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How to Discuss Menstruation With Your Child

How to Discuss Menstruation With Your Child

by DeAnna L’am “This is my Moon Flow,” I said to Ellah, who was about 4 at the time, when she saw me changing a pad. I never saw my Mom changing pads, and hence committed to not hiding my natural flow from my daughter. Without my flow, my girl would not have been born… How could this be anything but a source of joy in my ability to give birth? An ability she will one day share! “All women flow with the moon,” I added, “and you, too, will flow when you become a woman.” Ellah s

Why Is Menstruation Powerful

Why Is Menstruation Powerful

by DeAnna L’am In order to birth Life, we must first Menstruate! In native cultures Menstruation was known as the time when the veil between the worlds is thinnest In native cultures Menstruation was considered a time when women have access to the Divine In native cultures Women had special places to go to when they Flowed: Moon Huts, Moon Lodges, Red Tents. It was understood that when a woman bleeds she is in a heightened state, and cannot be bothered with everyday tasks!

Our Stories, Ourselves

Our Stories, Ourselves

© 2009-2012 DeAnna L’am My own transition into womanhood was painfully lacking in warmth or empowerment. How was the day of Your first period? Was it an inspiring experience? Or is there a knot at the pit of your stomach when you think about it? Our Inner Maiden, the coming-of-age girl we once were, is left inside us hanging, often shamed, embarrasses, or afraid. Her story never told, her beauty never seen, she grew up considering her periods “nuisance,” “bother,” or “the

Coming Of Age: Let Your Daughter Find Her Song

Coming Of Age: Let Your Daughter Find Her Song

By DeAnna L’am © 2012 “Sing daughter sing Make a song And sing Beat out your own rhythms The rhythms of your life But make the song soulful And make life Sing” ~ Micere Mugo Zimbabwe, 1970’s From; “I’m on my way running”, editors: Lynn Reese, Sean Wilkinson, Phyllis Koppelman. Avon books, 1975 Isn’t this the wish of every mother — for her daughter to find her own song, beat her own rhythms, make a soulful song of her life, and sing it? Most would answer with a resoun