Tracking my cycle and learning to understand how my body changes with each phase, has been the single most empowering thing I have learned to help me live in deep connection and relationship with myself and with the natural cycles of our world. A powerful daily reminder that we are always internally and externally relating to, and a part of, the greater forces of life on earth. I have found this practice both grounding and insightful.
 
I created this tracker with the hope that it could help us all to engage in this process in a beautiful way, while also gently communicating to our families and loved ones where we are at on any given day, perhaps kindling communication, encouraging knowledge and inviting support.
 
First thing to do is to mark the moon phases into your tracker. Choose how you want to do this and use these guides below to show where each moon lands in each month. If you start this process in April or May for example, you can then spill over into the next year accordingly using the 2027 moons.
 
The second step in using this tracker is learning to understand your own phases. Each phase comes with it’s own strengths and challenges. I’ve included a little generic info below ( on the postcard that comes with the tracker) about our cycles but remember that every body is different and on it’s own journey. . Some great resources for going deeper include Lucy Peaches book - Period Queen and all of Jane Hardwick- Collins work. It’s never too late to get started and this is also a great resource for mapping the changes during perimenopause. Keep it on the fridge or in a place that both the partners and children you live with can interact with it easily and ask you questions or begin to learn more alongside you. I believe this knowledge can be paradigm shifting and world changing for us all.
 
Choose which colours to display each of your phases and colour in the circles at the bottom of your tracker.
 
Taking your temperature, testing your vaginal mucus and being in tune with your energy levels and mood are all ways to help you to begin to understand which phase you are in each day. Colour each circle in as you go. I found it helpful to start with my menstruation days.
 
Prints are A3 size, printed on beautiful thick Gmund Heidi 330 GSM card which is made from 100% post-consumer recycled material. It's such beautiful paper : natural, raw, textured, pulpy and warm buff coloured.