17/08/2026
What if the way we tend to ourselves during transitions helps prepare the ground for how we enter what is next?
◇ The transition from Winter to Spring in the menstrual cycle ◇
There is a particular point in my cycle when I can feel myself crossing from deep Winter into Spring.
The energy begins to return. There is a sense of renewal and clarity, and I start feeling ready to put my energy towards any projects.
And yet, in early Spring especially, my system still asks for gentleness.
I think of myself, my energy, and my pursuit of goals at this time as a little seedling emerging from the Earth. Something new is beginning, but it is still tender. It needs tending. Protection. Time.
I've noticed that how I meet the Spring and Summer phase of my cycle depends, in part, on how well I have honoured the medicine of Winter and have tended to the paced and careful transition into Spring. On how attentive I've been with what else is showing up during this transition, and given it space and time to exist.
It's taught me that a transition isn't just something we pass through on our way to what's next. How we meet it matters.
The return of energy can easily feel like a signal to begin doing more and return to 'normal'. I have to really remind myself here that being Woman means that I am cyclical, not linear. And each point along that cycle holds the fertile ground for what's next.
I feel the very first invitation of Spring is simply to notice what is beginning to emerge.
And tend to it.
Give it enough space to take root.
And then, when the time comes, let that energy move towards what is calling us.
I'm learning that even these small, regular transitions can show us something about how we move through change.
What is your current transition, big or small, showing you?
