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title: "REFLECT :: The Bleed and The Release – Vata + Women’s Health (Part I)"
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slug: "reflect-womens-health-part-1"
published_at: "2026-09-18T00:44:07+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-09-18T13:21:51+00:00"
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excerpt: "Of the three doshas, Vata is the one that moves."
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  - "menstrual cycle"
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# REFLECT :: The Bleed and The Release – Vata + Women’s Health (Part I)

Of the three doshas, Vata is the one that moves. It’s air and ether — the space between things, and the wind that crosses it — which makes it the subtlest of the three, and the easiest to overlook until it’s already off balance. Vata governs everything that travels: breath, nerve impulses, thought, elimination, and,

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