pelvic Steam

Pelvic Steaming, a practice known by various names like vaginal, yoni or sacral steaming, is an ancient tradition cherished across diverse cultures worldwide.

It involves a pot of hot water, fragrant herbs, and a serene moment perched over a pot.

HOW IT WORKS
The heat increases circulation in the pelvic area, thus removing stagnation - the culprit of most gynecological issues, the added herbs provide additional benefits.

Contrary to some belief, this ritual is not a fad, it was once a treasured practice and passed down through generations by wise women, healers, and midwives. Over time as obstetricians replaced midwives and birth has been medicalized, the tradition of vaginal steaming disappeared in most cultures.

LEARN MORE
You can find out about your own ancestral ties to steaming, by visiting the vaginal steaming world map.
Check out Keli Garza’s work and leadership in the field of vaginal steaming and womb health: research.

APPLICATIONS

Increases circulation to the pelvis to support a whole range of experiences throughout our lives, increases fertility, and reduces symptoms during menstruation, postpartum period, perimenopause and menopause:

  • Regulation of menstrual cycle (duration, flow, restoring absent cycle), supports a full monthly uterine shedding (aids in removing stagnant blood and lining)

  • Postpartum for supporting uterine cleanse (see below for more details)

  • Supports healing following pregnancy loss or abortion

  • Reduces symptoms of stagnant menstruation: cramping, bloating, pain

  • Helps in healing scar tissue, pelvic prolapse, hemorrhoids

  • Can aid in fertility, UTI/Yeast Infections

  • Aids in the reduction of fibroids, cysts, and helps with endometriosis

womb support

PERIOD CARE

If you are experiencing painful periods, periods that are a slow to start, start with brown (stale) blood, are irregular or come with maddening PMS - steaming can be an effective way of helping yourself before turning to hormonal contraception to help with your symptoms.

Steaming in the days following your period can help with achieve a full monthly uterine shedding (helps remove stagnant blood and lining). Steaming can help regulate a menstrual cycle (duration, flow, restoring absent cycle) and reduce symptoms of stagnant menstruation: cramping, bloating, pain.

WOMB support

POSTPARTUM

This traditional healing practice for postpartum care can be traced back through time by many cultures all over the world. For more information and evidence on the benefits of steaming postpartum, visit the FOURTH TRIMESTER VAGINAL STEAM STUDY

Steaming after birth is a common and effective time to steam. Steaming provides new mothers with nurturing care for their physical bodies and can be a sacred time to slow down, be cared for, connect to the womb - an opportunity to make this pleasurable practice a ritual to mark the emotional and spiritual transition to motherhood. 

During the first few weeks postpartum, steaming can support the natural process of shedding lochia and reducing the uterus size back down to baseline. It aids not just in the removal of lochia and clots, it also helps increase tonicity to the vaginal canal (which helps to prevent prolapse), heal tearing, scar tissue, and reduce or clear hemorrhoids. Yoni steaming reduces inflammation to the pelvic organs and tissues and can prevent infection. This is in part by increasing circulation in the pelvis and partly by the more direct access of the herbal steam to the uterus as the cervix slowly contracts in the 6 weeks following birth.

Contraindications

Do NOT steam:
If you are pregnant
If you are bleeding fresh red blood/spotting
After ovulation when trying to conceive
If you have spontaneous interim bleeding (aka 2 periods in a month)

Steam at home

Initial consult/intake - protocol & herbs

Chair + hot plate + enameled pot
Steaming herbs

Steaming support in person for first steam (60min)

Continued support for the duration of the rental, including steam protocol modifications if needed (phone/text/email) throughout your steaming journey.

1 month $295
3months $325
6months $450

Steam Chair

The steam chair base is made of birch wood and the top is aromatic red cedar.

It is finished with a coat of 100% tung oil, which is all-natural and toxin-free.