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Birthing Instincts

#413: Rediscovering Ancient Postpartum Traditions: Pelvic Steaming with Valerie Wiesner

Birthing Instincts

Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young

Parenting, Kids & Family, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

While Dr. Stu was busy teaching breech in Texas, Blyss hosted Valerie Wiesner to discuss the practice of vaginal steaming, its benefits, and the ancient traditions associated with it. Valerie shares her extensive experience in sacred postpartum care and describes how steaming can help with postpartum recovery, menstrual irregularities, fertility issues, and even prostate health in men. Additionally, Valerie talks about her vision for making sacred postpartum practices more accessible through community co-ops and international training programs. 

About Valerie Wiesner

Valerie Wiesner, mama to 15, leads women Worldwide in the Ancient Art of Sacred Postpartum care in both online and live retreats. This includes many practices, from Ceremony to Vaginal Steaming, honoring and supporting women in the tender postpartum recovery period. She serves women in all stages of life, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum in Northern Arizona.

In 1980, Valerie and her partner hitchhiked to The Farm in Tennessee to birth her first baby with Ina May Gaskin. This experience of sacred birth and postpartum care surrounded by love and community, set her on the path she walks today.

Valerie lives in the mountains of Prescott Arizona with her soulmate of 46 years where she grows abundant food and herbs and holds epic family gatherings.

Website: sacredbirthtraditions.com and sacredpostpartum.net

Listeners will get 20% discount on any of Valerie’s programs, reach out to [email protected] for more information.

Instagram: @sacredpostpartum @sacredbirthtraditions

Resources

Valerie’s Birth Stories on Indie Birth

Katy Barnes, Doula

Mountain Rose Herbs

In This Episode

Ancient Practices and Modern Benefits of Vaginal Steaming

Vaginal Steaming for Women's Health Issues

Emotional and Physical Healing through Vaginal Steaming

Postpartum Care and Vaginal Steaming

Herbal Recommendations

Vaginal Steaming for Various Health Conditions

The Role of Vaginal Steaming in Sexual Health

Resources and Training for Vaginal Steaming

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Burling Instincts Podcast.

0:05.0

I'm Dr. Stewart Fishbein, community-based practicing obstetrician and long-time advocate for birth choices.

0:10.0

And I'm Bliss Young, a licensed midwife.

0:13.0

Join us in our conversational style podcast where we talk about everything birth.

0:17.0

Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry, but we're happy that you're here. So,

0:20.9

here we go. How are he beautiful? Good morning. So good to see you, Blas. It's so good to see you, too.

0:29.1

Valerie Wiesner is my guest today. Stu is traveling around. Actually, Raquel, our assistant, is with him traveling around somewhere in

0:40.4

Tennessee, which is kind of fun that they're doing this together. She just flew in because she had

0:44.7

friends. So they're teaching today. And I planned to do this with Valerie because she was a

0:52.2

peach and filled in for me one time for our Patreon community,

0:57.1

for our mama prenatal circle.

1:01.2

And they loved her so much, just like I do, that they asked me to bring her on to talk

1:08.1

more about steaming.

1:09.0

So that's what we're going to do today.

1:10.2

We're going to talk about vaginal steaming and talking a little bit about your sacred postpartum work that you do as

1:16.2

well. But first of all, I'm just so happy to see you. Did we meet the second year? We met the first

1:24.5

year in Kentucky, right? And then we saw each other again the second year.

1:28.8

We were a good buds by then.

1:30.4

So we were good buds, fun.

1:32.3

I just was smitten with you right away.

1:38.9

It's the same about you, Bliss.

1:40.4

Yeah, I feel a little teary-eyed, actually just like saying that and looking at you because we're going to spend some time together in Arizona in October at my retreat that I'm doing with Hayes. And yeah, I'm just so excited to just sit with you more and like really dive in because I know you, but I don't know you.

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