Hormones can take a lot out of us. We usually dread the monthly visit of our period and all the outrageous feelings that come along with it. BUT there are habits you could implement to your day to create a more balanced transition during these “hormonal” times, helping alleviate the uncontrollable.
Accomplishing these habits will help the mind and body to align within natural balance:
For the Mind
Grounding yourself in the morning before you start your day
Avoiding electronics for at least the first hour of waking up
Daily meditations, mantras, yoga, stretching or movement through the body
For the Body, Practice
Daily movement (Yoga, QiQong, Taichi)
Listening to bodys message and intuition helping align body with your needs
Stimulate lymph with meridian dry brushing
Start tracking cycle on calendar
Switch to menstrual cups or sponges
Daily bowel movements
Vaginal steaming once a month after your period
Use EWG approved beauty products
Eat
Create nutrition protocol for your personalized needs, eat for your blood type.
Eat organic whenever possible
Avoid plastics in cooking and drinking
Avoid cooking with aluminum foil, replace with parchment paper
Avoid all processed and packaged foods, EAT FRESH
Minimize sugar and replace with coconut sugar, monk fruit, honey or dates
Sleep
Sleep by 10:00pm and wake by 6:00am
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