- Menses is women's vulnerability & women's power. Deny neither.
- Denying menstrual needs leads to disease and disempowerment of women.
- Honoring menarche 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.
- Women's cycles were commonly entrained to the moon & the tribe before artificial lights and isolating nuclear families.
- 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.
Fonte:
Fonte:
http://www.wisewomanhood.com/womenshealthmenstrualhealth.htm
