What is living in cycles?
We always live in cycles, as we witness the coming and going of the seasons, the blooming and decaying of a flower, or rain falling from the sky and joining with the stream that will end in the sea.
But we often forget, or not pay attention to the fact that women are firmly rooted in the cycles of nature, and cycle with them every month while they have a menstrual cycle. We have the privilege, shared by few other animals, to bleed outward, allowing us to return our blood to Mother Earth with ritual and intention.
The menstrual cycle in a gift that allows women, not only to create life, but to renew and grow themselves every cycle. We go through 'seasons' every moon, changing, adapting, cleansing. Following the menstrual cycle is a spiritual practice that will eventually make us into the wise elders of our community at menopause.
But we often forget, or not pay attention to the fact that women are firmly rooted in the cycles of nature, and cycle with them every month while they have a menstrual cycle. We have the privilege, shared by few other animals, to bleed outward, allowing us to return our blood to Mother Earth with ritual and intention.
The menstrual cycle in a gift that allows women, not only to create life, but to renew and grow themselves every cycle. We go through 'seasons' every moon, changing, adapting, cleansing. Following the menstrual cycle is a spiritual practice that will eventually make us into the wise elders of our community at menopause.
Yet, many girls in Western society, haven't been initiated into the mysteries of their blood, and often approach their first bleed with embarrassment and shame.
Many women live in denial of their cycles, having been taught that they are inconvenient and unnecessary.
However, women's bodies have evolved to cycle, and our overall health depends on it - physical, but also mental and spiritual.
So let's learn how to love and live with out cycles, allow ourselves to live as women, with our changing, intuitive selves, as embodied priestesses of the Earth
What I offer
Menarche reclamation circle
A$70.00
Many women have not had a positive initiation into womanhood, deepening our mother or sister wound.
We all deserve to be received with reverence at the time and properly educated about our bodies.
If your Menarche was less than satisfactory, and you experience a disconnection with your body and your cycles, come reclaim your menarche and re-write your story.
This is a group cycle, to be booked by 5 women or more. It can be performed at any age after menarche, however it is recommended for women 18 and up.
Please contact me to arrange the date and place.
Altar cards
A$15.00
The price is for 4 cards.
High quality print from original watercolour.
Sets of the seasons, phases of the moon, archetypes, phases of the menstrual cycle. Let me know if you want something different or a custom set.
Yoni steaming herbs - Kapha blend
A$26.00
Put together with care by Moontime Rituals, this blend is especially good for post-partum, as well as long or missing cycles.
Bleeding necklace
A$20.00
Hand-made by The Raffia Kat using hand-dyed raffia and emu feathers. Unique and quircky.
Altar dolls
A$50.00
These wooden dolls can represent the archetypes, seasons or direction. They are custom made and unique. Let us know if you have a special request.
The felt and wool are 100% real wool. They can decorate your altar during circles and ceremonies or can be placed on your altar one at a time depending on the season or time of the menstrual cycle.
The price is for 4 dolls.
Ceremonial drinking cacao
A$7.00
Fair trade and lovingly packed Criollo Cacao from Peruvian beans.
Cacao is the gentle heart-opening goddess and perfect for a menstrual ritual of self-love and dreaming.
Distributed by Australian Ceremonial cacao, a small, family business in Queensland.
Bath salts
A$10.00
As part of your moon-time self-care, a warm bath is high on the to-do list.
This home-made bath salts contains flowers that are good for your skin and relaxing, cacao butter for moisturizing, Himalayan salts and magnesium sulfate for deep muscle relaxation.
These bath salts have the added benefit of using recycled materials for packaging.
Practice special rituals of self-care before and during your periods.
Have a special, nourishing drink,
light a candle and give some thoughts about the amazing work your body does,
Take a warm bath with bath salts,
gather your blood and gift it to the Earth
find a quiet place in nature and free bleed on the earth for a while
make a facemask with your blood or spread it on yourself while in the shower - menstrual blood contains stem cells and is very rich.
Most of all, look after yourself, give yourself plenty of time to rest and dream, and connect with all the women who bled so they could give life over time, including your own ancestors.
If you know on advance when your period comes, let other people around you know, so they can give you plenty of help and space.
light a candle and give some thoughts about the amazing work your body does,
Take a warm bath with bath salts,
gather your blood and gift it to the Earth
find a quiet place in nature and free bleed on the earth for a while
make a facemask with your blood or spread it on yourself while in the shower - menstrual blood contains stem cells and is very rich.
Most of all, look after yourself, give yourself plenty of time to rest and dream, and connect with all the women who bled so they could give life over time, including your own ancestors.
If you know on advance when your period comes, let other people around you know, so they can give you plenty of help and space.
