Supporting Women - Body, Mind, & Soul
Have an easy to understand Ayurvedic explanations of why women have different types of menstrual cramps and some self care measures. An alternative to hormonal treatments that don’t cure, but cover symptoms.
45 minutes of Video
Self Care of Menstrual Problems – PDF
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Created for health professionals, this video class ( 5+ hours and 75 pages of notes) offers Ayurveda and midwifery perspectives on the menstrual process and how to support it. Optional Certificate of Completion available with written exam. If you want a less intensive and technical class on Menstrual Health try: Menstrual and Fertility Health with Ayurveda or on Menstrual Cramps try: Getting to the Roots of Your Menstrual Cramps . You can also schedule a private consultation with Terra Rafael .
If you are new to Ayurveda, at least take the class Beginning Ayurveda before this one.
The section on treatment of menstrual disorders with Ayurveda shares foods, habits, and herbs to avoid or use for specific disorders. Covers:
Notes for Optimal Menstrual Health & Treating Menstrual Disorders with Ayurveda (PDF)
| Video 1 – Menstrual Health – Female Anatomy Review Development of sexual organs; changes during menstrual cycles; the broad ligament; uterine layers; muscular layers of uterus; relationships of internal organs; lymph, nervous system ( 5 min:40sec)Video 2 – Menstrual Health – Female Cycles Review Usual cycle; normal cycle length variations; many interacting female cycles- hormonal endometrial; ovarian; cervical; uterine position; estrogen functions; progesterone functions; Interplay of hormones before and after ovulation; development of ovum; actual ovulation photos; long-term egg quality formation; endometrial cycle with ovarian cycles; cervical mucus cycle; photos of women’s cervices throughout the monthly cycle; Uterine movements due to hormonal changes; How cycles coordinate over time. (11min:33 sec)
Video 3 – Menstrual Health – According to Ayurveda Doshas, tissues, channels: Doshas and the reproductive; Tissues; Shukravaha srotas / Artavavaha srotas; Determining Healthy Artava/Female Shukra; Causes of Vitiation; Factors for A healthy womb and ovaries ; The yoni; yoni mudra practice; herbal sitz bath practice; marma points (42 min:50 sec Video 4 – Dysfunctional Positioning of the Uterus Symptoms, causes, variations, a vata problem – can push into congestion (K) or inflammation (P) as well (34 min) Video 5 – Terra’s Keys to Menstrual Health Includes Honoring Menstrual Cycles with Song (13 Min Video 6 – Self Care Recommendations Self Care Recommendations For Between Moon Times ; Self Care Recommendations During Moon Times; (13:11 min ) |
Video 7 – Treating Menstrual Problems with Ayurveda (2 hrs: 52 min)
Video 8 – Treating Menstrual Problems – Endometriosis and Adenomyosis (16 min )
Video 9 – Treating Menstrual Problems – PreMenstrual Syndrome (25 min )
Optional exam for a Certificate of Completion
Optimal Menstrual Health with Ayurveda Class
You may also want mentoring with Terra to discuss questions or your individual client cases.
Women have so many female cycles within their “period” – many not really known to them. We have menstrual, ovarian, hormonal, uterine movement, fertile fluid, and temperature cycles and their components. All of them interact to create the menstrual-fertility cycle. To have healthy periods and fertility you need all of these cycles to be working well. When some are off, they are symptoms that give us information about where we need to bring balance.
By understanding these cycles YOUR cycles may make more sense and you can take an active role in making your cycles healthier. 11+ minutes that could change your life!
Be sure to see Female Anatomy Revealed for understanding more about your body.
Menstrual & Fertility Health with Ayurveda. This 2 hour class discusses understanding healthy menstrual & fertility, and treating menstrual and fertility problems in women.
Some knowledge of Ayurveda is assumed in this 2 hour lecture, originally given at the Colorado Ayurvedic Medicine Association. If you need to learn Ayurveda, see the Learn the Language of Nature -Ayurveda Series for an overview.
You may want to watch the whole series Women’s Health with Ayurveda
