It is no coincidence that our menstruation cycles alongside the moon. Our body is a microcosm of the universe around us and so whether we feel it or not, we are intricately connected to nature – the waxing and waning of the moon, the ebbs of flows of the tides, the changes of seasons…
Did you know that taking a little bit of time to look up and connect with the moon each night can help regulate your cycle? And the more we take time to connect inwards and notice what we are feeling at different times of our cycles, the more empowered we can be to utilise our strengths as they emerge. Around the full moon in particular, you may enjoy an extra surge of creativity and libido, that you can convert into productivity, or even reproductivity!
So tonight, go look up at the night sky and really feel the full moon powering above you and enjoy all its glory within you as a woman.
Not feeling it all that much!? It’s understandable to feel disconnected from yourself and nature, or out-of-whack in these crazy Covid times, and it doesn’t help living in a big city. Taking just one to two minutes a night to look up and take the moon in with a few deep breaths, feel yourself, notice how the breath moves you. Feel the temperature of the air around you. Notice the vast breadth of emotional oceans that you have swum in that day and find one thing to thank yourself or the world around you for.
DU-20, Connection to Cosmos
Right on the top of our head is an acupuncture point we use to help connect with the heavens, with the world around us and it also can be used to help regulate how much clear energy we have in our head.
Put your hand into a fist, now, with a relaxed wrist, give yourself a few knocks on the very top of your head. This is a simple technique to help to clear your mind when you have been overthinking, stuck in your head, or if your head is full of fog and you need more energy to think clearly. Some gentle knocking will help to activate that point and bring some clear Qi or energy upwards.
by Naomi Abeshouse Benko