The new moon is here — and so is a new focus for our Cycle Sync episodes. This week, Riva introduces the themes of Cancer season as a guiding lens for the cycles ahead, with one central question at the heart of it all: how do we actually care for ourselves?

This episode is an invitation to move away from rigid, one-size-fits-all self-care and toward something more fluid, personal, and cyclically aware. Riva shares how the new moon and menstruating phase call us toward lower energy, inward focus, and genuine rest — and what it practically looks like to create, prioritize, and protect that rest in a busy life.

In This Episode

• Introducing Cancer season and its themes of care: self-care, community care, and deeper nurturance
• How Riva's own self-care shifts between structured seasons and spacious ones
• The new moon and menstruating phase: what to expect energetically and how to work with it
• A practical strategy for protecting rest using your calendar
• What rest actually means — and why Netflix might not be cutting it
• Restorative movement ideas for the new moon phase
• Alone time vs. social recharging: how to discern what you actually need
• Why there is no universal prescription for self-care — and why that's a good thing
  
  

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