Body as Ceremony

The feminine body is a temple of transformation.

Our bodies guide us through an initiatory rhythmic alchemy, called Menstruality, that began at menarche and that carries us through and beyond menopause. 

The loss of ancient knowledge and rites of passage for women in modern times has cut us off from the depth of our inherent connection to the forces underlying all of life - to an inherent belonging through the menstrual cycle and the related cycles of our lives.

Without this sense of belonging, one may feel adrift in a seemingly purposeless void, endlessly searching for answers and fulfillment outside of oneself, trapped by the temporary gratifications of small egos within a consumerist culture, living disembodied from the head up, and certainly estranged from the pelvis. 

But our lives are initiatory journeys, and our experience of these journeys is entirely informed by the way in which we move through the world within the sacred vessel of the human body.

Feminine rites of passage - like menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause - must be consciously engaged along this initiatory path. 

Our experience of each feminine rite of passage is influenced by the depth of our connection to, and the health of, the pelvic organs and their energies.

Western medicine has pathologized women’s bodies - minimizing and normalizing menstrual and menopausal challenges, medicalizing natural processes such as pregnancy and birth - and does not recognize that attentive care to the whole of a woman’s life cycle (including the physical and non-physical aspects) is required in order to support true health.

Western culture is seemingly oblivious to the immense healing potential and psychospiritual power of the feminine initiatory path.  Feminine processes are generally portrayed as mere burdens to be alleviated. Artificial hormones are prescribed to “treat” menstrual and menopausal challenges, which actually overrides or shuts down normal bodily functions and can create hormonal imbalance. This discourages inquiry into and masks the root causes of such challenges, preventing women from receiving the somatic feedback required to truly heal.

True healing takes place within the context of, and at the level of, the whole life - no part is separate.

Every signal from the body is meaningful and points the way to healing.

I serve in the role of a Menstruality midwife - witnessing, supporting, and honoring your embodied feminine evolution through education, ritual, and somatic inquiry.

This work is for you if you wish to:

• learn and leverage your unique cyclical rhythms to elevate your life, livelihood, and relationships,

• understand and alleviate challenges related to your menstrual cycle (whether physical, psycho-emotional, or spiritual - they are all connected)

• enhance hormonal health,

• ignite your creativity and sensuality,

• reclaim body sovereignty,

• deepen into connection with feminine wisdom and your shared experience with all women,

• prepare for and navigate menopause with greater health and ease,

• enhance fertility awareness and potentiate fertility,

• experience the deep sensuality of pregnancy and birth,

• prepare for and heal after pregnancy (birth or loss, including termination),

• recover a healthy menstrual cycle after hormonal birth control,

• live more ecologically and sustainably, aligned with natural cycles and rhythms,

• connect to the sacred in the everyday,

• identify and release outdated patterns that no longer serve you,

• nourish your nervous system,

• be your own teacher, build trust in yourself and look within for answers to your biggest questions,

• resolve menstrual shame (no matter your age or whether you are still cycling),

• navigate life with greater authenticity, vitality, self-knowing, ease, flow, and purpose, and

• reclaim your wildness and connection to the Earth, return to a more free and natural state of existence, and embody a sense of wholeness, oneness and belonging.