Red Tent Healing Arts

Respect the pH.

If you've followed my work for any length of time, you've probably heard me say this before.

A healthy va**nal ecosystem begins with a healthy pH.

During the reproductive years, a healthy va**nal pH is typically between 3.8–4.5. For this infusion, I'm aiming for approximately 4.3—and yes, I'm testing every step on camera.

Why?

Because that naturally acidic environment helps nourish beneficial Lactobacillus bacteria, which then creates lactic acid, lowering ph and is your body's first line of defense, while making the environment far less welcoming for many unwanted organisms.

Before we focus on eliminating every "bad" microbe, we need to ask a better question:

How do we create an environment where the good bacteria thrive?

For me, that starts with respecting the ecosystem.

The Vagician's first rule: Respect the pH. 🧙‍♀️🌿

The Vagician is back in the kitchen. 🌿😂

This time I’m combining a strong green tea infusion with aloe and green tea hydrosol.

So what exactly is a hydrosol? It’s the aromatic plant water created during distillation, carrying some of the plant’s water-soluble and volatile constituents in a much gentler form than an essential oil.

But here’s the bigger lesson…

One of the most foundational pieces of va**nal health is pH.

A healthy va**nal environment during the reproductive years is naturally acidic—generally around 3.8–4.5. For this preparation, I’m aiming for approximately 4.3

Why does that matter?

That acidic environment helps support the beneficial bacteria that make up the va**nal microbiome while making the environment less hospitable to many unwanted organisms.

Before we start throwing things at va**nal symptoms, we need to understand the ecosystem we’re working with.

The Vagician’s first rule: respect the pH. 🌿🧙‍♀️

And yes… I’ll show you exactly what I’m mixing.


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For more than a decade, this lineage-based bodywork training has been largely absent from Australia.

This August 16–21, I'm deeply honored to return and share the Maya Abdominal Therapy lineage on the Tweed Coast for the first time since around 2015.

This is not a trend or a technique learned over a weekend. It is a body of hands-on wisdom that has been preserved through teachers, mentors, and tradition and then refined through nearly 40 years of my own clinical practice supporting women's health.

If you're a massage therapist, midwife, naturopath, chiropractor, acupuncturist, pelvic health practitioner, or another licensed professional ready to add a truly transformative modality to your practice, this may be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

The circle is nearly full, and one place remains.

If you've been feeling the nudge, trust it.

DM me and well see if we're a fit and I'll send you the details. More info in links in bio.

She'd tried a lot to feel better, various treatments and approaches over time, a progesterone IUD, 90 days of bioidentical progesterone. Some relief, but the bloating and back pain stayed.
One Maya Abdominal Therapy session later, her back pain was gone.
Nobody had looked at her retroverted uterus. They said it wasn't related.
If you're dealing with any odd or unexplained gynecological complaints, bloating, cycle issues, pelvic pain, anything that's been called "normal" but doesn't feel normal to you — book a session with me. You'd be amazed what hands-on treatment can do.
📩 Link in bio to book.

What inspired me to feed my va**na green tea? And even before the short case study here green tea has been studied for its amazing microbiome enhancing qualities which is another reason to feed your va**na green tea. Green tea contains food so to speak needed for lactobacillus to thrive.



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What does the Vagician put in her va**na? 😂🌿
When I want the most direct local contact with the va**nal and cervical tissues, I reach for an herbal va**nal infusion, not a va**nal steam and not simply taking the herbs by mouth.
Today I’m experimenting on myself with gunpowder green tea, rich in catechins studied for their antimicrobial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity, including fascinating research around HPV and cervical cell changes.
And I’m adding a little frankincense, traditionally used for inflammation and now being researched for its antimicrobial and potential anticancer properties.
My many years into working with women’s natural health, and I’m still researching, experimenting and learning from the plants.
The Vagician will report back. 🧙‍♀️🌿
For education and a peek into my own personal practice, not a treatment recommendation.

The summer heat is no joke.🌞
In this video, Lisa Levine shares a simple Gua Sha technique that has traditionally been used to help cool the body and support recovery from heat exhaustion.

lt's one of those practical skills that's wonderful to have in your at home toolbox.

l also wanted to introduce you to the other Lisa in our community, since many people don't realize there are two of us!

Lisa Levine lives in Thailand and is a Acupuncturist with more than 35 years of experience. She teaches our live online Womb Wisdom Self-Care classes through the Red Tent Healing Womb School, where she shares practical, time-tested tools that help you care for yourself and your family with confidence.

I'm Lisa Kelly, and my hands-on practice is based in Delray Beach, FL helping women with holistic abdominal and pelvic health, pregnancy massage bodywork and I travel internationally teaching Holistic Abdominal And Womb Bodywork, Maya Abdominal Therapy Practitioner Trainings through the Red Tent Healing Womb School.

Whether you're joining us to learn self-care, coming to me for a treatment or to become a practitioner, our mission is the same, to keep this wisdom alive and put these time tested healing ways into your hands.

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