Cycle day 8
Here I am at inner spring once again. This time round though I’m not feeling quite the same energy and oomph as I did last cycle. I know, I know, I had a rather busy inner winter. Between starting my bleed whilst on a trip to Gothenburg and the active week I had once back in London – I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised with this inner spring dip.
Sometimes life happens and you can’t rest during your bleed. But also, sometimes you just don’t feel like resting. I actually felt quite energised during my inner winter and so I went with the flow (pun intended lol).
I happened to travel back from Gothenburg on cycle day 1, then attended a 2.5 hour dance workshop on cycle day 2, I went to the sauna and met friends to dance in the park the following evening on cycle day 3, then met up with another girlfriend for dinner the evening after that on cycle day 4 and on cycle day 5 I went out dancing until 1am! Wowsers. Last week was probably my most social week this entire month. No wonder I’m tired now.
Yes I know as a menstrual cycle coach I often preach about resting during inner winter. But I am also an advocate of “breaking the rules”.. because you know what – there are no rules! There is only staying true to your cycle experience, because this is YOUR truth.
The only thing that matters is that you listen to your body.
My body was telling me she wanted to dance last week so I danced – a lot! And now my body is telling me she wants to rest and do some strength training to help stabilise my joints and manage my hypermobility pain. I don’t always get it right – in fact I get it wrong pretty often! But I try not to beat myself up about it and I try to learn from my mistakes.
I am constantly flowing with my cyclic truth – which includes my imperfections, mistakes, lessons, successes, growth. I accept all of these as part of my beautiful cyclical living journey. And that is my wish for you as well.