Modern Lughnasadh/Lammas traditions. Historical rituals make way for celebrations of the first harvest. Celebrate Lammas this year by creating time to honor what you have cultivated this year. Learn more Wheel of the Year practices for you and your family.

Perhaps you have done a salt scrub for your skin, floated in a float tank, or can relate to the full body energetic cleanse that happens when you immerse yourself in the ocean. Women are deeply connected with the pull of the moon and the tides, so this therapeutic ritual can bring a sense of the healing aspects of the sea to one’s home. This can allow for deeper relaxation and connection to the flow of the tides and the moon which pulls at the waters in each of us.

Samhain (pronounced “SOW-in” or “SAH-win”) is a liminal time between the Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice. It is believed that this liminal time releases the human realm from its bounds to the rules of the physical world and lifts the veil between the human and spirit realms. As this happens, there is a sense of timelessness and peace as well as a connection to ancestors. You may already be familiar with some of these ideas from holidays such as All Saint’s Day, Dia De Los Muertos, or Halloween.

A Women’s Wisdom practice for the Winter Solstice.

Women embody various archetypes throughout their lives that are echoed throughout the phases of her menstrual cycle. Each cycle, the menstrual phases emulate the four phases of a woman’s life. This same cycle is also mirrored by the phases of the moon. Women are able to tune in to the energy of these archetypes to remember the past, and rehearse the future.

The Spring Equinox, or Ostara, indicates the first day of the spring season and has been revered for the time of new ideas, curiosity, and sprouting. Celebrate with these rituals and traditions.

With many popular options for hormonal birth control that reduce the time of, the frequency of, or the event all together of having a period, many people are wondering, do women even need to have periods? Beyond that, do women need to experience the full range of a cycle that encompasses more than just a bleed?