I want to create a space where trans people are free from the burden of cisgender anxieties. Where trans people can breathe together, can hold one another, and can experience being held. I want to create a space where trans people don't have to answer inane questions about their gender, where no one is expected or assumed to conform to any particular gender, where you show up exactly where you are, and where you begin (or continue) to cultivate a relationship with yourself that exists beyond the projections of others.

Breathwork for Trans Liberation is my first foray into creating this space. We will join together the 3rd Tuesday evening of each month (5:30 - 7:00 pm PT) for a brave space where we can bring our whole selves. There will be time to share with one another, time to breathe together, and time to reflect on our experiences with the breath. This space is closed to all cis people, and lovingly open to all those who are trans, non-binary, and gender explorers/queerers/fuckers of all types.

Those who attend will be accountable to themselves and to the community for upholding the integrity of the space as a container for what I call "transimaginality*" - the sacred, the liminal, the divine nature of transness and the wisdom and knowledge that it brings to us via lived experience and deep reflection. Transimaginality looks to transness not as one experience that imparts one knowledge, but as a multiplicity of experiences that hold within themselves all the raw matter of life. Transimaginality finds joy in indefinability, and celebrates the nature of the cracks between spaces. If we wish to dream a better world, the many facets of transness hold the substance and the shape of all those dreams in the realm of the liminal.

(*"transimaginality" is a word that my partner, joon seo lee, created when I told him that I believed that trans people are the imaginal cells of humanity. We have since used this word to capture transness-as-a-spiritual-practice, and all that this entails)

Agenda:

In Breathwork for Trans Liberation, we will explore these ideas together, a little bit each month. The sessions will go as follows:

• Opening the space
• Sharing and connection/intention setting
• Breathwork
• Reflections
• Closing the space

Each meeting will be 90 minutes or so long, with 25 minutes of active breathwork, and 10 minutes of integration.

You can join for one meeting, or join every month! The timing and duration of meetings is subject to change based on community needs. Once you've signed up, you will see the waiver on the confirmation page. Please read this information in it's entirety, and feel free to email me with any questions.

Prices and Scholarships:

These sessions are made to be as financially accessible as possible. They are sliding scale, with prices set at $12 for folks who are struggling financially and do not have a disposable income, $25 for folks who are able to meet their basic needs each month, and $40 for folks who would like to pay it forward. If you're not sure where you land on the sliding scale, please see this graphic from Alexis J. Cunningfolk.

Limited scholarships are available each month on a first come, first served basis. There will also be an opportunity to contribute to the scholarship fund when folks purchase tickets.

Recordings:

All sessions will be recorded, and the recording will be available (but not downloadable) until the following month's session. Recordings will be sent to all ticket holders no more than 2 business days after the event. 

Waivers & Terms:

You will be required to sign a waiver. You can read that waiver here.

For full terms and conditions, click here.