My Period Blood Is Sacred

My period blood is SACRED. It is the potent elixer of LIFE. There has been so much distortion around menstruation via colonization, religion, and you guessed it the patriarchy. Having me think it is something to be shamed about, that my body is inherently shameful. I've lived 15 years of my life, or approximately 180 periods dreading it, in pain, hating my body, hating "that time of the month", and spending each second wishing it would be over. Ohh but that is before I knew the TRUTH. My menstrual blood has rich stem cells that can regenerate organs and cells. Japanese researchers have taken menstrual blood and have used its stem cells to repair damaged heart tissue and it is being studied in the treatment of Alzheimers. My womb blood has the potential to heal hearts and that is only on a biological level.

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My womb blood heals me every month as my womb assists me in releasing and renewing. A powerful time to tune into my deep healing and energetic cleansing. A time I deeply connect to the Earth and her sacred teachings of cycles and flow. Now when I start my bleed I am full with reverance where I once was full of dread. And that is the transformative nature of tuning back into the wisdom and truth of My Body and the Earth.

—Originally Written July 15th, 2020