Sense this:

I do not want recommendations from phony spiritual "guides" or "healers" of whatever stripe.

I am a reasonably accomplished yogini, and have been since the age of 20.
My colon is perfectly healthy.
My skin is perfectly healthy.
I am as flexible as a teenager.
My hormonal "tides" are where they should be, doing what they should be doing. I absolutely reject your implication that, unless women are calm and peaceful and compliant and obedient and quiet, there is something wrong with them.

My relationships with the Genuine folks/organisms in my life -- men, women, children, dogs, cats, etc. -- are all quite excellent.
I love many people and animals; many people and animals love me.

What I hate (and yes, I am not afraid to use the word "hate" - you clearly hate, too ... you just like to *call* it something softer, pretending it's something other than what it is) are phonies, gasbags, hypocrites, liars, and folks who tell other people -- unasked -- what to do and what to believe, which emotions they are allowed to experience and demonstrate, and which they are supposed to disguise and suppress.

You are absolutely such a person.

Take your act to people who are dumb enough to believe it.

The folks here are flawed, but they're Real. And the fact that they admit their flaws -- and even celebrate a few of them -- makes them charming.

Who the hell are you to tell other people what *THEY* should be changing about themselves? You won't find me over in the Pretentious Neohippie Assholes tribe telling all of *you* guys that you ought to stop faking. Hey -- jerk each other around all you wish.

But we're not interested.
I want to be free and I want to be real.
I do not want to dance to your stupid tune.
I've heard it before.

Sunset, your words of wisdom have opened my third eye and allowed me to channel these words from the astral plane.

My yoni awakes
My placenta is singing
Squish-ee Squish-ee Squish

~namaste~

Are you?

"I'm sure that's true of most of *your* long-term sexual partners, but in my case, you're not even close. "

Please, refrain from personal attack.

"No one has a right to try to focus someone else's light in *any* direction, unless and until they ask for that help. That's one of the most basic principles in this entire Universe. Anything else is controlling someone against their will, and that's pretty much Evil, by definition, no matter how you try to dress it up."

~namaste~

Mary, maybe we can have a civil conversation after your menses. Until then you should avoid inverted poses, abdominal strengtheners, extended holding of any pose or energizing breaths (Kapalabhati). These practices can interfere with the downward flow and cause discomfort.

Bah! Hahaha!

But, of course, darlin'! :)