From the Womb to Consciousness. The Menstrual Cycle as a Path of Awakening, Awareness, and Planetary Transformation

For many women, the menstrual cycle is a constant source of discomfort and suffering. Month after month, one gets used to living with the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome and painful menstruation, as if it were all "normal." But what happens when this suffering becomes so deep that it affects the quality of life, emotions, relationships?

It was the same for me.

For over ten years I experienced intense mood swings that sometimes made me think I was suffering from depression. I, sunny and smiling by nature, transformed for two or three days a month into an emotional whirlwind: sudden crying, nameless sadness, irritability, annoyance towards the world. Until that day when, kneeling on the dance hall floor, through tears, I asked myself: "Why am I suffering so much? And above all… what can I do to truly heal?"

From there, a journey of transformation began. I read, studied, applied. I delved into the depths of my womb and my soul. I went through shadows and pains that my mind tried to avoid. And it is right there, in the heart of my vulnerability, that I found the strength to change. I began to feel that this suffering was not only mine. It was as if my body also carried within itself the collective pain of generations of women, past and present.

From this experience, a mission was born: to share concrete and mindful tools to transform the relationship with the menstrual cycle. Thus, I created Ginecomagia®, an integrated system that combines art, natural wellness, and feminine awareness. Because, contrary to what we are told, it is not normal to suffer every month, nor to “wither” with age. It is possible to maintain health, energy, and sensuality naturally at every stage of life.

Today, on the occasion of the World Menstrual Hygiene Day, I wish to share these reflections. Because talking about the cycle is not just an individual matter: it is a political, spiritual, and collective act.

The menstrual cycle as a path of awakening and collective transformation

The female body is neither a mistake to be corrected nor a burden to bear. It is a sacred portal that allows you to be reborn every month. The menstrual cycle, if listened to and understood, becomes an ally for inner awakening, a call to the natural rhythm of things, an invitation to the cyclicality that permeates everything: the moon, the earth, life itself.

Each phase of the cycle has a different energetic and psychic quality. In the premenstrual phase, for example, repressed emotions emerge, invisible tensions, messages from the body asking for attention. In the menstrual phase, a portal of release and renewal opens, similar to a “spiritual winter.” In the preovulatory phase we are reborn like the maiden and spring. In the ovulatory phase we are the great mother who loves and nourishes all. 

When we learn to live the cycle with awareness and not to fight it, we begin to dance with our deepest nature and new possibilities of being and manifesting in the world open up.

What if this wisdom did not concern only women? What if the whole world needed to rediscover the value of cyclicity, silence, letting go? On a planet that runs, consumes, destroys, menstruation teaches us the art of slowing down, listening, renewing.

Period poverty: a global problem

While in some parts of the world there is talk of cyclical awakening and menstruation as a spiritual tool, in many other regions women do not even have access to the minimum necessary to live their cycle with dignity.

• 500 million people worldwide do not have access to adequate menstrual products or safe sanitation facilities to manage their cycle.

  📌 Source: UNESCO, 2021

• In some countries, up to 20% of girls drop out of school at puberty due to lack of sanitary pads, clean water, and bathrooms.

  📌 Source: UNICEF, 2020

• In war zones or emergency contexts, cycle management becomes even more critical: safe shelters, drinking water, and privacy are lacking. Menstruation becomes a health and psychological risk.

  📌 Source: UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), 2022

• Even in Western countries, period poverty exists: in Italy, one in ten women aged 14 to 25 has difficulty purchasing hygiene products every month.

  📌 Source: ISTAT / WeWorld, 2023

This data reminds us that talking about the menstrual cycle is a political and social act, as well as a spiritual one. It is a matter of justice, equity, and fundamental human rights.

The Happy Menstruation Angels®

Solidarity project for homeless women in Milan

Become a Menstrual Angel yourself with the charitable project “The Happy Menstruation Angels®”

In the heart of Milan, every day, many homeless women face their menstrual cycle under extreme conditions: without sanitary pads, without clean bathrooms, without privacy. An invisible reality, but deeply painful, undermining health, dignity, and identity.

From this urgency arises “The Angels of Happy Menstruations®”, a project I conceived as a Mentor of Natural Female Wellness, menstrual educator and founder of Happy Menstruations®, which is part of my integrated system of female cyclical transformation Gynecomagic®.

A concrete gesture, a real impact

With the collaboration of:

• City Angels
• Ottavo Senso Association – Awareness of Wellness
• Other partners in the process of joining

The initiative starts in Milan as a pilot project, with the goal to distribute pads and menstrual hygiene products to 50 homeless women every month, for an entire year.

This is not just a distribution of products: it is a social caress, a gesture that says “I see you, I honor you, I respect you”.

Join the circle. Take care of yourself, take another woman by the hand too.

If you wish to contribute to the project “The Angels of Happy Menstruation®”, you can do so in various ways:

• Donating pads, intimate wipes or other useful, ecological products.
• Financially supporting the project with a free donation.
• Enrolling in the Happy Menstruation® course: for each participation, a portion is donated to the cause. Special price until June 30th.
  
  

For every woman who heals her cycle, there is another who can live it with dignity and personal change generates collective impact.

Every respected menstruation is a political, spiritual, and social act.

Become a Happy Menstruations Angel® too.

Let's transform the world one menstruation at a time!

For donations, project support information, and registration for the menstrual transformation journey write to us through this link.