Cyclical Living

The cyclic thread of life weaves us womb beings closer to ourselves, the earth, and our ancestral lineage. I have spoken in previous blogs about the importance of moving in this time-space dimension from our center. Minke de Vos explains our center as “the place where the seven directions—heaven, earth, the four cardinal directions, and our inner essence—converge.”

Although all people have unique medicine gifted to them by their ancestral lineage pre-colonialism, to cultivate a relationship with all these elements, people with wombs have a unique relationship with the earth that allows us to be more easily influenced and synced with Mother Earth’s wisdom.

Womb- Earth Cycles

Just like the Earth, our wombs have four primary seasons. In Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes speaks more about the many other seasons of the earth and women’s psychs. Still, for this moment, I will speak to the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall seasons and trust that we have experienced the spectrum of ways the four seasons are expressed on the part of the earth we steward.

Menstruation is our inner winter. Mirroring the movements and expressions of winter, it is a time when our womb asks us to slow down, go within, reflect, and keep warm.

The follicular phase is our innerspring, and much like the budding greenness of the earth, our body is budding with masculine energy to do/create, nourish gut microbiome soil, stay grounded in the softening earth, re-emerge, and strategize.

Like the earth’s summer, our body temperature rises, and our hearts and cervix bloom as we peek into our summer phase. We mingle, give, and receive love and play in abundant light. We speak out and raise awareness, taking to the street what is in our heart’s deepest desire for ourselves and our community.

And finally, as our energy wanes and the leaves fall, the veil grows thin. We reflect the earth’s fall with the luteal phase of our cycle. We review, harvest, examine the fullness of who we are, and crave the sweetness of our best selves.

Heart Medicine During these Phases

The Heart-Womb-Nervous system axis is a profound medicine that plays a constant role in our cyclic centers. Communication on this axis informs us of our phases’ emotional and spiritual needs and provides wisdom on showing up for those needs. So, as our wombs cycle, our heart space is the constant, steady drum of medicine to help us navigate each phase.

Here is how we can nourish our hearts during each phase:

Ovulation- The Light Heart

During ovulation, we have the easiest access to our highest selves/light selves. Communicating your heart’s deepest desires and needs is effortless now. If you have been putting off a challenging conversation, this would be the best time, as you are more likely to speak from a place of compassion and honesty.

Medicine for your Heart:

• lapis lalzuli crystals,
• Heart-opening yoga asanas that encourage back bends to support throat and heart connection.
• Damiana- Promotes emotional intimacy and boosts mood and self-esteem.

Luteal- Shadow Heart

Our bodies are the most expressive of things out of balance, needing transformation or wanting to be witnessed. Through the symptoms of PMS and PMDD, our heart shows us our shadow through our emotions and body discomforts.

Medicine for your Heart:

• Organic, ethically Harvest Cacao
• Breast Massage with body oil
• Gentle yoga Inversions, i.e., legs up the wall
• Rose Tea- reduces stress and promotes compassion and empathy

Menstruation-Forgiveness

During our inner new moon, the heart wants us to be still and release what no longer serves us so that we can plant our intention for the next moon cycle.

Medicine for Your Heart:

• Chamomile Tea
• Listen to Ho’oponopono/Release, I Let Go
• Journal
• Eat Seaweed to replenish the blood

Follicular- Restoration

Now, it’s time to restore your fiery heart energy. The heart has given so much over the past few weeks through the physical and emotional purge.

Medicine for the Heart:

• Hawthorne Tea/Tincture-  grounding, fortifying, and supports emotional resilience and connection (Ani
• Eat Berries
• Microcosmic Breathing
• Dancing and being in nature

Heart Womb Connection Meditation

Stepping into your empowered feminine energy is your divine birthright.  This guided meditation and sound bath calls in the sacred energy of Mary Magdalene (Feminine Christ consciousness) to shift the frequency of the heart and activate your sacred womb power.

 

“People with Wombs Have a Unique Relationship with the Earth.”

— Celeste Pegues-Rios,

 

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