Cancer Season Astrology: Magical + Healing

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Cancer season came in with soft, womb-like energy.  I find myself curling in, slowing down and filling up.  After the bustling energy of spring, this window of time to let go and flow with the natural rhythm of my life feels like a healing change of pace.  I’m definitely not an astrologer. You probably know more […]

The Different Phases of the Menstrual Cycle (and What Your Favorite Says About You)

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Cycle awareness is not about fixing or perfecting ourselves or our cycle; it’s about getting to know ourselves in the most intimate way, and really owning the rightness and uniqueness of our nature, as it is. It’s about getting to know our strengths and our vulnerabilities, and seeing it all as reason to love ourselves deeper. […]

Organic Timing & Your Menstrual Phase

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My menstrual cycle has taught me many things over the years, but one of the best lessons has been this: to trust the organic timing of the creative intelligence within me, for we cannot rush our growth.  Like plant seeds, we hold unseen potential within us, and only through the experiences of life will we evolve […]

Luteal Phase Plant Allies: Nettle & Mugwort

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In the luteal/inner autumn/fruiting phase of our cycle (roughly days 21-bleed), our bones speak to us. They speak of ancestral knowledge,the hardiness of generations that have carried through and carried on through weathers and wars.  They speak of the deep ache we collectively inherit from generations of buried Feminine ways; the ways which have silently sustained […]

The Soft Animal of Your Body: Signs of the Luteal Phase

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There comes a time in the cycle when the soft, raw animalistic nature of your body really wakes up. This is the inner autumn (roughly days 18-26), or what I call the fruiting phase. Your body is incredibly wise and innately intelligent. When the mind confuses us, we can ask our bodies.When the mind feels disconnect, we […]

What’s Your Intuition Style?

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One of the many natural powers on offer in inner autumn / fruiting phase of the menstrual cycle (roughly days 19-bleed) is increased intuition. In the second half of our cycle, sexual energy descends and creates inner spaciousness and increased sensitivity for our subtler senses to come alive. Like in outer autumn, inner autumn is a […]