TENDING THE CYCLES
a devotional journey through the inner seasons
Fifteen years ago, I went off hormonal birth control after experiencing severe depression and mood swings.
I was later diagnosed with PMDD, and for a long time my cycle felt painful and unpredictable.
What followed wasn’t a quick fix. It became over a decade of leaning into the natural rhythm of my body.
I immersed myself in tracking each phase, working with herbs, warmth, ritual, and nervous system practices.
I began building a steady relationship with my bleed — not avoiding it, but listening to it.
Over time, my menstrual phase, which once felt overwhelming , became something entirely different. Quieter. Dreamlike. Inward. Not always effortless, but no longer something to brace against. I came to understand that this time of the month was a returning within.
For more than ten years, I’ve been studying, teaching, and guiding others in cyclical awareness.
I previously taught a group container called Womb Portal and have continued offering phase-based sessions privately,
refining this work through lived experience and practice.
Tending the Cycles is the evolution of that devotion, an intimate way of supporting others in
reconnecting with their body’s rhythms in a grounded and spiritually attuned way.
“The feminine or yin emblem is the moon, which stands for mutability through its waning and waxing cycles. This power of metamorphosis allows one to destroy and reconstruct their own world.”
— Barbara Black Koltuv
This journey moves through the four inner seasons of the cycle —
beginning with the inner spring, follicular phase and will conclude with ancestral healing to explore lineage, inherited narratives, and the deeper threads carried in the body. Each 90-minute session begins with conversation and education around your current phase — bringing clarity to what your body may be asking for. We then move through phase specific tending practices and rituals. Resources, home practices and herbal support will be given after each session.
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This is for anyone who wants to build a more conscious relationship with their cyclical body. This honors different bodies and experiences. You do not need to be actively bleeding to move through this journey. First moon tending and Mother/Daughter sessions are also available by request and will be adapted as needed.
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This offering has been created to unfold over five consecutive weeks, ideally aligned with your personal cycle. For those who are not actively bleeding, sessions can be structured around the lunar phases. After booking, I will reach out to schedule a short video call to connect, discuss your current cycle rhythm, and clarify intentions before your first session.
The exchange for this offering is $1000. Payment plans are available upon request!
More details for each phase are below <3
🌒 Follicular
The Season of Renewal
Spring • Clarity • Curiosity • Rebirth
Tarot Card: Page of Wands
Intention:
To gently rebuild energy and reconnect with curiosity after descent.
Focus:
Creative innocence, visioning, and outward movement without force.
Session May Include:
• Herbal steam (when appropriate)
• Womb reiki focused on expansion with plant brushing
• Acudetox for clarity and nervous system balance
• Play-based or intention-setting practices
You Leave With:
Herbal support, reflective prompts, and a ritual practice to nurture what is beginning to grow.
🌕 Ovulatory
The Season of Expression
Summer • Radiance • Love & Service • Life
Tarot Card: The Empress
Intention:
To support visibility, connection, and offering from fullness rather than depletion.
Focus:
Magnetism, relational clarity, boundaries, and deepening into the frequency of love and service.
Session May Include:
• Herbal steam
• Womb reiki with heart–womb integration with rose sweeping
• Acudetox for balance and clarity
• Voice or boundary work
• Relational reflection practices
You Leave With:
Herbal support, Guided prompts and rituals to help you remain rooted in your fullness.
🌘 Luteal
The Season of Discernment
Autumn • Contraction • Truth • Dying
Tarot Card: Queen of Swords
Intention:
To honor heightened sensitivity and support emotional refinement before descent.
Focus:
Anger literacy, inner critic awareness, boundary clarity, and noticing patterns, beginning the release of what is no longer supportive.
Session May Include:
• Herbal steam
• Tapping or TRE for discharge
• Grounding bodywork
• Structured reflection on resentment or misalignment
You Leave With:
Herbal support, Practices to navigate contraction with awareness rather than overwhelm.
🌑 Menstrual
The Season of Dissolution
Winter • Stillness • Inner Ceremony • Death
Tarot Card: High Priestesss
Intention:
To create space for deep rest, intuitive listening, and nervous system replenishment.
Focus:
In dissolution, the outer fades and intuition sharpens.
Energy turns inward, perception deepens, and the body invites rest. A quiet unraveling and shedding that allows space for integration, psychic sensitivity, and renewal beneath the surface.
Session May Include:
• Heated waist wrap (no steam during active bleed)
• Womb reiki and adornment, focused on receiving
• Guided inward meditation, space for stillness
• Gentle reflection on the messages of the bleed
You Leave With:
Herbal support, ritual guidance and reflective prompts to treat this phase as an inner ceremony — honoring the intuitive and emotional wisdom carried within it.
“Womb Portal helped me feel embodied. A homecoming to my soul. After many years of feeling numb and disconnected to my womb through painful periods, I can finally feel and hear the messages from my womb. I felt so safe and supported during this healing!"
— M.H.“After our last session, I got my period for the first time in 4 years - it was a symbolic release!”
— M.L“Lex is pure magic! I felt more expressive emotionally where I’d been so blocked.”
— V.N.