{"id":10504,"date":"2025-11-01T19:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/?p=10504"},"modified":"2025-11-01T19:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:19:12","slug":"menstrual-cycle-explained-listen-to-your-bodys-language-aliaom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/en\/menstrual-cycle-explained-listen-to-your-bodys-language-aliaom\/","title":{"rendered":"Menstrual Cycle Explained \u2013 Listen to Your Body\u2019s Language | AliaOm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"757\">\ud83c\udf3a The Menstrual Cycle: learning to listen to the body\u2019s language<\/h1>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Menstrual cycle explained \u2013 AliaOm Women\u2019s Yoga: symbolic image of a uterus held in hands, representing softness, knowledge and the wisdom of the female body.\" title=\"cycle-menstruel-aliaom-uterus-menstruation\" src=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cycle-menstruel-aliaom-uterus-menstruation.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cycle-menstruel-aliaom-uterus-menstruation-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cycle-menstruel-aliaom-uterus-menstruation-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cycle-menstruel-aliaom-uterus-menstruation-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cycle-menstruel-aliaom-uterus-menstruation-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cycle-menstruel-aliaom-uterus-menstruation.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"1139\">For centuries, women lived their cycle without always understanding it.<br data-start=\"839\" data-end=\"842\" \/>We were taught to ignore it, to \u201ccarry on as usual,\u201d to move at the same pace every day without listening to the subtle changes moving through the body. But the female body doesn\u2019t follow a straight line. It follows a <strong data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1092\">rhythm<\/strong>, a <strong data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1110\">movement<\/strong>, an <strong data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1136\">inner dance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1141\" data-end=\"1310\">Understanding your cycle is learning to read that language.<br data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1200\" \/>It\u2019s rediscovering what your body already knows: how it expresses itself, speaks to you, and guides you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin: 25px 0 35px 0;\"><em>This article is also a letter to my daughter, Violette, to her friends and the daughters of my friends \u2014 so they can read their bodies with confidence and walk at their own pace.<\/em><\/p>\n<nav id=\"sommaire\" class=\"toc\">\n<h2>Table of contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#science\">A cycle rediscovered late by science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#saisons\">The four inner seasons of the cycle<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#printemps\">Inner spring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ete\">Inner summer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#automne\">Inner autumn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#hiver\">Inner winter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ages\">The cycle at every age<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#yoga\">Living your cycle with Women\u2019s Yoga<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#plusloin\">Go further<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 id=\"science\" data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1377\">\ud83d\udd2c A cycle science (re)discovered surprisingly late<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Symbolique du cycle hormonal et du renouveau du corps f\u00e9minin AliaOm\" title=\"La science du cycle f\u00e9minin\" src=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/La-science-du-cycle-feminin-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/La-science-du-cycle-feminin-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/La-science-du-cycle-feminin-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/La-science-du-cycle-feminin-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/La-science-du-cycle-feminin-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/La-science-du-cycle-feminin.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1378\" data-end=\"1742\">What\u2019s striking is that modern science only <strong data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1508\">identified and described the menstrual cycle in 1928<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1512\" \/>Yes \u2014 1928. Barely a century.<br data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1546\" \/>Before then, researchers knew women bled, but hadn\u2019t understood that this phenomenon was linked to <strong data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1739\">organized, cyclical, natural hormonal fluctuations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"2091\">It was Austrian biologist <strong data-start=\"1775\" data-end=\"1795\">George W. Corner<\/strong> and American physician <strong data-start=\"1820\" data-end=\"1840\">Willard M. Allen<\/strong> who brought key hormones \u2014 estrogen and progesterone \u2014 to light. Their work opened the way to a scientific understanding of a phenomenon present since time immemorial.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2093\" data-end=\"2558\">But women already knew.<br data-start=\"2131\" data-end=\"2134\" \/>We felt it, observed it, honored it \u2014 often in connection with the moon.<br data-start=\"2215\" data-end=\"2218\" \/>In many ancient cultures, menstrual blood was seen as a sign of <strong data-start=\"2302\" data-end=\"2319\">vital power<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2323\" \/>Women withdrew together \u2014 to sacred spaces, \u201cred tents,\u201d or circles \u2014 to rest, meditate, and reconnect.<br data-start=\"2459\" data-end=\"2462\" \/>They knew this time of the month wasn\u2019t a weakness but an <strong data-start=\"2535\" data-end=\"2555\">inner doorway<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2 id=\"saisons\" data-start=\"2565\" data-end=\"2624\">\ud83c\udf3f The cyclical body: a symphony in four seasons<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2626\" data-end=\"2872\">Only recently have we begun to reclaim what our ancestors intuitively knew:<br data-start=\"2701\" data-end=\"2704\" \/>the female body is <strong data-start=\"2725\" data-end=\"2737\">cyclical<\/strong>, like nature.<br data-start=\"2755\" data-end=\"2758\" \/>And this cycle \u2014 averaging 28 days \u2014 can be read as <strong data-start=\"2820\" data-end=\"2869\">four inner seasons in one inner garden<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2626\" data-end=\"2872\">This article echoes a piece I wrote for <em data-start=\"1191\" data-end=\"1213\">Esprit Yoga Magazine<\/em> titled <strong data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1258\"><a href=\"\/?p=3569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In harmony with your cycle<\/a><\/strong>, where I explore how our energy and emotions follow the body\u2019s inner seasons.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3 id=\"printemps\" data-start=\"2874\" data-end=\"2924\">\ud83c\udf38 Inner spring (follicular phase)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Pink flower symbolizing inner spring \u2014 renewal and creativity in the Menstrual Cycle, according to the AliaOm approach.\" title=\"printemps-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom\" src=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/printemps-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/printemps-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/printemps-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/printemps-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/printemps-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/printemps-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"2925\" data-end=\"3246\">After your period, energy gradually returns.<br data-start=\"2973\" data-end=\"2976\" \/>It\u2019s a time of renewal. The body prepares a new ovum, and you often feel like moving forward, creating, planning.<br data-start=\"3107\" data-end=\"3110\" \/>It\u2019s ideal for learning, starting projects, getting back into motion.<br data-start=\"3187\" data-end=\"3190\" \/>Curiosity opens again; you turn toward the world.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3248\" data-end=\"3509\">In Women\u2019s Yoga, this phase favors <strong data-start=\"3304\" data-end=\"3341\">dynamic yet light practices<\/strong>: circular movements, breath, renewal.<br data-start=\"3397\" data-end=\"3400\" \/>It\u2019s also a beautiful moment to plant new intentions \u2014 like seeds in spring.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3 id=\"ete\" data-start=\"3516\" data-end=\"3550\">\u2600\ufe0f Inner summer (ovulation)<\/h3>\n<div style=\"margin: 32px 0;\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Inner summer \u2014 energy of expansion and sharing (ovulation) \u2014 AliaOm Women\u2019s Yoga.\" title=\"ete-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom\" src=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ete-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ete-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ete-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ete-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ete-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ete-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"3551\" data-end=\"3835\">Your energy peaks.<br data-start=\"3580\" data-end=\"3583\" \/>You radiate \u2014 sociable, confident, turned toward others.<br data-start=\"3647\" data-end=\"3650\" \/>Your body is literally <strong data-start=\"3699\" data-end=\"3745\">geared to give, receive, and share<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"3746\" data-end=\"3749\" \/>Emotionally, it\u2019s often a time of joy, sensuality, openness.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3837\" data-end=\"4043\">In Women\u2019s Yoga, this is the season of <strong data-start=\"3885\" data-end=\"3905\">full expansion<\/strong>: open your heart, dance, breathe fully, connect with life.<br data-start=\"3971\" data-end=\"3974\" \/>Inner summer is a time to love, create, and transmit.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h3 id=\"automne\" data-start=\"4050\" data-end=\"4092\">\ud83c\udf42 Inner autumn (luteal phase)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"A woman between light and shadow \u2014 symbolizing inner autumn, the luteal phase in the AliaOm approach.\" title=\"automne-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom\" src=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/automne-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/automne-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/automne-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/automne-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/automne-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/automne-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"4093\" data-end=\"4450\">After ovulation, energy begins to descend.<br data-start=\"4145\" data-end=\"4148\" \/>It\u2019s the season of truth.<br data-start=\"4177\" data-end=\"4180\" \/>Inner autumn invites you to recenter, sort, and listen to what needs attention.<br data-start=\"4279\" data-end=\"4282\" \/>Rawer emotions often surface here \u2014 sensitivity, fatigue, irritability.<br data-start=\"4383\" data-end=\"4386\" \/>They aren\u2019t \u201csymptoms\u201d; they are <strong data-start=\"4436\" data-end=\"4447\">signals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4452\" data-end=\"4620\">Your body says: \u201cSlow down.\u201d<br data-start=\"4483\" data-end=\"4486\" \/>\u201cCome back to yourself.\u201d<br data-start=\"4507\" data-end=\"4510\" \/>This is the time to set boundaries, notice what no longer fits, honor your need for truth.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4622\" data-end=\"4816\">In Women\u2019s Yoga, choose grounding practices, deeper breathing, gentle stretches.<br data-start=\"4737\" data-end=\"4740\" \/>It\u2019s also a fertile time to <strong data-start=\"4775\" data-end=\"4784\">create<\/strong>, write, reflect, dream.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><h3 id=\"hiver\" data-start=\"4823\" data-end=\"4862\">\u2744\ufe0f Inner winter (menstruation)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Two girls sitting together, symbolizing inner winter \u2014 menstruation as a time of rest and introspection in AliaOm Women\u2019s Yoga.\" title=\"hiver-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom\" src=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hiver-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hiver-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hiver-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hiver-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hiver-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/hiver-interieur-cycle-menstruel-yoga-de-la-femme-aliaom.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"4863\" data-end=\"5061\">At last comes your bleeding phase.<br data-start=\"4895\" data-end=\"4898\" \/>Your body releases what it no longer needs.<br data-start=\"4943\" data-end=\"4946\" \/>It isn\u2019t an ending \u2014 it\u2019s a <strong data-start=\"4977\" data-end=\"5003\">return to the beginning<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"5004\" data-end=\"5007\" \/>A time for rest, quiet, inner listening.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5063\" data-end=\"5344\">Across many traditions, this time was sacred: women rested, listened to their dreams, received intuition.<br data-start=\"5220\" data-end=\"5223\" \/>What if we reclaimed that time today?<br data-start=\"5279\" data-end=\"5282\" \/>Take a few hours, slow down, breathe, reconnect.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5346\" data-end=\"5509\">In Women\u2019s Yoga, this phase calls for slower practices, floor postures, soothing breath, warmth \u2014 and inner coolness.<br data-start=\"5470\" data-end=\"5473\" \/>The body knows what it needs.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><h2 id=\"ages\" data-start=\"5516\" data-end=\"5579\">\ud83d\udcab One cycle, many lives: why it concerns us all<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-7 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Two young women side by side \u2014 symbolizing how menstrual wisdom is transmitted across generations.\" title=\"Un cycle, mille vies\" src=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Un-cycle-mille-vies-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Un-cycle-mille-vies-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Un-cycle-mille-vies-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Un-cycle-mille-vies-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Un-cycle-mille-vies-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aliaom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Un-cycle-mille-vies.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"5581\" data-end=\"5888\">Whether you are 13, 35, or 55, the cycle is part of you.<br data-start=\"5648\" data-end=\"5651\" \/>It teaches you about your energy, your emotions, your relationship with yourself.<br data-start=\"5719\" data-end=\"5722\" \/>Even when bleeding stops at menopause, the rhythm doesn\u2019t disappear \u2014 it becomes <strong data-start=\"5822\" data-end=\"5836\">inner<\/strong>, subtler, calmer, yet present.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"5890\" data-end=\"5911\">Adolescence<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"5912\" data-end=\"6187\">It\u2019s time to discover your body without fear or shame.<br data-start=\"5971\" data-end=\"5974\" \/>Recognizing the signs of your cycle is already learning to listen to yourself.<br data-start=\"6056\" data-end=\"6059\" \/>Keep a small journal \u2014 moods, energy, sensations \u2014 a precious knowledge for life.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"6189\" data-end=\"6215\">Motherhood<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"6216\" data-end=\"6466\">After birth, your body needs time to find its rhythm again.<br data-start=\"6293\" data-end=\"6296\" \/>The cycle can change, pause, reinvent itself.<br data-start=\"6351\" data-end=\"6354\" \/>Again, it\u2019s an adjustment \u2014 a dialogue between your energy and the life moving through you.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"6468\" data-end=\"6488\">Menopause<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"6489\" data-end=\"6748\">It isn\u2019t the end of a cycle \u2014 it\u2019s a <strong data-start=\"6531\" data-end=\"6547\">transmission<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"6548\" data-end=\"6551\" \/>The body no longer bleeds, but it still lives within a rhythm.<br data-start=\"6616\" data-end=\"6619\" \/>The seasons simply grow longer, more inward.<br data-start=\"6678\" data-end=\"6681\" \/>It is a time for listening, sharing, embodying wisdom.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#d45195;border-color:#d45195;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"yoga\" data-start=\"6755\" data-end=\"6817\">\ud83e\uddd8\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Living your cycle differently with Women\u2019s Yoga<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"6819\" data-end=\"7034\"><strong data-start=\"6822\" data-end=\"6842\">Women\u2019s Yoga<\/strong> is not about performance.<br data-start=\"6876\" data-end=\"6879\" \/>It is a space for listening.<br data-start=\"6904\" data-end=\"6907\" \/>A way to return to your breath, sensations, energy.<br data-start=\"6977\" data-end=\"6980\" \/>Each practice becomes a dialogue with your cycle:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"7036\" data-end=\"7295\">\n<li data-start=\"7036\" data-end=\"7111\">\n<p data-start=\"7038\" data-end=\"7111\">In \u201cinner spring\u201d: open, awaken, welcome movement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7112\" data-end=\"7177\">\n<p data-start=\"7114\" data-end=\"7177\">In \u201cinner summer\u201d: radiate, express, breathe fully.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7178\" data-end=\"7237\">\n<p data-start=\"7180\" data-end=\"7237\">In \u201cinner autumn\u201d: come back to yourself, sort, soothe.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7238\" data-end=\"7295\">\n<p data-start=\"7240\" data-end=\"7295\">In \u201cinner winter\u201d: settle, dream, rest.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"7297\" data-end=\"7506\">Within the <strong data-start=\"7313\" data-end=\"7323\">AliaOm<\/strong> approach, we harmonize body and breath and learn to listen without judgment.<br data-start=\"7399\" data-end=\"7402\" \/>It\u2019s an <strong data-start=\"7421\" data-end=\"7436\">authentic<\/strong>, accessible path that reconnects women to their natural rhythm.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7297\" data-end=\"7506\">To go deeper, you can read <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"\/?p=3546\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1925\" data-end=\"1991\"><strong data-start=\"1926\" data-end=\"1950\">Honouring the feminine<\/strong><\/a>, another article I published in <em data-start=\"2031\" data-end=\"2053\">Esprit Yoga Magazine<\/em> about our relationship with the body and the sacred dimension of the feminine.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><h2 id=\"plusloin\" data-start=\"7513\" data-end=\"7541\">\ud83c\udf15 Go further<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"7543\" data-end=\"7750\">This article is an entryway.<br data-start=\"7578\" data-end=\"7581\" \/>If you want to explore how your body works, and how to adapt your daily life, practice, and energy, I invite you to discover:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"7752\" data-end=\"7995\">\n<li data-start=\"7752\" data-end=\"7853\">\n<p data-start=\"7754\" data-end=\"7853\"><span data-start=\"7758\" data-end=\"7805\">The workshop <\/span><strong data-start=\"7758\" data-end=\"7805\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campus-aliaom.thinkific.com\/products\/courses\/cycle-feminin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Menstrual Cycle &amp; the Female Body<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 a space for practice and transmission.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7854\" data-end=\"7995\">\n<p data-start=\"7856\" data-end=\"7995\">The <strong data-start=\"7859\" data-end=\"7900\">full <a href=\"https:\/\/campus-aliaom.thinkific.com\/bundles\/formation-yoga-de-la-femme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women\u2019s Yoga training<\/a><\/strong> on the <strong data-start=\"7915\" data-end=\"7925\">AliaOm<\/strong> campus \u2014 to integrate menstrual wisdom into your life or teaching.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"7997\" data-end=\"8118\">These spaces help you reconnect with your body, understand your rhythm, and rebuild trust with your own nature.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7997\" data-end=\"8118\">This <strong data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"372\">Women\u2019s Yoga<\/strong> approach continues a path I began in 2011, inspired by <em data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"467\">Yoni Shakti<\/em> by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli \u2014 now shared as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoganidranetwork.org\/yoni-shakti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"521\">Womb Yoga<\/em><\/a> \u2014 and presented for the first time in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yogajournalfrance.fr\/le-yoga-de-la-femme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"602\">Yoga Journal France<\/em><\/a> article in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\"><h2 id=\"conclusion\" data-start=\"8125\" data-end=\"8146\">\ud83c\udf3a In conclusion<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"8148\" data-end=\"8366\">Your menstrual cycle is not a constraint.<br data-start=\"8193\" data-end=\"8196\" \/>It is a <strong data-start=\"8206\" data-end=\"8218\">compass<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"8219\" data-end=\"8222\" \/>A continuous dialogue between your body and your life.<br data-start=\"8270\" data-end=\"8273\" \/>An invitation to live with nature, with your breath, with what makes you a woman.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8368\" data-end=\"8608\">If there is one thing to remember, it\u2019s this:<br data-start=\"8429\" data-end=\"8432\" \/><strong data-start=\"8432\" data-end=\"8451\">your body knows.<\/strong><br data-start=\"8451\" data-end=\"8454\" \/>Each month, it speaks through sensations, impulses, needs.<br data-start=\"8528\" data-end=\"8531\" \/>It doesn\u2019t need to be \u201cfixed\u201d \u2014 it needs to be listened to.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"8610\" data-end=\"8835\">So whether you are a teenager or a grandmother, in a time of renewal or of rest, remember:<br data-start=\"8717\" data-end=\"8720\" \/>every woman is a season of the world.<br data-start=\"8757\" data-end=\"8760\" \/>And within this inner dance lies the beauty of the feminine.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin: 40px 0; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #f1e8e6;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 8px 0;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf15 AliaOm Method | Women\u2019s Yoga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 0 8px 0; color: #6b6b6b;\">Online trainings and workshops to understand the female body and live in tune with your natural rhythm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0;\"><a 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