The deeper I journey into my menstrual cycle, the more I recognize how disconnected our culture is from feminine wisdom. ⁠
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Cramps, irritability, and other "PMS symptoms" that have become normalized are not some curse you must live with as a woman. ⁠
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They are calling you to pay attention & 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻. ⁠
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They are symptoms of 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. ⁠
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For most of my life I actually never experienced menstrual cramps and I had very light periods. ⁠
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However, nowadays I notice that *as soon as* I drift away from deep presence & connection to my own body while bleeding, cramps will begin. ⁠
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It's like the more I've come to EMBODY my body, the less tolerant she is when I don't listen to her. ⁠
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The draw to become deeply internal & present with ourselves during our bleed is not an "unproductive" time as our culture would have us believe. ⁠
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In this deep place of feeling & sensing, we receive insights & can transmute unconscious patterns simply by BEING with ourselves. ⁠
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These patterns are not just our own, they are collective & ancestral. ⁠
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There are times when I have journeyed into my cramps to discover immense anger & disempowering beliefs around my womanhood that are clearly woven through my family system. ⁠
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Upon feeling & acknowledging this, the cramps have dissipated completely and immediately. ⁠
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It is a disservice to ourselves and the collective to override & dismiss the significance of the cyclical nature of a woman's body. ⁠
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It is also my belief that learning to honour the feminine wisdom within our own bodies is essential to living in true harmony with the feminine wisdom of nature & our planet. ⁠