This one’s for the girls—apologies to my thousands of male readers.
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One of the best parts of this last week: getting my period.
This is never the best part of anything.
The first couple of days of my cycle are filled with cramping, stomach upset, bloating, headache, and fatigue.
I am the poster girl for Midol.
And usually, given that I teach or do Thai at least every other day, I am working in some capacity during that fun-filled time.
Not this month!
One of my commitments to myself was that I would spend the full first day of my period in bed.
So, equipped with magazines and books, my journal, computer and phone, candles, tea, and a heating pad, I canceled a lunch date and basically didn’t leave the bedroom all day.
It rocked.
Why don’t I honor this day, this cycle, this process more often by resting rather than pushing, quieting rather than complaining, noticing rather than ignoring?
How do you honor your body and its cycles?
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