Full moon

Somehow, our patriarchal society has made blood born of violence acceptable, but blood born of the natural, miraculous cycles of a body that can beget life ...

Once you've been tracking your cycle and have a better understanding of it, you should feel more in touch with your body rather than angry with or alienated from it at that time of the month. The most important thing is to allow yourself to do what feels good to you. The menstrual cycle is seen as a link to both their ancestors and their future children, a sacred continuum between past and future (via The Exploress). One way to begin is to track your cycle as it relates to the phases of the moon, an ancient practice (via It is said to be the cycle of healers. Take a native tribe of people from the northwest coast of the U.S.