In tune with the moon

We live in a culture where older women on TV are phased out,where we feel we have lie about our age,where childless women are lambasted, where periods & the menopause are still a misunderstood joke subject and we're the lucky ones...In many societies women still have no rights at all,although change is happening and we need to be part of that.

I was introduced to the teachings of a woman called Jewels Wingfield by a friend who went to one of her sessions at a festival earlier this year. Www.jewelswingfield.com

Even via a recap of her point of view, I knew instinctively that she was expounding a truth about female power that resonated strongly through me.Her belief,condensed, is that,"A circle of women may be the most powerful force known to humanity."

She teaches about how, before patriarchy, women used to live in large groups where the menstrual and lunar cycle was honoured and harnessed,giving us a power that men were so afraid of that they sought to disseminate it by breaking down groups of women and isolating them,making periods taboo and using organised religion and politics to stamp out our intrinsic connection with the earth and her cycles.

Over the last few months I have been using an app to track my menstrual cycle, there's lots to choose from but the one I use is called 'Hormone horoscope'. You plot your cycle and everyday it tells you where your hormones are at and how this might make you feel. As a single woman I've paid scant attention to my periods for ages,apart from joking about the onset on menopause with no real comprehension, but using this app has brought a whole level of awareness that feels completely empowering.

"By nature, women are lunar. It's no coincidence that the length of our menstrual cycles are synced up with the waxing and waning of the moon, occurring around every 28 days. If we are synced up with the moon's cycle, we will menstruate around the new moon and ovulate around the full moon."

http://www.drnorthrup.com/wisdom-of-menstrual-cycle/

Since being so aware of my periods,even for a month, I've felt this force unveiling itself.If we can harness our personal cycle,get in tune with it and tune it to the moon then we can utilise the feminine power that we've been disconnected with and put that power to good use.

"If we are going to see real development in the world then we must invest in women" Desmond Tutu.

It will take feminine consciousness (not necessarily female) to change the destruction of the planet for profit & stop environmental devastation.Male and female we need to recognise how we are all connected to the earth and her cycles.

An recent TV advert for some wild man type series got stuck in my head as the older guy that narrated it was talking about how the modern world is so square and yet nature is so round.Squares represent earthly grounding,organisation and efficiency where as circles are safe and comforting yet powerful in their ability to move freely...Sounds like male and female energy to me...Point being although I never saw the actual TV show it made me think about circles and cycles,the shape of the planet,the moon and wombs.

There is tons of interesting data on how women "sync up" in groups and will all start to menstruate at the same time. My best friend lives 200 miles away yet our periods are due at the same time,coincidence? 

Interestingly I can't find much research on what living in close proximity to a man does to our hormones but I'll bet my bottom dollar that we are suppressed by male hormones which is how patriarchy asserted itself,divide and conquer.

Living as a single parent it has always seemed simple to me that the government should be mooting schemes to house single mothers together in order to provide practical support for each other,it makes complete sense,that's how we used to raise our children, but it seems society is intent on keeping women solitary, chained as we were to our kitchen sinks in order to keep our power diminished.In the western world we are luckier than most women with our freedom but thick or thin the chains unite us all and we need to start swinging them (in a circle?) to break ourselves free.

We all know how important our female friends are to us and the energy a group of like minded women can raise and the time is now for us to utilise that power to make the changes the world so desperately needs.

I believe that if we all could listen to our cycles we would quietly invoke enough power to give Mother Earth the voice she desperately needs.We love our planet and as Mothers,Aunties,Grandmothers,Sisters & friends we want to pass a beautiful,safe world for our children.It's time we took back our power to create that world for them & for all living creatures.
Oh yeh and I know I keep banging on about it but watch 'Before the flood' it will push your "Do something' button.

Full moon tomorrow sisters.Get out there and soak up some moon beams and know that it is an essential key to how we reclaim our sacred femininity.

PS There is so much amazing information out there that will empower you.The app I'm using is http://hormonehoroscope.com but there are tons to choose from.

Other reading-

http://mytinysecrets.com/the-secret-power-of-your-period-revealed/
http://foreverconscious.com/the-feminine-moon-cycle
http://www.moonsong.com.au/the-spiritual-practice-of-menstruation/