The Womb: Your Source of Wisdom
When I first heard someone talk about my belly as "the womb", I cringed a little.
The word felt foreign, too mystical, too... much. I had never thought of my uterus as my "womb" - it was just the part of my body that cramped every month and would theoretically grow a baby someday.
But I was also in pain. Severe menstrual pain that I later learned was endometriosis.
I was searching for answers, for some way to understand what was happening in my body.
When I encountered a woman named Bryony Rose offering a 3-month container called a Womb Mystery School, I felt called to join, even though I remember thinking I would never have imagined myself doing such a thing.
I decided to be appropriately sceptical and see what happened.
The Moment Everything Changed
At first, when Bryony guided us to "go into our womb space," I had no idea what she meant.
But after some weeks of practice, something shifted. I felt a tingle in my uterus - and I knew, suddenly, that this was my womb.
There was something there. Something I could touch, experience, and become aware of.
It hit me like a revelation: no wonder I had lived my whole life without being connected to this part of my body.
No one had ever guided me there.
This wasn't something women in my family talked about. There were no qualified guides around me who knew how to help me connect with my womb.
The more I persisted with the practices, the more obvious it became that the womb - as an energetic space, as an experience a woman can have - is absolutely real.
We just need the right context, the right attitude, and the right guidance to access it.
Your Womb as Inner Guide
Then came another discovery that felt like uncovering an ancient yet totally natural secret: I could be in a relationship with my womb. I could talk to it, ask it for guidance, and receive visions.
I started experimenting with life decisions - putting my hand on my belly and asking, "What do you think?" The answers that arose were always surprising and felt deeply true.
Here's what I've learned about the support your womb can offer:
It helps you slow down and remember what matters. Whether through your monthly bleed that naturally forces rest, or anytime you place your hand over your belly and tune in - your womb pulls you back to what's essential.
You can ask it questions and listen for answers. This isn't metaphorical. Your womb will respond with insights, images, and knowing that arise from a deeper place than your thinking mind.
It's a powerful reminder of your creative force. Your womb holds the energy of growing life and birthing things into the world - whether that's a baby, an idea, an art piece, or a project. Connecting with your womb is a potent way to generate new desires and possibilities for your life.
Beyond the Bleed: Cyclical Living
At first, I only thought about my womb when I was bleeding. That's when we're naturally closest to it - it's cramping, we see our blood, it's hard to ignore.
But gradually, I felt drawn to connect with my womb throughout my entire cycle.
This shift was confronting at first. It made me sad to see how easy it was to feel disconnected from my womb, from my femininity, when I was out in the world trying to achieve and be productive.
I realized that our traditional lifestyle actively pulls us away from our wombs and our feminine nature.
Society wants us to be productive every single day, to produce consistently.
But society also wants us to be able to carry life and deliver babies.
The hypocrisy is staggering, and there's some anger work to be done when you start seeing this clearly.
But here's what I discovered when I made womb connection a priority:
I began to feel like something had my back. I wasn't alone. I had access to a larger mechanism - my cycle - that offered me different energies and experiences each month.
It reminded me that I'm a cyclical being, that there's always the next month, and that I don't need to be perfect or productive in linear ways.
I basically feel like it's the ultimate solution to patriarchy.
When I'm connected to my womb, I feel softer, more sensual, and more sensitive.
I move through the world differently - with more trust in my rhythms, more attunement to subtlety, more faith in the intelligence of cycles and seasons.
What We've Lost, What's Possible
I believe we've forgotten how powerful women are - not in the authoritarian sense of power, but in our ability to attune to a different side of reality.
The more subtle, cyclical, and intuitive aspects of life.
We're currently suffering from an immature masculine energy running the world - chasing after more and more, without knowing how to pause and reflect on what's good for the whole, optimising in purely linear ways.
If more women were connected to their wombs and cycles, we would play a crucial role in questioning how things are done, offering our intuitions, and helping us remember the whole.
Your womb isn't just a reproductive organ.
It's a source of wisdom, creativity, and power that's always with you.
It's a gateway to trusting yourself more deeply and moving through life with the support of your own cyclical nature.
Starting Your Own Womb Relationship
You don't need to join a mystery school to begin this relationship, though guidance can be incredibly helpful.
You can start simply:
Place your hand on your lower belly and breathe
Ask your womb a question and listen for what arises
Track how you feel in different phases of your cycle
Notice when you feel most connected to this part of your body
See what happens when you reframe your menstrual cycle from an inconvenience to a source of guidance
This isn't a gimmick or new-age trend. It's a real part of you, offering real support and guidance.
It will make your life better. You'll feel less alone, experience less self-doubt, and become more receptive and inspired.
Your womb is a source of your power and wisdom. It will teach you to trust yourself more.
And perhaps most importantly: you're not silly for wanting this connection. You're reclaiming something that should have been your birthright all along.
