Courses

Ancestral Menstrual Support and Cycle Synching

For much of history, this sacred time in a woman’s cycle was supported by sisterhood, comfort and a synching of activities to a lunar cycle. The quarters of our moon cycle correspond metaphorically to the four seasons and each week of the month offers a different potential for relationships to oneself and others.

Though sometimes a result of patriarchal systems and religious taboos, red tents or menstrual huts sometimes offered the opportunity for a culture of support to be created amongst menstruating women now sorely missing in modern culture. One consequence may be increased disturbance by premenstrual symptoms knowns as premenstrual dysphoric disorder or PMDD.

This 3 hour course is offered for women who have suffered at least 5 of the following symptoms for at least 2 consecutive cycles:

• Depressed mood or feelings of hopelessness

• Irritability or anger

• Anxiety or tension

• Mood swings

• Decreased interest in activities

• Difficulty concentrating or making decisions

• Fatigue

• Changes in appetite

• Sleep disturbances

• Physical symptoms (e.g., bloating, breast tenderness)

About This Course and Cyclesynching

This 3 hour psychoeducational course offers a foundational awareness of the menstrual cycle allowing for women to align personal and professional endeavors to their cycles both monthly and across the human lifespan.

Cheryl Ross, a certified natural family planning instructor will support women in recognizing natural signs of fertility (using temperature and texture) commonly known as the symptothermal method. Jamie Kohanyi will support participants in identifying lifestyle, relational and self-care practices that are truly attuned to each woman’s body.

Symptothermal

This is not the rhythm method which overgeneralizes the female cycle to 28 days.

Symptothermal NFP allows women to deeply know their bodies using daily personal signs of fertility to synchronize activities to the different energy available each week of our cycle. This method has been otherwise used as a means to plan and prevent pregnancy without the use of reproductive technologies, hormonal interference, or barrier methods with perfect use efficacy at planning and preventing pregnancy of 99.4-99.6%.

Reproductive Empowerment

In this moment in time, women’s physical and mental health need to be increasingly sovereign from systems of professional dependency, to know their bodies, and to be attuned to their own fertile potential. 

Please consult with your doctor if this is your purpose as our course is for psychoeducational purposes only and to rule out medical reasons for menstrual discomfort.