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Moon Phases & Feminie Power: Your Weekly Cycle Sync - New Moon Do's & Don'ts · Healing Her Story with Riva Jean-Paul

• 0:13
  SPEAKER_01: Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Healing Her Story Podcast.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_01: My name is Reva Jean-Paulm.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm a trauma-informed somatic practitioner, menstrual cycle coach, interdisciplinary artist, and host for your show.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_01: Today we are gathering for our weekly cycle sync episode.
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  SPEAKER_01: And this week we are working with the new moon.
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  SPEAKER_01: And interestingly enough, this new moon has fallen on today's exact episode.
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  SPEAKER_01: So you'll have the chance to really work with this new moon energy in a way that we haven't quite had the chance to do on these episodes.
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  SPEAKER_01: Today's episode will be a little bit different, maybe a little bit longer than usual.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I hope that you enjoy it.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_01: Before we begin, we will start with a minute of silence.
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  SPEAKER_01: And during this minute of silence, you are invited to check in with your body, your heart, your mind, and your spirit, and also your inner rhythm.
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  SPEAKER_01: Taking some time to do that now by maybe connecting with your breath, slowing down, or maybe just becoming a little bit more present if you are driving or maybe on a walk or doing some things around the house in the background.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_01: Our one minute of silence will begin now.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_01: As you continue to tune into these weekly cycle check-ins, my intention is that you can begin to sense where you are in this rhythm within yourself.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just like that, it is time to begin again.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_01: With the holiday weekend, you might have been tempted to pack your weekend with social plans and to-dos, but perhaps you've heard that subtle whisper within to rest.
• 4:31
  SPEAKER_01: And when I say the holiday weekend, that's here in the United States where we honor Memorial Day, which comes around towards the end of May every year.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I just call it a holiday.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's just an extra bonus day for me to rest and take a break from work.
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  SPEAKER_01: So maybe that isn't true for you, depending on where you are in the world, but that's the holiday that we are moving through here in the United States.
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  SPEAKER_01: And as I've been having conversations with women over the last few days, this has been a theme of those conversations.
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  SPEAKER_01: And a lot of those women have chosen to prioritize rest over productivity this weekend, myself included.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I do want to acknowledge that this isn't always an easy decision to make.
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  SPEAKER_01: So you stop eating.
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  SPEAKER_01: Maybe you walk it off, you head home, you get to bed.
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  SPEAKER_01: The next morning you wake up and you are still feeling a little full.
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  SPEAKER_01: So instead of reaching for whatever you normally grab in the morning, you give yourself a little bit more time and space for your food to digest.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you wait until there's room in your belly before you eat again.
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  SPEAKER_01: You have to wait for your body to catch up from all of the work that you've done.
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  SPEAKER_01: And this is what the new moon and the bleeding time can offer us.
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  SPEAKER_01: This is a time to catch up, to rest, and to digest the experiences from this last cycle.
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  SPEAKER_01: On Friday morning, I woke up to see that I had started my bleed a little bit later than usual, and I knew she was coming.
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  SPEAKER_01: I was planning on squeezing in one last day of loose-ins and preparations before heading down to Southern California for the weekend.
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  SPEAKER_01: When I sat down for my morning practice, which was more focused on restorative practices.
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  SPEAKER_01: I was getting ready to do a yin yoga practice and do some journaling.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I heard this part of me say, You don't have time for this practice this morning.
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  SPEAKER_01: You have too many things to do.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I slowed down and I got curious about this part.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I began to began to wonder, is this part even me?
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  SPEAKER_01: Or is this the patriarchal conditioning to go, go, go?
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  SPEAKER_01: In that space, I hear a clear message, and it says, What's more important than anything is that you are an embodiment of this work.
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  SPEAKER_01: I was so moved by this message, I began to cry, which turned into weeping, and I began to reflect on all of the magic and transformation that has transpired in my life over the last few weeks, reaching a big milestone in my creative and education journey, moving into this next phase of a big project, amazing opportunities to stretch myself and share my gifts.
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  SPEAKER_01: Things really starting to come together with so much ease and flow.
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  SPEAKER_01: At the end of my practice, I soaked in the tub for a few hours.
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  SPEAKER_01: And after I was done, I still went on to take care of the things that I had to take care of, but I did it from a different place, not from a place of push, but from a place of really honoring this sacred time.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it's funny, the rest of my day went so smoothly.
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  SPEAKER_01: I got all the help and the resources I needed.
• 9:43
  SPEAKER_01: Things took less time than I thought they would, and there were so many synchronicities along the way.
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  SPEAKER_01: The cyclical greater intelligence is quite magical when you begin to work with it instead of against it.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, how do you work with it?
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  SPEAKER_01: Well, I shared some full moon to-dos and don'ts on the podcast a few weeks ago, and it seemed to resonate.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I'm offering you some new moon do's and don'ts this week.
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  SPEAKER_01: As always, take what you need and leave the rest behind.
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  SPEAKER_01: Don't fill your next couple of days with so many social plans and to-dos that you don't have enough quiet time for yourself.
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  SPEAKER_01: Don't rush into starting new projects, ideas, habits, healing practices, etc.
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  SPEAKER_01: too soon.
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  SPEAKER_01: This is the beginning, yes.
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  SPEAKER_01: And giving yourself time and space to vision and dream can really help you to be clear about your decisions and the intentions that you want to commit yourself to before you do.
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  SPEAKER_01: Try not to worry about the house.
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  SPEAKER_01: How am I going to pay for this?
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  SPEAKER_01: How is going to happen?
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  SPEAKER_01: What's the plan?
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  SPEAKER_01: That is your masculine energy.
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  SPEAKER_01: And right now, it's not the masculine's turn.
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  SPEAKER_01: Bringing in the details too soon squashes your dreams, or it can squash your dreams before they really have the time to form.
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  SPEAKER_01: Instead, here is your gentle and loving invitation to maybe block out one, two, or maybe even three hours of solitude over the next couple of days.
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  SPEAKER_01: Maybe spending some quiet time out in nature, maybe reading a good book, maybe laying out in a park somewhere, taking a long soak, maybe taking a nap, whatever it is.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just try to leave some room for you.
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  SPEAKER_01: Do reflect on everything that worked for you over the last couple of weeks and everything that didn't.
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  SPEAKER_01: Perhaps there is some information there for you to help you feel more clear about where to focus your energy next.
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  SPEAKER_01: Do focus on how you want to feel and what you want to experience and keep taking small baby steps toward it, especially towards the end of the week when the waxing moon energy begins to come in.
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  SPEAKER_01: As always, you can find, maybe not always, but today you can find a somatic meditation to support you with this practice of slowing down and resting and tuning in.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you can find that in the show notes this week.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if you're looking for more resources, you can also find those just below in the show notes.
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  SPEAKER_01: And this cycle, because as we have been doing for the past few cycles now, we are working with a particular focus or theme for the cycle.
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  SPEAKER_01: And since we are at that time, we are beginning again.
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  SPEAKER_01: We have closed up our focus on the body and on the menstrual cycle, and we are now working with the energy of Gemini season.
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_01: Gemini is an air sign, and without getting too deep into what the archetype of Gemini brings in, what we will do in the next couple of weeks is explore these themes that are connected with the archetype of Gemini.
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  SPEAKER_01: New perspectives, new ideas, and also embracing the duality of life.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I've scheduled this perfectly with the rhythm of things that I'm moving through right now.
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  SPEAKER_01: This guest episode features an incredible woman who I've had the opportunity to connect with here, where I live locally in Sacramento.
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  SPEAKER_01: And although she does not live here anymore, where I live in Sacramento, she is still doing the same work that she was doing when she was here in a different capacity.
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  SPEAKER_01: And she's going to be talking about one of my favorite practices that has really supported me with this exact theme of resting.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it will be an interesting episode to begin pondering about as we are again opening up to new ideas and new perspectives.
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  SPEAKER_01: And even in the interview, I had a perspective shift of my understanding of this practice.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I hope you enjoy our guest episode that will come out on Friday.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I look forward to connecting with you in our next cycle check-in.
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  SPEAKER_01: In the meantime, take care of yourself and take care of each other.