The Way of Yin by Kris González, 5290 Overpass Road Unit 131, Santa Barbara, CA (2026)

02/06/2026

Those of us with wombs live in bodies that are inherently rhythmic, responsive, and ever-changing 🌑🌒🌓

Our hormones are not static. They rise, fall and change across each menstrual cycle and across the many seasons of a lifetime. This dynamism is not a flaw, it is a form of intelligence. But it does require adaptability, support, and care.

We've all heard about the effects of chronic stress. But let's trace its path through our reproductive ecology...

*Faced with persistent stress, the body makes a decisive choice: survival first.*

It deprioritizes reproductive hormones in favor of stress hormones. This ongoing shift can fatigue the HPA axis, distorting the crucial signals between the brain, ovaries, and womb. In the absence of clear communication, the cycle falters, expressing confusion as irregularity, pain, fatigue, or emotional drain.

Loves, here lies a fundamental tension: we are cyclical beings navigating linear structures. 🌀

Modeled on nature, our design follows seasons, tides, and thresholds. This innate capacity to shapeshift is our strength, but without proper nourishment and wise containment, it becomes a vulnerability, particularly when our culture fails to honor rest, natural rhythm, or time for repair.

But there is a quiet return happening, back to the body, back to the womb, back to ways of living and healing that protect what sustains life. 🌊 🌺 The Somatic Womb Path was created as part of this return. A 9-month journey for healing practitioners to repair relationship with the nervous system, the womb, and cyclical intelligence, weaving East Asian Medicine, somatics, and embodied neuroscience into lived practice.

Enrollment is open for a few more weeks. Spaces are limited, and a small number of partial scholarships. If you feel the call, we would love to welcome you.

Comment "Fire" to learn more and enroll today! 🔥

02/05/2026

What if your most demanding life changes were actually portals to power?

In Chinese Medicine, female vitality moves in 7-year spirals, not a linear path. Within this design lie Three Great Thresholds, where your foundational life force (Jing) is massively reallocated to forge a new version of you.

🔴 First Threshold: MENARCHE & MENSTRUATION
Your creative and cyclical authority is initiated. The sacred task: Honoring the "bleeding time" as a monthly reset to dream your future from deep inner knowing.

🤲 Second Threshold: THE MOTHER & POSTPARTUM
The art of reciprocal nourishment. The sacred task: Zuò Yuèzi ("sitting the month") - being centered in a network of care so the metamorphosis into motherhood roots in resilience, not depletion.

🌅 Third Threshold: THE MATRIARCH & PERIMENOPAUSE
The potent inward turn of energy to crystallize wisdom. The sacred task: Honoring the "autumn unraveling," tending to the depths, and composting a lifetime of cycles into earned eldership.

These are not crises to fix. They are sacred architecture, rites of passage where the blueprint of your being is reconfigured.

For the healing practitioners ready to move beyond the linear male-centered medical model and hold space for this profound architecture of female spirals:

Apply + Enroll in the 2026 Fire ❤️‍🔥 Horse Cohort.

Spaces are Limited. Link in bio to learn more.

04/26/2025

There are so many radiant souls already gathered for this round of The Maiden's 🌙 Moon—herbalists, mothers, aunties, artists, and seekers—all ready to:
🌿 Lead maiden circles that feel like homecoming (not another "self-care" lecture)
✨ Unlock their cycle’s secret language (goodbye, confusion; hello, body fluency)
🌙 Turn rest into revolution (because burnout was never the price of wisdom)

The doors close tomorrow, and this circle? It’s already crackling with magic:
→ Seasoned Moonlit Mentors (think of them as your wise aunties, stoking the hearth)
→ Dream-weaving sessions (how to braid your grandma’s remedies into modern circles)
→ A chorus of collaborators (meet your future co-conspirators in cyclical change)

This isn’t just a certification—it’s your invitation into a living lineage.
✨ Enroll before moonrise tomorrow—Learn more here: https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden?kj_previewing=true

04/24/2025

The Cinnabar Field: Earth’s Alchemy in Your Womb

Your womb isn’t just flesh—it’s an alchemical vessel where:
✨ Creation stirs (the same essence that nourished every human who ever lived)
🌊 Ancestors whisper (Tian Gui isn’t just blood—it’s liquid lineage)
🌀 Emotions transform (like steam rising from sacred broth)
🕯️ Intuition brews (your gut’s ‘yes’ or ‘no’ is the cauldron’s oldest language)

Your lower dāntián (energy center) is the eternal cooking fire—the root where earth’s intelligence meets ancestral legacy. Here, in the belly’s forge, Jing essence (that rich soil of your being) simmers into life. Your womb is no mere organ—it’s the elixir field itself, where blood alchemizes into qì, where menstrual blood Tian Gui becomes the steam that rises to nourish your spirit Shén above. This is the densest magic: the work of loam and longevity, of tending the physical to honor what was passed down (your DNA’s silent stories) and what wants to be born (your unspoken creations). To touch this place—with warm hands, with breath, with ritual—is to stoke the ancestral hearth within.

This is the wisdom we’ve forgotten: that tending this cauldron isn’t solitary work.

We hold Maiden’s Moon circles because:
🩸 A maiden’s first blood should be met with reverence (not shame)
🌱 Without circles, they learn to experience their cycles as a burden—not the rooted intelligence that links them to earth, seasons, moon, elements and lineage.
🔥 Left untended, their Jing burns too fast—depleted by a world that prizes hustle over hearth.

This is why we circle—because rituals of remembrance birth futures unbroken.
🔗 Click here to learn more and join our community of Jing-keepers. https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden?kj_previewing=true

04/22/2025

🌙 THIS IS HOW THE WISDOM RIPPLES OUT 🌙

These are the sacred spaces birthed by graduates of The Maiden's Moon: Moonlit Mentor Certification - sacred circle keepers weaving magic from all corners of the world.

Watch how they:
🎨 Blend art + ritual (playful, profound and everything between)

👵🏽👩🏿🦱👶🏼 Create intergenerational containers where wisdom flows both ways

🌎 Honor both global traditions + local land wisdom in their unique offerings

This is cyclical leadership in action - where:
✨ Grief dances with laughter
✨ Ancient ways meet contemporary creativity
✨ A grandmother's story inspires a maiden's next step

Our next global cohort begins soon.
Will you add your thread to this growing tapestry?

🔗 Learn more here: https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden?kj_previewing=true, enrollment closes this week—claim your spot!

Our Moonlit 🌙 Mentors featured here:

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Hannah Bathseba Uijterlinde

04/20/2025

In East Asian Medicine, menstrual blood is known as Tian Gui Shui—Heavenly or Celestial Water. It’s a sacred fluid tied to life, creativity, and emotional release. As Rob Aspell explains:

"Menstruation is a time that the female body uses in order to release what is known as emotional debris - essentially, it is a method through which the body is able to allow any residual emotion that has not been dealt with and stored within the Blood, to be purged along with the menstrual Blood (Tian Gui Shui). Similarly, to the way that the body will purge Heat in the Blood...

This is another reason why it is so important for the connection between the Uterus and the Heart to remain open via the Bao Mai. It is this mechanism that allows the emotional debris that is stored within the Heart to travel down to the Uterus and be expelled, enabling [them] to ‘let go’ of emotions that have arisen during the last cycle."

This ancestral wisdom reminds us that menstruation is not just biological—it’s a profound opportunity for emotional and spiritual RENEWAL.

Now, modern science is catching up. Researchers have discovered that menstrual blood contains powerful stem cells with the potential to treat diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and neurological disorders. 🤯

But here’s the truth: Science is a powerful tool, not the arbiter of truth. It often breaks things apart to study them, losing sight of the whole. While its discoveries are incredible, they should never overshadow the innate intelligence of our bodies or the wisdom of nature our ancestors revered. 🌿✨

Menstrual blood is more than a medical marvel—it’s a source of life, a bridge to our ancestors, and a mirror of our cyclical nature. Yet, for so many, periods are shrouded in shame. It’s time to rewrite the narrative.

In The Maiden’s Moon: Moonlit Mentor Certification, we explore how to reclaim the sacredness of menstruation, guiding maidens to see their cycles as a source of power, not shame. Together, we’ll honor the wisdom of East Asian Medicine, the emotional release of menstruation, and the incredible potential of our bodies. 🌸🌙

Learn more here: https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden?kj_previewing=true
Space is limited. Join us today!

04/17/2025

We often think of the Heart as the organ that pumps blood, but in East Asian Medicine, its role in female physiology is even more profound and essential. 🌸✨

If you’re ready to dive deeper into this wisdom and learn how to guide maidens in honoring their cyclical bodies, join us for The Maiden’s Moon: Moonlit Mentor Certification. This 5-week mentorship will equip you with the tools to hold sacred circles, facilitate rituals, and empower the next generation of cycle-wise maidens. 🌸🌙 There's a few more days to join! Learn more here: https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden?kj_previewing=true Space is limited.

04/15/2025

Jingkeeper, the moon is your celestial mirror. 🌕 Just as she pulls the tides of the ocean, she guides the flow of your inner waters—your 🩸blood, your emotions, your intuition. In the Moonlit Mentor Certification, we explore how your menstrual cycle speaks the same language as the moon’s phases, revealing a sacred dialogue between your body and the cosmos. By aligning with the moon’s wisdom, you’ll learn to live in harmony with nature’s rhythms, tapping into the power of renewal, creativity, and release. 🌙🌊

Want to learn how to guide maidens in tracking their cycles alongside the moon? 🌸✨ In this mentorship, you’ll discover how to teach them to harness the energy of each lunar phase. Together, we’ll create spaces where maidens can connect deeply with their cyclical nature, honoring their bodies as sacred mirrors of the natural world.

This program is more than a certification—it’s an invitation to become a bridge between timeless wisdom and modern maidens. You’ll learn how to hold circles and guide them in reclaiming their cyclical power. Whether you’re a mother, auntie, teacher, or healer, this mentorship will equip you with the tools to nurture the next generation of cycle-centric maidens. 🌙💖 Link in bio to join. Space is limited and enrollment closes next week.

Tag someone who is the tide to your moon! Learn more: https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden?kj_previewing=true

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04/14/2025

🌿 Just your soup-making, story-keeping Auntie here…

…stirring the pot of ancestral truths you deserve to know:

💫 Your cycle is written in the stars (cosmic choreography, not just biology)

🩸 Your blood is Tian Gui—sacred water (the first medicine, never shame)

🌿 Your rest is rebellion (against grind culture’s lies)

🌸 Your inner maiden is ready to heal (they are waiting for you)

This is how we remember in The Maiden’s Moon:

✨ Hold circles where fear becomes reverence

✨ Teach maidens their bodies are oracles

✨ Heal your own stories while guiding others

✨ Adapt our frameworks to weave in your magic and traditions

Enrollment closes soon. Ripple out and share.

🔗 Join the Jing-keepers.
https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden

04/12/2025

🌸✨ Tomorrow is the last day to sign up at the Early Bird rate for The Maiden's Moon: Moonlit Mentor Certification, a 5-week mentorship in holding sacred maiden circles in your community. ✨🌸

Our experiences as humans cannot be confined to mere biological processes. We are emotional, relational beings—we crave connection, meaning, and myth to make sense of ourselves and the world around us. 🌍✨

Transformation is written into our very blueprint, yet modern culture often overlooks the importance of marking these pivotal passages. Our ancestors understood the power of rites of passage—they celebrated them as essential to our growth and development. But today, these sacred transitions are often ignored, suppressed, or rushed through.

What do we lose, both individually and collectively, when we fail to honor these moments? We deny ourselves the fullness, grit, and alchemical wisdom that comes from walking through the fire of transformation. 🔥

Menarche—the first bleed—is one of the most profound rites of passage for a maiden. It’s a sacred initiation into cyclical wisdom, a time to celebrate our connection to nature, ancestors, and power. Yet, without ceremony or guidance, this transition can feel confusing, isolating, or even shameful.

In The Maiden's Moon, we’ll explore how to create meaningful rituals and ceremonies that honor menarche as the sacred rite of passage it is. Together, we’ll reclaim the beauty, power, and wisdom of this transition, guiding maidens to step into their cyclical nature with reverence and purpose. 🌙🩸

Don’t miss this opportunity to join us—Early Bird pricing ends tomorrow! Let’s create a world where every maiden feels seen, celebrated, and empowered. 💖 Learn more! https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden?kj_previewing=true

04/10/2025

Our menstrual cycles and 7-year life cycles align beautifully with the 5 Elements/Phases—a cosmological map that mirrors the stages of growth, transformation, and renewal inherent in all life. 🌱🔥 This timeless wisdom helps us understand our experiences and development across a lifetime, offering a profound lens to navigate our journey.

Here’s how the elements flow:
🌿 Wood feeds Fire
🔥 Fire creates Earth/ash
🌍 Earth bears Metal
⚙️ Metal generates Water
💧 Water nourishes Wood ⟳

Water represents the womb—our first home, the source of life.
Wood symbolizes birth and childhood, the foundation that fuels our growth.
Fire ignites during adolescence—our Fire Years—initiation, menarche and rapid transformation. This is when we step into our power, explore our desires, and build relationships with ourselves and the world.

Want to learn more about the Fire Years and how to support maidens during this sacred transition? 🌸✨

Want to hold and facilitate Maiden Circles in your community?

🐣 Early Bird is now Open for The Maiden's Moon: Moonlit Mentor Certification, a 5-week Circle Facilitator Mentorship beginning April 29th. In this mentorship, I’ll guide you on how to support maidens as they transition from their Wood to Fire Years, using my curated curriculum, outlines, and resources. Together, let’s nurture a world that honors cyclical bodies and empowers the next generation of maidens. 🌙💖

⏳ Early Bird rate expires Sunday at midnight. Space is limited—claim your spot! https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden?kj_previewing=true

04/08/2025

🌕 The doors to The Maiden’s Moon are officially open! 🌸

This is your invitation to become a Moonlit Mentor—to reclaim the wisdom of your own inner maiden while guiding the next generation through their sacred rites of passage. 🩸✨

Inside this 5-week certification program, we weave together cyclical wisdom and East Asian Medicine to support you in holding sacred spaces for Maiden Circles with softness, reverence, and depth.

🌙 This week only: Early Bird enrollment is officially open for those who feel the call 💛 Spaces are limited. Claim your spot today!

Click here to learn more + join 🌸 Feel free to share far + wide https://haven.thewayofyin.com/maiden

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