come with me and my mom to try our first ever

come with me and my mom to try our first ever herbal feminine steaming in Korea 🇰🇷 I've heard so many people raving about this traditional practice which is done in different parts of the world like Asia Africa and even Central America mainly for its menstrual and postpartum recovery properties and a lot of people actually do this at home but for our first experience ever we decided to go to a women wellness spa in Korea that specializes in this traditional Korean steaming practice she starts off by placing a pot of steaming medicinal mugwort at the bottom of a special chair with a hole in the middle it was honestly my first time seeing anything like this and just look at the steam coming up through the hole and then all you do is just sit on top of this chair and I will say this was a pretty unique feeling it wasn't too hot or anything it was quite pleasant but you see they gave us these long skirts that go all the way to the floor and they also wrapped our with a warm towel to really keep the steam inside I tied my shirt back like this to be kinda cute but she quickly corrected it and tucked it inside the skirt so that again the herbal steam can stay inside the whole time and for about 30 minutes you can just drink drink your which is also made of mugwort and this is basically like tea time with your friends while you're getting your lower part steamed I actually saw a lot of older group of women doing this and I asked them what are some of the benefits that they feel after doing this and they said it's not so much about one single effect it's more so about frequently keeping the lower internal body warm which can then help support circulation and soothe menstrual cramps and help with postpartum this actually makes a lot of sense to me because in my Asian culture I was always encouraged to drink warm water over ice cold water and I'm not gonna lie you guys I actually knocked out for a good 10 minutes at one point my started to get super teary from all the smoky steam but after the steam when was done they had us lie down on the floor for about 10 minutes with a heated pad on our stomach to lock in all that warmth and honestly this was a really cool experience I already bought some mugwort herbs to do this at home and I'm really curious to see if I'll be able to feel any of the benefits