Episode 3: Blood Mysteries

In this episode of Matriarchy Mondays, Kat, Devanna, Sarah, and Yeshe enter into a deeply personal conversation about the Blood Mysteries and the ways menstruation, menopause, cycles, and the changing body have been understood, hidden, celebrated, and shamed across generations. Beginning with reflections on the intense energy surrounding the recent eclipse, the conversation moves into the rhythms of the body and the ancient relationship between blood, cycles, intuition, healing, and sacred practice. The women share their own experiences of first menstruation, cultural and familial taboos, coming-of-age rites, menstrual blood as sacred substance, changing relationships with their cycles, and the unexpected grief and transformation that can accompany menopause. They also explore what is lost when menstruation is treated as something dirty, embarrassing, or purely clinical, and what can be reclaimed when women begin speaking openly about their bodies again. From moon-time ceremonies and menstrual art to hot flashes, womb wisdom, generational silence, and the wild second adolescence of menopause, this episode asks us to reconsider what we have been taught about women's blood and who benefits when its mysteries remain hidden. Because blood is not simply something the body sheds. Blood is life. Click to watch!