How This At-Home Practice Can Help With Fertility and Vaginal Health with Luna Hart
Jan 29, 2024
We’re digging into yoni steaming and how this can help on your TTC journey.
Vaginal steams, also known as V-steams or yoni steams, can be an essential part of your fertility toolkit.
This technique can help with irregular cycles and painful periods.
Plus, it can be helpful for painful intercourse and increasing libido.
Let’s break down the steps you need to know to prepare the best vaginal steam so you can improve pregnancy success.
I’m excited to welcome Luna Hart to the podcast. Luna Hart is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Certified Fertility Awareness Practitioner, and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- When in your menstrual cycle to steam (we discuss contraindications for steaming)
- Why yoni steaming is good for fertility
- How to prepare your yoni steam (i.e. types of herbs, water temperature, position to sit, duration of steaming)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
3:06 WELCOME LUNA HART
3:55 HOW YONI STEAMING HELPED LUNA RESTORE HER MENSTRUAL CYCLE
- I wanted to menstruate; I didn't want something to be creating my cycles for me.
- The positive shift Luna noticed after starting yoni steaming
- Yoni steaming was a huge catalyst for bringing circulation and energy back into my womb.
8:50 HISTORICAL & CULTURAL CONTEXT OF YONI STEAMING
- Why Luna prefers to use the term "yoni"
- Many ancient cultures have practices of yoni steaming and have found it beneficial for many different things.
- What’s involved in practicing yoni steaming
12:10 HOW TO PERFORM YONI STEAMING AT HOME
- It’s essential to use non-toxic ingredients and tools for your yoni steaming practice
- Selecting the herbs and preparing them before your steaming
- Setting your intentions, preparing the space, and tuning into your body
- You should sit upon the steam, and it should feel highly relaxing.
- Tracking your cycle alongside your yoni steaming practice
18:42 YONI STEAMING & FERTILITY
- How the frequency of yoni steaming should change at different stages of your fertility journey
- Essential precautions to note when you’re actively trying to conceive and during pregnancy
- Yoni steaming can help the tissues repair in the postpartum period.
26:20 YONI STEAMING CONTRAINDICATIONS
- Contraindications for yoni steaming include menstruation, pregnancy, and certain medical conditions
28:38 HERBS FOR YONI STEAMING
- Tap into your intuition.
- Luna’s favourite herbs for supporting fertility
- Yoni steaming is very supportive of releasing stagnation
- Yoni steaming is a beautiful practice for slowing down and coming back in tune with the womb space.
32:41 SELF-CARE DURING YONI STEAMING
- It feels like such a deep sense of self-care when you do something like yoni steaming.
- We hold so much deep in the womb space.
- I believe in creating these spaces of intention that you're trying to invoke on this healing within your womb space.
35:41 YONI STEAMING GUIDE
- Download your free yoni steam guide - https://wo786.infusionsoft.app/app/form/yonisteam?cookieSearchStarted=true&cookieUUID=125a7557-539e-4d60-9f55-d4a634c5b068
- What you’ll learn in Luna’s yoni steaming guide
- How a yoni steaming practitioner can help you on your journey
38:30 FINAL THOUGHTS
- Sometimes, you just had no idea that sitting over some steamed herbs would make such a difference.
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RESOURCES:
Fab Fertile Method - https://fabfertile.com/pages/what-we-do
Ultimate Guide to Getting Pregnant This Year If You Have Low AMH/High FSH
Top Fertility Supplements You Need To Get Pregnant This Year - Access your free guide at www.suppguideffl.com
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