The Library / Research Research · Women’s Health · 10 min read PMOS: What We Call It Shapes How We Treat It A landmark rename, and what Ayurveda understood all along. A Name That Never Fit What Changed Same Diagnosis What Ayurveda Sees Agni The Preventative Vision A Co-Creative Approach References A Name That Never […]
PMOS: What We Call It Shapes How We Treat It
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You don’t arrive at yourself in a single, cinematic breakthrough. There is no one weekend, no one ceremony, no final insight after which you are healed and finished. The return is slower than that. Quieter. It moves the way a season moves — not in a straight line, but in a spiral, circling back to […]
The Library / Research Research · Women’s Health · 14 min read The Golden Month What every culture knew about the forty days after birth — and what we lost when we stopped listening. The Golden Hour The Golden Month How to Read The Cocoon Warming What This Protects The Through Line References When my […]
The Library · Essay The Diagnosis May Be Shared. The Woman Is Not. Catrina Armendáriz · Essay · June 2026 · 9 min read I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t on the prowl. Six weeks of Panchakarma had taught me something about my own fire. Mainly, how to channel it. So that night […]
The Library / Research Research · Women’s Health · 8 min read Why Does PCOS Look Different in Every Woman? Same diagnosis. Different bodies. Different stories. Image Same Diagnosis. Different Stories. Two women walk into a doctor’s office and receive the same diagnosis: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). One struggles with weight gain, irregular periods, and […]
The Library · Essay The Diagnosis May Be Shared. The Woman Is Not. Catrina Armendáriz · Essay · June 2026 · 9 min read I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t on the prowl. Six weeks of Panchakarma had taught me something about my own fire. Mainly, how to channel it. So that night […]
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 […]
Milk Rice During Menstruation An Ayurvedic Ritual for Deep Rest, Digestion & Replenishment In my Vaidya’s lineage, milk rice is a traditional preparation used during menstruation to support deep rest, digestion, and replenishment. During the bleed, the nervous system becomes more sensitive, digestion can weaken, and apana vayu (the downward-moving current in Ayurveda) becomes especially […]
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. […]
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