Goddess of healing arts and herbalism. A member of Tuatha de Danann.
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Your period, your flow. Menstrual cycle awareness. Art focused on women's cyclic nature and feminism.
I am an artist, opera singer (soprano), massage therapist and ceremonialist.
Massage rituals, Tea ceremony.
Also political commentary. Because recent political development around the World is worrying me a lot.
Based in Dublin, Ireland
Guilt & Shame healing
Female body and sex is being shamed and seen as impure for many and many centuries. It is a deep and collective trauma. And a way to control people, families and the whole society.
Obsession with female virginity and purity ("mother virgin" as the only acceptable female archetype), Fallen women. Witch-hunt. These things still live through our collective trauma and need to be healed. Till this date it shapes societal unrealistic expectations on women.
Mental load, also commonly referred as "worry work", the invisible labor that stereotypically do especially women. Managing household and family. Preparing, organising and anticipating everything, emotional and practical , that needs to get done to make life flow. 24h project manager with no salary and sporadic acknowledgment and respect for the invisible work done. There's a really good feminist comic book about this issue called " You should've asked" created by a french comic artist Emma.
Are you feeling overwhelmed and desperate for relaxation? Self care should be a norm especially for high performers like women. Data show that men get more massages in year than women. Data also show that men spent a bigger portion of the day engaging in leisure pursuits than women.
Self care is important and reasonable thing to do to be able to get through and overcome a rut and stress. Self care is empowering and we should not feel guilty prioritising ourselves.
Tao Tea massage ceremony for women.
The Period Monologues - Join our virtual women's circles, read and share your stories of menstruation, ovulation, menopause, and more. Let's embrace our cycles and support each other by sharing our stories. You are not alone. There are other women feeling the similar way as you do, so let them know.
Please, send your story to: aruna.divya.shamanka@gmail.com
You can also follow me on my INSTAGRAM and TANTRA page
A month without makeup
19/03/2024
For a month no makeup. That's the challenge I'm going through with a hope for greater self- acceptance.
Caoimhe - Endometriosis - 13.2.24
13/02/2024
Every month I had to endure the cramps, the nausea, the bleeding that never seemed to stop. I thought it was normal and I pretended everything was fine, even when I had to cancel plans, miss work, or lie in bed with a heating pad. I think I was in a state of denial and accepted that it's women's...