Ancient Wisdom Within Menstruation
Growing up, I never experienced menstruation being celebrated or revered. As a little girl, anticipating my first bleed, the imagery that unfolded for me was one of subtle embarrassment, burden, and inconvenience. This was indelibly etched into my consciousness as I entered adulthood. As I began my own journey of self-discovery in later years, I started to pause long enough to ask different questions. Why do I bleed every single month? Why are some periods easier than others? What if it is a form of communication? Is my body using my cycle to tell me what it needs... what it lacks.. and perhaps what it is holding on to? Is there a way for me to live in harmony with my womb? The truth is for a long time, I didn't. I felt confined to the limited belief about menstruation handed to me in my former years. There was even a point, where I dreaded being a woman during that time of the month. I never saw the beauty in it. In fact, I saw it as something next to a curse. My cycles were painf...
