Menstruation is one of the most magical experiences in a woman's life, and yet it has been vilified for years - and women everywhere have bought into that lie.

It doesn't have to be this way.

Years ago, men in medicine thought they knew what was best for women’s health. Just as they decided sedated childbirth was an ideal experience and removed the truth about natural birth from medical school textbooks, they did the same with menstruation. 

They saw no need for women to be attuned to their bodies or understand the cycle's many purposes (it is much more than periods and pregnancy, ladies!). Instead, they reshaped the way future generations of women would see their bodies and how they operate — and they did that by medicalizing menstruation. 

We often say that childbirth is the most natural and common human experience women go through, but this again slights what all women go through far more often than childbirth…menstruation! And not just your period, but the whole cycle from Day 1 through to the next bleed. 

That cycle takes you through four distinct seasons, and most women miss this because they weren’t taught the language or how to observe them. Nor were they taught why it’s important to understand what causes cyclical dysfunction like painful periods, clots, and mood swings.

Guess what? Hormones are *not* the root cause. They’re your friend, and they’ve been mislabeled to condition you to loathe them.

Just as the hormonal cascade during natural childbirth should not be disrupted, nor should the hormonal cascade during your cycle. But much of what we do in our daily lives wrecks our cycle — and this goes far beyond the typical things most women think about, such as their diet, household toxin exposure, or period products.

While those things do matter, they’re the tip of the iceberg and still rooted in Western medicine-minded thinking.

I want to introduce you to the Cycle Path. Let’s start by explaining what the Cycle Path is not.

The Cycle Path is not FAM or NFP. I’m not teaching you birth control methods. That’s been done, and done well. If you need a crash course into natural pregnancy protection or family planning, I highly recommend this book.

The Cycle Path is not seed cycling or a diet plan.

The Cycle Path is not focused on helping you prevent pregnancy or achieve it, although using the Cycle Path may lead to you reaching said goals if you have them.

So if it’s not all of the things you may have already heard about…"what is it," right?

The Cycle Path is a term I’ve coined to describe the cyclical roadmap that lives within you. It’s within each of us as women, and it won’t look the same for you as it does for someone else.  

Working with me, you can learn what that looks like, how to understand what your cycle is communicating to you, and how to use your cycle to truly thrive in all aspects of your life!

You might be more natural-minded, and you might even think you knew all there was to know about your cycle. I find most women who believe that merely don’t know what they don’t know. They don’t know they’re missing the entire other half of the book on their cycle, because they were told what they learned was complete.

Some women go on to self-educate beyond what health class teaches them in the mainstream. They may learn about monitoring their cervical mucus and position for fertility, and this extra knowledge further conditions them to believe they know it all. But most of us are barely scratching the surface when it comes to menstrual knowledge.

If you don’t know your cycle is impacted by more than food and drink, but that empty relationships, a job you hate, the wrong work schedule, and more could be causing some cycle-related issues…

If you don’t know light, noise, and engagement with others can both help and hinder your well-being based on where you are in your cycle…

If you don’t know your response to your hormones in the luteal phase is actually a direct reflection of your mind and body’s true response to your life choices…

If you don’t know you move through four phases of who you are each cycle, and also move through four phases of who you grow into throughout your life…

If you don’t know the activities (including work) you engage in are supposed to intentionally fluctuate based on where you are in your cycle for you to achieve and maintain wellness…

Then you don’t know the whole truth about your cycle. I invite you to learn it! 

Ready to know more?

Join Dani's Menstrual Community  and learn alongside and from other women who are looking to take their cyclical knowledge to the next level! 

Join Dani's Menstrual Community  and learn alongside and from other women who are looking to take their cyclical knowledge to the next level!