Reclaiming the Sacred Power of Your Menstrual Cycle
In the days leading up to your bleed, do you feel an overwhelming need to retreat? To step back from the world, slow down, and turn inward, only to find yourself pushing through instead, feeling guilty for needing rest or lashing out in moody outbursts towards those you love?
What if I told you this yearning to pause is not a flaw, but a sacred call, one deeply rooted in your ancestral makeup?
A Forgotten Wisdom
Generations long before our own, women honoured their bleeding time as sacred. During menstruation, they would retreat, not out of weakness, but in reverence, they truly respected and honoured this time. This wasn’t just personal rest. It was seen as a time to channel inner vision, receive intuitive guidance, and offer collective healing.
Tribes understood this. A woman’s inner world during menstruation wasn’t something to hide — it was respected as a powerful and necessary part of the community's well-being.
But over time, this reverence was lost. The feminine became feared, menstruation became taboo, and the sacred was buried beneath shame.
Now, we were taught to deny our needs, to keep moving and push through, to ignore the body’s cries for rest. And so, many of us now experience what we call PMS, but what if those “symptoms” are actually sacred signals?
“Your heightened sensitivity isn’t a flaw — it’s a gift.”
The Wisdom Within PMS
The agitation. The overwhelm. The emotional waves. These are not signs that something is wrong with you.
They are invitations.
Messages from your body saying, “It’s time. Go inward. You’re not meant to keep going.”
PMS arises when we resist this natural inward pull. When we push against the current instead of flowing with it. Headaches, irritability, and fatigue become louder as our soul tries to get our attention. Not to punish us but to bring us back home.
Because your heightened sensitivity during this time is not a flaw. It’s a gift. You are meant to feel more. You are open to receiving guidance, clarity, and deep healing not just for yourself, but for your lineage and the collective.
Menstruation is Not a Burden- It’s a Portal
Imagine how different your experience would be if, from a young age, you were taught to welcome your bleed with love and reverence.
To prepare for it like a sacred ceremony. To ask for support without guilt. To rest, dream, and release what no longer serves.
Instead, we are conditioned to hide it. To feel dirty, dramatic, lazy, or “too much.” We’ve internalised the belief that our cyclical nature is a weakness, when in truth, it is one of our greatest sources of power.
The most direct way to disempower a woman is to convince her that her power is impure.
But you were never meant to suffer through your cycle. You were meant to experience menstruation as blissful, profound, and deeply healing.
Healing Yourself, Healing the Collective
When you reclaim the sacredness of your menstruation, you don’t just heal yourself. You begin to heal generations of women who came before you and those who will come after.
The pain you feel is not just your own. It is the echo of ancestral grief, carried in your womb. But with awareness, compassion, and intention, you have the power to break that cycle.
Each time you honour your bleed, you soften the imprint. Each time you rest, you reclaim space. Each time you speak the truth of your body, you bring remembrance to a world that has forgotten.
Start Here: A Gentle Invitation
Ask yourself:
What would it feel like to anticipate my bleed with love, not dread?
How can I create more space to rest, reflect, and receive during this time?
What do I need to feel supported in honouring this phase of my cycle?
Your womb remembers.
She is waiting for you to come home.
Ready to deepen your relationship with your cycle?
Explore my womb healing sessions — a space to reconnect with your body, honour your inner rhythms, and remember the wisdom that’s always been within you.
Let’s walk this path of remembrance together.
THE AUTHOR
Kayla Ruston is the founder of Womb Wellness, an Holistic Women’s Health Practitioner working with the energetic and emotional fields of the body to support and educsate women and bring them back to their power within.
