Herbal and vaginal steams are custom-formulated for the specific issue or intent. The flow of the session is flexible and designed to accomodate each person individually. A session usually lasts around 2 hours.
Vaginal steam (also called Chai-Yok or Bajos)
Women in many cultures have used vaginal steaming as a womb self-care practice since ancient times. Steaming practices have a history around the world and are mentioned in ancient medical texts. It was a part of indigenous practices passed down by midwives, medicine women, and different women in the community.
Vaginal steam is a warm herbal uterine steam bath that brings the heat to the pelvis and to the womb center (all-encompassing), increasing circulation and energy flow. It is soothing, warming, and relaxing. The moist heat opens up the pores of the tissues and the herbal infusion offers the medicinal benefits of the botanicals. It is a very gentle process as steam does not enter through the vagina itself, but rather the porous exterior tissues. The vaginal tissue is one of the most porous and absorbent of the entire female body. As a result, the steam is supportive for women's reproductive, urinary and digestive health. Womb steaming is helpful in restoring and healing the connection with the sacredness of the feminine body, the place of creativity, intimacy, and life passion. With the help of herbs this connection will allow us to charge the flow of our internal waters with vital energy, create harmony with our wombs, restore and balance our feminine cycle. And the whole experience of taking time to sit, rest, practice self-care will reduce stress and have other health benefits.
The benefits of womb-steams include:
- Supporting to reducing the pain, bloating, body fatigue and digestive distress that is associated with menstruation
- Maintaining healthier hormonal levels
- Rebuilding the internal flora by balancing the PH level
- Reducing inflammation
- Supporting and relieve the symptoms of UTIs, fibrosis, yeast infections and other related issues
- Increasing and enhance fertility
- Supporting in toning and healing vaginal tissue after birth and with the prolapse
- Reducing menopausal symptoms like dryness and discomfort
- Postpartum - healing and tonifying
Aside from the physical benefits, the womb steam can offer healing on the emotional and mental levels:
- Relaxing tension and increasing libido
- Support physical and emotional healing after miscarriages and abortions
- Supporting in realizing trauma and stored stagnant emotions in the sacred area
- Can be used as a celebration of releasing old lovers, cultivating space for the new one :)