Steam Story:
Growing up, I had experienced excruciating periods. It began with horrible PMS, cramps that would cause nausea and bed rest, and intense blood clots. To my family and peers, these symptoms and experiences were absolutely normal, not thought about, and was told to take some pain medication and go about my day! I began taking birth control to make these symptoms ease, however, the symptoms only intensified and overtime I was left feeling disconnected from my womb. Around three years ago, I got a subscription to a monthly box sent in the mail. The box contained a plethora of amazing self-care goodies where each box had a specific theme, to which one them being “Womb Care”. When I first received that box, I wasn’t aware that the contents inside were going to dramatically change my life for the better, but yet when the most amazing things come for us is when we least expect it! The box came with various tools, including a pack of vaginal steaming herbs. Although inexperienced with dosages of the herbs and the duration of the steams, I began steaming frequently, mainly before and after my menstrual cycle as well as each week. The steaming not only came with relaxation and self-care benefits, but opened my eyes to a new practice that could change my entire reproductive system issues for the better. Overtime, my periods began to regulate from a long irregular cycle to a shorter cycle, decreased cramping and clotting, and a decrease in hormonal and pH imbalances. Being a certified Doula, helping women has become a passion and a calling, however, my experience with steaming has opened a new door of passiona within my heart in educating women on the sacredness of their bodies. The amazing sense of empowerment and relaxation that came with steaming as well as the enchanted abilities that steam possesses has moved me to want to offer this to communities of women. Our bodies are so sacred, and each month we experience a cleansing that although is amazing, is something that not a lot of women are completely educated on. I wish to use steaming as a practice but also as a starting point of education for women to grow into their most beautiful, radiant, empowered versions of themselves. Grateful for the opportunity and the training that Steamy Chick has given, becoming a Vaginal Steam Facilitator has allowed me to grow confident in the language that our bodies speak as well as the opportunity to absorb a plethora of astonishing knowledge on a practice that has the ability to revolutionize reprodcutive health. With this certification, I hope to inspire other women to grow into the knowledge that exists within them, and I hope to inspire women that have been told “there is nothing else left to do for this ailment”, by offering a practice that could have the ability to create harmony within her menstrual cycle.
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