Aviva was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles to Mexican Jewish parents. Upon graduating high school, she spent several years living abroad and formed a deep connection to South America. Through a journey of returning to honor her oneness with the Earth, she has lived on permaculture farms and sustainable communities with other like-minded medicine carriers and artists. Aviva invites authentic sound and movement to flow through her being, channeling spirit as she dances and sings. She accompanies beings of all ages and genders to reconnect to their cycles through the medicine of creative expression.Aviva is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist; she has one album on Spotify in a musical duo called Las Parceritas Del Campo. Aviva is a dancer, constantly exploring spirals in her body movement, an eternal student and teacher of Contact Improvisation. Aviva's long-term vision is to caretake an abundant piece of land in the mountains for many moons, where the rivers flow, where trees and gardens thrive, where she can build her own cob home, and weave an inter-generational village with a loving community. Moon Blood and the Moon Blood Journal: A Cyclical Mandala Calendar are her first books. Contact Aviva through cyclicalhealing.com
"""Through compelling storytelling, Aviva's words quench an ancient thirst. Moon Blood provides us the opportunity to experience healing through a remembering of our interconnectedness with the Earth, the Moon, our bodies, and each other as we reawaken to the wisdom that pours through when we align with the rhythms of our cycles."" Kristen D'Amato, author of We Choose Love: Redefining Our Relationship to Healing - An Empowering Approach to Chronic Conditions & Beyond ""Moon Blood is a powerful book about a deeply personal healing journey. Aviva's travels and encounters are fuel for learning more about her body and her power, and we are so fortunate to learn from them! This book has practical tools for engaging in a deeper relationship with your womb and menstruation journey. Aviva acknowledges the difficulties and nuances of this process while supporting us throughout the journey and reminding us of our shared humanity. She also includes useful tips for nutrition, movement, and rest, while encouraging readers to listen to their own bodies first and foremost. So powerful and transformative!"""" Alison R., Kundalini Yoga Instructor and Activist ""Aviva's Moon Blood takes the reader through a wondrous trail of discovery of the feminine menstrual blood mysteries. The reader is guided through ancient traditional practices, personal revelations, archetypal and astrological parallels, and true stories that form a cohesive account of healing from sexual trauma. Aviva's book is a travelogue through both South America and her psyche, ready to be healed using the ancient tool of being in complete sync with one's changing moon cycles and, through that, with Mother Nature."" Eostar, Singer-songwriter and Medicine Woman ""Moon Blood offers a reflection and an invitation for me to continue to deepen and expand my relationship to all my cycles, my body as an Earth altar, and the wholeness of my being in interconnection to all of life."" Naya, Death & Birth Doula ""I wish I could gift this book to my thirteen-year-old self so that she could accept the nature of her cycle, understand the apothecary of plants around her, and love herself and her partners better. Even at 31, Moon Blood has helped me do all these things."" Katie Rose Criscuolo, Songstress ""In her gripping account of her healing journey, Aviva skillfully explores the complexities of holding deep compassion for herself alongside compassion for everyone she encounters-even through sexual trauma and heartache. Her stories beautifully capture the powerful intersections of tenderness meeting honesty, understanding meeting accountability, and magic meeting groundedness. Her capacity for nuanced, holistic self-reflection makes Moon Blood a moving invitation for discovery and healing."" Rosalee, Early Childhood Educator"