Appreciating ends...The Red Tent Novel.

Tonight i finished The Red Tent. Surprising that i was able to hold off getting to the end for so long. But i managed. I was recommended the book months ago and have saved reading it for long luxurious cleansing baths where i have really been able to retreat into the fictional world created by Anita Diamant. I see coming to the end of books as a positive and a negative and often i read little bits so that i can dwell in the world for as long as possible. This particular book has stirred quite the movement in the world and dramatically in myself. I have talked about a Red Tent or Moonlodge in my posts previous and for me this is where my interest began. Since allowing myself to indulge in the healing and flow of my menstrual times i have become a more connected and rounded woman. I am so grateful to women around me who support this belief and the women in the world who inspire each other to heal and gather through their bleeds.

I have decided i will write a message in the front of this book and give it to another woman in hope it will keep on affecting their relationship with themselves and the world.

This chapter has just ended but another has already begun.

Blessings

Aiyana xxxx

For anyone who is interested you might like to read Anita's blog The Red Tent and more...

Wanting to Hear Your Menstrual Story.

Goddess Kamakya during her menstruation.

 I have recently decided to make a post dedicated to sacred ways to use menstrual blood. I am looking for personal stories that i can share with the world to inspire them to feel their cycle rather than ignore it. My first idea was just to propose this on facebook but i think i would like to open it up to the world now. Please email me at aiyana.woman@gmail.com if you would like to share your story.

Tell me what you think of your monthly blood, do you connect it to the moon and feel powerful when you menstruate? Is your time spent healing and slowing down from your daily responsibilities? Did developing a better relationship with your body help you in other aspects of life? Do any of you link menstruation to pregnancy? Or do you have a bad relationship with your menstruation? Has society put pressure on you to hide it and feel unclean? Do you want your perspective to change?

I want you to talk about your menstruation. I want everyone to talk about menstruation. I want us to claim back our power through our bleeding. I want to help women do this.

With love and blessings

Bree xxx

Moon Note

Artwork by Elizabeth Halfacre

Welcome! Hello beautiful souls. So here I am creating my first blog. Today I would like to dedicate a post to the moon. Those of you who get to know me will soon see that i have a very strong relationship to grandmother moon. While I track her I dwell in her powerful round belly when she is full and surrender to her dark honest guidance when she wanes to dark moon. That's today. Happy new moon! In ancient times tribal women would retire to their red tents to menstruate and release at this time. This was the time of the moon that they could let go of all emotional negative energy they had been holding onto. Nice poetry. Even though, like many others, my moontime (menstruation) does not correspond so precisely to the moon i will use this universal energy to my advantage and let go of something myself. I find the easiest way to do this through ritual and tonight the act of burning seems significant.

Blessings to all.