Our womb has a highly intelligent way of sharing with us what we are needing in order to maintain balance. The modern world we live in (for decades, centuries even) has encouraged, promoted, and secured this notion in women that our bodies fail us, that they are not worthy of trust, and must be managed, controlled, and forced into a certain way of being. Embedded in us is this belief that we’re supposed to keep up, save face, and endlessly forge onward – and in doing so, we inherently abandon our feminine and run out of sync with the natural dance of our internal drum.

Dear woman, let me invite you to another way.

We must first rewrite the script. Let’s not mistake normalized for normal. Pain at any point in the cycle is not normal. Discharge with any color or unhappy aromas are not normal. Bleeding in excess or lack, unexplained infertility, dryness, lack of sexual desire… these symptoms may feel normalized, but they are far from normal. They indicate imbalance, they tell us a story, and they yearn to be acknowledged. What we need is gentleness, connection, nourishment, and a willingness to tap into and respect the powerful rhythms innately within us. 

 Steam cleanses, creates movement, lifts, tonifies, opens, softens, liquidizes, and brings hydrating warmth.

Is it any wonder that steam has been an age-old modality of tending to women’s bodies? Where modern gynecology offers pharmaceutical drugs for pain management, birth control, surgery, and very few answers – steam gives us the ability to cleanse what is stagnant or excess, lift what feels heavy, tone what feels loose, open, hydrate, and bring warmth to the most creative and powerful parts of our selves. Where we may have felt hardened and painful, steam brings softness. A gentle welcoming back home to our bodies. 

This is why women’s practices out-date the textbooks. For a while we forgot the stories of our foremothers, because our mothers and grandmothers may not have been given them. But now, we are remembering.