Nature Tip 006: Womb Regeneration, Nature Regeneration

Nothing in this post is a recommendation.

You’re saying “Uhhh Mel, what do Wombs have to do with Nature?” Well, wombs are where [most] humans are created. And humans are affecting Nature deeply. But it’s weird because we are Nature and since we forgot that we are Nature, we also have forgotten about how to preserve and protect and care for our wombs. Might the two be related? (Yes I’m capitalizing Nature now since it is my religion. ;) Wombs can be regenerated just like Nature can be regenerated. In fact, it is imperative to our lives that we take time to regenerate our energy centers. The more we connect with ourselves, our wombs which are our life makers, the more we will connect to and identify with Nature and the Universe. I want to take this blog to utilize my Yoni Mentorship Certificate and do some Womb/Nature analysis and educating for readers to understand why it is so important to learn how to work with your energy center daily and respect your Yoni. This is intended for the female reader but can be beneficial for all genders to explore. When we learn how to re-harmonize with Nature, we also learn how to re-harmonize our selves. It is time to love Her. The feminine which has been torn from our society and put on a relatively impossible pedestal to reach. But it is time we reclaim our feminine body parts, our connection to nature, and how the two are related. Regardless of your age, or if your womb is still physically there or not, our Womb center and Nature, require daily attention, starting now. It is time.

After I got back from my plant medicine experience in Costa Rica, I was sitting in my bedroom wondering how to build an altar. I needed to go back to my journey and healing ceremony daily, so that I could integrate properly. I wanted a place to honor myself and my growth. I needed a place and practice that was devoted to only that process. I knew I was not supposed to put this altar and prayer pillow where I do my yoga, but that was about all I knew. I sat there and meditated on it. All of a sudden I got a text. “Hey sis. I feel a call to invite you to join this women’s Yoni Mentorship Program I am doing. You should come tonight and see if you’re interested. We are building altars tonight with my style from my Egyptian heritage.” The hair on the back of my neck stood up. How wild is that?! This was eerily similar to what happened to me just before Costa Rica. She taught us to set up 5 images from left to right. One of a fantasy heroine or goddess, one of an ancestor, one of ourselves as an innocent, one of a person in our support system, and one of a soul pod member. We had something to symbolize earth, fire, wind, and water. And lastly, we had them in a place that we could protect from other’s energy. I use a scarf to cover these images and symbols when I am not working with them. They sit on a windowsill just in front of a tree that I prayed facing, and connected to. And behind her I consciously worked with 6 other massive trees that represented my spirit guides. When I travel, I take these items with me and try to place them in front of a window where I can connect with the trees and my symbols.

Having Sabrina reach out to me was strange because just a month earlier I sat in the exact same place wondering how on Earth I was going to “heal all this sealing” I had been doing. About ten minutes later, a different seastar goddess reached out to me and invited me to do a plant medicine retreat in Costa Rica to which I accepted. Both of these Wombyn (as Sabrina calls our soul family sisters) had felt a calling and were a part of my process to reconnect with self and Nature.

Plants have a funny way of speaking to us and through us. I’ve found since doing extreme plant medicine that there is a knowing among us who dare to let plants teach us. And I love that about this magical planet we inhabit. The universe is trying to get us to participate in the wonder of it all. We just have to show up and dive in. Whether it is the awareness that the plants bring to us, or the remnants of the plants inside our veins connecting to their own selves through us, somehow strange things seem to happen once you open up to these experiences and this expansion. The Universe or that other millionth of the experience we cannot see, starts to work with our own energy and time and space become tools, instead of adversaries. What is most ironic is that the women whom I have met, who have also done deep plant medicine and deep womb work, seem connected beyond time and space. Our connections bond us in a deep way that feels older than time itself. This bond is one that I have never experienced in any other way. One I didn’t know I craved. One I realized was a birth right and part of the female experience that I had always longed for.

I wonder, if we have ignored our womb connection in the same way we have ignored using nature to heal. When we get to the point of needing plants to reconnect us through our sacred energy, we also realize how powerful of a vessel we live inside of. That we own a temple and that being alive and healthy today makes us richer than all the money in the world. I wonder if we are missing a sacred part of life, which is a sisterhood where we explore motherly and sisterly and feminine love. A safe place we can go to explore how to give and receive nurturing and learn how to help each other to heal and feel safe in this crazy world. Women used to go around the full moons to be alone with each other. To heal and howl together deep into nature. Might we need this still?

Sabrina taught so many valuable things in her Yoni Gem mentorship program. The first thing she taught our class was that the word Vagina means “sheath for a sword.” I for one do not want to think about how growing up in a society that told me my Vagina’s whole purpose was to hold a man’s sword has deeply affected my entire existence. I would like to imagine a world where future generations of women grow up knowing that they are the sacred temple holders and that they exist to experience pleasure and peace in their bodies and lives. That those who enter the temple must be vetted and invited in. Sabrina taught us the word Yoni. This word is a way of honoring our body and reclaiming our femininity and the power in that. Using a beautiful word to describe ourselves is a way of taking back control over our sacred body parts, over our lives and a process of giving ourselves a new way to channel energy into our bodies and subtle energy bodies. From her website section “What is a yoni?” She explains “Yoni means sacred place and is the Sanskrit word for vagina. Using the word yoni instead of vagina is a way that wombyn can reclaim our femininity by honoring our sacred place; our vessel to create life and birth joy, abundance, creativity and meaning into our world.” Yoni then can mean a sacred temple. That knowledge has changed how I view and treat myself. It has changed how I look at all words. I know that I am sacred now. At 38, I learned to stop using words that don’t value my body, my gender and my life, regardless of how overused these words are in society.

Sabrina taught us next a painful yet undeniable truth. She offered us techniques for discovering on our own, the important realities of our Yoni. The truth is that women we do not need to “dry up” OR lose control of our bladders. We do not need to struggle. I almost didn’t believe these truths until I saw it work for myself. We are meant to be deeply in touch with our wombs and female sacred anatomy and our bodies. In order to experience ourselves wholly and at full power, we need to pay attention to our wombs and female anatomy on a daily basis. The same way we pay attention to our physical activity, what we eat, and what thoughts we allow to move us. The same way we change our bodies, is the way we change our minds when we pay attention to Nature more regularly. We become Supernatural. After we go into Awe inspiring Nature regularly, our emotions flow through us freely, more clearly and we don’t lose control in our expressions. When we have daily Nature connection and self care in our lives, we live so much better. You see, the womb is the holder of our Ching. Nature also holds Ching. They go together - they are the same. We are all made of the same dark and light matter. In ancient eastern medicine, Ching is the life force and in humans, the Womb is the holder of sacred Ching. As modern women, most of our wombs are not only carrying a ton of trauma we have not dealt with, but we ignore the womb for decades and wonder why she isn’t listening when we try to activate her. We haven’t paid this area much attention to heal and to feel and to own our energy. This is the practice of Tantra. To fix your own energy before you connect to another person’s. This is all on purpose. This is part of the patriarchal divide and part of what we need to learn as individuals and collectively. It is your birth right to own your body and mind and soul, and it is now in your consciousness to do the work to reclaim this right. In Sabrina’s course, over 6 months of daily healing and daily attention to my womb, a practice emerged that has changed my life. I notice very quickly whenI am not doing the work now. It becomes like yoga and eating clean, undeniable for actually feeling good.

I had been studying Tantra books for over a year trying to work with my own trauma and get my energy corrected so that I could connect with a partner on a deep spiritual and physical level when the time arrived. But working with a guide and a community of other women was a blessing that paved way for a sort of health and success that I’m not sure I ever could have worked out on my own. I realized so many pent up dreams, so many stored experiences that were holding my Ching back from flowing freely through my body that needed to be released, and so much freedom in my own experience of my temple.

Try some womb healing practices by finding a comfortable place on the floor to sit or lay down. By squeezing your yoni, buttocks, and internal core for 10 -20 seconds and then practice full release for 10 seconds. Make sure to breathe while you do this while holding tight until you consciously release. Release all the way. We need to learn how to fully release, just as much as we need to make sure our muscles are in our control. Release is the great deserving that so many women never find in life, but it is imperative to understanding your power. Repeat this practice 10-20 times per session. Do it for a 30 minutes to an hour before bed or when you wake. I like to include it in my chakra cleansing/spinning, prayer & meditation practice. As modern working women, we forget that this is an important part of our daily exercise. It does more than just pleasure a man, it shows you your path to pleasure and your deepest tantric healing. The work is to learn how to own our female anatomy, honor our own pleasure, stay healthy through all phases of our cycles and learn how to pair this practice with our dreams and regeneration. This practice returns energy and feeling and control in a ten fold. This practice is medicine. The power is still working her way through my practice and my life, and I honor this teaching regularly.

The second part of this blog is about tools Sabrina taught me to use in my process. Yoni Eggs and Yoni Steams. Many articles have come out about yoni eggs being dangerous and yoni steams being dangerous so I want to address both since I now have experience with both. I don’t think either are dangerous if you practice with intelligence, understanding and care.

Yoni eggs, with proper sterilization and proper use, can really change your experience sexually. Being able to feel like you are 17 again, is a gift we deserve to know how to give to ourselves. And the crazy part is, you can do it. As I feel about most things, we need to stop running to the pharmaceutical companies for quick fixes. While a yoni egg practice to increase your wetness for sex and decrease your chances later in life for incontinence works, it does take time and dedication. All women deserve to take this time out of their busy lives though. And if you do not want to stick a gem into your yoni, just do the exercises without one. It still works and will get the Ching flowing, the wetness back, and the frequency for needing to run to the bathroom less.

As I learned how yoni steaming changed Sabrina’s health, I asked questions. She taught me that as modern women, we do not actually bleed properly. We do not embrace our cycles and fully shed. Makes sense. I complained about my cycle my whole life up until I learned to honor it and be grateful for it after this course. This was a huge accomplishment for me and something that if you had told me I would say, 20 years ago, I would have fallen over laughing at you. But it is true. And now they hurt me less too. I realize how important it is to have a good cycle. How important it is to release what we build up in our uterus. Often, after doctors let you try to procreate for a whole year with failure, they will offer to “scrape your uterus” with a sharp blade. An ablation. I’ve seen it work for several of my friends. But ouch! Yoni steaming is a way around that naturally, to at least try first, and before you waste a year trying. The egg cannot implant into a uterus that has built up. Steaming is a way to help us complete our shedding and to get our uterus back to it’s beautiful intended way of the world. Sabrina explains yoni steaming as the following:

“What is a yoni steam?

A yoni steam is the practice of sitting over a steaming pot of water infused with medicinal herbs. Yoni steaming uses the healing power of plants and vital heat to restore balance to our feminine cycles in all life stages. The herb infused steam supports our bodies in the natural release of that which does not serve our optimal health, while connecting us to our inner wombyn. Many different herbs are used to support and heal our feminine cycles and stages of life. 

What does a yoni steam feel like?

Imagine a personal sauna for your yoni. Have a seat and receive the relaxing and healing benefits of a facial with medicinal purpose.

How does a yoni steam work?

Physical body: As the herbs heat up in your covered pot of boiling water, they release volatile and aromatic oils, which infuse in the steam that builds up as you boil. The herbal steam relaxes your pelvic muscles, enters your vulva and is carried by the heat up into your womb.  The steam opens and releases, increasing circulation and blood flow to our uterus, bringing life-giving heat and warmth essential to detoxing and directing the medicinal oils of the herbs where they need to go. Always remember:  Heat is medicine for the feminine body. Good blood flow is essential to yoni health. Plants are our Healers and Teachers :)

Emotional body: Our womb is where we carry emotions around anger, resentment, inability to forgive and let go of past traumas. It is also where we carry our creativity, self-expression, ability to manifest abundance and most importantly, the magic of our life-giving, compassionate, feminine essence. When our womb is full of one, there is no room for the other. As science is now finding out, our emotional and physical bodies are connected - our emotional state determines our physical health. Yoni steaming supports the release of past trauma to welcome in the new seeds we wish to grow. We forgive others to set ourselves free! For more information on how to clear out the old and create loving space for the new, as well as meditation journeys to take while you steam, please visit the Sacred Lotus webpage and/or contact us directly.”

Go to her website for full details on this and all her programs and offerings. It is not always a good time to Yoni steam so learn about it before you decide to do it. I’m so grateful for this friend and teacher in my life. She really is a miracle worker and someone that I am honored to have worked with to receive my Yoni Mentorship certificate from. She did not ask me to write this article or pay for this blog. This is an expression of gratitude for all of her knowledge that she so kindly is sharing with the world. This information is intended to spread throughout the collective female energy body of our current time and help us focus on our healing so that we can improve the quality of life for everyone on this planet.

In closing, Wombs are like the Planet Earth, herself. In fact, they’re closely tied to each other and they need each other. Both need attention, regeneration, and dedication; actively, daily. The power held in our wombs is infinite and they are deserving of honoring, just like Nature. Living in a patriarchal world is scary. We need balance. This culture has done everything it can to eradicate the feminine energy, except for regarding it as some fantasy, soul projection for man and as a replacement for religion. So it is no wonder why it takes us so long to come to this knowledge and do our work. But once we have done it, we claim our birthright to it, and our power reflects the power of Nature. As we are Nature, Nature is us. Womb Regeneration, including those who no longer have their wombs, matters as much as Nature Regeneration. This center of our bodies and planet holds ancient wisdom that we can cultivate for additional power and life force to work with in this wild world we find ourselves in, if only we accept the destiny that awaits us. If you thought you were meant for more, and needed a sign, consider this it.