Yoni steaming is a self-health practice to offers us to restore the disconnect from our female body, yoni/uterus, from birth , unsatisfying intimate experiences , trauma, abuse or even just a cultural disconnect. Steaming helps to restore as well as balancing our physical feminine cycles, healing of our womb(miscarriages, pcos,etc) and releasing toxic emotions such as stress , tension and stagnation.
When is the best time for a yoni steam?
Mainly, you can steam at any time of the month, as long as you are not menstruating.
When shouldn't you do a yoni steam?
Yoni steams are not always recommended! There are reasons and seasons of our lives that we should not do the steam. Please do NOT do a yoni steam if you are:
- Don't steam during ovulation if you are trying to conceive
- Pregnant or if you think you may be pregnant
- If you have an Intrauterine Device (IUD) (some say you can for only 5-10 minutes
- Have an active internal infection (cervical, uterine or ovarian inflammation) with a fever
- Have any open herpes sores or blisters present- Soak infected area AFTER the blisters have burst, until the infected area has healed
- Menstruating
How to do a Yoni Steam
- Set your self up in a safe, private, and pleasant area— the bathroom, your bedroom, or a meditation space; you may want to be looking at an altar or out a window. Place your steam bowl where you'll have room and be comfortable. Be sure to wear socks or place the chair on carpeting for warmth.
- Start a pot of 3–4 quarts of water to boil with a lid. Once you have a rolling boil, turn the heat down, add one cup of well packed dry herbs to the water and simmer for 5–10 minutes. Turn off heat and let steep for another 10 minutes with the lid on always.
- Meanwhile, gather a sheet, towels, and wool blanket to drape around you while you sit. They should be wrapped around you once you sit down to form a sort of sweat lodge for the lower half of your body.
- Once you are ready to sit and steam, transfer the herb pot to under the open seat of the chair. Sit down, get comfortable, get your draping around you, and then open the lid of steam. Adjust to the heat and use the draping to allow in fresh air if needed while you get settled; otherwise, close the steam tent up so that no cold air comes in. Then, settle into your yoni steam.
- Relax, meditate, read something inspiring, have music playing, connect with your womb, your vagina, your pelvis, and receive what your body has to communicate.
- It's best to steam for about 20–30 minutes. Listen to your body. Repeat as desired. Use the steams throughout your cycle, focusing on the week before bleeding. Do not use it during bleeding or pregnancy. Postpartum and newly post menopause are ideal times to steam to facilitate cleansing of the uterus.
Yoni steaming is a self-health practice to offers us to restore the disconnect from our female body, yoni/uterus, from birth , unsatisfying intimate experiences , trauma, abuse or even just a cultural disconnect. Steaming helps to restore as well as balancing our physical feminine cycles, healing of our womb(miscarriages, pcos,etc) and releasing toxic emotions such as stress , tension and stagnation.
When is the best time for a yoni steam?
Mainly, you can steam at any time of the month, as long as you are not menstruating.
When shouldn't you do a yoni steam?
Yoni steams are not always recommended! There are reasons and seasons of our lives that we should not do the steam. Please do NOT do a yoni steam if you are:
- Don't steam during ovulation if you are trying to conceive
- Pregnant or if you think you may be pregnant
- If you have an Intrauterine Device (IUD) (some say you can for only 5-10 minutes
- Have an active internal infection (cervical, uterine or ovarian inflammation) with a fever
- Have any open herpes sores or blisters present- Soak infected area AFTER the blisters have burst, until the infected area has healed
- Menstruating
How to do a Yoni Steam
- Set your self up in a safe, private, and pleasant area— the bathroom, your bedroom, or a meditation space; you may want to be looking at an altar or out a window. Place your steam bowl where you'll have room and be comfortable. Be sure to wear socks or place the chair on carpeting for warmth.
- Start a pot of 3–4 quarts of water to boil with a lid. Once you have a rolling boil, turn the heat down, add one cup of well packed dry herbs to the water and simmer for 5–10 minutes. Turn off heat and let steep for another 10 minutes with the lid on always.
- Meanwhile, gather a sheet, towels, and wool blanket to drape around you while you sit. They should be wrapped around you once you sit down to form a sort of sweat lodge for the lower half of your body.
- Once you are ready to sit and steam, transfer the herb pot to under the open seat of the chair. Sit down, get comfortable, get your draping around you, and then open the lid of steam. Adjust to the heat and use the draping to allow in fresh air if needed while you get settled; otherwise, close the steam tent up so that no cold air comes in. Then, settle into your yoni steam.
- Relax, meditate, read something inspiring, have music playing, connect with your womb, your vagina, your pelvis, and receive what your body has to communicate.
- It's best to steam for about 20–30 minutes. Listen to your body. Repeat as desired. Use the steams throughout your cycle, focusing on the week before bleeding. Do not use it during bleeding or pregnancy. Postpartum and newly post menopause are ideal times to steam to facilitate cleansing of the uterus.