Working with waning, introspective, discerning energy through plant allies for womb and spirit
There is a moment in your cycle – maybe you have felt it – when everything shifts.
Not dramatically, not with fanfare. Just a quiet turning, like the hour before dawn when the sky cannot decide if it is night or morning. That is The Wild Woman energy arriving. Waning, introspective, discerning. And if you have been pushing through, grinding against your own natural rhythm, you have probably been missing her invitations entirely.
I used to miss them too, beloved.
I remember the luteal phases of my early twenties – though I did not have language for them then. I just knew that some weeks I wanted to conquer the world, and other weeks I wanted to disappear into my apartment with tea and silence. I thought something was wrong with me.
Nobody told me I was just… cyclical.
What The Wild Woman Wants You to Know
Here is what I have learned: The Wild Woman is not a phase to push through. She is an invitation – to truth-telling, boundaries, completion.
Our grandmothers knew this. The one who runs with wolves, who knows when to burn it down. They planned their lives around these rhythms, not in spite of them. They knew that a woman who honors her luteal phase has access to power that hustle culture will never understand.
When you are in The Wild Woman energy, your body is asking for plant allies for womb and spirit. Not as another to-do, but as medicine. As birthright.
Herbal Medicine as Sacred Practice
Let me tell you what herbal medicine looks like when you are honoring The Wild Woman:
It is not optimization. It is not about being better, faster, more efficient. It is about plant allies for womb and spirit in a way that actually nourishes you – body, womb, spirit, and bone.
womb steaming: During your luteal phase, this might look like boundary setting. Notice what your body asks for. She knows.
tea rituals: This practice connects beautifully with truth journaling. Let it be soft.
herbal baths: Try pairing this with fierce self-advocacy. There is no wrong way to do this.
The ancestors understood that herbal medicine was not separate from spiritual practice – it WAS spiritual practice.
A Practice for Your Luteal Phase
Find a quiet moment. Place one hand on your womb, one on your heart. Take three breaths that reach all the way down.
Ask yourself: What does The Wild Woman want me to know today?
Do not force an answer. Just listen. Maybe it is a word, an image, a sensation. Maybe it is simply feeling your own hands on your body, reminding you that you are here, you are whole, you are held.
Then choose ONE practice from herbal medicine that feels like a yes. Not a should. A yes.
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Beloved, The Wild Woman is not a destination. She is a companion who arrives faithfully, month after month. The more you learn her rhythms, the more you will find yourself moving with your life instead of against it.
You are not broken for being cyclical. You are not lazy for needing rest. You are exactly as you were designed to be.
Go gently, dear one. Your body knows the way home.