Histamine Intolerance, Surviving Eclipse Season & Structured Surrender

blood moon, shadow work and a health update

Greetings from the air. I am currently flying back to Mexico after a month long adventure—Bowen Island, Vancouver, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Vancouver Island. This month saw a lot of family time, a few psychedelic ceremonies, a wedding, a Girlvana event and countless connections with my best friends all along the West Coast. I have been craving these connections after the uncharted territory of the last six months.

There is so much going on behind the scenes here, but the biggest thing has been my health. Remember in August when I got food poisoning? That week seemed to have done a real number on my gut. That plus 4 months of mold exposure in our beloved but extremely old Mexico City apartment compromised my health in ways I was yet to understand.

Cut to a very fun and full-on photo shoot in Oaxaca followed by moving into our new apartment along the coast. This is the week I got stung twice by a swarm of wasps. I didn’t have an immediate reaction, though I was quite swollen. The week after I decided that I wanted to dye our linen bedding with homemade avocado dye. In order to garner enough skins and pits for the dye I was eating a lot of avocado.

Once I dyed my pillow cases, we headed out for lunch to meet a new friend. During that lunch I went into anaphylactic shock and ended up at the hospital needing a shot in my butt. Since then, most things I eat are causing a similar reaction. Naturally, I went on a deep dive and discovered that I was suffering from histamine intolerance due to the perfect storm of all of the above.

Histamine intolerance happens when your body can’t break down histamine properly, a chemical found in many foods and released during allergic or inflammatory reactions. Everyone is different, but the reaction for me feels like I am choking. My throat feels like it is closing, my extremities go numb and I am hit with an all consuming fatigue. We all have a histamine bucket and when it gets full from stress, allergens, environmental causes and/or food you become symptomatic.

If you know anything about histamine intolerance, you will also know about it’s link to PMDD. A few years ago on TikTok, a woman went viral for sharing about taking Claritin and Pepcid AC (antihistamines) the week before her period to relieve symptoms. It seems like doctors are just catching up to this link between women’s hormones and histamines. Many people have asked, why not take an antihistamine every day? Taking an antihistamine every day might stop the symptoms, but it’s just a band-aid. It doesn’t fix why your histamine bucket is overflowing, so the real solution is to reduce triggers and help your body break down histamine naturally.

This takes time and a pretty frustrating and serious elimination diet. I can really only eat a few fruits, specific veggies, fresh fish and chicken and that is basically it. No leftovers, as food builds histamines the longer it sits. So food prep? Forget about it. Travel? Oh man, it’s been a challenge. Going out for dinner? Ya right. Even now as I write this, my throat is tight, likely from having to walk through a few heavily perfumed dutyfrees.

I have seen my doctor and herbalist and of course my psychic ;) I feel like a I have a handle on how to climb out of this mentally, physically and spiritually but it also feels like a daunting long road. If you are going through something similar reach out! The lack of food options, the crippling PMS, PMDD and mood disregulation is not for the faint of heart. Blind rage anyone?

All this to say, I am surprisingly feeling pretty good. Eating super clean, moving my body, supporting myself with supplements and herbs and prioritizing my meditation practice has been a gift. Sure, some days I’ll eat something or have an environmental trigger that will cause discomfort but at least now I know why. I have a hunch that I have had this issue for a very long time showing up in the form of eczema, hives, asthma and seasonal allergies but moving to Mexico and trying to build a hotel really kicked things up a notch!

Laughing in triple Scorpio placements. Your girls loves intensity.

And so, I am taking this all in stride. I am looking to positives of this situation. I am loving actually loving cooking and preparing meals. Trying to figure out how to make things that actually taste exciting given how limited I am has been a fun challenge. My body feels quote strong and clean. On flare days, I am finding ways to be more compassionate to myself. I am doing my best to slow way down.

I have two weeks before I head back out on the road to lead Breathwork Training in Asheville. And, it just so happens to be the final Eclipse Season of 2025. We kick off with the Full Blood Moon on Sunday, September 7th, a total lunar eclipse where the earth blocks the sun’s light, making the moon glow red.

Nothing says blind-with-rage PMDD, can basically only eat rice and zucchini, you have two weeks to rest, don’t fuck this up like a good ol’ blood moon eclipse!

This moon is in Pisces asking us to tune into our inner world, our emotions, and subtle guidance. It’s a time for intuition, creativity, and spiritual awakening. It is time to dissolve old blockages and unresolved grief. Blood moons can amplify closures or endings. As we are in Virgo season now, this moon offers us a balance between Structure (Virgo) and Surrender (Pisces).

I see this as an opportunity from now until the next New Moon Solar Eclipse September 21st to create structured surrender. Meaning, can we set up our time in such a way that allows breaks, rest, ritual, tuning in, space to feel, cry and release?

For me, I am committing to watching the sunset from my hammock every single evening for the next two weeks. After I eat my rice and zucchini, this gal will be up on the roof, reclined in the hammock, no phone in hand, feeling her feelings. I will treat this as, or if not more important than any other task that day. I will support my nervous system with this gentle time of relaxation because if I don’t, I know I will pay for it. And on this full moon, I am done with paying for it.

In the words of my psychic Aimee, PAY YOUR BODY BACK. It’s time. I hope this resonates for you too. Where and when can you pay your body back? Where can you create structured surrender?

How can this eclipse season support you in getting more rest, letting go of the old and carving time to feel the swirl of emotions asking for your attention?

If you are looking to dive deeper into breathing practices, meditation techniques and journal prompts that support this Full Moon time, I am leading an online Zoom ceremony this Sunday. You can sign up here!

I hope to see you there! We finally have a Starlink here in Mexico so I can use Zoom again ;)

Thanks for reading and thank you always for for your love and support,

Ally