Monday aligns with the moon and is where the name derives from. i remembered this connection because all day long i have been thinking about the moon and the role she plays in our lives, especially being a woman.
Long ago in my early 20's, i ditched the oral contraceptive opting for the natural approach to things. i was a zealous new naturopathic student and wanting to save the world from all things artificial.
With the support of my beloved i entered into a realm which had me discovering all sorts of things including looking at my bleeding cycle in a whole new way. On the pill i knew exactly when i was going to bleed. And fully believed this was normal, kinda like textbook really.
And because i had no problems, i must be healthy right, and of course no babies either to disrupt my life.
What i would go on to learn was that my cycle could actually vary in length from month to month and still be totally normal. i learnt how the timing of my birth and the phase of the moon at that time were now inextricably linked - just like our solar time or our birthday. i rediscovered my sense of smell believe it or not and knew when i was fertile not just by the phase of the moon, the date on the calendar but also by the way i felt. Unlike when on the pill, i had a real cycle.
What i would go on to learn was that my cycle could actually vary in length from month to month and still be totally normal. i learnt how the timing of my birth and the phase of the moon at that time were now inextricably linked - just like our solar time or our birthday. i rediscovered my sense of smell believe it or not and knew when i was fertile not just by the phase of the moon, the date on the calendar but also by the way i felt. Unlike when on the pill, i had a real cycle.
I became a real woman again, with all its parts.
But why did it take me wanting to choose natural contraception to find that out. i think this sort of information should be handed down from mother to daughter just as we learn how to socialise and speak from our nearest.
But why did it take me wanting to choose natural contraception to find that out. i think this sort of information should be handed down from mother to daughter just as we learn how to socialise and speak from our nearest.
For instance, the lunar time is another time when a woman is fertile and when a man makes optimum sperm - i didn't learn that in sex ed in high school and i am sure my girls won't find it out from school either.
i'm inspired after seeing a great documentary last night called The Moon Inside You to teach young girls and women about the bodies and ritualise this coming of age time. It is the most natural subject in the world and still unbelievably taboo even if it's just very subtly so.
i have been long wanting to gather a group of my daughters friends and her together to help prepare them with positive stories and demystify menstruation along with showing them how they can harness their goddess power that is inherent with being a woman.
After seeing the film my daughter is now ready for us to do this, so it will be wonderful
to start this kind of journey with my work and with the young maidens in my community.
1 comment:
the time is ripe miche - you have told me about this dream of yours for years....good luck! it's a most beautiful idea and gift!
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