Moontime

Talk about a long time, eh? I have been off the grid, technologically! It has felt good to be disassociated from machine use for a bit. Instead of focusing much on the outward physical World, I have been looking more inward. It has been the occurrences on the physical level that have sent me deeper within, though. Where to even begin with what is new? Much has happened since I wrote last; Many changes… Out with some old, in with some new.

I’m going to take it to a personal level with this one – This New Moon has brought up some intense stuff for me this month, and I see as Powerful enough to share. Guys, but don’t shy away! You can benefit from the info too …

For awhile now, I have been tuning into the Moons Energy more and more. As Women, we are the connectors of Moon to Earth. The Moon is the primary symbol for Female Energy. It takes the Moon about twenty-nine days to cycle around the earth; Aligning with the fact most Women go through their menstrual cycles every twenty-eight or nine days. Traditionally, Women always ovulated at the Full Moon, and bled at the New Moon. Many native cultures and tribes, such as the Native Americans, celebrated the time of Menstruation for the Women in their tribe. Women hold a special power during this time. A certain creativity, Empowerment, Gaia-esque Embodiment. Also, the fact that we are able to bleed every month and not die; That is power if I’ve ever seen it! In these cultures, Women would hold what they called, “moon lodges”, where all the Women would gather at the New Moon to honor this sacred time. Back then, Women were more in-sync with the Moon and there was much less toxic estrogen pollution going on, so Women would experience their “Moon cycles” as I like to call it, all at the same time, with the New Moon. Ever notice how Women who live together, or are around one another often, cycle at the same time?T he problem currently, is that society has deemed menstruation as a “problem” for Women, when it really should be Embraced for its Holiness. Between that, and the immense pollution of toxic xenoestrogens (chemical pollutants) in the world through plastic, processed soy, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, etc. leaving us overly estrogenized, with imbalanced hormones and detached from the connection to Grandmother Moon.

Okay, now that I have done my download on our relationship with the Moon, I will share my experience. Since I began consciously paying attention to my Moon cycles for better part of the last year, I have noticed that I have been on track with the Moons phases, i.e. cycling at the new moon, ovulating at the full. However, this fall I was thrown off. Ready to align with the moon in September, I did not. Assuming it to be a glitch in the hormonal Matrix, I let it slip my mind. It was when the beginning of November rolled around that I really began to question what was up. Not only were my hormones imbalanced (I’m not pregnant, for the record), but I was having digestive issues too! No fun! I was eating very healthy, on tons of herbal medicine, exercising/training daily… How was I imbalanced, I wondered? My Instinct was communicating to me that something was missing from my health Quest, but I had yet to find what that was. Well, raw dairy was making an appearance more and more in my life, through articles popping up about its benefits, people around me talking about it… Lets just say, the idea of consuming it had entered my Consciousness. It just so happened that I wound up at a friends house who is an advocate for raw dairy, and they introduced me to raw milk and raw butter. I don’t hold a dogmatic vision of perfect health, and I am open to new areas in the realm of nutrition, as long as they make sense and resonate with my body. By the way, Ancient Cultures have been consuming fermented dairy products forever, such as kefir, butter, and yogurt.

Anyway, after experiencing real milk and butter, not the homogenized, pasteurized toxicity that is sold in stores, I knew it was something special. Not only does it taste amazing, but it made me feel great. (Raw butter is the best ever, just to throw that out there So, I sought out some local Vermont farmers to produce raw milk and raw butter. I began consuming both on a daily basis. I had been eating both products regularly for about two weeks, when the new moon of November came around on the 16/17th.. Guess what else came around? My long lost moon cycle! What do you know… Two weeks of raw dairy, giving me all of the hormones and fats my body was lacking, treating my thyroid, giving me Vitamins D, E, K, and so much more – and BAM! I’m aligned with the Moon again. Empowering, or what?! Yes – It was a stretch of my comfortable boundaries to incorporate dairy into my lifestyle again, but it was obvious that a change needed to take place. Not to mention – My struggles with digestion were completely healed with the incorporation of raw dairy. Basically, the conclusion I came to was that I was severely deficient in natural hormones and fats necessary to have a regular cycle and function properly. If I think about it, being a post-raw-vegan (I hesitate to even use terms that puts us in classifications by health), all I can even think to where I was sourcing fat from was coconut oil, which after detoxification, eventually strips our bodies of hormones! Where was I even getting naturally occurring hormones?! It is so obvious now.

As intimate as that story may have been, I want plant that consciousness of connecting with the Moon in women’s thought pattern because it is so important. We need to embrace our sacred powers and harness them. I will be organizing a monthly Moon lodge in Vermont for women to gather in honor, starting in the next month or two. To find out more information about the history of Moon lodges and to sources of Feminine Empowerment, visit http://www.susunweed.com/ She is an amazing healer ~ Using herbal medicine, Nature, and Mother Earth as her guides. Her website is jam-packed with valuable information on numerous subjects.

Meditate on the Moon for now… Until next time!