From burnout and endometriosis to becoming led by my womb

My story

I’ve become fascinated with the menstrual cycle and cyclical living when I developed severe menstrual symptoms and learned that I have endometriosis.

It’s a condition that makes the endometrial tissue grow into the wall of the uterus and causes heavy bleeding, cramps, inflammation and - in worst cases - can lead to infertility and surgical removal of the uterus.

Unfortunately, modern gynaecology does not provide women with a lot of holistic options when it comes to menstrual health.

I have been underdiagnosed for several years and later advised to go on birth control as a form of preventing the spread of endometriosis.

I wanted a different story of healing - one where I turn towards my body rather than against it.

I felt like my womb was not just sick and in need of treatment.

It felt like a part of me that had been abandoned by me most of my life and it was now calling out to me to step into a more loving, attentive and caring relationship with it. 

This began my exploration of the menstrual cycle, the womb, energy work, somatic therapy, pelvic anatomy, nutrition and ritual.

I believe that the menstrual cycle is a beautiful, nature-given mechanism embedded in our bodies that can be a source of guidance, balance and wisdom, if we learn how to listen to it and work with it. 

Most of all, I now see my body as a connected system where an imbalance in one part of my body must be connected to not just other parts but also my whole life - emotional, relational, creative, and social. 

I create resources and experiences to help myself and others come back home to our bodies based on what I need and learn each month.

I also create spaces where we can come together with other women to regulate our nervous systems and normalise centuries of oppression of the feminine that left our bodies and psyches burdened with fear and shame.

This work emerged from my own journey of learning to stay connected to myself through all phases of life - the expansive and the contractive, the joyful and the difficult.

I believe that when women are in right relationship with their sources of power, wisdom, and love, they become forces of healing in the world.

My approach weaves together cycle awareness, somatic practices, relational wisdom, and the deep knowing that your body and emotions are not problems to be solved, but teachers to be honored.

To adjoin the instinctual nature does not mean to come undone, change everything from left to right, from black to white, to move the east to west, to act crazy or out of control. (…) It means to establish territory, to find one’s pack, to be in one’s body with certainty and pride regardless of the body’s gifts and limitations, to speak and to act on one’s behalf, to be aware, alert, to draw on the innate feminine powers of intuition and sensing, to come into one’s cycles, to find what one belongs to, to rise with dignity, to retain as much consciousness as possible.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes., Women Who Run With The Wolves

My Dream

I want a world where women are friends with their bodies and feel comfortable in their own skin.

I want a world where women don’t think that being a woman is about suffering but about thriving.

I want a world where women don’t feel like their role is to push, perform, and endure instead of being alive, cyclical and creative.

I want a world where women don’t need to pretend that their bodies work like male bodies in order to make a living.

I want a world where women can feel safe. Safe around men, safe around other women, and most importantly, safe in their own minds and bodies.

I want a world where women know how to access wisdom and guidance in their hearts and wombs.

I want a world where the best of masculine energy is met by the best of feminine energy and they grow together in collaboration and mutual respect.

I want a world where new kinds of energy, resource and work exchanges are possible because we can connect deeply about what we really want and how to get it.

I want a world where I can do what I love and feel good.