Embrace Your Period: Empowering Women’s Health- 5 Things You Should Know & 5 Things To Thing You Can Do To Help with Your Periods

Periods we hate them, we miss them, we dread them but they make us magic.

For thousands of years we, as women, have been told that our periods are impure, unclean, or some kinds of taint. Just as with most things that we don't understand they are met with fear and our wombs have been no different. Men, who have no periods but claim gynecology clearly haven't a clue and thus misinformation is fed to us as young woman . Even in our modern time women are shunned or sequestered over a phenomenon that is as natural as the phases of the moon, allows every person to be part of this world, and gives us strength physically and emotionally.

Reevaluating Birth Control: Personal Reflections and Health Considerations

Obviously birth control is a huge topic and it can be discussed from many different angles. Today I really wanted to just pose a couple different questions. “Why am I using my particular method and how it is making me feel.” Which lends itself to, “Do I actually know how I feel without it.”

In my work with women’s heath I am seeing more and more young women who are exploring going off of birth control for the first time.

Discover The V-Steam. The Magic of Steam

So I am excited to announce that I have discovered the vaginal steam and now you have too!!

So ladies what is a vaginal steam? It is only the best thing to happen to the vagina since....well you can fill in the blank.

Early puberty in girls- What are the risk factors & a TCM view

Recently a friend of my called me distressed because her 9 year old daughter was showing the signs of starting her period. Her mom was obviously concerned because 9 years old is very young to be starting your menstrual cycle and in addition there are studies showing that early puberty is linked to other health conditions later in life. She was further puzzled because her daughter isn’t exposed to or meet most of the risk factors that are often attributed to early menses in girls. She isn’t obese, she isn’t exposed to a lot of environmental toxins, she isn’t impoverished or malnourished, she has a nutritious, well balanced diet…..so what could it be?

Menopause & Traditional Chinese Medicine- Working In Harmony With A Natural Change

Women’s bodies are amazing works of art and are capable of the most miraculous feats of strength and complexity. With that beauty comes the natural seasons of change that are most often looked at as burdens or diseases when they should be celebrated.

Interpreting your BBT Chart -What is it saying?

The BBT chart (basil body temperature chart) can be such a wonderful , interesting and insightful tool when it comes to a woman’s cycle and fertility. The real conundrum is why don’t women and health care providers use it more. One reason my simple be that many women don’t know how to chart their temperatures and then what to do with that information once we have it.

Five things to do to help manage you period

I am here to empower you to embrace your period, take charge of it and learn the truth about your period because they make us magic!

Holistic health, women's healthSerena ShawSeptember 20, 2021Nourishing Energy Acupunctureperiods, menses, women's healthComment

The Pelvic Floor and Its Connection to the Jaw

Would you believe me when I tell you that your jaw and your pelvis are indeed connected and that your pelvic floor health and your TMJ could be contributing to one another or even the reason why one or the other may have developed.