Our hypnotherapist, Kerry, explains how hypnotherapy can help you to connect with your body’s cyclical rhythms to ease problematic periods and enhance fertility.
The trees are about to demonstrate how beautiful letting go can be. With a final flourish of their technicolour glory they prepare themselves for a period of rest. Throughout winter, when there is little outward sign of life, except for the exuberant tangles of ivy, they will rest. They turn inward to reflect, recoup and regenerate, ready to burst into bud in spring. We can learn a lot from trees.
Whether you are looking to conceive a baby, balance your menstrual cycle, restore health or embark upon some creative endeavour, a period of rest is a crucial part of the preparation that is often forgotten.
Our on the go lifestyle and constant access to electricity mean that our activity is no longer punctuated and the shortening days of winter no longer enforce a period of rest. Unlike the trees, we’ve lost touch with that seasonal, cyclical energy that they are still very much connected with.
You’ve never seen a tree bear fruit all year around, yet we expect relentless productivity from ourselves. Consequently, our bodies are under tremendous strain. Without adequate rest they are unable to fully recover from our efforts, leaving us out of whack. These rest times are crucial while our body heals and repairs itself. The stress hormone, cortisol, will supress illness and keep things patched up for a while but it tends to catch up with us eventually. How many of you limp through to the holidays only to find that as soon as you stop, you get sick?
For women, our own cyclical nature is particularly apparent with our menstrual cycles conducting hormonal fluctuations which, literally, change our mood, desires and energy levels throughout the month. Working against very real and fluctuating influences, flattening out the waves to fit in with our modern lives can be challenging. Imagine trying to get a tree to produce fruit in winter.
I, like many of you, have a job, a family, a house to keep and various responsibilities and going dormant for three months every year, or even three days every cycle, is not an option for me either. But I can take inspiration from nature and slow down, say ‘no’ to things that drain me and ‘yes’ to opportunities to nourish myself, body and soul.
If you are looking to reconnect with your body for fertility, birth, menopause or just as an inner guidance tool, book a session with me.
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