We’d love to invite you to dream with us for a moment… Imagine we could look ahead twenty years, to a world which fully honours the power and magic of the menstrual cycle and menopause…
(Because we feel especially passionate about how menstrual cycle awareness can empower women and girls we are visioning through this lens, but everything we share in this vision applies to everyone with a menstrual cycle, however they identify).
In this menstrual future, let’s track the life arc of an individual woman…
The menstrual cycle is honoured as the sacred source of life for us humans
The cycles of life are revered and respected as quiet orchestrators of our lives and the menstrual cycle is understood as the heartbeat of that Great Orchestration.
A girl is supported and dignified as she negotiates her first bleed
Because she has grown up in a menstrual-affirming world, when she arrives at her first bleed she feels a real pride and a strong ‘yes’ inside.
She is initiated into the sexual power of her female body
Once her cycles are established, she is supported to hold clear boundaries through her passage into her emerging sexuality. As she grows into a young woman, she befriends her sexuality and is gradually initiated into the full ecstatic, sexual power of the female body. She’s empowered to experience enormous pleasure and sexual freedom.
The issue of contraception is placed firmly in her hands
Because she’s already grounded in cycle awareness, including her fertility signs, she now has choices beyond hormonal contraception.
She is surrounded by professional holders of menstruality knowledge
Throughout our communities and institutions there are respected teachers and guides who support her to track her inner seasons, and how to work with them as an inner guide and a tool for creating wellbeing.
She is prepared for conception, pregnancy, birth and motherhood
If she so chooses, she is perfectly set up for the journey to motherhood, equipt with body knowledge and self-understanding. She naturally develops trust in her body’s inner life-giving processes and is deeply schooled in the art of surrender, ready for the threshold of birth.
She is connected to and skilled up to fulfil her life’s Calling
Throughout her menstruating years she grows a fierce inner dignity about the uniqueness of who she is. Her cycle is her mentor and guide in creating a deeply meaningful, creative and fulfilled life that wholeheartedly imparts her wild legacy.
The menstrual cycle is respected as her spiritual practice
Over time, her inner discoveries expand into a deeper spiritual journey and she is supported to enter the ‘temple of menstruation’ each cycle month and remember who she is, what she is about, and how to live it.
Menopause is recognized as a healthy, organic step in her evolutionary journey
She is prepared for the initiation of menopause, even as she might feel trepidation. She has developed impeccable self-care from years of living and loving her cycle, so she knows her physical and emotional vulnerabilities and how to care for them.
Postmenopause, she is respected as a smart, wise, authoritative elder
After the initiation of menopause, she is supported to step into the vital and powerful role of serving her community and the world and she knows that she’ll be profoundly met, honoured and respected in her third act.
Amazing to imagine isn’t it?! And it’s coming, thanks to you and your cycle awareness practice! A world where knowledge of the full spectrum and power of the menstrual cycle is commonplace is on its way.
If this sends shivers down your spine like it does for us, we warmly welcome you to join us for our Menstruality Leadership Programme. There’s a seat on this menstrual revolution with your name on it.
