WELCOME TO

Bloom Academy

Periods are powerful, learning about them should feel that way too.

You’re probably here because…

You want your child to grow up more connected to her body than you were…

✓ you want her to have a community of like-minded people to connect with as she grows up

✓ you want her menstruation experience to be a time of celebration and connection

✓ you want your child to grow up empowered to not only listen to her body, but understand it

you’re in the right place!

BLOOM ACADEMY

Menstrual Education for girls

Bloom Academy is not just a menstrual education program for girls ages 9–12 it’s THE Menstrual Education we all wished we had growing up.

It’s 8 weeks of connection, confidence, and cycle wisdom ✨

Bloom Academy is an 8-week menstrual education journey designed to help girls understand their changing bodies, build confidence around puberty and periods, and feel supported as they step into this new stage of life.

Led by Heather Litster, founder of Moon & Bloom, menstrual health educator, holistic practitioner, and cycle coach, this program blends body literacy, storytelling, and self-care in a nurturing, stigma-free space.

We’ll make learning about periods fun, empowering, and totally normal, we’ll BLOOM together.

COURSE MATERIAL

What We’ll Explore

Each week of learning and exploration builds on the last creating a strong foundation of understanding, self-awareness, and body confidence. Classes are 90 minutes long.

    • What are periods and what’s the menstrual cycle really?

    • signs and stages of puberty

    • ice-breaking, stories, and sharing

    • getting to know our internal and external anatomy

    • Exploring different period products (and how to use them!)

    • Menstrual cycle self-care basics

    • How to care for your period in public

    • Creating your own “period pack” and “bleed box”

    • Learn the 4 phases of the menstrual cycle

    • Understand how energy, mood, and body change through each phase

    • Intro to cycle tracking (and why it’s such a superpower)

    • Review your cycle chart

    • Learn about the fifth vital sign (the ovulatory cycle), and how it impacts your brain, muscles, and bones

    • Celebrate what makes menstruation special

    • Dreaming up the “perfect” menarche ritual

    • Understanding period pain, PMS, and other symptoms (including how and when to ask for support)

    • Foods and habits that support your cycle

    • How to rest, move, and care for yourself

    • Talking about periods with friends, adults, and caregivers

    • Breaking stigma in your community

    • The power of storytelling and support

    • Reflect, share, and celebrate your new knowledge

    • Create your own “cycle care” plan

    • Closing ceremony & special keepsake

What’s Included

  • 8 interactive learning sessions (in person at Moon & Bloom or as otherwise discussed)

  • First Moon Kit with period care samples and goodies

  • Body literacy workbook for continued learning

  • Keepsake beaded bracelet

  • Tea and light snacks each week

  • A warm, welcoming space to grow, share, and bloom

Investment

8 weeks of 90 minute sessions with a Certified Cycle Coach
Next session runs April 2026.


$250 CAD
or 2 payments of $125

Please contact us for group rates or scholarship options.

WHO’S IT FOR?

Is this right for my family?

Bloom Academy is designed for girls ages 9–12, whether they’ve started their period or are preparing for it.

It’s perfect for those who want to:

  • Feel confident and informed about their body

  • Learn about periods and puberty in a fun, supportive way

  • Build positive memories around this rite of passage

  • Join a community where curiosity and conversation are celebrated

A note to parents and caregivers, you’re part of this too.
You’re helping to create a generation that celebrates, not hides, menstrual health.

To deepen your understanding of Menstrual Cycles as you support your child, please check out some of my offerings.

GET IN TOUCH

Ready to Join Bloom Academy?

Reach out to Heather today to inquire about the next intake of Bloom Academy. You can also head over to our calendar to book a discovery call to learn more about the program.

FAQ

  • I’ve found that kids are much, much more comfortable and willing to ask questions when parents are not around. So because the goal of Bloom Academy is to make sure that kids are able to learn what they need in order to be understand their menstrual cycle, it's best when parents allow them to learn in a small group of just kids.

  • Definitely not! They will still gain so much valuable and in-depth education that they won't ever know unless they're taught. And they will still deeply benefit from the support of being held and witnessed at this important rite of passage. It's never too late to feel witnessed, guided, honoured, and celebrated at this milestone.

    Bloom Academy is suitable for those who are preparing for their first period AND those who have recently begun menstruating.

  • None at all. The focus of a Bloom Academy is to educate and empower children around the biological and emotional changes they are about to experience. This program is suitable for, and welcome to, everyone from any religious background.

  • This depends a bit on the individual child and their development and readiness. Some children will be physically and emotionally ready to attend at 8, when they're curious and excited and eager to learn. And some 8 year olds won't have puberty on their mind at all and may be very uninterested. As their parent, you will know better than anyone.

    It is the most supportive and comfortable for kids to be in peer groups where everyone is fairly close in age. If your child is older than 12, they may really prefer and benefit from a private 1:1 Cycle Coaching Session where they can connect with me 1:1 and learn at their level.

    Of course, these are general guidelines and if you have any questions at all, please do reach out to me.

  • Absolutely. I want every child to be welcome as the wonderfully unique individual they are and to feel free to express themselves however they feel reflects them best.

    Bloom Academy is inclusive, and I focus on biological education rather than gender education. Meaning, I will teach about the happenings of the reproductive system of bodies that have a uterus. I don't focus on "becoming a woman" so much as a child's body growing into an adult body.

    I recognize that not everyone with a period identifies as female, and that not all females bleed. Children who don't identify as girls may still menstruate and need the body literacy to understand their menstrual cycle all the same. I bring this awareness and respect to Bloom Academy.

    If you have any questions about inclusivity, please reach out to me and we can chat

MEET YOUR GUIDE

Get to Know Heather

I’m Heather, holistic health practitioner, menstrual cycle guide. I’m just a recovering perfectionist and people pleaser trying to find my way into an embodied state of flow. All I ever hope is to introduce folks to everything they wish they learned about their mental and physical health growing up, making informed choices for personal lifestyle and goals feels good.

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QUALIFICATIONS

Why Learn with Heather?

In addition to lived experience with anxiety, depression, recovery from the party-girl lifestyle, and PMDD, Heather has spent countless  hours devoted to learning about holistic health + menstrual cycles. Heather takes a special interest in the biological and cultural expression of menstrual cycle awareness in communities. She has a ton of formal and informal trainings and is currently studying for a 200 Hr YTT, Certified Holistic Nutritionist and completing a formal Certificate as a Cycle Coach.

    • Double major in Anthropology + Biology - Trent University

    • FAM Fundamentals - Nat Daudet

    • Mindful Mucous Method - Nat Daudet

    • Love, Laugh, Luteal - Consciously Cait

    • Menstrual Equity 101 - Free Periods Canada

    • Radically Reclaiming the Blood - Laura Carmody

    • Stewarding Practical Bleeding Spaces - Laura Carmody



    • Specializing in Fertility, Prenatal, Postpartum - By the Moon

    • Specializing in Fertility, Prenatal, Postpartum - By the Moon

    • Somatic Trauma Therapy Training - Embodied Philosophy

    • Certified CPR/First Aid + AED

    • SafeTalk Suicide Intervention

    • ByStander Intervention

    • Diversity & Inclusion

    • Experiential Herbalism - Hawthorn Herbals

    • Outdoor Leadership - Outward Bound

    • Interpretive Hiking Guide - IGA Ontario

    • 200 Hr Embodied YTT - School of Living Yoga

    • Certified Holistic Nutritionist - Alive Academy

    • Cycle Coach Facilitator Training - Claire Baker

What is
Moon & Bloom?

Moon & Bloom (formerly known as Heather’s Holistics) is an education and wellness business with a mission to bridge gaps in our current health care system. As of today, 1 in 6 Canadians face period poverty and the average time for someone to receive a life changing diagnosis of endometriosis is 7-11 years. Wild! Right? Moon & Bloom’s mission is to help end period stigma so that folks feel safe enough to ask for help and know that they will be heard when they do. Research shows that reducing stigma helps improve education and decrease period poverty as well as increase and improve quality of research into taboo topics such as menstrual health - and that’s our goal. Less taboo, more yahoo!