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Musings on women's health, sexuality, and empowerment.
Bringing Yoni Steaming Home: Why I Love Kitara’s New Steam Seat I have something I’m genuinely excited to share with you: my new steaming seat from Kitara just arrived, and it’s beautiful. To celebrate its seventh birthday, Kitara released a new seat that’s gorgeous, compact, and affordable. It makes steaming at home more accessible than…
Why I Dance in My Bathrobe Every Morning Three simple ways to calm your nervous system in perimenopause This morning, before I looked at a single screen, I stepped outside in my bathrobe, put on Weezer’s cover of “Africa,” on my headphones and danced in the early light. Just a Gen X perimenopausal mama, winter…
I have talked with so many women in perimenopause with all kinds of uncomfortable symptoms: Hot flashes, vaginal dryness, urinary incontinence, pain with sex, insomnia. The labs come back normal, and their doctors tell them one of a few things: Take HRT (hormone replacement therapy) Do your kegels This is aging, deal with it Obviously there…
I just got home from Greece – it was magic beyond magic. I landed home right as the Days of Awe began. Those ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish New Year and the Day of Atonement. I grew up in a culture where the idea of “atonement” meant self-annihilation. Atonement doesn’t…
How do we nurture our Metabolism through the holiday season and beyond? I say Metabolism with a capital “M” because I think of this concept as far more than simply metabolizing the food we eat. Metabolism also refers to how we process all that we ingest – family dynamics, heightened political environment, social media. Some…
We have a few more weeks before Awakened Womb Group Immersion begins and a FEW MORE SPOTS. I bring my humble heart and more than 15 years of ever-evolving womb studies to you. I have worked with hundreds of women at this point and have supported women in healing from: Chronic Pelvic Pain Recurrent bladder…
Do you pee when you sneeze, laugh or jump? I used to as well. In fact, I used to have a lot of bladder challenges. I spent much of my young adult life, healing my bladder. As young as 5 years old, I began to get recurrent urinary tract infections, and consequently a number of…
I used to hate my period and now I love it! I love the invitation to slow down. I love the invitation to stay attuned and present with my body. I love the opportunity to consciously release something I no longer wish to carry. I love the magic of my body’s capacity to do this.…
After over 15 years in practice, I have seen profound transformations in my clients health and pleasure. I have seen clients go from having debilitating monthly periods, that included vomiting, fainting, and bedridden with pain. I have helped hundreds of women heal from things related to words that start with P. Testimonial: “I always felt…
Do you know that the vagus nerve and menstruation are in relationship? This is why some women who have extremely painful menstrual cycles sometimes pass out from the pain. Our vagus nerve plays a major role with the our parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for relaxation states. A relaxation state often includes physiological responses…