Underlying Art
Leonid Tishkov
Private Moon in New Zealand
Photo by Marcus Williams and SP5 Unitec, Auckland , 2011
Disclaimer: This may seem graphic to some men but these laws apply to you
as well, even if you do not exhibit physical symptoms like women do.
Private Moon in New Zealand
Photo by Marcus Williams and SP5 Unitec, Auckland , 2011
Disclaimer: This may seem graphic to some men but these laws apply to you
as well, even if you do not exhibit physical symptoms like women do.
After getting my
yoga teacher certification and awakening my chakra pathways a year ago in February,
I realized my sacral chakra was wounded. Not only did this awareness come to
realization but shortly after I realized to completely heal this, I needed
to get off of my birth control. May of this year 2013 right before my birthday
I decided to get my Mirena and IUD out before going to visit my mother. She lives at the beach
so I knew there would be tremendous healing within this trip. I didn't realize
that it was the first super moon of the year. That weekend was magical and
everything came in divine timing. At my birthday dinner I was eating
overlooking the bay where a pod of dolphins played underneath the light of the
full moon. I received my first period in five years in June on the New Moon and
as I felt this rebirth I found some information that I feel I must share with
everyone, including men who are open to hearing about it.
I realized that
woman had always been presented as the moon and in this I realized the synchronicity
of my first returning cycle. Women are supposed to be synchronized with the
moon cycle. The moon electromagnetic frequencies sync with our Pineal gland, which releases proper hormones to signal your proper cycle. With technologies
running rapid and lack of connection to Great Mother-The Moon, our electromagnetic
frequencies may be off. Do not fret for
I will tell you ways later to get back “in-sync”. Through this
connection that woman became the first Shaman or Medicine givers within a tribe,
Anthropologist and Archaeologist alike have found this to be true. Woman first understood the movements of the earth and circle of life. The Sanskit word for ritual
and menstruation is the same - r'ku. The word root for menstruation mens, is
the same for moon, month and measurement. The
first measurement of time, the first calendar was based on the menstrual cycle.
These energies present as so: birth,
growth, full bloom, harvest, decay, death, rebirth. Or just like the Earth's
seasons or personal life cycles: Spring
- Maiden, Summer - Mother, Autumn - Maga, Winter - Crone. It's the
characteristics of each of these weeks are the opportunities for the spiritual practice:
Week one resembles Spring energy. Week two Summer. Week three Autumn and Week four
Winter. This is how all life cycles and how to understand the manifestation
process within the universe.
Week One-
New Moon (day 1 -
first day of bleeding - day 7): Death Rebirth Phase. Winter energy.
Inwardly focused quiet. On retreat or
wishing you were or creating situations in your life so people will leave you
alone (for example fights). Life
review. Visions of how it might
be this new cycle. Letting go of ways or beliefs and attitudes that no longer
serve - both metaphorically with your prayers and intentions and literally with
your blood. Spring energy, building as your blood stops flowing. A time for metaphorically planting seeds for the new cycle. During bleeding:
"I feel quiet, inward", "I don't want to be disturbed". After bleeding: "I feel soft, a
bit vulnerable", "I feel as if I'm peeking back out at the world
" "Here I come again".
Week Two (day 8-14): High Energy Creative
Phase. Summer energy.
Increasing physical, sexual and creative
energy building to a peak at ovulation.
Urgent creative feelings. Heightened
awareness of self and others. More
interested in physical appearance. "I
feel happy, excited, full of energy", "I can do anything!"
Week
Three (day 15-21):
Coming Down and Harvest Phase. Autumn energy.
Post ovulatory descent - can be positive or negative, a sense of pride or
failure.
May experience feelings of failure or elation depending on what you achieved
from your creative peak in the few days after your egg has died unfertilized. "I lost my chance", "I
feel useless".
"I am so awesome, look what I did!" May
feel relief or regret (at not being pregnant, literally and metaphorically). Feelings of wanting to get rid of
unnecessary things around you or in your life.
Wanting change. Things or ways of
being that are no longer working for you show up. This may be confronting or a relief or
both. Depending on how long
you've been ignoring these promptings will depend on how you react to them
showing up again. This happens to
get your attention so you can let go of them in this and the next phase. "Everything seems to be
hard", "Nothing feels like its working". "I've been so busy, I'm so glad I
can rest now".
Week Four Full Moon (day 22-28):Distillation
and Clarity Phase. Winter energy.
Lessons from this cycle are available to be seen and felt.
Either glad of the where you're at with your life or fed up (again).
Feeling ready to let go and surrender or feeling frustrated and annoyed.
Less interested in everyone else, less available emotionally to others.
Inwardly focused. "Don't ask me to do anything, leave me alone"
"I get it now, I'm letting go of this and not taking into my next
cycle."
Ways to honor the menstrual cycle
The flow of the energy through the cycle gives us the clues for how to honor it. It's a good idea to let the people you live with know if you are going to
change the way you do things at your bleeding time. Their support will be
important to the success of you implementing these life changes.
Week one
Retreat from the busyness of the world, even just for an evening.
Before approaching new moon manifestation have a relaxing bath by candle light
with essential oils. Try geranium and rose.
Create your
moonlodge or red tent, this is as much a state of mind as a physical space:
Wear particular clothes or jewelry when bleeding, red stones or appropriate crystals.
This can also serve the purpose of notifying the people you live with that
you're bleeding.
Suggestions from Cassarne, my crystal advisor:
Two crystals resonate with the bleeding time and the choice can be made
depending on which the wearer is more drawn to.
Carnelian: this relates specific to the sacral chakra and our creative centre,
it brings balance to the female sacred organs and empowers the feminine in its
process.
Moonstone: provides a balancing healing energy, especially of the emotions
which may be in a vulnerable and fragile space. It assists in the balance and
awareness of our hormones in their "dance" through our cycle. It is
also a lovely stone to wear when its one's bloodtime as it reminds us of our
connection with the moon and all her & our rhythms. Moonstone reassures us
when we are in retreat at this time.
Garnet could also be worn purely because of its deep blood red hue and its
resonance to our physical experience at this time. Plus it keeps one grounded
and strengthens the healing energy of the Earth with our heart.
Experiment with
dreaming by asking particular questions of your dreams.
Invoke a particular Goddess archetype to be with you during your bloodtime,
perhaps Maeve or Kali.
Draw or paint.
Meditate - with or without questions and perhaps focused on what it is you will
let go of with your blood this cycle.
Do gentle exercise such as walking in nature and consciously connecting with
it.
Feed yourself well.
Use special linen at bloodtime, like red colored!
The bleeding phase of the cycle is as if a monthly enactment of a vision quest.
On day 3 of your cycle, just like in a vision quest, do a meditation and ask
for a vision. You will be gifted with a vision to inspire and fuel you for your
next cycle, write about it, draw it and refer back to it.
Week Two
Use your creative energy, make something (make your own pads).
Express your sexuality, beautify yourself, be indulgent.
Celebrate the energy of your ovulation (just like you would the full moon).
Dedicate your egg to something you wish to give the creative life force to.
Week
Three
Celebrate what you have achieved, created, succeeded in this cycle and let go
of what you haven't. Don't be hard on yourself.
Start to notice the things that aren't working in your life in readiness to let
them go with your blood.
Don't start any new projects, rather finish things off.
Week Four
Be ready for your approaching bloodtime, adjust your plans around it.
Cook in preparation for your retreat time.
Make a pot of hearty soup that you can easily feed yourself and everyone else
from during your bleeding time.
Slow down.
Start to imagine how you want your next cycle to go.
"The whole
menstrual cycle is an alchemical process in itself, during which every woman
who bleeds goes through a transformation inside herself. To menstruate means to
live through a cyclical transmutation in which the past is shed and the new in
embraced. Experiencing this transformation through conscious ritual awakens us
to our connection with the cycles taking place all around us and to our
relationship with all life." Lara Owen - "Her Blood is Gold"
Much inspiration,
gratitude and words of wisdom from: http://www.moonsong.com.au/spiritualmenstruation.html
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