New Moon/Menarche time emotional waves!!

[wiseone]

Today my sister-friend and I were commiserating about the way we feel just before we're about to bleed-the big-ness of our emotions, how we feel like we're taking up so much space when all we really want to do is hide. I just wanted to put this out there to offer support and comfort to fellow sisters who may have an idea of what I'm talking about.
Its so strange how we can go from suddenly feeling normal and comfortable in our bodies, to this immediate sense of being "too much" and overwhelm ourselves and those around us.
Herbs have made a difference for me, especially motherwort, but I also find spending intentional quiet time alone really does the trick. This can be hard to schedule in our busy daily lives but it makes a world of a difference.

love to you today especially, pre-moontime women!

[Shraddhananda]

Love to you as well dear Wise One.
I agree and experience something similar.  And every month it takes me a minute or 10 to realize the intensity of the emotions is related to my moontime.
I find that learning to cycle with the moon, as well as take a day (or at least a few hours) to be quiet and inward - connecting to myself and this great mother earth - is very powerful.  Moon lodges are available in some areas (like Earthaven) and help take us back to a place where we can really tune into these places.
Thank you for your sharing.  It's important for us to come together and create community around these very real parts of being a women today.
Blessings!
Jackie

[julia]

I also can relate to the emotions around my moontime..yet I am always grateful for them, especially when they've been hard to reach the rest of my cycle...any other herbs recommended for intense period emotions?

[Shraddhananda]

Vitex is great...but it must be used as a tonic to see results.  That means 1-2 dropperfuls daily for 3-6 months to really get the benefits.  I'm on month 3 and feeling a lot better.

[wiseone]

At this dark time of year, my moontime feels especially powerful. I think its probably because the world outside is at its most reflective of my inside world, of the dark womb. I find I want to cozy up and sleep and dream at this time..and that it feels most powerful and productive when I really take the time for myself.