At the Rahm Within session, we focused on simple nourishment and wellbeing.
The group had lemon, ginger and honey tea and had a stew soup made by Ruba served with tiger loaf. Together, we considered the ingredients and created recipe cards to take home as part of our ongoing focus on healthy, womb friendly food.
Alongside this, we explored the luteal phase and menstrual phase and its connection to physical and emotional wellbeing. The discussion highlighted how rest and reflection during this time can support balance and ease symptoms. We also looked at faith based perspectives on prescribed rest during menstruation, understanding how rest can be a meaningful and intentional act of care.
Our conversation drew on the examples of Asiya and Fatimah RA, reflecting on their strength, wisdom and the importance of honouring the body’s natural cycles.
As we move through the winter months, we continue to focus on practical steps that support holistic health.
We were excited to see that our spring onions and herbs have already started to come up! It’s amazing how quickly things grow when we nurture them together the slugs couldn’t resist and have found their way to some of our plants! But we’re tackling it naturally using lamb’s wool along the edges of beds…
We learned about companion planting and placing certain plants together to help them grow better, repel pests or improve flavour, like basil with marigold, a great duo that protects and supports each other! the group carefully dug up the strawberry and raspberry plants moving them to new spots where they’ll have more space to thrive,…
and had a stew soup made by Ruba served with tiger loaf. Together, we considered the ingredients and created recipe cards to take home as part of our ongoing focus on healthy, womb friendly food.
Alongside this, we explored the luteal phase and menstrual phase and its connection to physical and emotional wellbeing. The discussion highlighted how rest and reflection during this time can support balance and ease symptoms. We also looked at faith based perspectives on prescribed rest during menstruation, understanding how rest can be a meaningful and intentional act of care.
Our conversation drew on the examples of Asiya and Fatimah RA, reflecting on their strength, wisdom and the importance of honouring the body’s natural cycles.
As we move through the winter months, we continue to focus on practical steps that support holistic health. 
