"Like seasons"

The monthly dance of female hormones

Susanne Maria Rosenauer is a cycle expert in Vöcklabruck.(Bild: Wenzel Markus)

The female cycle not only has an impact on performance, but also on psychological well-being. The natural cycle is still often taboo. If a woman listens to her body, she can minimize many complaints. Rest and warmth also help in many cases.

World-class skier Mikaela Shiffrin put it in a nutshell in an interview around a year ago: "I'm kind of in an unfortunate time of my monthly cycle." Her statement that she was in an unfortunate time of her monthly cycle was wrongly translated as "It's very exhausting. I don't even get to cycle, which I do every month".