The Moon, the Water, and the Woman: Remembering Our Natural Connection

Long before science measured cycles in data and calendars, ancient peoples lived in deep awareness of a truth many have forgotten:We are nature.

Nowhere is this connection more profound than in the bond between women, the moon, and the waters of life.Every woman carries within her a rhythm that echoes the dance of the earth—the shifting tides, the growing and waning moon, the silent pull of seasons changing.

The moon, with its steady cycle from new to full and back again, mirrors the monthly rhythms of the menstrual cycle. Both move through phases of rising, fullness, releasing, and renewal. Both are quiet reminders that life is not linear. It is circular, spiral, alive.

Scientific research confirms what ancient traditions intuited: the average menstrual cycle lasts around 28 to 29.5 days, almost identical to the lunar month (Cutler, 1979). The moon's gravitational pull shapes the tides of the oceans—vast bodies of water responding to a celestial rhythm—and the human body, composed of roughly 60% water, is not exempt from these subtle influences (Popkin et al., 2010).

Our bodies, like the oceans, feel the pull.

In many indigenous cultures, menstruation was honored as a sacred connection to the earth and the cosmos. The bleeding time was seen not as shameful, but as a time of heightened intuition, renewal, and spiritual openness. Women were recognized as life-bearers whose cycles mirrored the great cycles of life itself.

Modern women often live disconnected from these natural rhythms. In a world that values constancy and productivity, the body's call to ebb and flow—to rest, reflect, nourish, and renew—is often ignored or even resented. This disconnection can lead to stress, hormonal imbalance, emotional exhaustion, and a deep sense of alienation from the self (Briden, 2017).

At FeelSafeHub, we believe that remembering these natural connections is an essential part of healing.Your body is not wrong because it moves through phases.Your energy, your emotions, your creativity—all are meant to wax and wane, just like the moon, just like the tides.

We are not designed to be the same every day.We are made for seasons, for cycles, for change.

Honoring your own natural rhythms—recognizing when you are in a phase of rising energy, creative blossoming, deep reflection, or quiet release—is an act of profound self-respect and self-love.It is a way of returning to yourself as nature intended: fluid, alive, and whole.

When we reconnect with the moon, the water, and the wisdom of our bodies, we reconnect with life itself.

At FeelSafeHub, we witness and celebrate every phase of your cycle—every emotion, every energy, every transformation.You are not separate from nature.You are nature, in human form.

And you are sacred in every phase of your becoming.

References:

• Briden, L. (2017). Period Repair Manual: Natural Treatment for Better Hormones and Better Periods. Pan Macmillan.

• Cutler, W. B. (1979). Lunar and menstrual phase locking. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 133(4), 348–353.

• Popkin, B. M., D'Anci, K. E., & Rosenberg, I. H. (2010). Water, hydration, and health. Nutrition Reviews, 68(8), 439–458.