Rooted in Wisdom
Our work is grounded in ancestral practices, womb knowledge, and culturally aligned care for Black and Brown women. Here you’ll find education that reconnects you to your body, your lineage, and the wisdom passed down through generations. Learn why our herbs, formulas, and workshops exist—and how they support your cycle, healing, and whole-body wellness.
Ancestral Womb Wisdom
For centuries, Black and Brown women have held intuitive knowledge about the womb — from herbal healing to ritual practices that honored the body’s natural rhythms. Our ancestors understood that the womb is not just an organ, but a source of intuition, creation, and spiritual knowing.
Their wisdom showed up in the ways they used herbs, ceremony, nourishment, breath, and community to support their cycles, transitions, fertility, emotional balance, and overall well-being.
This ancestral knowledge is the foundation of The Kitty Box™. It guides how we create, how we teach, and how we hold space for Black and Brown women. Here, womb care is more than a practice — it is legacy, reverence,
and cultural remembrance.
Ancient Yoni Care & Steaming Traditions
Reclaiming the global practices that nurtured our mothers, aunties, and ancestors.
Across Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Indigenous cultures, vaginal steaming and yoni care have been honored for generations. These methods supported postpartum healing, painful cycles, womb trauma, emotional release, and spiritual cleansing — long before modern wellness named them.
For our communities, steaming wasn’t a trend. It was a sacred act of self-care, sisterhood, and body literacy. Women gathered to heal, share wisdom, and reconnect with themselves in ways that were both practical and deeply spiritual.
The Kitty Box™ carries this lineage forward. Our steaming blends, herbs, and educational offerings honor these traditions with safety, intention, and cultural alignment — returning this wisdom back into our community with reverence and respect.
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The Ancestral Healing Bath Ritual
Long before “self-care” became a modern trend, African American women practiced healing baths as a sacred ritual of restoration, cleansing, and spiritual protection. These baths were more than relaxation — they were intentional ceremonies rooted in African, Caribbean, and Southern traditions passed down through generations.
After long days of labor, childbirth, emotional heaviness, or major life transitions, women created baths using herbs like rosemary, lavender, chamomile, hyssop, basil, roses, and lemon peel, often gathered from gardens or gifted through community. These scents and plants weren’t chosen for luxury — they were chosen for their energetic, spiritual, and healing properties.
Why This Ritual Mattered
Healing baths served many purposes:
Emotional release: Warm water softened the body while herbs encouraged the release of grief, stress, or heartbreak.
Energetic protection: In African spiritual systems, water is a purifier — it clears energy that clings to the body.
Womb soothing: Steam rising from the bath helped ease cramps, pelvic tension, or postpartum discomfort.
Reconnection: Women often prayed, sang, or meditated during the ritual, reconnecting with spirit and self.
Community healing: Elders taught younger women how to prepare these baths, keeping the wisdom alive.
How It Was Done
Bowls of herbs were simmered in a pot until the water became fragrant and richly colored. The infusion was then added to a warm bath, sometimes along with:
Epsom or sea salt
Flower petals
Honey
Sacred oils
Crystals or blessed items
Women would soak slowly, letting the water work on the body, mind, and spirit. Some performed the ritual on Sundays after church, on new or full moons, or during times of emotional heaviness — making it a personal ceremony of renewal.
Why This Matters to The Kitty Box™
This ritual mirrors the heart of our work:
herbal healing, womb care, ancestral truth, and self-restoration.
It reminds us that caring for the womb and body is not new — it is ancient, sacred, and deeply woven into the lives of Black women.
Honoring these traditions keeps us connected to the wisdom our ancestors lived, practiced, and trusted.