Moon Time bracelet...

If you’re like the majority of women in this culture, the monthly menstrual cycle is considered an huge inconvenience, “the curse.” But there are many other perspectives about it around the world. It’s actually an amazing time of cleansing, of letting go of the past and beginning anew (literally and figuratively). Every month we release, renew, and rebuild. It’s actually extraordinary when you think about it! And only a women can do this -- one more form of the power of healing and regeneration that we women carry. It’s also a time when women become VERY open. Because the womb is the place where we bring Spirit into the physical world, during this time of the month the veils between worlds become thinner. We have a deeper and more open connection to the power of creation. Women used to go off together when they were on their Moon Time, not because there was something wrong with them during that week. But because it was a time to respect the cycle, and to nurture yourself among the healing power of other women. Imagine that luxury!... How different would you feel about your life, your body, if you respected the power of this time each month, if you tried to open as much as possible, be gentle with yourself (rather than trying to prove to everyone you can still do everything), and made some extra time to rest, and dream, and create something, and open to Spirit?...

The stones used here are stones that relate to female energy, to the heart, to blood, to passion, to creativity: ruby, garnet, carnelian, coral, and jasper. There is also moonstone to help connect to intuition and dreams, and a pearl to represent the moon, and the purity of the female cycle. There is a matte finish bead of obsidian at the clasp, because obsidian is a stone that connects us to the Void, so active at this time of the month. The rest is sterling silver (female, moon energy): rings, spacers, spirals to represent the deep and infinite spiral within us, an “infinity” clasp, and a ring that says GODDESS because every woman is one.

This would be an excellent celebration gift for a girl who has just entered this phase of her life. Or a great piece to wear each month during this week as a reminder of other perspectives you could choose to have of this powerful cycle, and to remind yourself about self-care and respect. If you have moved past this time in your life, it’s a wonderful reminder that though you do not bleed every month anymore, you have not “lost” something. You always carry the power of this time with you, and are just adding a new level of wisdom and opening to go with the phases of the past that you carry internally now.   7 inches

$195