Women's Medicine
Once upon a time, we knew. We knew how to take care of ourselves and our families and community. We knew that the medicine was within. It has been a holy unravel coming back to the simple truths. That illness at one point in time was rare, and today its commonplace. That people are walking around in pain, exhausted beyond comprehension, and adding more prescription medication to the routine. This is not normal, but it is common. The most important truth of all is we, as women, have the power to transform our health, our family, our community and the planet. If we can remember to trust ourselves we have a massive opportunity, collectively. It starts with the individual. One woman at a time to remember. Life is created in our very bodies, so why would we need to look out?
On a more practical note, historically women have not been scientifically studied. Our bodies, needs, and complexities have not been under the microscope of medicine, but as we enter through the doors of the western medicine they tell us our options as the only way. It is disheartening to know that the world of science and medicine have not historically included our bodies, however it leaves us with an opportunity. We have the chance to speak, to stand and to claim our bodies as our own. As it always was. This vessel of life, birth, death and so much more. We contain it all. In our very bodies we hold the ability to experience growing another life and with so much pain through miscarriage, death. In our very bodies.
What we miss in the doctor offices are our emotional lives. Our relationships and mothering, how they deeply affect our day to day. Our over stimulated nervous systems. Chronic illness that can not be identified. Our ancestors and what their messages are to us in this life. WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TRANSFORM. These, we do not include in our conversations about health. However, they are foundational.
When we can start to take a part the hidden pieces we begin to HEAL. We begin to integrate, and there we have the true assimilation of our whole existence.
For me, I desire to thrive. I see the power in women and it inspires me deeply. My wish, my deepest prayer is that women find their centers. I truly believe the world has a chance to find its center if the collective WOMAN finds hers. We come back to self. Through this proclamation, our individual nervous system resets, our intimate relationships reset, our community resets, then the planet resets. Coming back to ourselves through practical earth medicine, ritual, attuning to our cycles, rhythms, and seasons will heal more than we can comprehend. This world needs our ability to attune.
The medicine lives in the every day magic in the mundane. Its in the medicine we feed ourselves through food, pleasure, holding space, and letting go. The containers of sacredness we heal within and through. Most of all, we look longingly to our romantic partnerships for this connection only to be met with confusion. This is because we are meant to do this work with women. Gathered in sacred circle. Not to give answers, but to witness and reflect. This is where we begin to remember. I hope you join me, this is one of my deepest longings. Women who gather, who reflect and who heal through the power of the collective WOMAN. And we can all remember. That the pain we are living today is common, but not normal.