Move
A slow flow for rest + reset
An illustrated practice to explore at your own pace.
Explore the practiceMove / The cycle guide
Find your rhythm.
A guide to living with your menstrual cycle.
A place to bring it all together: your cycle, the way you move, what you cook, and what you notice along the way.
01 / Menstrual
Hello, menstrual.
Begin with the illustrated guide. Then make a little room to notice what feels supportive to you.
Nourish
Something good from the kitchen.
Find a recipe by craving, cycle or season.
Find your recipeRead a little further
What my cycle taught me.
Read the essayA question to carry with you
What would feel supportive today?
02 / Follicular
Hello, follicular.
Explore the illustrated guide, follow a little curiosity, and notice what you feel drawn to today.
Move
Follicular HIIT at home
An illustrated practice to explore at your own pace.
Explore the practiceNourish
Something good from the kitchen.
Find a recipe by craving, cycle or season.
Find your recipeRead a little further
What my cycle taught me.
Read the essayA question to carry with you
What are you curious to make room for?
03 / Ovulatory
Hello, ovulatory.
A guide to return to as you notice your own patterns in movement, food and connection.
Move
Ovulatory bike + weights
An illustrated practice to explore at your own pace.
Explore the practiceNourish
Something good from the kitchen.
Find a recipe by craving, cycle or season.
Find your recipeRead a little further
What my cycle taught me.
Read the essayA question to carry with you
What kind of connection sounds good today?
04 / Luteal
Hello, luteal.
Spend a moment with the illustrated guide, then choose something that fits how you actually feel.
Move
Luteal lower-body lift
An illustrated practice to explore at your own pace.
Explore the practiceNourish
Something good from the kitchen.
Find a recipe by craving, cycle or season.
Find your recipeRead a little further
What my cycle taught me.
Read the essayA question to carry with you
Where could you make a little more room?
Cycle timing and energy vary. These guides are invitations to explore; let how you feel lead.
Another way to reflect
The moon cycle archetypes.
Four symbolic themes for noticing where you are and what you need. Tap a moon in the illustration or choose its name to explore.
Create / A symbolic invitation
White Moon
In this chart: bleeding near the new moon.
What it means
White Moon pairs the chart’s new-moon timing with creation, renewal and tending what matters. Think of creating as caring for a beginning: a project, a practice, a home, or a part of yourself that needs attention. The invitation is to make space for something before asking it to grow.
A small ritual to try
Set aside a quiet ten minutes. Write down one thing you want to nurture, then choose one small way to care for it this week.
A question to carry with you
What am I ready to nurture into being?
The moon in the sky
At new moon, the Moon’s sunlit side faces away from Earth, so its face is usually invisible to us.
Moon phases explained by NASABecome / A symbolic invitation
Pink Moon
In this chart: bleeding during the waxing moon.
What it means
Pink Moon pairs the chart’s waxing-moon timing with emergence, possibility and becoming. Use it as a symbol for a part of your life that is still taking shape. It invites curiosity, experimentation and permission to be a beginner while you discover what feels like you.
A small ritual to try
Choose one small experiment: try a class, sketch an idea, or take a different route on your walk. Notice what holds your interest.
A question to carry with you
What part of me is asking for room to grow?
The moon in the sky
Waxing is the part of the lunar cycle between new and full moon, when more of the sunlit face becomes visible from Earth.
Moon phases explained by NASATransform / A symbolic invitation
Red Moon
In this chart: bleeding near the full moon.
What it means
Red Moon pairs the chart’s full-moon timing with expression, insight and transformation. Let it be a prompt to consider what experience has taught you and how you want to use that knowledge. Sharing an idea, naming a change or offering something you have learned can all be expressions of this theme.
A small ritual to try
Write a few lines about something you have learned recently. Choose whether to keep it as a reminder, share it with someone, or turn it into a small creative act.
A question to carry with you
What am I ready to express or transform?
The moon in the sky
At full moon, the Moon is opposite the Sun in our sky and its Earth-facing side appears fully illuminated.
Moon phases explained by NASARelease / A symbolic invitation
Purple Moon
In this chart: bleeding during the waning moon.
What it means
Purple Moon pairs the chart’s waning-moon timing with reflection, integration and release. Use it to notice what has run its course and what you would like to carry forward. An ending can be small: simplifying a routine, putting down an expectation, or leaving a little space in the week.
A small ritual to try
Make two short lists: what to keep and what to loosen your grip on. Choose one gentle, practical change that would give you more room.
A question to carry with you
What can I set down to make a little more space?
The moon in the sky
Waning is the part of the lunar cycle between full and new moon, when less of the sunlit face is visible from Earth.
Moon phases explained by NASAThese color names are symbolic labels for reflection, not medical categories or a way to predict ovulation. The meanings and rituals here are The McShane Method’s interpretation of the illustration. Explore any theme that resonates; there is no preferred alignment or permanent type to become.