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The Body is the Teacher
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“The wisdom of the body is a good place to start
rethinking and re-feeling our conception of nature.”
~~ Starhawk
Greetings to all my precious people!!
The Fire Horse year is here. It arrived four days ago on February 17th and you can feel it—the quickening, the intensity, the demand for authentic expression.
For the past two weeks, we’ve been preparing:
Week 1: INTUITION – You learned to trust your body’s knowing before your mind can prove it. You practiced listening to your three centers: head, heart, gut.
Week 2: OBSERVATION – You learned to see clearly, to discern YOUR truth from the conditioning you inherited. To recognize when you’re seeing through someone else’s eyes.
This week, we go deeper into the body itself.
Not the body as culture sees it (something to control, judge, fix, optimize).
Not the body as you were taught to see it (object, problem, liability, betrayal).
But the body as TEACHER. As wisdom keeper. As sacred text.
Moxibustion and Dysmenorrhea
A study conducted by Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has determined that the use of moxibustion at specific days during a woman’s menstrual cycle can decrease pain associated with menstruation. Dysmenorrhea or painful menstruation is a big problem for many women. This study used moxibustion, an accessory modality of TCM, to treat the pain associated with menstruation. The study and its systematic review showed moxibustion treatments were more effective at relieving pain only when the moxibustion began prior to the onset of actual menstruation. This is also the theory behind Traditional Chinese Medicine, that it should be used as preventive care. The efficacy of using moxibustion during the premenstrual time period holds great promise for those who are debilitated by dysmenorrhea. continue reading
