My Period Disappeared for Years

For many years, I didn’t have a period because I was exercising too much and not eating enough food.

I loved not having the pains of menstruation. 
 I didn’t want to be slowed down by cramps or worry about stains on my sheets. Women were in pain and slowed down by the process. Not me, I got to plug along without a thought or concern about my menstrual cycle.

I won the jackpot! I felt lucky and blessed not to have to worry about bleeding every month.

As women, we've been taught that our period is a nuisance. We are shamed and looked down upon for being dirty, emotional, or bitches.

My relationship with my period changed one magical night when I attended a Women’s circle. It was a gathering to celebrate the healing power of a women’s moon cycle(period).

I witnessed women share the wisdom they received by following their cycle. They told stories of slowing down when they bled to honor their bodies. Some of them had challenging periods, but they were still grateful for their blood.

I sat in the circle, tears rolling down my cheeks, feeling like I didn’t belong. I didn’t feel like a woman. For the first time, I felt like I was missing out. Many women don’t bleed monthly and still feel like a woman. But because the absence of a period was the result of my eating disorder, I knew that another layer of healing was recovering my menstrual cycle.

Late that night, my two friends did a blood ritual over my womb. You guessed it; lots of magic and woowoo stuff. I asked my body and God to return my period. I was ready to reclaim my womanhood!

Magically, my period arrived the next month after years of not having it.

Since then, I have been learning about the Power of my Moon Cycle. I have become more attuned to my body through honoring and respecting the sacred power of my period.

What’s your relationship with your period?

Love it. Hate it. All of the above?????