Yesterday felt like the enormous closing of a chapter, marked by symbolic timing in more ways than one. We sold our old property, and at the same time, the return of my moon cycle arrived.

For so long, women were deeply in tune with their bodies and monthly rhythms. Yet somewhere along the way, modern life transformed something sacred into something inconvenient. Something “dirty.” Something to suppress, control, or push aside in order to keep moving at the pace the world demanded of us.

And in many ways, we lost touch with the beauty of tracking our cycles, honoring our rhythms, and listening to the language of our bodies.

This morning felt deeply powerful for me as I reconnected with my sacred womb space – truly my first moon cycle since giving birth to my youngest back in August.

I woke to the familiar feelings of cramping, slight nausea, exhaustion, and all the other sensations that come with returning to this phase of womanhood. But instead of looking at it through the old lens of frustration or inconvenience, I chose to reconnect. I chose to view it as the beautiful natural cycle that it is – the same cycle that creates life itself.

I informed my family that my moon cycle had arrived, not out of embarrassment, but because I wanted them to understand my tiredness, my emotional shifts, and the tenderness of this time. It allows me to truly clock in and appreciate this sacred rhythm instead of resisting it.

And fittingly, today is also the New Moon.
Traditionally, this alignment was sometimes referred to as the White Moon Cycle – when a woman bleeds during the New Moon phase. Symbolically, it is associated with renewal, release, introspection, turning inward, and the archetype of the mother.

Honestly, it feels deeply fitting that this is where my own cycle has landed.
As a mother. As a stay-at-home one. As the house witch tending this home as sacred.
It follows such a beautiful flow.

The White Moon Cycle aligns gently with the phases of the moon:
Menstrual – New Moon Phase
A time for introspection, retreat, and rest. A season for shadow work, reflection, and resetting before the cycle begins again.
Follicular – Waxing Moon Phase
The return of energy, creativity, and possibility. A time for planning, dreaming, and beginning new projects.
Ovulation – Full Moon Phase
The peak of energy and radiance. A time for connection, manifestation, expression, and outward flow.
Luteal – Waning Moon Phase
A season for slowing down, wrapping things up, reflecting on what no longer serves, and clearing space before beginning again.

There is such beauty in following these natural energetic rhythms.
I often wonder: if more of us truly slowed down enough to listen to our intuition, our beliefs, and the signals of our bodies… how much more calm, stillness, and strength might we find within ourselves?

For me, this cycle is about reconnecting with the body that carried and birthed not one, but two beautiful souls.

Will there still be discomfort? Of course. That is part of the experience too.

But this is also why I am grateful for the existence of ginger, raspberry leaf, cramp bark, nettles, lemon balm, and nourishing homemade teas lovingly prepared from one moon phase to the next. It is why I am so grateful to be learning the language of plants and herbalism – because they help ground me through the shifting of my own inner seasons.

How do you honor your own cycles and seasons?
What practices help support you during your time of bleeding, rest, and renewal?