How Seamoss and the Sun Changed My Life as a WOMBan
As an adolecent I suffered from EXCRUCIATING menstrual cycles and ovary pain. I recall vomiting, blacking out, experiencing hot flashes, and constant migraines. I literally DREADED that time of the month for YEARS. Around age 17 I went to an OBGYN to have my first pap smear and pelvic exam done. Fast forward a year and I go to get my second, now 'annual' exam. This time upon removing the forceps the PA had clamped onto something inside of me sending severe pain signals to my brain. I was taken immediately to have an ultrasound performed where I first saw the large cysts on one of my ovaries that was the cause of the years of menstrual related pain that I had endured. It took over a year for my body to completely recover from the negligent procedure that the PA performed. During this time I visited many different doctors to find answers from my then worsened pain. My spouse took notice to the pain I was experiencing and started looking for answers as well. He soured the internet and came across a staple of the health food industry, seamoss. He ordered Ghanian Seamoss enough for us both to try and hope for the best. When we first got the seamoss I was very skeptical. Wellness was not something that I had grown up embodying, and I am not a seafood eater so the raw smell had completely turned me off. We washed and soaked the seamoss together and blended it to a gel for the first time. We each ate a half of a mason jar worth of the gel because we figured 'Why not go all in?'. Almost immediately we began coughing and throwing up all of the disgust that our bodies were filled with. I didn't fully understand it at the time, but seamoss is truly something your body CRAVES. Seamoss has 92 of the 103 vitamins and minerals our bodies need. Having 92 of these essentials our bodies were able to dispose of anything else because our bodies were given the proper fuel.
I maintained my seamoss intake daily, but began to dispersing my intake throughout the day to maintain proper energy and fuel for my body. Within weeks I noticed my nails began to thicken and maintain length for the very first time. I lost weight in my face and stomach, areas that I truly struggled with before even with working out. My skin began to clear and my hair began to grow and curl up more and more.
As months passed I noticed a huge difference in my cycle. I was experiencing minimal pain and felt a new energy while menstruating. Fast forward another year as I began to learn more and more about who I am. I leaned into the teachings of Earth and modeled a more appropriate balance between work, relationships, relaxation, breath work, grounding, and time in the sun. Out of all the things that I began to incorporate I will note my time now spent in the sun as most important. Receiving at minimum 10 minutes of the rising sun, 10 minutes of the mid day sun, and 10 minutes of the evening sun has been most helpful to improving and finding me. I attribute this act to the PAIN FREE cycles I now experience.
It is truly the small steps that you take for yourself that make the biggest differences. You can do anything you dream. You can overcome and overtake the past habits which you have embodied and transmute the stagnancy of that was to ignite what is to come.