~Menses is women’s vulnerability & women’s power. Deny neither.
Denying menstrual needs leads to disease and disempowerment of women.
Denying menstrual powers leads to shame and loss of wisdom.
~Honoring first menses honors the new woman & all of womanhood.
~Menses is women’s natural monthly cleanse. By rest, appropriate eating, and supporting the downward energy this purpose if fulfilled. By ignoring or suppressing it, disease is created.
~Outward rest at menses allows intuition & inward creativity to emerge.
~The openness of menses deserves the protection of seclusion & rest, rather than secrecy & shame.
~Menses is the time of giving birth to ourselves—respecting it is respecting ourselves.
~Wise self care throughout fertility cycles allows for healthy menses.
Ease of menses is a sign of overall balance and health.
Maya Abdominal/Uterine Massage allows proper positioning of the uterus to allow circulation of blood, lymph, nerve impulses & energy for optimal reproductive health.
~Women’s cycles were commonly entrained to the moon & the tribe before artificial lights and isolating nuclear families.
~Moving downward energy - apana prana in Ayurveda--
Moving downward energy of the body – allow it, maintain it.
Moving downward energy of menses – respect it.
Moving downward energy of childbirth – be it.
~The health of the woman & the womb promotes the life long health of the offspring.
~Self care through fertility cycles allows more graceful giving birth when it is time & more graceful entering into menopause when it is time.
--Terra Rafael, WiseWomanhood
