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Moontime Nutrition Part 2: Nourishing Your Pre-Ovulatory Phase

18/9/2022

 
This Phase 2 in a series of FIVE. Looking for another phase? Jump to it here:

Phase 1: The Menstrual Phase
Phase 3: The Ovulatory Phase
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The cyclical nature of the menstrual cycle communicates our constantly changing needs. And the benefits of paying attention to these needs are SIGNIFICANT! In this series we will explore the different phases of the menstrual cycle and how to best honour them using nutrition, herbs, and lifestyle changes.
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In this article we will explore the second phase of the menstrual cycle - The Pre-Ovulatory Phase.
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PHASE 2: THE Pre-Ovulatory PHASE

Days 6 to 11
The Pre-Ovulatory Phase starts from the cessation of menstrual bleeding to a few days before ovulation. In a typical 28-day cycle, this approximately corresponds to day 6 until day 11 of the cycle.

​If your cycle is say 30 days long, this phase might more closely correspond with days 7 to 12 or so.


​Similar to an inner Spring, or the waxing moon phase of the lunar cycle, this phase has traditionally been seen as a time of dynamism, of rising energy levels and growing confidence. I personally feel a sense of renewal, as if the fresh breezes of Spring are flowing through my consciousness!

After you have a period, you begin to grow a bunch of new eggs (or follicles) inside one of your ovaries. You enter an energetic cycle of inspiration and creation: physically, psychologically, and spiritually. This phase is ideal for giving birth to something outside yourself as internally, one of your ovaries begins to gestate and "birth" a fertile egg.

I love getting into the energetic and archetypal aspects of the hormonal cycle. But I also think we need to cover some basic physiology so that you get a good idea of what's happening inside your body during this phase. So...
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Moontime Nutrition Part 1: Nourishing Your Menstrual Phase

9/9/2022

 

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This Phase 1 in a series of FIVE. Looking for another phase? Jump to it here:

Phase 2: The Pre-Ovulatory Phase
Phase 3: The Ovulatory Phase
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The cyclical nature of the menstrual cycle communicates our constantly changing needs: physically, mentally and emotionally. Paying attention to these ebbs and flows, and nurturing your body and mind through the four phases of your menstrual cycle could be one of the best health decisions you make.

In our culture, the biological processes that make women most powerful are also the ones that our modern culture fears, or at least views as problematic.

In ancient societies, menstruation, childbirth, and menopause were seen as crucial initiations that brought with them new heights of wisdom and respect.

Nowadays, menstruation is something to be ignored and hidden, labour and birth are heavily medicalised, and menopause is seen as a disease state to be managed.


Women are taught from a young age that periods are something to be ignored, in lieu of honouring our monthly need to become a little more introspective and shed what no longer serves us. "Onwards and upwards!" is what we are taught.

Advertising for sanitary products suggests that, during our periods, we should all be able to simply wear a tampon, don a pair of tight white jeans and ride a horse – to basically carry on with life as if nothing magical and attention-worthy were happening. Which it IS.

That doesn't mean that we shouldn't be active
if we feel like it! Just that I think we ought to pay attention to our bodies throughout our menstrual cycle, and adapt accordingly.

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The cyclical nature of the menstrual cycle communicates our constantly changing needs. And the benefits of paying attention to these needs are SIGNIFICANT! In this series we will explore the different phases of the menstrual cycle and how to best honour them using nutrition, herbs, and lifestyle changes.

​Let's start with the first day of bleeding - The Menstrual Phase.
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