insights to connect with myself, as well as my mother and my daughter! I hope women around the world will come to experience such connection and transformation.

Thank you with all my heart!”

~ Ilke Sternberger C.L.E.
UCLA certified lactation specialist
Dona certified postpartum doula
Owner of nursery school in Los Angeles, CA
www.ilkasternberger.com


“When I started my work with DeAnna I was scared, unsure, and not believing in myself. Through dedication, and the inspiration from what I was learning, I am walking away after 12 weeks with self-awareness, inner harmony, and love. Thank you!”

~ Jennifer Patterson, Vermont


“Thank you so much for this class. I got so much out of it… just what I needed… Thank you for helping me find the final pieces to my maiden story. I honor your skill, mastery and loving commitment.”

~ H.M. Life Coach, Massachusetts


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