Welcome
I am grateful that you are here. My name is Heather and I am the creatress of The Ruby Spiral. I created The Ruby Spiral as a way to share my passion for women's wisdom and womb medicine, supporting myself and other women to live with more joy, ease, and vitality through a deeper connection to the Earth, our bodies, and our cyclic nature.
My ongoing journey and life experiences have led me to this place. A deep well of self-love and embodiment of my personal magic is the foundation from which I share. I am delighted to support you along your path and guide you home to the wellspring of wisdom within you!
My Journey
My journey began with limited education about my womb and my menstrual cycle ~ how many of us can say that? My first understanding that as a woman, my body follows a cyclic pattern, came when I was nineteen years old. My doctor at the time told me about the ovulatory phase of the cycle being the time when I was fertile. Based on that information, I began tracking my ovulation to understand my fertility, but I was still unaware of the seasonal nature of my body’s rhythms.
Breathwork as a Catalyst for Womb Awakening
A deep and profound opening into my womb began during a Shamanic Breathwork course with Linda Star Wolf in early 2013. For ten years prior, I practiced yoga, was a spiritual seeker, and studied energy healing modalities like Pranic Healing and Reiki.
While I certainly value my experiences during that stage of my journey, I began to notice that most of my healing and spiritual seeking was related to the heart and upper chakras and the lower part of my body, particularly related to my womb and sexual energy, was under nourished and in need of care. I also noticed my intention for learning to heal was to help others without fully tending to my own garden first.
Through these observations, I realized that my optimal health and well-being are foundational and directly linked to my ability to support others. I sought out Breathwork as a way to gain clarity around what was happening in my body and womb and to bring healing to those spaces. My experience during the Shamanic Breathwork journey was quite a catalyst for me and was the first time I felt the magnitude of my womb space. At first I felt density and heaviness, like I was birthing collective feminine pain, without having an idea of what exactly that meant at the time. As I continued to breathe and go deeper into the process, a profound remembrance was ignited. A remembrance of the potency of the womb, feminine magnetism, and our eternal connection to Mother Earth. Through this journey, my passionate love for feminine medicine and womb wisdom was birthed.
Going Deeper
Following the Shamanic Breathwork journey, I began seeking out experiences to support my womb awakening, which led me to sacred sexuality, Tibetan womb pulsing, sacred belly and temple dance, kundalini yoga, menstrual cycle wisdom, hands on healing with plants, womb massage, and herbalism. My soul continued to remember its divinity through these practices and I often gathered with others to pray, connect, and be of service to each other, the Earth, and the Cosmos. A women’s gathering with the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, creating ceremonies to honor Sophia, Mother Mary, and Mary Magdalene, offering hands on blessings with plants and water, anointing with oils, apprenticing in Wise Womb Medicine with an incredible group of women, and becoming a certified Menstruality Mentor through the Red School have been profound gifts along my womb awakening path.
Memories of these experiences are held forever in my heart ~ they were so supportive for my growth and healing. Through them I understand the sacredness of the body and sexual energy, how to move with that energy, and how to be in right relationship with myself and others.
The Healing Magic of Plants
When I look back at my childhood, I have fond memories of picking flowers, climbing trees, walking and frolicking in gardens, and laying down in soft grass. It was in those sweet, tender moments with Nature that I felt most connected and at home in my body and I now see how that carries over into my life as an adult.
Living my life in sync with my feminine rhythms and embodying the wisdom I carry within has impacted every area of my life and guides my day-to-day lifestyle. It deepens my connection to my inner voice, creativity, and intuition, supports me in taking good care of myself, and guides me on how I can best show up to support others. It requires that I be honest and authentic with myself and the world around me.
The Power of Womb Work
As women, our energies cycle like the Moon and seasons of Nature and are continuously shifting and changing. During our menstruating years, our body follows a rhythm that repeats itself monthly, known as a fertility or moon cycle. Being cyclic beings means that our energy levels, feelings and emotions, attention levels, moods, appetites, and physical sensations in the body will change from day-to-day and week-to-week depending on where we are in our monthly flow.
Beyond these cycles, we experience our cyclic nature as we become mothers to children and creative projects, embody our clarity and knowledge as we age and transition into menopausal rhythms, and become elders and wise women in our communities. I believe our grandmothers of times past embodied this wisdom and lived their lives in this cyclic way. I also believe this is basic wisdom that all people deserve access to.