Inner Source Alchemy with Capri

“Many people have been asking about my position on vitamin D. Whether or not people choose to take a supplement is up to them, but it's important to remember a few key things.

1. There's no replacement for sun exposure. Vitamin D pills cannot correct a sunlight deficiency.
2. The beneficial effects of sun exposure are not due to vitamin D, but rather the exposure to electromagnetic radiation (i.e. sunlight). It's the light having the effect, not the 'vitamin D'.
3. Vitamin D blood concentrations are a proxy marker for sun exposure. Vitamin D is the evidence of exposure to the sun, nothing more.
4. Sun exposure has dozens of beneficial effects above & beyond that of vitamin D.
5. Vitamin D is a hormone, therefore supplementing with it is hormone replacement therapy, not vitamin therapy.
6. In 2022, France classified vitamin D as a substance of very high concern as an endocrine disruptor. Do we really know what this synthetic substance is doing?

Seek the sun, not supplements.”

Credit: Daniel Roytas

It's me. I'm the grandmother (one day). This is what I say to my children now. Not just because of the word aspect, which is a factor. But also because I believe our biology isn't making mistakes. It isn't designed to work against us. When we go through it- whatever it may be - it is a response, a reaction, an adaption. An attempt to heal and rebalance the system, to restore the health. Therefore when we are sick - we are healing. Our choice point lies within the healing ... how we treat ourselves in that. Do we live in fear of the body? Do we treat the discomfort away? There are varying levels of "sickness" just as there are varying levels of "healing". The five biological laws according to Germanic Healing Knowledge/German New Medicine are incredibly insightful.

🏏 Healing with Paula

In episode 28 I share with you a conversation/interview that I have held in “the vault” for nearly three years!

Kris Gonzáles of The Way of Yin by Kris González joins me to discuss the timeless wisdom within a woman’s cycle, inner seasons as well as an introduction to the (ancient) important concept of the “three golden opportunities”.

If you’re interested in vitality, and living connected and at ease from your innate core and on out into the world - this is the place to start.

I LOVE these topics and am happy to kick off season three, after a long podcast hiatus! Onward into the Yin Water Rabbit year we go!

🎙Inner Source Alchemy with Capri on most podcast platforms. Apple podcast link in comments.

My current postpartum health (a “golden opportunity” time) flow 🌀

*Lots of daytime feeding

*sleeping/laying 11-12 hrs/night

*whole herbal supps, desiccated regen/organic cow liver/heart/spleen supps, blue light glasses, intentional sun exposure it ever appears (a rare phenomenon this winter).

*sauna/sweat-cool(refreshing)walk around yard-jump on rebounder/mini trampoline outside-quick shower. wet hair wash 1-2x a week.

*castor oil packs and milk thistle

*whole food cooking as much as comfortably possible

*Movement when energy bursts arrise (squats, yoga, dance, being weird) - my fav (to date) barre classes are going to be back in my life in the near future.

Living the medicine.

Coming toward the end of our “fourth trimester” 💕

My long awaited next podcast episode with The Way of Yin by Kris González will *finally* (in perfect time) be published, so look out for my update on that! She will explain, with finesse, about the “three golden opportunities” amongst other interesting near and dear to me topics!

A long but fun read 🎊🖤💧🐇

Shìwaì Taóyuán 世外桃源 the Peach Spring Beyond this World - Qì in the Year of the Yīn Water Rabbit Year, Gŭi Măo 癸卯 – Year 2023/4721 千巖萬轉路不定，迷花倚石忽已暝。 熊咆龍吟殷巖泉，慄深林兮驚層巔。 …… 列缺霹靂，丘巒崩摧。 洞天石扉，訇然中開。...

Yep

This film explores Terrain Theory, a model for health that works in symbiosis with nature to promote wellness and healing, free of a corrupt and flawed medical paradigm.

The Terrain movie by our friends Andy Kaufman and Marcy Cravat is available to stream on Amazon. Please, everyone, rent the movie, write a review and help get the word out: https://amzn.to/3WcRG0u

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The Woman who has Herself

When a woman has herself
you can enter or leave her life
you can flatter or judge her
and she, she will receive or say goodbye to you kindly
and she will thank you and understand your shadows
because she already knows hers.
You probably won't tolerate it and at the same time
you want to own it and you will end up walking away
from her if you don't have the courage to respect her.
When a woman has herself
the Universe Dances at her feet, and She rises.
She becomes compassionate.
She chooses.
She is aware.
She gives and receives Love.
It is easy to recognize it.
The Woman Who Has Herself
She smiles in the sun as in the storm.
She celebrates life and understands death.
She lives and dances the processes.
She doesn't have a hue, she's a rainbow.

Author: Maria Harchanan Kaur

Artwork:

🤪

Be feminine they said.
Remove your body hair. Shave your legs. Shave your armpits. Shave your bikini line. Wax your face. Wax your arms. Wax your eyebrows. Get rid of your mustache. Bleach this. Bleach that. Lighten your skin. Tan your skin. Eradicate your scars. Cover your stretch marks. Tighten your abs. Plump your lips. Botox your wrinkles. Lift your face. Tuck your tummy. Thin your thighs. Tone your calves. Perk up your b***s. Look natural. Be yourself. Be genuine. Be confident. You’re trying too hard. You look overdone. Men don’t like girls who try too hard.

Be feminine they said.
Wear makeup. Prime your face. Conceal your blemishes. Contour your nose. Highlight your cheekbones. Line your lids. Fill in your brows. Lengthen your lashes. Color your lips. Powder, blush, bronze, highlight. Your hair is too short. Your hair is too long. Your ends are split. Highlight your hair. Your roots are showing. Dye your hair. Not blue, that looks unnatural. You’re going grey. You look so old. Look young. Look youthful. Look ageless. Don’t get old. Women don’t get old. Old is ugly. Men don’t like ugly. You're wearing too much make up.

Be feminine they said.
Save yourself. Be pure. Be virginal. Don’t talk about s*x. Don’t flirt. Don’t be a skank. Don’t be a w***e. Don’t sleep around. Don’t lose your dignity. Don’t have s*x with too many men. Don’t give yourself away. Men don’t like s***s. Don’t be a prude. Don’t be so uptight. Have a little fun. Smile more. Pleasure men. Be experienced. Be s*xual. Be innocent. Be dirty. Be virginal. Be s*xy. Be the cool girl. Don’t be like the other girls.

Be feminine they said.
Don’t talk too loud. Don’t talk too much. Don’t take up space. Don’t sit like that. Don’t stand like that. Don’t be intimidating. Why are you so miserable? Don’t be a bitch. Don’t be so bossy. Don’t be assertive. Don’t overact. Don’t be so emotional. Don’t cry. Don’t yell. Don’t swear. Be passive. Be obedient. Endure the pain. Be pleasing. Don’t complain. Let him down easy. Boost his ego. Make him fall for you. Men want what they can’t have. Don’t give yourself away. Make him work for it. Men love the chase. Fold his clothes. Cook his dinner. Keep him happy. That’s a woman’s job. You’ll make a good wife some day. Take his last name. You hyphenated your name? Crazy feminist. Give him children. You don’t want children? You will some day. You’ll change your mind. You'll change your name and give them his. What's a family without a single name?

Be feminine they said.
Don’t get r***d. Protect yourself. Don’t drink too much. Don’t walk alone. Don’t go out too late. Don’t dress like that. Don’t show too much. Don’t get drunk. Don’t leave your drink. Have a buddy. Walk where it is well lit. Stay in the safe neighbourhoods. Tell someone where you’re going. Bring pepper spray. Buy a r**e whistle. Hold your keys like a weapon. Take a self-defence course. Check your trunk. Lock your doors. Don’t go out alone. Don’t make eye contact. Don’t bat your eyelashes. Don’t look easy. Don’t attract attention. Don’t work late. Don’t crack dirty jokes. Don’t smile at strangers. Don’t go out at night. Don’t trust anyone. Don’t say yes. Don’t say no. Have a life of your own, but not at night alone.

Just “be feminine” they said.~

~Author Unknown (women have added to it as it gets passed on)

Recently experienced my third freebirth ♥️

In case no one has told you, the journey won't make sense until you're on the other side

While you're walking the path
Doing the holy work of birth
Sweating and swaying and swearing
You'll be so deep in it
So consumed by the sensations
That you won't be able to see the end
Or even the progress you've made
You'll feel lost at points
Desperate even
Grasping at some sense of linear time
At a roadmap you can follow
At a finish line you can see
And coming up empty handed
Minutes are hours are days are lifetimes are galaxies
Each contraction takes you deeper
And it's impossible to see the light at the end of the tunnel
When you are the tunnel
And the darkness
And the whole entire planet
hurtling through space

And those electric candles and twinkly lights that you put up to set the mood
Seem so silly now as you're being tossed and turned
Inside out
Moaning and panting your way through
celestial portals
But then you'll emerge
Unimaginable relief
Tidal waves of joy crashing over you
Triumph and deliverance
Pride and peace
And a love so expansive
Your heart will explode
And it will all make sense
You will see how your journey
Was written in the stars
That you were never lost
Every contraction
Every moment when you thought you couldn't go on
Was simply a stepping stone

On your way home
You will see that your magic mirrored the universe
That you were one in the same
birthing new worlds
Power and beauty in ecstatic motion

Words and Art by Catie Atkinson
Spirit Y Sol
www.linktr.ee/spiritysol

SHE On The Tip Of Her Tongue

Free Class ✨ Perimenopause & Chinese Medicine

Spread the word...and the love! I'm giving a *free talk* next Tuesday, Oct 25th @ 11 am PT about Perimenopause and Chinese Medicine.

We will be discussing:

✹ 7-Year Life Cycles
✹ The Three Golden Opportunities: Menstruation, Postpartum & Perimenopause
✹ Why it's important to consider your entire womb continuum
✹ Your Cycles mapped along the 5 Elements/Phases
✹ What is Perimenopause, when does it start, and how long does it last?
✹ How can you best support yourself through this rite of passage?

Here is the link to sign up for the free talk. https://www.thewayofyin.com/freetalkperimenopauseandchinesemedicine

Please feel free to share this with your friends, colleagues, and family members who might be interested. See you all there!

🌱♥️I FREE YOU DAUGHTER ♥️🌱

♥️ I free you daughter from being what I wasn't and from having what I didn't have. I free you from carrying my frustrations and adjusting to my limitations. I give you the strength I took from my mother and ancestors so that every step you take is originally yours.

🍃 I give you the treasure of knowing us always holding your back, in tribe, in herd, to all the women of your bloodline. Walk free from my fears, my darkness and my experiences.

♥️ May my footprint serve as a guide but never condition you. May the history written with pain in our wombs be released and only part of a narrative of the past.

🍃While an old world that fears free women dies, you and I are creating one that loves and honors us.

♥️Be free, let us be free. We're together now, all together. Free Herd
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