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24.01.2022 This Friday lunchtime I’m holding a sacred circle for the women in the newly formed First Moon Circle facilitator mastermind. This is a space for the women who have completed their facilitator training, who loved sitting in circle with peers and want to keep receiving that group support goodness. A place where they can sit in circle with each other as space holders to be resourced and held themselves. Our circle this week falls just prior to the Full Moon, and the beginning... of Summer here in Australia. Working with these external seasons and cycles, we’ll explore how we can be mindful of our needs in our own inner Summer phases too. That time when everything we’ve been working towards builds: do we burn out and frazzle from the overwhelm, or are we able to pull it back and ride that wave smoothly, allowing the momentum to continue itself? I’ll be sharing tools to help the facilitators support themselves at this culmination of a big year of change, growth, learning and transition. #firstmooncircles #fullmoon #summerenergy #selfcare #cycleselfcare #burnout #sacredcircle #practitioners #cycleawareness #menstrualcycleawareness #mca #gentlebusiness #cyclesyncing #productivityhacks #relax #meditation #grounding

23.01.2022 Just as it should be. If there are 800 million women and youth worldwide are menstruating at any given time - and if in even wealthy countries such as the US over half of women in low income areas cannot afford period products, that’s a lot of people in need. Now, over to the other leaders to follow suit. Sources: ... https://www.wateraid.org//International-womens-day-having- https://www.reuters.com//us-health-menstruation-usa-idUSKC Thank you Kim Darby for sending me this post

22.01.2022 Here I was, day 2 of my big bleed retreat. Blissed out from cold so chilling it flooded me with a rush of heat. Immersed, floating, allowing myself to be washed up by the waves. Water nourishing, healing, yet prickling. This weekend was truly a big bleed vision quest for me. The separation before going was simple - packing was easy, the kids didn’t get upset - but on the inside I was feeling all kinds of anxiety about leaving them. Not from a lack of trust, just this biochem...ical resistance to separating from them. So deeply instinctive I could see it and feel it but was powerless to it. I had a nightmare about my baby the night before going, and my first night away. The anxiety remained until I sank into the ocean - no podcast en route could stifle it. But the cold, fresh salty water blanketed me calling me home. The surrender was sweet. I stared at the waves for hours, allowing my body to lead, to tell me what she wanted to do next. I sank into and fell asleep in a salty bath, sipped tea, ate chocolate, meditated and dreamed. The visioning came in the morning crystal clear. After my movement practice, breathwork, and doing a card spread I received pages of notes, downloads, insights and realisations that seemed so obvious and simple but new and exciting. I asked for guidance and received it thick and fast- the universe wanted me to just get on with it already. Serendipities and synchronicities dropping on me like a monsoon, I was being lavished. I slept, found peace, deepened friendships, and got well and truly out of my head and handed the reigns over to my body. And this afternoon, my return was gentle, easy, without resistance or the usual jolt I get from having dropped my guard and landing back in the deep end of parenting. Allowing myself without expectation to be pulled through served me so deeply. Normally I’d heap pressure on about the things I wanted to do, or not do, or how I want to feel. I’d kick myself for not feeling like I’d squeezed the absolute most juice out of it but this time I took the pressure off, and feel rewarded. Slow and steady. Gently navigating my tricky transition from inner Winter to Spring.

22.01.2022 On New Years Eve comes a potent opportunity - before we start with all the resolutions and picking words for the new year - to burn what we are leaving behind in the year that was. What way of being, doing, thinking or living no longer serve? What experiences do you want to leave behind? What do you know has to change?... Whatever it is that you don’t want to carry over with you, it’s time to burn it. Taking pen to paper, write down all these things and light it in ritual until the words burn to ash. As it burns, declare I release you, I am done, so it is. Bringing your clear awareness to these things ensures you don’t carry on perpetuating patterns, because once you see it, you can change it. Perhaps allow the next two weeks to let your vision for 2021 simmer and infuse, and set your intentions powerfully on the January New Moon. This is harnessing the moon’s magick. Alternatively, you could set your intentions on your next bleed, if you have a period. This is menstrual magick. Either way, don’t feel the pressure to have it all figured out for the new year today. There’s no rush, and first, as all good magick makers know, we must clear the old and stagnant before we can call in the new. So happy burning, and happy new year! #whatareyouburningtonight #newyearseve #releaseritual #letgo #fullmoon #newyearsresolution #2021goals #newyear #newyearnewme #newyear #menstrualandmooncyclecoach

21.01.2022 Daily devotion to your cycle awareness practice opens up time and space for your self-care and your needs to be heard, felt and met. It’s a beautiful embodiment, mindfulness and spiritual practice that brings you out of your head and into your body. Even when you’re feeling so busy, so flat out with all the things, there is time for 2 minutes to stop and notice how you’re feeling and what you need. ... And giving those things to yourself doesn’t require you to take a whole day out alone, when that’s not practically possible for you. It can be broken into bite size chunks, such as: I notice I am hungry / thirsty / have been holding on for the toilet for hours : so tend to your physical needs I notice I am overwhelmed, sad, tender, or happy : whatever emotion you’re feeling, noticing that helps you feel it. Feeling it lets it move through your body and out. Not feeling it keeps emotions stuck, so they intensify and become internalised, often transforming into physical symptoms eg pain. Acknowledging how you’re feeling even if you don’t have time to reflect deeply on why etc, this can be really helpful I notice I need to move my body / I need to stretch / I have no energy / I need to calm down : take two minutes to move (even if a walk around the garden), to breathe, to stretch out is mindfulness Noticing you long to be with others right now / long to be alone / long for physical touch / long for fun, or connection, or to express yourself either outwardly, through art, journaling, conversation, movement etc is powerful. Taking a minute to notice this, and building it into your day is selfcare. These things don’t have to take up your headspace and day. Noticing what you need, and breaking it down into small gestures of self love goes a long long way towards giving yourself what you need, and reclaiming time and space for yourself. Cycle awareness adds another layer by helping you spot how you might feel + need at different points of your cycle. It gives you the ability to predict, prepare + build life around you. Seems rebellious huh, to schedule life around you?? Well you’re the rock of your household, there is always space for your needs

20.01.2022 Can we collectively put a higher value on rest for 2021? We are of no service to ourselves or anyone else with an empty cup. - @magic_of_i I couldn’t agree with this sentiment anymore. It’s like 2020 has us held on toddler reigns and keeps yanking us in until we learn not to keep bolting off, instead to go slowly, tread mindfully, to be gentle to ourselves, each other and the earth. Today it’s full moon in Cancer, a truly perfect opportunity at the close of the year for a... big juicy release ritual. A time to let go of all that has been this year, to honour, acknowledge and feel the incredible depths of change, experience and emotion this year has thrown at us. Doing this clears some emotional space for us to even think about a new year, and all that might unfold. Your invitation for today and tomorrow’s New Years Eve is to take some time to reflect, as you might usually do at this time. Take it a step further by writing out what you’re intending to: leave behind in 2020: ways of being, beliefs, experiences, people etc old ways of doing things that haven’t worked for you feelings that have pursued you across the year that you’re ready to face and acknowledge and leave behind. Once written down, burn your paper and declare I release you, I am done, I am free. Leave the new year visioning, intentions, or choosing a word for 2021 until you’ve properly cleared and released 2020, otherwise what you’re holding onto will follow you. Full Moon blessings, beauties, enjoy your New Year, and savour some rest as much as you can. I will be letting go of trying to busy myself instead of surrendering to the present moment, as I have truly, truly enjoyed resting and just stopping for the last week, which I didn’t expect to enjoy as much. Rest is best! (And I will be making REST a hallmark of my schedule and lifestyle in 2021, it’s the Achilles heel of burnout). More on my 2021 intentions later... Charlotte #fullmoon #menstrualandmoonmagick #cancerfullmoon #releaseritual #lettinggo by @magic_of_i

20.01.2022 New Moon coinciding with an absolute treat for me: two nights away by myself. Bliss. I’ve come to the beach because it’s my happy place. I’m currently training with Claire Baker in her Cycle Coach program, and in our initiatory phase she invited us to gift ourselves a Big Bleed - a period where we retreat, disconnect, and devote ourselves to just being and communing with nature and our body. It hasn’t been possible for me given in a Moon-Cycler (read: no period right now). O...r so I thought. My dear friend Sophie suggested I take this weekend as my big bleed opportunity. Genius. Given its New Moon which does align with menstruation anyway, it is perfect. So here I am. At my happy place. Solo. No kids to keep an eye on for the first time in so so long. I couldn’t not swim, despite it being overcast, windy, and chilly. It felt like a rebirth. It chilled me but didn’t freeze me. It freed me. I noticed all the ways I’ve stepped into cautious mother, playing it safe, not daring myself, not feeling adrenaline. I’ve turned into the mum who holds the coats whilst the others throw themselves into adventure. Not this time. Savouring the layers and textures of clouds in the big sky so huge it feels dizzying, like it might fall on me or open up and swallow me. Relishing now Mother Nature is the most beautiful creation ever conceived. And how tragic it is that for so many of us right now we can’t sit in her, be nourished by her, be restored by her majesty. I’m going to delight in my favourite childhood tradition: fish and chips on the beach. Switch off from tech. Not even read because I want to just be. Take a rose petal and magnesium bath later. And sleep. Oh sweet, divine, elusive, I could kiss you sleep. See you on the other side #bigbleed #cyclecoach #mca #adoreyourcycle #mooncycle #nonmenstruators #newmoon #rebirth #retreat #cycleselfcare #mother #motherhood #sleep #ocean #nature #motherearth #gaia #sovereignwoman #magickmama #lifecoach #womenscoach #cyclecoach

18.01.2022 A whole rainbow, right before my eyes. Both ends. And look at that blue sky above!! And it’s the second one I’ve seen just like this inside five minutes of driving!! With the first rainbow I drove round a corner to take a photo and just like that, from a different angle, it was gone. Vanished But second time, it’s there, right next to a parking bay... what are the chances! ... And in the time it’s taken me to write these words the second rainbow has dissipated too. This is surely one of nature’s beautiful gifts, a divine sign. If you are looking for a sign, a message this is it. How incredible.

17.01.2022 Coach. Circles. Cycles. All one and the same. All woven into my work, all infusing the framework I take women and girls through, all informing how I hold space. My 1:1 coaching work intuitively reconnects women to unearth and reclaim their innate magick, sovereign power, unwavering truth, cycle-based superpowers and strength to choose themselves without being eaten alive by guilt and shame of shaking off the shackles of the good mother conditioning. ... When women see how they’ve been wrapped in layers of I should just be grateful for all I have and not complain or rock the boat - it’s like a rebirth, the tender meeting of their original vision for the life which got squashed out of them at some point in their motherhood journey - and a fierce recreation of where to next. It’s not pretty - but it is deeply transformational. And I love guiding women through this journey to meeting and embodying their inner Magick Mama and Sovereign Woman - their whole, luscious, deep feeling, full selves beyond the labels they tick. If you’re feeling the call to shaking off the labels that are holding you back from living a life of healthy boundaries, inspired purpose, and spaciousness to choose you amidst all the giving you’re doing, give me a I would love to chat, to feel into how we might make magick together, and reimagine what feeling ALIVE could look like for you www.charlottepointeaux.com/magickmama #magickmama #sovereignwoman #sacredcircle #lifecoach #womenscoach #mothercoach #matrescence #boundaries #speakyourtruth #untamed #wildwoman #personalgrowth #healing #ritesofpassage #empoweringmothers #cycles #cycleselfcare #mooncycle #menstrualcycleawareness #individualcoaching

17.01.2022 I’ll now be posting everything #FirstMoonCircles related over on its own dedicated page www.instagram.com/first_moon_circles - come join the party!! If you’re a parent looking for a beautiful celebration and period-positive education, you’ll soon be able to find your nearest facilitator who can hold an event for you! In our first round of facilitator training we have people based around Australia and also in Ireland - they’ll be bringing First Moon Circles to their communiti...es soon!! And if you’re a facilitator, there’s the option to feature your events on this page (and our online directory) I’ll see you over there for all things periods, teen cycles, rite of passage celebrations and tips for mums to support their daughters at this pivotal point in their lives #periodeducation #healthyperiods #knowyourflow #menstrualhealth #menarche #firstperiods #becomingawoman #hormonehealth #femalehealth #teenperiods #empoweringmothers #perimenopause #menopause #ritesofpassage #redthread #emotionalsupport #periodproducts #mooncups #periodunderwear #sacredspace #girls #inclusiveeducation #menstruation #mooncycle #menstrualcycleawareness #cycletracking #bodywisdom #femininerising #sisterhood

16.01.2022 Over on @first_moon_circles come join us!! SISTERHOOD First Moon Circles are powerfully held safe, inclusive and sacred spaces where girls can come together either with friends or solo to make new connections in the true spirit of sisterhood. For those who might have experienced challenges at school with peers, coming along might feel daunting but here we use consciously created guidelines to ensure all feel welcome, heard, seen, supported and validated whatever ...their experience, whoever they are. We teach the meaning of sisterhood and we embody it as facilitators, to role model kindness, deep active listening, inclusion, oneness and empathy whilst we sit in circle. Mothers and carers joining us have the opportunity to pick up tips to continue role-modelling how to listen and hold each other without judgement, to show their daughters how to treat others, and how they can expect to be treated. They can learn and witness first hand that girls can support each other, even in their most vulnerable moments. Sisterhood is community, it’s togetherness, it’s appreciating each other’s differences, unique gifts, quirks and flawsomeness, and accepting each other just as they are. It makes the world go round. Knowing the girls experience this in #FirstMoonCircles is so special - it’s so empowering in itself #periodeducation #menstrualeducation #hormonehealth #teenperiods #puberty #becomingawoman #ritesofpassage #comingofage #maidenhood #firstblood #moontime #mooncycle #mca #cycleawareness #cycleselfcare #seasonsofthecycle #cyclecoach

14.01.2022 Having a moment this morning where I’m leaning into the gratitude I have for my weekend away, my babies, my love for supporting me and suggesting I go. For the beautiful day ahead. For my favourite cacao chia berry porridge and morning coffee. For time to be slow. Because after the weekend I developed mastitis. It came on like a train on Wednesday from absolutely nowhere and by the time of our group call for the #FirstMoonCircles Facilitator Training I was starting to feel p...retty unwell. Gahhh. I’m choosing not to accept that there has to be a cost for my time away, nor that this is typical - both beliefs that would normally pour right out my mouth. Choosing instead to let go of this manifested mum guilt, victim mentality, or that I wasn’t really deserving of being away. I fully deserved that time, it was incredibly necessary space, time and body reclamation. It was far from indulgent, it’s what keeps me moving, mothering, and able to create and hold space so powerfully at home and in my work. It was crucial for my health and sanity. This week I’ve started learning a tapping / EFT practice (finally!! After never having really understood it - I didn’t realise you tap on the negative belief first, @denisedt has got me on track) so I’m going to be tapping through this to let it go. And resting. Moving gracefully, slowing, thoughtfully through my day. Next time you have mum guilt and the instant belief that something is a consequence of you having a moment of what you need, check yourself before you wreck yourself! It’s so easy and unconscious to do it, but learn to gift yourself and receive with grace the time, space and nurturing you need, deserve, and don’t actually need anyone’s permission to have. Receiving can feel so hard, triggering even, but we need to get better at it pronto. For us, for everyone around us, to stop this undervaluing of the mother. Over and out #mumguilt #selfcare #cycleselfcare #mumtime #motherhood #tapping #rest #receive

14.01.2022 It’s that time again: on the night of the new moon, Tues 15th Dec, we have our summer solstice circle, an opportunity to sit in sacred circle and be nourished, resourced, and restored before the summer holidays and festivities get into full swing. A chance to sit, breathe and pause, to top up your energy through connection and sacred self-care just for yourself. Come join us as we celebrate the end of this year and all that is still ahead to look forward to. Mittagong - Sou...thern Highlands. 7:30pm, book your spot online See you there gorgeous! Charlotte Xxx #sacredcircle #summersolstice #womenscircle #relaxation #selfcare #peace #rest #reflection #celebration #meditation #feminineembodiment #feminineenergy #cycleawareness #soulcircle #women #connection #sisterhood #restore #fillyourcup #cycleselfcare #community #womanhood #healing #priestess #ritual #newmoon

13.01.2022 Is your child aged 9-12 and will soon - or recently has begun their period? Bring her to my First Moon Circle on 23rd Jan in Mittagong to be positively educated, encouraged and supported in her menarche (men-at-key) rite of passage to adolescence. Let’s welcome her, teach her what to expect, what’s normal and how to ask for help with any painful periods she might experience. Let’s celebrate this huge milestone and set her up for better menstrual and overall health, to be mor...e confident, capable and empowered, and to know how special she is. First Moon Circles support mothers to support their children by teaching you both what normal teen periods look like, how you can be prepared, and how you can support both your and her hormonal health as you go through peri menopause and she goes through menarche. Girls learn cycle awareness, selfcare basics, how to predict their period and how to see it as a powerful thing, instead of feeling ashamed, awkward, embarrassed and scared of her periods, changing body and developing emotions. TO BOOK: book your child, or bring a friend and save, or grab a concession at www.charlottepointeaux.com/sacredcircles INCLUDES: epic gift bag, a First Moon Guide book to keep, a keepsake bracelet and refreshments. If you’d like to learn more about what and why I hold period celebrations for girls and female identifying people please discover First Moon Circles #periodpower #healtheducation #menstrualhealth #menstrualshame #menarche #ritesofpassage #mca #cycleawareness #firstperiod #bodywisdom #wombpower #puberty #becomingawoman

13.01.2022 This is me holding my very first circle on my 6th birthday. I was determined to go dressed as a witch, I would not be swayed. Why didn’t I want to go as something prettier, like my sister who went as a fairy? Because that wasn’t true for me, going as a witch felt the most natural thing in the world. Today on my 35th birthday I move into a new phase of life, that’s how it feels, like a kind of transition. It’s not a formal one of course, it’s not a big birthday, no rite of pa...ssage afoot. But some kind of wheel feels to be turning in me. I realised today I’m not remotely fearful of ageing, even though our culture insists I should be - instead I feel a peaceful acceptance and anticipation about moving another step away from youth, towards my power, my wisdom, my inner sage and crone. Sure there’s still a long way to go until I get there but I’m fully open to enjoying the ride. Looking at this picture reminds me of that time I knew deep in my heart what I wanted and wouldn’t be shamed, pressured or manipulated into giving that up for other people. In the years since then I’ve done a whole lifetime of people pleasing and playing nice to keep others comfortable. Ageing to me is the return to that place where you won’t be moved from your truth again. It’s not about selfishness or being insensitive to others - but it’s about knowing that others peoples comfort is not actually your responsibility if it comes at the cost of your own boundaries, truth, wellbeing and happiness. I love the witch in this photo, in her tenderness yet determination. I’m setting out to do her proud. And if you live in the Southern Highlands you’re invited to my final circle of the year: 15 Dec on New Moon. Grab your ticket and join us, beauty www.charlottepointeaux.com/sacredcircles #innerchildhealing #ageing #sovereignty #power #witch #peoplepleaser #truth #purpose #boundaries #cycleselfcare #cyclecoach #ageauthentically #authenticity #values #birthday #priestess #sacredcircles #sisterhood #womenscircle #ritesofpassage

11.01.2022 I’m writing the final lesson of the @first_moon_circles facilitator training and I’m starting to have all the feels about wrapping up with the most fantastic group of inspired, passionate, generous, supportive sisters. Two online circles left. One more week until we close. ... But... in that, we are seeing this group setting dates (even their second date!) for their own First Moon Circles! Others bringing all their knowledge, training and personal magick together to craft and vision how their circles will look. Others soaking it all up, stepping up to share their newfound wisdom and ability to empower their own daughters. Many of the group having profound and deep insights about their own cycle, their own light and shadows, dreams and desires. So moving, such a joy and an honour to witness and facilitate. We might be over next week but really, this is just the beginning of a very powerful, rich and closely-knit community. One that holds space for each other to seek support, to ask for advice and inspiration, to share doubts, worries and fears. These women are leaders, and they’re going to hold incredible space and make a huge difference in the world that ripples out and out. I’ve truly loved holding this space, showing up live and giving generously of myself in the group consistently for this whole time. I feel like this founding group has given life to something truly wonderful. If you’re thinking at all that this sounds like a girl gang you just need to be pat if. If you’d love to deepen your knowledge and capacity to teach girls cycle awareness, cycle selfcare and to facilitate sacred circles for mothers and daughters, I would love to hear from you. Round 2 will start in Feb/ March (dates tbc). We sold out round 1, and my wait list is not short! Pop your name down to get first invite to apply to this limited, live, high-touch facilitator training and personal development course. It’s the only way to get the early bird too. https://www.charlottepointeaux.com/first-moon-facilitator-t

08.01.2022 Today I spoke to the inspiring, truly lovely and always supportive sister @amandarootsey for her Youth Mentor @shinefromwithinhq Podcast about First Moon Circles! Wooo! Amanda was the one who took me in when I was desperately seeking my purpose, and taught me all she knew on her youth mentor program. Amanda coached me when I became a new coach. And today we spoke about the importance of holding safe and inclusive sacred spaces for people - and especially young people, and esp...ecially when talking about personal, and potentially vulnerable topics such as periods, and changing bodies. Amanda has always so generously supported, encouraged, advised and inspired me, she’s one of those women I really admire for her brilliance and gentle ways of doing business. This interview will be out at some point in the future we don’t have a date yet - but you’ll be first to know when you can have a listen if you’re a youth mentor, a teacher, coach, parent or someone who wants to hold space for young people in future. In the meantime, go and have a listen of Amanda’s archive of awesome interviews on The Youth Mentor Podcast #firstmooncircles #youthmentor #teaching #raisinggirls #periodeducation #inclusivespaces #genderdiverse #periods #transperiods #peoplewhobleed #menarche #teenperiods

07.01.2022 The thought of ageing scares the hell out of a lot of women. From fears of experiencing a terrible menopause, and losing youthful looks, vitality, fertility, and relevance; ageing and evolving into our Crone phase of life is not exactly something we typically look forward to. But it wasn’t this way before. So what if we could reframe ageing, and remember how it’s a time we become our power? ... What if we can use our menstruating years to practice and prepare to welcome our post-menopausal self? What if we can foster a culture that celebrates and reveres our Crones like we used to? What if we give Crones a voice and listen to the lifetime of wisdom they’ve accumulated? I think we would feel better about ageing. I think we would feel better about our periods and cycles. I think we would feel more comfortable in our skins, our emotions, and our intuitive wisdom. And I think girls would feel empowered and confident going into their puberty and menstruating years too. I’m holding 2 workshops in the new year to connect women and girls to their female cycles and power. 23 Jan: a First Moon Circle for girls aged 9-12 to learn about their changing body, emotions, cycle and female superpowers. 13 Feb: a workshop for older teens and women to learn the things they didn’t get to learn as young girls. It’s part learning about how we can use the different phases and powers of the menstrual cycle to empower us as women, mothers, creatives and business owners, and part rite of passage celebration. I would love to welcome you and your daughters. These are also inclusive events open to female-identifying people of all cultures. Please find out more at https://www.charlottepointeaux.com/sacredcircles

06.01.2022 My kind of Cycle Awareness includes women with irregular cycles and no periods. So if you're: - pregnant or breastfeeding - on hormonal contraception - have amenorrhea (absent periods) due to other health reasons... - are menopausal You too can live a cyclical life. I'm currently on Cycle Day 710 now, my last period began in December 2018 and since then I've birthed and breastfed my third child. In fact in the last 6 years I've only had maybe 6 periods in the whole of that time - and I've lived very much in harmony with the seasons and cycles to ensure I have a rhythm, and a way to still feel tethered when I don't have regular cycles to follow. Following the moon's cycle, which is 29.5 days long just as the average menstrual cycle, allows me to connect to a cycle in lieu of my own. > I know that when the moon is new, it's a time to slow down and reset my energy, to rest, recalibrate and restore. I set intentions for the new cycle, think about what I want to do differently this time, and prioritise my own self-care. > When the moon is waxing, it's a time of creation, of productivity, of fun, pleasure and of being out in the world socially. When the moon is full this is especially so. > When the moon is waning it's time to apply the brakes, to come back to my inner world, and stop creating new work in favour of wrapping up projects, doing detailed work, and being choosy about what I do with my energy. As the next new moon approaches I get really strong in my boundaries, let go of what feels like too much / too hard / not fun, ready to rest and restore once again. YET >>>>> Since I am borrowing these cues from the outside world (the moon) rather than my own body, I check in at all times to ask whether what the phase suggests I do is actually true for me. Eg, at waxing / full moon I ask "do I really want to create right now, or am I tired and needing to put work on the back burner today?" And that in itself is a powerful mindful, spiritual and self-care practice. Just because you aren't menstruating doesn't mean you can't live a cyclical life, or lose this beautiful ritual of self-care. Grab my free menstrual / moon charts by subscribing at my site

05.01.2022 Do you have an irregular or missing period, Are you taking hormonal contraception, or have you reached menopause? Do you hear heaps about how amazing + insightful Menstrual Cycle Awareness is, the spiritual practice of understanding the changing gifts, natural energy changes, needs, challenges of the phases of the cycle and how we can work WITH it all instead of pushing against it?... Do you wish you could join in too, but feel you’re missing out because of your absent period? If so - I’ve got you covered! I get it - most books and teaching really are aimed at menstruating womxn, yet there’s a huge community of us who aren’t bleeding right now. I’ve spent the last 6 years pregnant/breastfeeding now with barely a bleed in between babies, so I’ve really got to grips with how we can cycle with the MOON instead of our blood. Following the moon’s cycle + it’s changing energies helps us practice cycle self-care and learn to live as if we were bleeding. For me the biggest benefit has been the essential reminder to honour the cyclical nature of ourselves and all life- and remember to REST. When we don’t have our bleed calling us to slow + retreat, it can be so easy to push on, or criticise ourselves for feeling anything other than vibrant, active, resilient, sociable, sexual, or creative all the damn time Following the brings me a simple way to connect with my body’s wisdom, to ask myself what I need most today + to learn to honour that. We can deep dive into powerful self-care for each phase, making sure to honour our whole selves. And I find that the more I work with the moon, the more awareness I have of what my body needs, the more resilient + supported I feel in life. So if you’re feeling like you’re lost, untethered, wishing you had a practice to keep you grounded, a way to notice what might be happening within your changing / absent cycle, and to remind yourself to practice self-care, start following the moon! I’m so glad to have found this practice, it’s made a huge difference to my wellbeing. Want to learn more? I teach the simple process in my ebook Simply Sacred Self-Care, and share my free moon cycle tracker with subscribersx www.charlottepointeaux.com

05.01.2022 Sister, it’s Circle time again in just over a week! If you’re in or anywhere near the Highlands come and sit with us for a beautiful, sweet evening, and be held in gentle loving sisterhood. Mittagong, Tuesday 3rd November. It’s going to be the 2nd last Circle of the year can you believe it!! Book your spot here... https://www.charlottepointeaux.com/sacredcircles Bring yourself and your crystals and I’ll bring the chocolate, candles, and cushions See you there gorgeous xxx

04.01.2022 That old adage about going with the flow really holds potent wisdom, especially those of us identifying as women. Men, like the sun, are fairly consistent day to day, their hormone pattern cycling daily. Women, like the moon, have a consistent predictable cycle across the month. ... Yet, our world is built around the daily cycle: wake, eat, do, eat, sleep, repeat. There’s little structure at work, home + in life generally that honours our changing cycle and all our changing energy, mood, superpowers, selfcare needs and rest requirements. Our culture celebrates productivity. Even in cycle awareness circles there’s big talk of optimising productivity. Not much reverence is given to the very important need to rest. You have to remember that all life is a cycle. We are nature + we run on cycles. Just like in nature we have an inner Autumn time for slowing, and inner Winter for dormancy. We have to physically, mentally + emotionally slow so we can take stock, asses what has gone well, reset, recalibrate and reenergise so we can keep doing it all over again. Just like in business or project management, you have to take time to scope, plan, prepare, deliver, evaluate, review + stop... so do we. Failing to honour the full cycle means we burnout, we don’t live up to our potential, expectations, or purpose. We don’t get chance to enjoy the fruits of our labour, and we don’t notice the patterns we’ve fallen into. Life starts to fly past, to feel frustratingly unfulfilling, and we realise we aren’t really living, just getting through. It’s a practice to embody your cycle. Cyclical living requires daily devotion to yourself, to noticing where you are in your cycle, how you are feeling, what you need, and getting really familiar with your own cycle + how you experience it. Because everyone’s is different and yours will likely change across your menstrual journey too, especially around motherhood + menopause. Learning to go with the flow, both your literal blood flow, your cervical fluid flow (that helps you identify your fertility / ovulation window) + your energy flow brings you so much more ease, more self-compassion, freedom, confidence and power!