Hey, this is Amanda, women's health dietitian. And I'm Emily, nutritional therapy practitioner.

And this is the RU menstrual podcast, where we help you navigate the confusing world of women's hormones and teach you how to have healthy periods.

Each week, we will be diving into a different topic on women's health and sharing our perspective using nutrition, female physiology, and metabolic health.

Our goal is to help you wait through conflicting health information and empower you on your

healing journey.

We hope you enjoy it.

In this episode, we are diving into a fun and sometimes controversial topic, vaginal steaming, also called yoni steaming.

I'm joined by Kit Maloney, who has been in the world of women's health and wellness for over 20 years.

Over the past two decades, she's been an academic, entrepreneur, victim advocate, and pleasure

activists. Kit earned a master's degree in gender and social policy from the London School of

Economics and has been featured widely in the media, including glamour, self, and bustle.

Marie Claire named Kit an amazing woman for her work celebrating women's sexuality.

After experiencing for herself the tremendous healing benefits of vaginal steaming,

Kit set out to help spread the word on Yoni steaming magic all of the world

by launching her newest venture, Katara.

Katara makes beautifully designed and handcrafted products for safe and easy in-home vaginal steaming.

You can check it out at

Katarlove.com, and I'll link that in the show notes as well. The Kitar product line includes

everything you need to steam. And this is why I really like it and why I was so drawn to your

products. I was like, I'm new to this. I need this to be easy. I need to not hurt my brain trying to figure this out.

So from whether it's like a 101 consult, which I did do with Kit, I'm sure we'll talk about that,

but also gorgeous steam seats. You have great herb blends that are specific to the person,

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