Thursday, August 14. 2008Love Letters and Sorella Luna’s next appearance…Imagine my utter delight The author, “TCR” of That pad-love letter was a I will be making a long Happy Moontime! Thursday, July 10. 2008Not so great expectationsEvery few months my cycle shifts from the usual 33 days to 56ish days..Two weeks ago I fully exepcted to shift into moontime and nothing.Every trick I know: motherwort tincture, handmade local dark chocolate with chipotle and cinnamon, comfort reading historical mysteries, kava root dreams, strawberry smoothies. no shift. so I am waiting, expectantly to let go. And in this time of waiting and waiting I know that this is part of my rhythm.I am not worried that anything is wrong.I am not in pain. I am just full, overwhelmingly full of expectation. and that may be why I am having this long cycle. Emotionally, I am holding a great deal too many expectations. Of myself, my husband, my daughter, my job(s), my sense of self. Things I thought I had let go of and there they sit, welling up and ready to overflow.
when will I let go of this and just be? so as today passes by, the sweltering, hazy weather gone I breathe and try to release expectation ... Wherever you are in your cycle, Happy Moontime! Monday, June 2. 2008YES!Yesterday, I spent a very pleasant hour in the company of seven fabulous young women talking eco-menstruation. I led a workshop at the "Youth Environmental Summit 2008" in Fairlee, Vermont --at the lush pastoral haven that is the Hulbert Outdoor Center. Beautiful lakefront view... It was an honor to be able to create space with these teens as they seek a connection with the wisdom of their bodies and of our planet. We talked cultural misconceptions, taboos, and just plain old practical how to care for cloth pads... Thank you for being part of the great circle of eco-power: Savannah, Mercedes, Marcianna, Catherine, Taylor, Hannah, and Celeste! Happy Moontime... Tuesday, May 27. 2008Moontime in VermontI am crossing the threshold into a doozy of a moontime I can feel it. Here is some great news that just perfectly quantifies my love for my home state of Vermont. Sorella Luna has recieved a grant for an Eco Menstruation Public Awareness Campaign!! No kidding-- The Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (blessings on them) has granted Sorella Luna a LW Walbridge Reuse Grant. The funds will help me to give three "Eco Menstruation" workshops within the 22 town service area and best of all gift the women of the area with samples of our gorgeous, fabulous organic cotton pads!! I can give away one hundred of the pads and am over the moon (literally) excited about this opportunity. How tremendous to be able to educate and advocate with such a forward thinking partner as CVSWMD! Hurrah a million times over..I will post my luscious poster and dates and locations for the workshops late in June. The workshops will be most likely: July 29 in Montpelier, in Barre during the month of September, and in Hardwick in October or November. Going to go and go with the flow-- Linda P Sunday, April 20. 2008In TuneWhen women are close physically (college roomates) or emotionally (friends/ co-collaborators) their menstrual cycles often become synchronized. Slowly ovulation and moontime align so that a small group may start to bleed within a few days of each other.. Sometime this attunement is so powerful that it can happen from a distance. My sister just miscarried her first child. She was only nine or ten weeks along in the pregnancy and had warning beforehand that her body was about to make this transition...From afar, I helped her with the suggestion of blue and black cohosh and lots of vitamin C and baths to cross the threshold into letting go. I sent a care package and talked with her on the phone many times a day. It was emotional upheaval for us all and so once she was safely crossed into the flow, once her body was letting go --is it any wonder that I started bleeding too? My jaw dropped when I saw my blood. I had just felt the telltale "ping" sensation of ovulating on my left side. I'd had my ovulation dreams. I was two weeks from my period but I started anyway. For a whole week, I bled. We are taught that the menstrual cycle is on average 28 days long. We know that the lunar cycle is 29 and a half days and that in fact most women cycle at 31- 33 days regularly... We are taught that ovulation happens once, mid cycle as a fixed point in a linear process...Studies are now confirming what women have known for ages..Depending on the month's inputs (food, words, events, illnesses) the menstrual cycle can change in length and duration. That ovulation can sometimes be spontaneous, a response to overwhelming joy or intense trauma. (Not ground breaking news to the mamas of "surprise " babies...) And can happen more than once in a cycle. My flow has stopped and I am resetting the balance, looking outward and ahead of me. When my sister is ready she willl also look up and outward and we will both start on our paths again. Even if they diverge, we have been in tune in an inexplicably beautiful way.. |