Feminine Alignment E-Book

Aurela Vivaci

• Herausgeber: epubli
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 129

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

''Feminine Alignment - A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Hormonal Balance and Natural Remedies for Women'' This book is for every woman who has ever struggled with PMS, PMDD or any other hormonal issue that has left her feeling defeated and disconnected from her body. If you're tired of being dismissed by doctors who tell you that your symptoms are "normal" or being handed a synthetic hormonal pill as the only solution, then this book is for you. I believe that every woman deserves to feel her best and to be in control of her own body, and that can only happen when we start to prioritize our hormonal health and well-being. With a bold feminist viewpoint of women's health, I will guide you on a journey of self-discovery, self-love and healing. You'll learn how to listen to your body, identify your unique hormonal imbalances, and choose natural remedies that work best for you. I will cover nutritional, environmental as well as spiritual reasons and solutions to your struggles relating to your cycle so you can reconnect with your body.

Leseprobe

Feminine Alignment:  

A Practical and Spiritual Guide to  

Hormonal Balance and Natural Remedies  

for Women  

by Aurela Vivaci  

Copyright © 2023 Aurela Vivaci  

All rights reserved  

No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a  

retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,  

electrical, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,  

without prior written permission from the author.  

Cover design by Aurela Vivaci  

INTRODUCTION  

This book is a beginners guide to help women  

reconnect with their innate spiritual and physical  

alignment, offering practical solutions for common  

hormonal imbalances caused by the modern Western  

lifestyle and diet. With a bold feminist perspective,  

it challenges the superficiality of patriarchal hustle  

culture and encourages a deeper connection with our  

bodies.  

In this self-help book, I'll guide you through the  

transforming magic of feminine alignment, using both  

spiritual practices and practical herbal remedies. I'll help  

you understand your body's unique hormonal  

imbalances and show you which natural remedies to  

choose that work best for you.  

Through shared experiences and tips, I'll empower you  

to connect with your body, listen to its needs, and honor  

its wisdom. You'll learn how to use simple, natural  

remedies to alleviate symptoms like cramps, irregular  

cycles, and mood swings, and feel more balanced and  

centered in your body.  

It's time to take control of your body, reclaim your  

hormonal health and tap into the power of feminine  

alignment.  

DISCLAIMER  

The information provided in this book is intended for  

educational purposes only and is not intended to  

diagnose or treat any medical condition.  

The author is not a licensed healthcare provider and the  

information provided should not be considered a  

substitute for professional medical advice. Readers  

should always consult with a qualified healthcare  

provider before using any of the information provided in  

this book.  

While the author has made every effort to ensure that  

the information in this book is accurate and up-to-date,  

the author makes no guarantee regarding the accuracy  

or completeness of the information provided.  

Additionally, readers should be aware that herbal  

remedies can have potentially dangerous side effects or  

interactions with medications. The author recommends  

that readers exercise caution, research dosages when  

using any herbal remedies and consult with a qualified  

healthcare provider before use.  

Finally, the author is not responsible for any actions  

taken by readers based on the information provided in  

this book, and readers assume all risks associated with  

using the information provided.  

Contents  

Cover  

Title Page  

Introduction  

Disclaimer  

CHAPTER 1 -  

RECLAIM YOUR  

BODY  

1. The female body is not a medical  

playground  

2. Medical gaslighting - Gender bias in  

healthcare  

3. Blood Tests and diagnosis  

4. Imbalances and matching symptoms  

CHAPTER 2 -  

MOON AND  

MENSES  

1. 28 day vs. 24 day cycle  

2. A spiritual perspective on periods  

3. Birds view - seeing yourself through  

eyes of love – gaining  

discernment  

CHAPTER 3 - RE-  

EDUCATION –  

BACK TO BASICS  

1. Shades Of Red – What your period  

blood is trying to tell you  

2. Period Pains  

3. Period Products – Pro's and Con's  

4. Traditional Birth Control Options and  

Hormonal Imbalances  

5. Natural Birthcontrol Options  

6. The Cycle Syncing Method  

7. Common Culprit – Our diet, gut  

health and lifestyle  

CHAPTER 4 - HEALING  

WILL COME  

1. The 4 PMS/PMDD Types  

2. Hyper-androgenism/Hirsutism  

3. PCOS And ''Lean PCOS''  

4. Endometriosis  

5. Menopause / Perimenopause  

6. Traditional Chinese Medicine for  

Women's Health  

7. Hormone Hacks  

8. Preparing For Your Period – Checklist  

9. Grocery Shopping List  

10 Meal Plan Example  

11. Simple Hormone Balancing Recipes  

12. Self-Care Practices  

CHAPTER 1 –  

RECLAIM YOUR BODY  

1.1 - THE FEMALE  

BODY IS NOT A  

MEDICAL  

PLAYGROUND  

Let me guess: You're working hard on your job, trying to  

climb the ladder to success and financial freedom,  

bringing in the money and maybe even being a provider  

for your loved ones. You consider yourself a highly self-  

reliant, modern woman trying to prove her worth in this  

patriarchal and capitalist world, time and time again.  

You're trying to balance your love life, your friendships  

and your family life, giving it your all, extracting the last  

bit of patience, peace, and love you have within your  

body. Matter of fact, at this point you might even feel  

completely disconnected from your bodily needs, just  

like a walking ball of wavering emotions, irritability, and  

exhaustion. You might find your hair and nails are  

becoming brittle, you get acne on your chin and facial  

hair you have to pluck out weekly – and on top of it all  

you have a low libido and are anticipating a physically  

and mentally draining period cycle.  

Once again, your body is raising all the red flags.  

The stress of life has become the current life  

experience itself and of course, you are still busy taking  

care of anyone and anything but yourself. Am I right?  

By no means do I want you to feel guilty or bad about  

yourself or your past decisions. I am merely trying to  

push you and other women into the harsh realization  

that we have been set up to fall into this societal trap of  

neglecting our sacred temple, on which our well-being  

and our happiness so urgently depend.  

Despite finding ourselves in these unfortunate  

circumstances for which we can’t take any blame, I still  

find it important to hold ourselves accountable for the  

ways in which we did or do still betray our bodies.  

It's true that we, as women, have been taught to neglect  

our needs and simply live with the pains of being a  

woman.  

I am sure that if you’re reading this, you have been  

suffering from a cluster of abnormal hormonal  

symptoms such as PMS/PMDD, painful cramps, and a  

heavy or irregular cycle, probably since you were a  

teen.  

How often did we have to hide our struggles with our  

period,our bodily and mental health to push through or  

simply were denied any help because there were  

supposedly no solutions to such a widespread female  

health problem ?  

Most likely your struggle hasn't even been  

acknowledged or treated in the way it should have been  

treated – whether it's by women who have just  

accepted their pain as their destiny or doctors who  

gaslight you into thinking your symptoms are ''perfectly  

normal'', ''part of what it's like to be a woman'' and oh,  

don't we love this line: "everything's alright with your  

bloodwork it must be psychosomatic".  

The only solution offered is a synthetic hormonal pill  

that will be the fix-it-all solution to your problems, when  

in fact it will be the last ingredient added to a disaster-  

recipe for your existing hormonal imbalance. I truly  

hope to show you a way out of this neglectful  

conditioning, the gaslighting, the belief that we as  

women should adapt to a toxic masculine world of  

constant hustle and strive and a way back into being  

present and back inside your body, feeling the calm and  

lightness of life you deserve.  

Although there are more than enough dietary and  

lifestyle factors which can make us sick and leave us  

without help, I am asking you to look at your life and  

ask yourself where have you built walls between  

yourself and your body? How are you dishonoring your  

own intuition and body? Do you have trauma or shame  

associated with being female/feminine? Did you have to  

be strong, a shoulder to lean on growing up? Almost  

always there is a certain emotional and mental  

component that plays an additional factor in bodily  

dysregulations and sicknesses. I am convinced that  

rejecting our femininity by playing into the notion that if  

women adapt to ''living like a man'' and then we're  

automatically promised that we will finally be deemed  

as equally worthy and capable as men - is a big  

contribution of why this fast, stress-inducing way of life  

is a big part of what wreaks havoc on our hormones.  

We're socialized to feel shameful about what is  

feminine and our needs during our cycles.Things like  

going against our bodily needs, not eating enough,  

working too much when your body can't even handle it  

and not resting pre-, during and a few days post period  

are all part of this learned form of self-neglect, which I  

strongly believe is a result of being so eager to prove  

our worth and strength as women to society.The way  

we treat our bodies mirrors back own self-worth and  

how much we honor ourselves.  

Nothing and really nothing about acting like we have  

the same biological predisposition or imitating the same  

work and life rhythm as men make you a feminist, ''girl  

boss'' or a strong woman – if anything it's anti-feminist  

and a crime against our bodies and psyche to live  

against our cycles and our natural needs. Anyone and  

any system pushing these factors are anti-feminist as  

well.  

Let's take birth control as an example: it only masks  

your symptoms as long as you take it, making you  

dependent on it for life and it even ends up increasing  

the need for folic acid, magnesium, vitamin B12 and  

other minerals that are being depleted by its usage. On  

top of that the World Health Organisation classified the  

pill as a group 1 carcinogenic. So this hormonal pill  

we're given as a remedy for all ill is already a classified  

carcinogenic right along with asbestos, mustard gas,  

and smoking – and it's still available at your local  

gynecologist, ready to be distributed like candy by our  

trusted doctors. And if that wasn't already enough –  

hormonal contraceptives such as the pill are also  

known to increase the risk of cervical, liver, and breast  

cancer too. It's been cited by studies to cause blot clots,  

mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and  

mood swings can cause weight gain, and lack of libido.  

All of these symptoms that come with hormonal birth  

control actually just bring such a paradox to the whole  

purpose of feeling free of symptoms of hormonal  

imbalance, feeling fully present in your body and  

enjoying your sexuality as you should.  

I think what many people fail to realize is that all of  

these hormonal contraceptives are synthetic hormones  

that differ greatly from our biological hormones and  

their natural chemical structure. This also means that  

these synthetic hormones are absorbed, metabolized  

and excreted differently than our natural hormones.  

Natural hormones bind to specific receptors to help  

keep your body in balance: estrogen binds to the  

estrogen receptors, progesterone binds to the  

progesterone receptors, and so on. But synthetic  

hormones may bind to the wrong receptors and  

therefore actually create more imbalances and nasty  

side effects.  

It's commonly claimed that birth control ''balances your  

hormones'' and this is a blatant lie: birth control  

switches off our ovulation and with it, our natural  

production of estrogen and progesterone. And even the  

periods you experience during the use of birth control  

aren't real periods – they are withdrawal bleeds.  

You could see it as a kind of chemically induced  

''menopause'' which is nonsensical if the goal was to  

balance our hormones to feel happy and healthy.  

Hormones play a very big part in our neurology and  

psychology, so any tampering with our hormones can  

cause major changes in our brain and therefore can  

also deeply impact our identity, our behaviors and the  

beliefs we have !  

It is proven to even change our preferences in men and  

makes us more attracted to men who have a similar  

genetic make-up, which is already an indicator of our  

natural biology being so heavily disrupted that we end  

up choosing partners that bring a biological  

disadvantage to dating and mating purposes.  

And while most research has been conducted on the  

hormonal pill, these imbalances can of course also be  

brought on by other hormonal contraceptives such as  

IUD, the patch, hormonal shots, the ring, and  

nexplanon for example.  

Now that we know that hormonal contraceptives bring  

about way more side effects than just breast  

tenderness/swelling, irregular bleeding, headaches, and  

nausea – which are the only side effects that are  

actually mentioned on hormonal contraceptive  

packages or at our doctor's offices, if at all. So let's ask  

ourselves, who is really profiting off hormonal birth  

control? Because it clearly isn't women's health in the  

long run.  

Let us take back this blind trust in quick solutions and  

put more trust in ourselves, our intuition and our bodies  

which are our allies and never fail to raise those red  

flags to catch our attention.  

It is time to reclaim our right to proper healthcare and  

our own well-being and happiness, once and for all.  

Our bodies are not a medical playground!  

1.2 - MEDICAL  

GASLIGHTING –  

GENDER BIAS IN  

HEALTH CARE  

How often have I been to the doctors and have been  

told that my symptoms must just be in my imagination,  

that I'm a ''young, slim and healthy-looking woman'' and  

couldn't possibly have any serious health complaints,  

and that surely I simply must be too vain about my  

looks to even seek out help for my delusional and  

frivolous little pains. I can't count the times I haven't  

been taken seriously, no matter how serious my worries  

were, and have been sent out of the office without  

getting any answers to my oh-so-mysterious symptoms.  

I thought that maybe I was just unfortunate enough to  

meet the seemingly most oblivious doctors at a young  

age and at a vulnerable time in my life when I was  

uninformed and unsure.  

I gave doctors the upper hand over my own body  

because I thought they must know better.  

But I always had this quiet suspicion, this deep knowing  

that the pain I felt was caused by my body first and in  

turn affected my psyche – and although psychosomatic  

symptoms are a very real possibility - it was NOT the  

other way around and I learned the hard way that too  

many doctors love to blame women's physical pain as  

something purely psychosomatic.  

I remember carefully rehearsing questions so I would  

not offend the fragile ego of many of my  

authoritative,''all-knowing'' and apathetic doctors, only  

for them to always sternly dismiss my concerns –