How to Have Healthy Periods and Relieve Period Cramps Naturally
13th Oct, 2023
In order to relieve period cramps naturally (or get rid them all together) you simply assess your current lifestyle habits.
Are you dealing with troublesome period cramps and have finally decided that there has to be a better way to living life? Well look no further, Expressed By Nadira has got you covered!
I know that may not be the answer some of you want to hear but I wouldn’t be a birth keeper if I did not tell you it like it really is. But with love, of course.
How to Ease Period Cramps Fast
Hydrate and stretch! Hydration (perhaps with chamomile tea) allows your muscles to contract more at ease while stretching helps oxygen circulate throughout the body.
Do this now (as slow as you need to) and you will be on your way to handling period cramps like a G.
Note: always remember the more active you are (within reason) before you period arrives, the more you will be able to manage any pain that comes along the way.
While there are no natural quick fixes to period cramps, there is a such thing as a healthy diet.
A healthy diet (full of enriched fruits and veggies) helps you to stay clear and relieve period cramps naturally. If you cannot bear to stretch here are other ways to momentarily offset the pain.
Do this through drinking no more than two cups of white willow bark tea as this is what the medicine Aspirin (known for its uses for pain) is derived from.
You can then pair this with a heating pad and again, by simply staying hydrated. This bottle is perfect to keep in your home when making fruit infused water!
Another way to expedite your pain relief is by going outside and doing all of the previously mentioned activities bare-foot. This referred to as GROUNDING.
Obviously this depends on your access to and comfortability with outdoors and if it’s sunny and warm outside.
How to Ease Menstrual Cramps at Night
Sit in the bed with your heating pad/ blanket in the butterfly yoga pose. Place one hand over your womb and the other one over your heart. Breathe deeply and slowly in through your nose and out through your mouth.
This is a good time to grab any essentials oils and carrier oil you may have. Rub them together then massage in on your back and lower abdomen with. You will need no more than six drops of essential oil.
Clary sage in particular is an essential oil perfect for these uses. Feel free to ask your partner to wash their hands and then massage you if they are near by.
As you continue to do this listen to your body. This is so you can determine what necessary stretches to do next and don’t forget to breathe!
Lastly, you can never go wrong with a heating pad. If you can get up and stretch, do so. Yoga? Even better.
If you have time, assess these quick and easy breathing patterns for quick and fast natural relief.
What Causes Period Cramps?
The heart of the matter is that it all comes down to poor diet, lack of hydration, and mineral deficiencies. So no matter if you are dealing with endometriosis, fibroids, etc. that is what the issue boils down to.
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For one to have healthy periods, one must stay consistent with a great diet and lifestyle. Fresh/ raw fruits and veggies are always ideal compared to cook.
There are so many wonderful colorful plant – based dishes that will make you obsessed with healthier options in the market.
A healthy lifestyle comes down to staying active. I’m not saying you have to be in the gym lifting 50 pound weights 3x’s a week, but simple light Kemetic yoga at least 4x’s a week would be ideal.
It’s relaxing as well as energizing so you can start your day off right and ready to conquer it!
How to Relieve Period Cramps Naturally and Have Healthy Periods
When you are able to relieve period cramps naturally after combatting painful periods, you feel empowered while mastering self-healing practices.
You ease period cramps by practicing and remaining consistent with a healthy diet and being active by any means necessary.
If this is troubling for you please consider a lifestyle evaluation by conducting self check ins by asking questions like:
‘What can be eliminated from my everyday routines that don’t necessarily pour into my long term health/ wealth/success? How can I work towards changing this for the better?’
These are necessary to ask when our physical, mental and emotional health are lacking in some form or fashion. Do as many check in as needed in order to ease period cramps and overall have healthy periods.
Step 1: Conduct A Self Check In
Start conducting a self check-in whenever you begin to feel overwhelmed, thrown off, uncertain or unfocused.
In order to relieve period cramps naturally, you must be willing to push yourself through shadow work. Shadow work is a way of working through conscious and subconscious programming to assess thought-patterns that no longer serve us.
Once you get comfortable asking yourself uncomfortable questions, you can get real with yourself about your deepest needs and desires.
Being true to yourself is necessary along this journey towards maintaining a healthy menstrual cycle. Challenges help to make us stronger so remember to not be too hard on yourself and find healthy ways to lift your spirit when you feel down.
Self Check-In Questions To Consider:
- Is there something or someone I feel obligated to and shouldn’t?
- Do I enjoy current circumstances as they are? If so how am I showing consistent gratitude?
- What habits can I pick up today that can help me reach my goals faster?
- When it the last time I read a book I genuinely find interest? or Do I need to find new books to add to my reading list?
- What can make my life more peaceful and stress-free?
- What character traits could I improve upon to bring me more in alignment with my dreams and goal?
- Do I feel confident in my abilities, safe, loved and secure? If not what actions can I take today to improve these measures?
Step 2: Begin Or Enhance Ritualistic Self-Care
After conducting a self-check-in and assessing your needs, it is wise to arrange your lifestyle around these key aspects.
For example, let’s say you determine: you need to drink more water, consume more fruit, have an overall better diet/ health, as well as pamper yourself more.
How to Start a Self-Care Ritual
You can start by not eating solids before noon everyday. This becomes a ritual when you abide by the rule. The exciting things about rituals is that you get to make it entirely your own.
Let’s say you’ve always wanted to learn how to make a smoothie bowl, now you have something to look forward to which motivates you to stay consistent with your new ritual.
You can take this a step further by taking time out to try new smoothie recipes, new teas to brew, or ordering new toxic free supplements to start your days with.
This helps you become resilient to the idea of reverting back from a ritual that supports your long term health goals. and after all, health is wealth, right?
Rituals helps us to remain consistent in our efforts to achieve having healthy periods on a regular basis.
So you can continue this process for everything mentioned above. You inevitably achieve 3 goals in one – consuming more water, fruit, an overall better health by simply committing to one ritual: no solids before noon daily.
Now all of a sudden you have more time and motivation to commit to another ritual for self care. Perhaps you decide that you deserve a beautiful yoni steaming experience monthly in order to honor your period after she has come and gone.
This is a ritual when you simply commit. You will find it exciting to commit when you can make space for these precious moments in your life.
How to Commit to Your Self-Care Rituals
For example, let’s its about 3-7 days after your period has gone and you plan to have the day and house all to yourself. You clean up, light some incense, play some soothing/ sensual music, eat something healthy and delicious.
You take this time to take a break from all things work related: you take time to practice your breathing, meditate and visualize your goals manifesting, and set up a spiritual bath to enjoy after yoni steaming.
Be sure to get the best herbs for your teas and yoni steaming experiences as this is paramount.
Learn more about Yoni Steaming and its benefits here.
Some things can always wait when it comes down to a matter of your self-care and along your journey towards having healthy periods.
It is up to you to be the gatekeeper as to which those “some things” are that can wait. Always remember this, write it down. take a picture.
Step 3: Set Boundaries
Lastly, in order to have consistent healthy periods, we must be consistent in our good deeds for our overall wellness. We do this by setting boundaries.
Simply saying ‘No’ to anything, anyone or place that does not uplift your spirit is an act of self care. Self care is self preservation and you deserve that, sis.
Whenever you have feelings of being taken advantage of, used, disrespected, etc. this is a huge indicator it is time for commitment to a necessary boundary.
When you put boundaries in place, you set the standard essentially teaching others how to treat you as well.
You set boundaries by choosing YOU when it counts most which is technically every. single. day. Period. A good rule of thumb to follow is to ensure your cup is full before giving others what runneth over.
Never give (energy) to anything or anyone when it does not feel right to do so therefore, only give (energy) when you are solely confident in that decision.
Menstrual Hygiene Practices
In order to maintain good hygiene for a happy and healthy period you need a few tools:
1. Period Panties–
these will be a staple in your self care drawer for sensual empowerment.
So comfy and convenient. Perfect to go to sleep with and be worry-free of bleeding through covers and sheets!
Most period panties are reusable since they should be washable!
2. BPA-Free Menstrual Cup–
These are convenient when you’re on the go and so much more affordable in the long-run.
Basically this cup is reusable unlike your typical tampons and pads, saving you tons of money down the road. I have been using menstrual cups for three years and counting!
You insert them like a tampon except it doesn’t come with extra wrapping you have to discard. Once it is full you can save your menses in a jar or pour down the toilet commode, rinse and reuse!
3. Showering & Bathing–
Taking daily showers, especially during this time of month, affords you the opportunity to use your fem wash!
This is an extra cleansing and gentle wash that will get you just right. Spiritual bathing in particular helps you to reset for the next day and month.
You can do this with items like epson salt, dead sea salt (more versatile in its uses), baking soda, and a sea salt lamp (cleanses your air).
4. Herbal Supplements–
These are a few herbal supplements that support healthy periods and that helps to relieve period cramps naturally by supporting “normal female reproductive system function” which supports overall hormonal stabilization .
If you want a more all in one solution to get the best complex mixture of herbal support for a healthy period, try this.
The Best Home Remedies for Period Cramps
- Tea – This is easy and simple to brew throughout your cycle and if you don’t own a tea kettle or need a new one, we got you!
- Heating Pad – Nothing is better than getting cozy on the first day or two of your period to honor her arrival. Heating pads or blankets are exceptional in their support during this time.
- Essential oils – These are perfect for putting in an oil diffuser for air purification, directly in your spiritual baths, or for a womb massage with a great carrier oil!
- Bodily Movement – It doesn’t matter if you go walking, hiking, perform yoga, dance, go to the gym or even just stretch. What matters is that you are consistent and move for at least 30 minutes at a time!
- Spiritual Baths – As mentioned previously above, these baths are key to reset, relax and rejuvenate. Even if you are not in pain during your menstrual this is always good way to honor your womb and cleanse your energy.
- Sunshine/ Fresh Air/ Grounding – This is perfect if you have a backyard or park near by. Take advantage of mother nature in the best way possible by grounding your bare feet on the earth.
Drinks That Help With Period Cramps
and by drinks we mean TEA, sis. Period. Grab your cute mug and brew some herbs such as red raspberry leaf, ginger or chamomile.
Not only will these teas have you feeling better in no time, they are great to keep in your medicine cabinet for the long haul!
If you’re an aesthetically pleasing girl like me, you will need to grab these cute containers while you’re at it.
Bonus Tip: Period Syncing
Some people may have heard of the term ‘period syncing’. This confirms when women are in close proximity to one another their periods can start together or around similar times.
It could even make a woman’s period come on sooner than normal if she is sharing a new space with other women for at least 24 hours.
But have you heard of the red moon? Or perhaps syncing your period with the full or not new moon? Well you will want to learn about this quick fast and in a hurry!
When you are able to sync your period with the full or new moon it simply means you have are having healthy periods! Don’t take this beautiful phenomenon for granted.
Your Menstrual Cycle is sacred contrary to popular belief and when aligned with the Lunar Calendar it can provide you with solace and wisdom.
Syncing your period with the moon can be the most deeply rewarding experience ever! Get ready to embrace your period like never before!
In Closing
Thank you so much for reading to better your health in a beautiful and holistic way.
You can relieve period cramps naturally by believing in yourself, knowing you deserve better and focusing on all around healthier habits. I believe in you and know you can do it!
I would love it if you could share your thoughts or something you learned as a whole. Have any questions or concerns? Feel free to comment below or email me personally!
Life Coach and Holistic Birth Keeper