Hi, I’m Carmen Reyes, feminine mysteries priestess and educator. FEMM fertility teacher & women’s health coach, apothecary herbalist and CSMC menopause coaching specialist.
Feminine Mysteries Educator – The five feminine mysteries: birth, menarche, pregnancy and birthing/lactation, menopause and death are our body’s natural processes. There was ancient understanding about them and rituals to celebrate and honor them. They are the Sacred Blood Mysteries, transitional times of growth and receiving universal knowledge. In my Blood Mysteries program, I educate women about them, lead ritual and offer information and practices to create feminine embodiment. With monthly moonwork, seasonal rituals and womb & blood priestess exercises you enter the temple of the sacred feminine, your birthright.
Body Literacy, Menstrual & Earth Cycle Awareness, Blood Mysteries – I teach body literacy and the spiritual practice of menstruation as taught by Jane Hardwicke Collings in my Blood Mysteries program. Women work with the seasons of their cycle for empowerment and connection to earth rhythms. They experience cycles within cycles of the sun, moon, and earth each month. As the moon waxes and wanes, the menstrual cycle also brings changeable levels of energy. There are times in our cycle that we feel our best and other times when we need to rest. Our culture asks that we show up the same way each day but that isn’t how our bodies work. We can work with our cycle instead of against it by dropping into each phase and giving our body what it needs. Charting helps identify patterns and notice differences from one week to another. Charting is part of accessing our feminine mysteries and womb power. With regular cycle charting, womb meditations, blood art and collecting, seasonal ritual we re-connect with the rhythms of our femal body. Moonwork is taught and becomes a foundation for getting into the rhythm of cycles for those who bleed and those who don’t.
School education teaches anatomy and physiology but fails to teach how to apply this knowledge to our unique cycle in a meaningful and sacred way.
Natural Fertility – For those who want to go deeper into the phases of their menstrual cycle and know what actually happens from bleed to bleed, body literacy explains that. Natural fertility helps you identify your fertile window, the time in your cycle when conception is possible. Ovulation is a vital sign that indicates hormonal and overall health for your body.
You only ovulate once in a month and your egg can only live for 12 – 24 hours.
By identifying your fertile window, you will know when and if you ovulate and can also avoid pregnancy with no negative side effects.
With natural fertility, contraception is in your own hands. You are the only one who gets to have a say with what happens with your body and your birth control.
I found FAM (fertility awareness method) right out of high school on a hippie commune in Illinois with a book called “A Cooperative Method of Natural Birth Control” by Margaret Nofziger. Natural fertility was my method of birth control for 50 some years. Nowaday, people start their journey with FAM using “TCOYF Take Charge of Your Fertility” by Toni Weschler.
I teach the FEMM Symptohormonal method of cervical mucus and LH testing.
Menopause Specialist – Perimenopause and Menopause are pivotal life stages – often with symptoms that can affect a woman’s health, fitness, nutrition and overall wellbeing. While this can be challenging, it can also be an opportunity to redefine your health, wellness and fitness goals, re-evaluate your nutrition and fitness goals and re-envision how you want to feel in the next decades of your life. Navigating menopause begins with reflection on where you are at and where you want to go. Is stress making menopause worse? Do you have symptoms? Are you sleeping soundly? Taking hormones or want to (BHRT)? Taking a look at nutrition and lifestyle and focusing on turning around a few symptoms is a good place to begin. Work with me includes zoom sessions, powerpoint presentations, pdf handouts, tips, email and messaging. You’ll receive access to a menopause library curated just for you.
Working with me privately or with a group could include menstrual awareness, cycle charting for health, contraception or conception, self care and nutrition for hormone health. Also spiritual menstruation or menopause with moon cycle charting and ritual. My online offerings include a personal or group guided journey into Womb Mysteries with individualized learning and care.
I can help you connect with your womb ower through your cycles, find answers to your cycle questions, ease and turn around symptoms and support your overall wellness. Sacred menstruation or menopause connects you with the Feminine Mysteries and the cycles within cycles of life.
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I offer private and group programs and coaching online and in Montpelier, Vermont at the Grian Herbs Apothecary where I currently work in a family business with my daughter, Iris as an Apothecary Herbalist since 2016.
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Herbal Medicine for Women, Dr. Aviva Romm, 2023
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