You've seen the symbol. Black and white, curling into each other, a dot of each in the opposite half. Most people read it as contrast: light versus dark, good versus bad, masculine versus feminine. A symbol of duality. But that reading misses the most important thing about it.

Most of us were taught to think of our cycle as something to manage. Track it, suppress it, push through it. At best, something to be aware of. At worst, a monthly inconvenience that gets in the way of normal life.

Spring is a season of movement, growth and letting go. But that doesn't happen automatically, especially if your body is still in winter mode after a long, grey few months.

You sleep seven, maybe eight hours. Your schedule doesn't even look that full. And yet you wake up feeling like you've just run a marathon. The day hasn't started and you're already tired.