There is something I have noticed over the years at ASHAexperience. Most women who come to us were not looking for answers right away. For a long time, they assumed the pain was just part of being a woman. Something to manage quietly every month. Something other women were dealing with too, even if no one talked about it. It was only when it became too hard to ignore, when the pain started interrupting work, cancelling plans, and bleeding into every part of daily life, that they finally began asking if something more was going on. Some found answers. Others are still searching. And that is a big part of why I felt it was so important to open this conversation.
For some of the women we meet, that journey has eventually led to a diagnosis of endometriosis. For others, they are still in the middle of trying to understand what their body is going through. What moves me every time, regardless of where they are in that process, is not only the pain they describe but how many of them have genuinely learned to accept it as normal. Not because they do not deserve better, but because no one has really told them otherwise.
Every Conversation Teaches Us Something
One of the things I feel most grateful for in this work is the privilege of meeting women from so many different countries and really listening to what they carry. Every story is different, but the feelings underneath them tend to be the same. Frustration. A kind of bone-deep exhaustion. Uncertainty about what to do next. And sometimes, that quiet and very particular disappointment of feeling like you have not quite been heard by the people you hoped would help you.
These conversations have reminded me again and again that healing is not only about finding the right answers. It is also about feeling seen, understood, and supported by people who genuinely want to be there with you in it.
After our very first Ayurvedic Healing Circle, I remember leaving with such a strong feeling of gratitude. The questions people brought, the things they were willing to share, the openness in the room, all of it reminded me how much these spaces are needed. There is something that shifts when you realise that someone else truly understands what you mean without you having to explain yourself from the beginning. It does not make the pain disappear. But it changes something important. That evening is what kept us going and why we have continued creating these circles ever since.
Looking Beyond the Symptoms
One of the reasons I have always been drawn to Ayurveda is the way it looks at the whole person rather than stopping at the symptom. It asks about daily routines, digestion, lifestyle, emotional wellbeing, and the many quiet ways our bodies try to communicate with us. It invites us to become genuinely curious about ourselves and to listen with more awareness and compassion than we are usually taught to.
This does not replace medical care, and we never see it that way. Ayurveda, for us, is always something that walks alongside whatever care a woman is already receiving. It simply offers another layer of understanding, another way of getting to know what the body has been trying to say, and a way of supporting overall wellbeing that treats the whole person rather than one part of her at a time.
Healing is not only about finding solutions. It is also about feeling heard, and knowing that you do not have to carry this alone.
Our Next Healing Circle
For our next Healing Circle, my colleague Polina and I will be joined by our wonderful Ayurvedic doctor, Dr. Pooja, for a conversation I know so many women have been waiting for. Together, we will be exploring painful periods, endometriosis, and women’s wellbeing through the lens of Ayurveda, in a space that is intentionally small, warm, and completely free of pressure to have the right questions or the right words.
Our session is called Beyond Period Pain: What Is Your Body Trying to Tell You? During our hour together, Dr. Pooja will share how Ayurveda understands painful periods and endometriosis, along with gentle lifestyle perspectives that may help you understand your body a little more deeply. There will be plenty of time for questions and open conversation, because in our experience, that is often where the most meaningful and honest moments happen.
We intentionally keep each Healing Circle to 8 to 10 people because we want everyone who joins to feel genuinely comfortable speaking, not just listening.
Ayurvedic Healing Circle by ASHAexperience
Friday, 11 September
5:00 PM CEST · 1 hour
Online · Limited to 8 to 10 participants
If you would like to join us, you can reserve your place here
A Warm Invitation
If you have been living with endometriosis, struggling with painful periods, or simply feeling that your body has been asking for your attention in ways you have not yet had the space to explore, I warmly invite you to join us for this conversation.
My hope is that this Healing Circle offers more than information. I hope it becomes a space where women feel comfortable asking questions, sharing experiences, and discovering that they do not have to navigate these challenges alone.
If this conversation speaks to you, we would be honoured to welcome you.
And if someone came to mind while you were reading this, perhaps a friend, a sister, a daughter, or a colleague, I hope you will consider sharing this invitation with her. It may be exactly the conversation she has been waiting for.