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TRANSMISSION The Medicine of Rest During Menstruation What an Ayurvedic menstrual therapy taught me about depletion, fertility, and feminine recovery. May 18, 2026 · 14 min read I still remember my first treatment vividly. My vaidya’s wife stepped outside of their beautiful home carrying a fresh mango leaf in her palm… Turn toward the sun […]

It’s a strange moment to be writing about healing and detox while the world feels so turbulent. Holding the awareness that many people are navigating far heavier realities right now. I just finished a simple kitchari dinner, and I’m in the final stretch of treatments at the panchakarma center. This afternoon I received my second […]

What if the aliveness you’re seeking has been within you all along? A couple of weeks ago, I revisted poems I’d written in previous eras of my life. Eras where I lived in lush jungles, or in thriving cities, surrounded by a compendium of inspiration. And oof, it felt alive. I felt alive reading them. […]

I’m 3 days post-op, leg elevated, with my sweet Ushas patiently riding this pause out with me. Just days before my leg hardware removal, I caught the train from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side to meet with Leah, a beautiful somatic healer now in her 70’s. She came recommended to me years ago by […]

A part of me craved time to warm up to him… to receive him fully; but, every other part of me saw the grief.  Felt the transitional state he danced in. So we remained in the liminal. Parts will seduce you only as far as you’ve integrated them. And I sat with that. How I […]