Iโd like to take this moment to tell you about ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎโ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ and make a clear declaration that ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.ย โฃ
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๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต. Our current medical system is rooted in greed, fear, misogyny, and racism.ย For too long women have been told that the only source we could trust are the external experts outside of us. With Kitara, we say โNo more.โ โฃ
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๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ. A medicine passed down through the generations, guiding women into deeper knowledge, intimacy, and trust of our bodies. In reverence for the plants and elements, vaginal streaming proudly weaves together our physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Trained healers offer support and encourage the truth that the wisest knowing already exists within us.ย
๐๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น. It involves white men brutalizing enslaved Black women and a mindset of power over others, rather than power from within. I donโt say this to say that all facets of Western Gynecology are โwrong.โ I say it because origin stories often help us connect the dots for our own experiences, validating an inner knowing that was there all along.ย โฃ
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Vaginal steaming is an accessible and universal medicine. However, ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. I am deeply grateful for the generosity of their shared wisdom and leadership.ย โฃSpecial thanks toย @steamychickย +ย @groundedwombย โฃ
As a white cisgender woman in this space it is my daily practice to explore my privilege and find ways to use it for good or dismantle it from the inside out. I do not take the support and trust of Kitaraโs BIWOC community lightly. I am thankful and it as it inspires me to walk more boldly, each day.
Our mission statement sincerely concludes:ย
As our business grows, so will our activism.
With love + gratitude,
Kit
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