Rewilding your period

By honoring our menstrual cycles, we heal ourselves

Think back to your first period.

Were you scared? Excited? Tried not to think about it? Did others tease you?

To whom did you take your questions?

Was it a time of excitement, sense of coming of age, peaceful welcome of reproductive years, introduction to the sisterhood of women?

I hope many readers felt knowledgeable and supported for their first bleed, also known as menarche. That is not the experience of most girls and even women through adulthood.
How different would young girlhood be if they had, if we readers had had, support of truly wise, wild women around us?

Not how to hide our bleeds— but how to be proud in the time bonding us with half of the human species.
Not which products to use— but how to recognize our divine connection to nature, the elements of the universe, the very lunar tide itself.

How different would adulthood be if women had concepts of support, understanding, honor, wisdom, and love surrounding our bleeds?

Our cycles are a picture of our health.
They are reminders of our role as creatresses. Our acceptance and wisdom surrounding the menstrual cycle is the soul of our hormonal health.

Our menstruation needs rewilding. We need to be back in touch with our natural physiology and universal wisdom. A look at the history of indigenous and cultural practices surrounding menstruation reminds us that we’ve strayed far from our wise ancestors.

We must show our children that we honor our cycles. They will learn to not be afraid of blood— it is the source of life, not death. In this way, we heal ourselves and the next generation.