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‘I water plants with my period blood – it helps me give back to the Earth’
'I water plants with my period blood - it helps me give back to the Earth',Jessica McKasson is menstrual cycle coach who collects her period blood and waters her plants with it - she says that it's a "symbolic practice"

‘I water plants with my period blood – it helps me give back to the Earth’

A woman admitted that she uses her period blood to water her plants so she can "give back to the Earth."

Jessica McKasson, 37, was once riddled with heavy and painful periods that even caused her to take time off from work.

That's when she started to look into shamanism – a religious practice that she used to 'reconnect' to her body after reading about the ancient traditions and importance of the womb.

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The menstrual cycle coach, from Costa Rica, now aligns her body to follow the stages of menstruation and claimed she no longer experiences any pain at the time of the month.

After 'hearing' her own womb and collecting her period blood to water plants with, Jessica celebrates her monthly flow and sees it as something "sacred."

"I used to experience the most painful, heavy periods," Jessica explained.

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Jessica Mckasson waters her plants with her period blood (Image: Jessica Mckasson / SWNS)
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    She said that her blood is "good" for the plants (Image: @Awaken_the_wild/TikTok)

    In order to do this, she collects her menstrual blood, dilutes it with water and then pours it into her plants.

    She said that, historically, women used to not wear any menstrual products to catch their blood and would just freely bleed onto the land.

    Jessica tries to replicate this in her own special way.

    "Women used to free bleed," she said.

    "They would walk through the crops with the blood running down their legs into the earth.

    "They saw what it did to the land. It has incredible properties.

    “It’s good for the plants."

    Since practising shamanism, Jessica has a better understanding of her body.

    She's identified how her body recreates to each phase of the menstrual cycle – menstruation, the follicular phase, ovulation and the luteal phase.

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    Since getting to know her body better, Jessica said that her period pain has vanished (Image: Jessica Mckasson / SWNS)

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    With her body now aligned to her cycle, Jessica is on a mission to show that periods are not "gross."

    “It’s seen as gross and disgusting," she said.

    “It’s associated with so much shame.

    “But it’s the same way that we get pregnant.

    “It’s [my period] like clockwork now.

    “It’s four to five days and I have no back pain, cramps or anything.

    “It ended the quest for love for my body.”