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And the way that many clinical professionals treat menstruation communicates that periods are still a taboo, rather than a regular bodily process. “Doctors only ask ‘When was your last period,’ in order to determine pregnancy,” says Lynette Medley, who co-founded SPOT Period, a community center in Philadelphia that provides menstruation supplies as well as health education.
This menstrual calendar employed by The Class has a seasonal poetry to it, with a light touch of goddess intuition. There’s a bounding, overenthusiastic spring phase marked by excess enthusiasm. There’s also a phase for social physical activity, a phase for expressive and impulsive movement, and a phase for restoration. The movement program changes every week in accordance with your cycle phase, which is great for my impatient brain, but also wise for my ambitious brain.
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