Imagine your body as a ballet scene where each hormone plays its role with precision, influencing your mood, energy, and sensations. Understanding this hormonal choreography means learning to listen to your body and harmonize with it.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS A HORMONE?
Hormones are chemical messengers produced by endocrine glands. They circulate in the blood to transmit instructions to organs and tissues, regulating essential functions such as growth, metabolism, reproduction, and mood.
UNDERSTAND YOUR VARIATIONS TO LISTEN BETTER TO YOURSELF
What if instead of fighting our hormones, we learned to dance with them?
They are not there to trap us but rather to guide us.
Some invite us to speed up, others to slow down. Some open us up, others protect us. They don't dictate who we are, but they indicate where we are. Recognizing them is like feeling the inner music change.
and adapt our steps, our gestures, our intentions. Thus, dancing with your hormones means accepting that you are not always linear, but always deeply alive.
THE LANGUAGE OF HORMONES
Our hormones regulate the menstrual cycle, but they affect more than just the physical.
They influence emotion, energy, concentration, libido, sensitivity...
Understanding them means getting out of guilt, the pressure to “stay consistent.”
It is about returning to fine, adjusted, self-respecting listening.
ESTROGENS OR THE MELODY OF GROWTH
Estrogens, primarily estradiol, are produced by ovarian follicles. They are responsible for the development of female sexual characteristics, regulation of the menstrual cycle, and preparation of the uterus for a possible pregnancy.
- Effects: increased libido, improved mood, stimulation of the growth of the uterine lining.
- Phase: Their concentration increases during the follicular phase, peaking just before ovulation.
Active after menstruation, they mark the beginning of renewal.
They promote serotonin, the hormone of well-being, creativity and confidence.
This is a dynamic phase, ideal for communication, projects, and sociability.
We enter the follicular phase, a bit like an inner spring.
PROGESTERONE OR THE GUARDIAN OF BALANCE
Produced by the body after ovulation, progesterone prepares the uterus for embryo implantation and maintains pregnancy in early gestation.
- Effects: mood stabilization, increased body temperature, muscle relaxation.
- Phase: dominant during the luteal phase, therefore after ovulation.
It invites calm, withdrawal, and inward reflection. If its balance is fragile, it can generate states such as fatigue, irritability, and anxiety. This premenstrual period is often stigmatized, even though it is natural. It calls for slowing down and listening to oneself differently.
TESTOSTERONE OR THE SPARK OF VITALITY
Although often associated with men, testosterone is also present in women, produced by the ovaries and adrenal glands. It plays a role in libido, bone density, and muscle mass.
- Effects: Increased energy, improved concentration, stimulation of sexual desire.
- Phase: Testosterone levels peak around ovulation.
Often neglected in the female body, it nevertheless has its role.
It increases around ovulation, boosting libido, boldness, and motivation.
It is a window of raw energy, of inner fire, to be used consciously.
She supports the action.
FSH AND LH OR THE CONDUCTORS
FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) and LH (luteinizing hormone) are produced by the pituitary gland, which is a gland located at the base of the brain, and regulate the menstrual cycle. FSH and LH are the key hormones that regulate the entire female menstrual cycle . Their secretion is itself controlled by another hormone: GnRH (Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone), released by the hypothalamus.
· FSH: THE BEGINNING MOMENTUM: It stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles at the beginning of the cycle. This is when estrogen levels rise, the uterus prepares, and energy returns. A gradual rise, like spring for the body.
· LH THE BRIGHT BLOW: a sharp peak of LH triggers ovulation . This is from the release of the egg, the transformation of the follicle into corpus luteum which will produce progesterone. A hormonal flash, a surge of power and desire.
CORTISOL OR THE MESSENGER OF STRESS AND INSULIN OR THE MESSENGER OF SUGAR
Cortisol is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands in response to stress. High levels of cortisol can disrupt hormonal balance, affecting the menstrual cycle and mood.
- Effects: Increased alertness, sleep disturbance, altered appetite.
- Phase: May vary depending on subjective stress and lifestyle habits.
These are the major reactive hormones: they react to our lifestyle. Taking care of the hormonal environment means taking care of the entire body.
Insulin, on the other hand, is the silent hormone that regulates the sugar in our blood.
It opens the doors of the cells to let energy in... when everything is going well. But too much stress, sugar, fatigue and it's cacophony. It gets exhausted, panics and your body loses its rhythm: fatigue, cravings, heightened emotions, irregular periods, inflammation... Because yes, insulin also speaks to your ovaries, your cycle, your mood.
It weaves an invisible thread between what you eat and how you feel. The key?
Nourishing meals, a life that breathes, fewer peaks, more sweetness.
Not to control but to support. To dance with your body, not against it.
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO LEARN THE STEPS OF THIS INNER DANCE?
Knowing your hormonal cycle isn't about labeling yourself. Rather, it's about normalizing the act of harmonizing with your own cycle, your inner being.
It's about learning to recognize the natural phases we go through.
It's knowing when you need to act and when you need to rest.
It is reintegrating our cyclical dimension as a strength and not as a weakness.
It's about dancing with yourself, with confidence. So you too, learn with us the steps of the waltz of life.
Here is the table that Zehnia shares with you: an intimate compass to live your cycle in full awareness, in poetry and above all in all power: 