How to Have a Happy, Healthy Vagina over the Holidays🎄⭐

Hello Beautiful!

There’s a little snow sparkling on the ground here in Wyoming and I’m thinking about the bustling holiday weeks ahead. And surprise, surprise, I’m thinking about your vagina and hoping she survives the upcoming madness!

Let’s face it, as much as we love the holidays, they can wreak havoc on our delicate flower.

Yes, she’s rugged. She’s bad-ass. But she also takes the fall for all of our over-indulgent and less-than-enlightened choices. Which can abound this time of year. Choices like:

1 – Diet – Sugar, alcohol, dairy, gluten (and sometimes eggs)
So basically egg nog, Santa’s cookies and that glass or two of bubbly, which are so tasty and fun in the moment, can cause a vaginal nightmare for a lot of women in the following days.

How? By throwing our fragile vaginal microbiome out of balance through the gut/vagina axis (yup…it’s a thang!). According to Classical Chinese Medicine, this can create conditions of damp and damp-heat, which are the perfect conditions for yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis (BV), altered pH, and other types of imbalance. By the way, this dysbiosis can happen in places other than the vagina, too! Think: eczema flare, rashes, etc/

2 – Stress – Seeing family and friends, even if you love them.
This is one of the pieces most women miss. Stress can quickly spark a cascade of reactions in the body, no matter how “clean” our diet may be. And stress hormones, whether they’re too high or simply out of whack, can directly affect our vaginal microbiome’s fragile ecosystem.

3 – It goes without saying but … the Holidays can be stressful! There’s the physical stress of traveling and staying up later than normal. But  there’s also those emotional stresses we love to sweep under the rug. Honestly, people pleasing is really stressful and hard on the body. Maybe you’re trying to keep the peace in the family or friend group. Or trying to play the old role of who you used to be, which no longer aligns with who you’ve grown into. Whether it’s a blowup or biting your tongue, it can be stressful, draining, or downright brutal. We love this quote from Ram Dass…
“Think you’re enlightened? Go spend a week with your family.” – Ram Dass

4 – Sleep – Not getting enough sleep, unrestful sleep, or out of sync circadian rhythms.
Yes indeed, changes in your sleep schedule can monkey around with that beautiful vaginal balance. Of course, during the holidays, it’s usually not JUST a change in sleep – it’s lack of sleep accompanied by partying, drinking too much, or unabashed indulging. (No judgement! We’ve been there.)

Even changing one or two things in our diet can affect our sleep quality quite a bit, contributing to the overall biochemical frenzy. It’s just NOT fun at all when one slip up ruins a good night’s sleep … but hey, it happens!

5 – Sex – There’s something about the holidays…
It seems like during this dark time of year, the idea of jumping into someone’s loving arms, especially after a little spiked cider or other intoxicants, is especially tempting. Maybe it’s an old flame or your high school sweetheart who you haven’t seen in years … or maybe it’s someone new. Somehow all rational thought goes out the window!

Whether you have a good or bad experience, the fact of the matter is, you might be left with a vaginal microbiome outta balance. They sure don’t show that part in Christmas romance movies – that vaginal microbiome hangover 1-2 days later!

QUICK TIP – To lower your risk for irritation or other issues while you indulge in a romantic adventure, you could run to the bathroom beforehand and wash with Yin-care®’s Herbal Wash. Definitely run to the bathroom afterwards and wash with it again. And of course, have it on hand to wash for the next few days afterwards. Because even the best guys and gals might not have the best microbiomes.

We’re all about being realistic and self-compassionate.

Listen: we’re not here to shame anyone for any of these choices! We have done all of these things (and maybe a few others). This is all coming from lived, embodied experience – and wanting the very best for you.

Let’s ditch unrealistic expectations about how “clean” we’re gonna stick over the holidays. Let’s choose self-compassion for any and all choices we make. And let’s offer ourselves all the loving, nurturing support we need to return to balance.

A few ways to embrace that loving support this Holiday Season:

The 8 Step Guide to a Healthy, Balanced Vagina
This mini-guide includes a framework and tips that will serve you all year long–but might be especially helpful now. And it’s our gift to you.

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We strongly recommend having a bottle of Yin-care®’s Herbal Wash on hand. It can help soothe and clear up many of the vaginal woes caused by the indulgence and stress of the Holidays. Now’s a great time to restock your cabinet with a bottle, buy a travel size (airplane friendly) if you’ll be away from home, or even purchase a bottle as a gift for a girlfriend. 

NEW: 30-minute chats with Margaret

You asked for it and we’re delighted to announce it’s now available! This is your chance to have a brief but deep, practical and judgement-free conversation with a wise woman. Whether you’re anxious about using the Herbal Wash for the first time, have used it for a while and need troubleshooting, or had an experience this Holiday season that you’ve got FEELINGS about, we hope this is an affordable way to get some compassionate support. If you are in pain, whether it is physical, emotional, spiritual, or relational, please don’t stay stuck there. Help is here, beautiful. SIGN ME UP  

It is such a gift to have these beautiful, miraculous physical bodies! They reflect so much back to us that we can sink into and learn from. When we view life through this lens, there is nothing to hate about ourselves or feel shameful about. We’ve all made dicey decisions at times. But even these choices can help us develop discernment. And we can be grateful for our learning opportunities – these are gifts, too.

So, please: enjoy your Holiday Season. Allow yourself to be present for your experiences, whatever they are. Embrace your choices and yourself with love and compassion. And know that your vagina is going to tell you the next best steps you can make in your health creation journey for 2026. (More on that soon … )

What is this Holiday Season bringing you? What will your vagina share with you about this experience? We’d love to know … drop us a line!

Lovingly, 

Margaret, The Mother Rising of Yin-care®

P.S. Our store will be closed December 24-28 and December 30-January 1. Shipping is crazy around the Holidays, so we can’t promise anything, but if you place an order by December 16th, you should have it in hand by December 25th. And we’ll still be shipping the rest of that week, so even if you order by December 23rd, it’ll be en route. That can feel pretty good when something’s bothering you, knowing that help is on its way!

P.P.S. We’ve heard from some of you that a bottle of Yin-care®’s Herbal Wash makes a great gift! From sister to sister, as a stocking stuffer, or even a conversation-sparking white elephant present.