Our Founder
Kit Maloney
For over twenty years Kit Maloney has been an activist, academic, and entrepreneur committed to channeling her passion for gender equity into a celebration of women and yoni bodied folks embodied health and healing. She’s earned a Masters 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.
She is also the founder of O’actually & The Pleasure Pledge, two ventures honoring female sexual pleasure (and orgasms!) for safety, healing, and empowerment. Marie Claire named Kit an "Amazing Woman" for her work celebrating women's sexuality.
Kitara's Guiding Values
YONI STEAM SEATS
Made in Maine
At the same time that the idea for Kitara was coming through to Kit, she and her husband moved from Colorado to an 1848 farmhouse in Maine.
Kit spent their first summer in Maine working alongside her woodworking teacher to design and build the very first Kitara yoni steam seats. Demand for Kitara's line of yoni steam set-ups quickly grew. To keep up with the pace of orders, Kit partnered with a local woman owned woodworking shop down the road. Ensuring that all Kitara yoni steam seats continue to be handmade by women in Maine.
Kit and her epically supportive husband welcomed their cute and curious baby boy born at home in Maine on May 22, '22. They are expecting the arrival of their baby girl in March 2024.
Every order, since day 1.
1% for Black Maternal Health
The Kitara Fund for Black Maternal Health
Donating 1% of all Kitara revenue to Black-led community initiatives advancing birthing rights and maternal health in disenfranchised populations.
Est. 2019
IN GRATITUDE
Honoring Our Teachers
Kit is immensely grateful to her many teachers, all of whom helped weave the threads that led her to create Kitara.
Primary Vaginal Steam Teacher
Kit is an ardent student of Keli Garza's/ Steamy Chick (right/above) and is grateful for her leadership in the field of vaginal steaming and womb health.
Healing Journey Mentors
From Costa Rica to Bali to Hawaii to Joshua Tree to Peru, Kit's travelled the world to work with renowned coaches and healers. Her transformative 1:1 work with Nisha Moodley, Elayne Kalila Doughty, the late great Javier Regueiro, Lola Pickett, and Stephanie Burg led her to a reality of healing she wouldn't have otherwise imagined possible.
