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The Queer SpiritJune '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work QS Community Care Circle recording of June 15th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-06-2041 minThe Queer SpiritJune '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work QS Community Care Circle recording of June 15th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-06-2041 min
The Queer SpiritCare Chat: Music + Sound Care Care Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts + minds. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this inspiring chat about Music + Sound Care. We share about our passion for music and how we co-create our Sound Care tracks for QS Circles. Shout out + gratitude to our teachers + mentors in music + sound: - family, teachers + coaches - Lynda Arnold https://www.divasonic.com - Silvia Nakkach https://silvianakkach.com - Mx Puja Singh https://www.mxpujasingh.com - Shireen Amini https://shireenamini.com - Morgan Vanderpool https://www.instagram.com/morganicmovement Gracias for the gifts you share with us! Links +...2025-06-1215 minThe Queer SpiritCare Chat: Music + Sound Care Care Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts + minds. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this inspiring chat about Music + Sound Care. We share about our passion for music and how we co-create our Sound Care tracks for QS Circles. Shout out + gratitude to our teachers + mentors in music + sound: - family, teachers + coaches - Lynda Arnold https://www.divasonic.com - Silvia Nakkach https://silvianakkach.com - Mx Puja Singh https://www.mxpujasingh.com - Shireen Amini https://shireenamini.com - Morgan Vanderpool https://www.instagram.com/morganicmovement Gracias for the gifts you share with us! Links +...2025-06-1215 min
The Queer SpiritJune '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. ~ This month we explore our relationship to PRIDE: what blocks might we have to pride? how do we honor and express s...2025-06-1243 minThe Queer SpiritJune '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. ~ This month we explore our relationship to PRIDE: what blocks might we have to pride? how do we honor and express s...2025-06-1243 min
The Queer SpiritCare Chat: LGBTQ+ Pride Care Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts + minds. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this heart to heart chat about LGBTQ+ Pride! Links + Resources + Invitations: An invitation to the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners. Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Follow us on BLUESKY + IG! Join our mailing list to get news, Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. QS Resources: News, Education + Care. 2025-06-0413 minThe Queer SpiritCare Chat: LGBTQ+ Pride Care Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts + minds. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this heart to heart chat about LGBTQ+ Pride! Links + Resources + Invitations: An invitation to the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners. Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Follow us on BLUESKY + IG! Join our mailing list to get news, Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. QS Resources: News, Education + Care. 2025-06-0413 min
The Queer SpiritCare Chat: Discipline + CareCare Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts + minds. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this heart to heart chat about Discipline + Care as Saturn moves into Aries. Links + Resources + Invitations: An invitation to the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners. Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Follow us on BLUESKY + IG! Join our mailing list to get news, Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. QS Resources: New...2025-05-2814 minThe Queer SpiritCare Chat: Discipline + CareCare Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts + minds. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this heart to heart chat about Discipline + Care as Saturn moves into Aries. Links + Resources + Invitations: An invitation to the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners. Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Follow us on BLUESKY + IG! Join our mailing list to get news, Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. QS Resources: New...2025-05-2814 min
The Queer SpiritMay '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath WorkQS Community Care Circle recording of May 18th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-05-2243 minThe Queer SpiritMay '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath WorkQS Community Care Circle recording of May 18th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-05-2243 min
The Queer SpiritCare Chat: Liberating Love in a F*cked-Up World with Dean SpadeCare Chats are short, mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick + Dean Spade for this juicy chat about what it means to liberate love + beauty + queer joy during challenging times. Dean Spade (he/him) has been working in movements for queer and trans liberation, anti-militarism, and police and prison abolition for the past 25 years. He’s the author of "Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law", and "Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)." His new book is "Love in a F*cked Up Wor...2025-05-2124 minThe Queer SpiritCare Chat: Liberating Love in a F*cked-Up World with Dean SpadeCare Chats are short, mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick + Dean Spade for this juicy chat about what it means to liberate love + beauty + queer joy during challenging times. Dean Spade (he/him) has been working in movements for queer and trans liberation, anti-militarism, and police and prison abolition for the past 25 years. He’s the author of "Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law", and "Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)." His new book is "Love in a F*cked Up Wor...2025-05-2124 min
The Queer SpiritMay '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us together in queer community. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. ~ For this month we're w...2025-05-0642 minThe Queer SpiritMay '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us together in queer community. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. ~ For this month we're w...2025-05-0642 min
The Queer SpiritCare Chat: Navigating our Relationship to Money with Hadassah Damien Care Chats are short, mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick + Hadassah Damien for this heartfelt chat about navigating our relationships to money, challenging capitalism and funding queer joy. Hadassah Damien (she/her) runs Ride Free Fearless Money, an anticapitalist financial education project for queer people, movement folks, and creatives. She is also a design strategist, innovation facilitator, award-winning LGBTQ+ artist, and longtime entrepreneur and business owner. She works with people who want to solve financial sustainability problems in ways that are values-driven. Over the 10 years at her practice, she’s coached ov...2025-04-3016 minThe Queer SpiritCare Chat: Navigating our Relationship to Money with Hadassah Damien Care Chats are short, mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick + Hadassah Damien for this heartfelt chat about navigating our relationships to money, challenging capitalism and funding queer joy. Hadassah Damien (she/her) runs Ride Free Fearless Money, an anticapitalist financial education project for queer people, movement folks, and creatives. She is also a design strategist, innovation facilitator, award-winning LGBTQ+ artist, and longtime entrepreneur and business owner. She works with people who want to solve financial sustainability problems in ways that are values-driven. Over the 10 years at her practice, she’s coached ov...2025-04-3016 min
The Queer SpiritApril '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work QS Community Care Circle recording of April 20th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-04-2638 minThe Queer SpiritApril '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work QS Community Care Circle recording of April 20th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-04-2638 min
The Queer SpiritApril '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us together in queer community. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. For April's circle we w...2025-04-1835 minThe Queer SpiritApril '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us together in queer community. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. For April's circle we w...2025-04-1835 min
The Queer SpiritCare Chat: Creativity in Times of Dissolution with Jonathan KoeCare Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick + Jonathan Koe for this juicy chat about the importance of cultivating Creativity in Times of Dissolution. Links + Resources + Invitations: Jonathan Koe is a queer astrologer, diviner, and alchemist of the subtle realm. Their work aims to empower fellow shapeshifters, visionaries and intuitives in remembering their essence, cultivating skills in being present with the ever-changing nature of reality, and weaving sincere, loving kinships with the world – even when the world has broken our hearts. Find them online at JonathanKoe.com2025-04-1630 minThe Queer SpiritCare Chat: Creativity in Times of Dissolution with Jonathan KoeCare Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick + Jonathan Koe for this juicy chat about the importance of cultivating Creativity in Times of Dissolution. Links + Resources + Invitations: Jonathan Koe is a queer astrologer, diviner, and alchemist of the subtle realm. Their work aims to empower fellow shapeshifters, visionaries and intuitives in remembering their essence, cultivating skills in being present with the ever-changing nature of reality, and weaving sincere, loving kinships with the world – even when the world has broken our hearts. Find them online at JonathanKoe.com2025-04-1630 min
The Queer SpiritCare Chat: Managing Stress with Music + ArtCare Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this queerly sweet chat about Managing Stress with Music + Art. Links + Resources + Invitations: Thank you to all the badasses below for sharing their medicine + magic with the world: Salt-N-Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex - remixed by TanyaMarck - “Let’s Talk About Stress” Devo - Whip it Depeche Mode - Black Celebration Erasure - Cowboy album Mx. Puja Singh (they/them) - virtual kirtan/sargam practice: IG @mxpujasingh 2025-03-2017 minThe Queer SpiritCare Chat: Managing Stress with Music + ArtCare Chats are short mindful conversrations where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this queerly sweet chat about Managing Stress with Music + Art. Links + Resources + Invitations: Thank you to all the badasses below for sharing their medicine + magic with the world: Salt-N-Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex - remixed by TanyaMarck - “Let’s Talk About Stress” Devo - Whip it Depeche Mode - Black Celebration Erasure - Cowboy album Mx. Puja Singh (they/them) - virtual kirtan/sargam practice: IG @mxpujasingh 2025-03-2017 min
The Queer SpiritMarch '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work QS Community Care Circle recording of March 16th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-03-2041 minThe Queer SpiritMarch '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work QS Community Care Circle recording of March 16th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-03-2041 min
The Queer SpiritCare Chat: Gender Affirming CareCare Chats are short mindful conversrations, where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this queerly sweet chat about Gender Affirming Care. Links + Resources + Invitations: An invitation to the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners. Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Follow us on BLUESKY + IG! Join our mailing list to get news, Care Cirlce + podcast updates sent directly to you. QS Resources: News, Education + Care. We honor with Gratitude + Th...2025-03-0514 minThe Queer SpiritCare Chat: Gender Affirming CareCare Chats are short mindful conversrations, where we share what's on our hearts. Join TanyaMarck + Nick for this queerly sweet chat about Gender Affirming Care. Links + Resources + Invitations: An invitation to the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners. Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Follow us on BLUESKY + IG! Join our mailing list to get news, Care Cirlce + podcast updates sent directly to you. QS Resources: News, Education + Care. We honor with Gratitude + Th...2025-03-0514 min
The Queer SpiritMarch '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us together in queer community. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. For March's circle we...2025-03-0538 minThe Queer SpiritMarch '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us together in queer community. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. For March's circle we...2025-03-0538 min
The Queer SpiritCare Chat: BoundariesCare Chats are short conversations we have about topics top of mind. Listen to this little chat TanyaMarck + Nick have about boundaries. Links + Resources + Invitations: An invitation to the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners. Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Follow us on BLUESKY + IG! Join our mailing list to get news, Care Cirlce + podcast updates sent directly to you. QS Resources: News, Education + Care. We honor with Gratitude + Thanks the sacred Prac...2025-02-2016 minThe Queer SpiritCare Chat: BoundariesCare Chats are short conversations we have about topics top of mind. Listen to this little chat TanyaMarck + Nick have about boundaries. Links + Resources + Invitations: An invitation to the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect with other listeners. Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Follow us on BLUESKY + IG! Join our mailing list to get news, Care Cirlce + podcast updates sent directly to you. QS Resources: News, Education + Care. We honor with Gratitude + Thanks the sacred Prac...2025-02-2016 min
The Queer SpiritFebruary '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work QS Community Care Circle recording of February 16th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-02-1956 minThe Queer SpiritFebruary '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work QS Community Care Circle recording of February 16th, Chant + Breathe. This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of...2025-02-1956 min
The Queer SpiritFebruary '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work on Imbolc Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us together in queer community. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. For February's circle we...2025-02-1352 minThe Queer SpiritFebruary '25 CareCast: 1st Saturday Meditation + Breath Work on Imbolc Welcome to our CareCast! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us together in queer community. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices in guided meditation, breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. For February's circle we...2025-02-1352 min
The Queer SpiritJanuary '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work with Mx. PujaWelcome to our first CareCast episode of 2025! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies i...2025-02-1350 minThe Queer SpiritJanuary '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work with Mx. PujaWelcome to our first CareCast episode of 2025! This year we're are posting recordings of our monthly CareCircles to the podcast - this is our "CareCast." We invite you get comfy, grab some hydration and join us in chanting together. The Queer Spirit Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices in devotional chanting, toning and song, as well as breath work + movement. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies i...2025-02-1350 min
Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking153. TanyaMarck Oviedo & Nick Venegoni: Healing The Queer SpiritWhat does it mean to heal the queer spirit? How might our queerness shape our spirituality and vice versa? How do we collaborate and contemplate in care and creativity?In this first joint episode with the Queer Spirit podcast, TanyaMarck Oviedo, Nick Venegoni, and I explore the concept of 'healing the queer spirit.' While the three of us only recently connected, we quickly found flow and sweet kinship that felt profound and ancient.We had juicy discussions around the process of seeing and embracing our experiences as queer people, the magic and work of...2024-06-0253 min
The Queer SpiritQueer Books Save Lives with J.P. Der BoghossianJ.P. DerBoghossian (he/they) is the founder of the Queer Armenian Library - the world's first library devoted to literature, film, and television by, about, and for Queer Armenians. He serves on the Board of the International Armenian Literary Alliance and is a past President of the Armenian Cultural Organization of Minnesota. He hosts the podcast This Queer Book Saved My LIfe which is a 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. He is a Lambda Literary Fellow and his essays have appeared in We Are All Armenian (University of Texas Press), The Sun Isn't Out Long Enough (Anamot Press...2024-04-2343 minThe Queer SpiritQueer Books Save Lives with J.P. Der BoghossianJ.P. DerBoghossian (he/they) is the founder of the Queer Armenian Library - the world's first library devoted to literature, film, and television by, about, and for Queer Armenians. He serves on the Board of the International Armenian Literary Alliance and is a past President of the Armenian Cultural Organization of Minnesota. He hosts the podcast This Queer Book Saved My LIfe which is a 2024 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Podcast. He is a Lambda Literary Fellow and his essays have appeared in We Are All Armenian (University of Texas Press), The Sun Isn't Out Long Enough (Anamot Press...2024-04-2343 minThe Queer SpiritJust the Queer of Us with TanyaMarck Oviedo & Nick VenegoniJoin us for our season finale: Nick (he>they) + TanyaMarck (they/them) share about their queer story and connection. Episode Highlights We flow into and explore the potency of cultivating queer connections. We take a dip into queer spirituality. And finally we are honored to share and announce upcoming queer spirit offerings in 2024. Web links Follow us on Instagram @thequeerspirit Find TanyaMarck online at TanyaMarck.com and on IG @tanyamarck Find Nick online at QueerHealingJourneys.com and on IG @holisticqueerhealing Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect w...2023-11-1553 minThe Queer SpiritJust the Queer of Us with TanyaMarck Oviedo & Nick VenegoniJoin us for our season finale: Nick (he>they) + TanyaMarck (they/them) share about their queer story and connection. Episode Highlights We flow into and explore the potency of cultivating queer connections. We take a dip into queer spirituality. And finally we are honored to share and announce upcoming queer spirit offerings in 2024. Web links Follow us on Instagram @thequeerspirit Find TanyaMarck online at TanyaMarck.com and on IG @tanyamarck Find Nick online at QueerHealingJourneys.com and on IG @holisticqueerhealing Join the private Queer Spirit Community to continue the conversation and connect w...2023-11-1553 minThe Queer SpiritExploring Queerness, Akashic Records + Tarot with Ruth CamilliaRuth Camillia (they/she/ella) is a bilingual, bicultural, healing arts practitioner, reiki master, akashic records practitioner, and tarot reader. With maternal Indigenous roots from Los Altos de Jalisco, México, they integrate curanderismo and other ancestral practices into their daily life and work. As an intuitive and trauma-informed practitioner, Ruth believes healing is sacred. Episode Highlights Ruth shares their queer journey and story in the most delightful ways. And we explore aspects of Queerness alongside them. We get curious about and drop into the Akashic Records. Ruth collaborates on a reading for Nick. Ruth offers a...2023-10-1858 minThe Queer SpiritExploring Queerness, Akashic Records + Tarot with Ruth CamilliaRuth Camillia (they/she/ella) is a bilingual, bicultural, healing arts practitioner, reiki master, akashic records practitioner, and tarot reader. With maternal Indigenous roots from Los Altos de Jalisco, México, they integrate curanderismo and other ancestral practices into their daily life and work. As an intuitive and trauma-informed practitioner, Ruth believes healing is sacred. Episode Highlights Ruth shares their queer journey and story in the most delightful ways. And we explore aspects of Queerness alongside them. We get curious about and drop into the Akashic Records. Ruth collaborates on a reading for Nick. Ruth offers a...2023-10-1858 minThe Queer SpiritCreating Dreams out of Chaos with Crystal Mason & Jason WymanCrystal Mason (they/them) is an artist, activist, dreamer, consultant and coach. They believe in the power of community and necessity of hope. Jason Wyman (they/them) is Queerly Complex. Using appreciative inquiry, deep listening, and creative conjuring, Wyman taps the Cosmic Mysteries in all to reveal moments of Chaos Poetry. They live, love, and create on Yelamu / San Francisco, and share a home and family with their husband and pride of house and feral cats. Episode Highlights Crystal + Jason share their personal queer-stories and drop some queer wisdom nuggets Sweetness alert: We get cozy + comfy...2023-08-161h 00The Queer SpiritCreating Dreams out of Chaos with Crystal Mason & Jason WymanCrystal Mason (they/them) is an artist, activist, dreamer, consultant and coach. They believe in the power of community and necessity of hope. Jason Wyman (they/them) is Queerly Complex. Using appreciative inquiry, deep listening, and creative conjuring, Wyman taps the Cosmic Mysteries in all to reveal moments of Chaos Poetry. They live, love, and create on Yelamu / San Francisco, and share a home and family with their husband and pride of house and feral cats. Episode Highlights Crystal + Jason share their personal queer-stories and drop some queer wisdom nuggets Sweetness alert: We get cozy + comfy...2023-08-161h 00
Brian Breaks Character#127 A Special LGBTQ+ Podcast Series: The Queer Spirit with Nick Venegoni & TanyaMarck Oviedo🏳️🌈 This is the third episode in our series devoted to elevating and uplifting LGBTQIA+ voices for podcasts and content creators. 🎧🎥 Today, you're in for a treat. I cannot wait for you to meet The Queer Spirit podcast. 🙌 You know that we talk about spirituality a lot on Brian Breaks Character, but hosts Nick Venegoni & TanyaMarck Oviedo of The Queer Spirit look at spirituality in all its multiple forms through the lens of being queer. This podcast spotlights LGBTQIA+ artists, healers and activists who enliven, heal and empower our communities to thrive and flourish. Now in their 6th seas...2023-06-2142 minThe Queer SpiritThe Science, Magic & Folklore of Crystals with Nicholas PearsonWelcome to Season 6 of the show! Nicholas Pearson (he/him) has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for nearly 30 years. As one of the leading voices in crystal healing today, he offers a unique blend of science and spirituality alongside a grounded, practical approach to working with crystals. The author of several books, including Crystal Basics, he lives in Orlando, Florida. Episode Highlights We learn about Nicholas’ journey and connections with science, stones, energy, folklore, animals. Nicholas shares about what stones he is currently drawn to and working with & how he is...2023-03-2746 minThe Queer SpiritThe Science, Magic & Folklore of Crystals with Nicholas PearsonWelcome to Season 6 of the show! Nicholas Pearson (he/him) has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for nearly 30 years. As one of the leading voices in crystal healing today, he offers a unique blend of science and spirituality alongside a grounded, practical approach to working with crystals. The author of several books, including Crystal Basics, he lives in Orlando, Florida. Episode Highlights We learn about Nicholas’ journey and connections with science, stones, energy, folklore, animals. Nicholas shares about what stones he is currently drawn to and working with & how he is...2023-03-2746 min
Queer.Love.Light.Episode 17: Interview with Queer Therapist Nick Venegoni, MFT to Heal Your Queer SpiritNick Venegoni, MFT - Holistic Therapy, Psychotherapist & Certified Hypnotherapist, MFT - a Holistic Therapist, Day Dreamer, Magical Mystic, Mystical Man, Fae Explorer to discover and learn about his magical journey as a healing practitioner who serves our LGBTQ+ community. Nick is also the Host of the amazing Queer Spirit Podcast.
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QueerHealingJourneys.com2023-01-2855 minThe Queer SpiritBreath & Spirit with TanyaMarck OviedoTanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) identifies as a non binary, queer, native indigenous person of color who resides on Tongva + Kizh + Chumash land (colonially known as Long Beach, Ca). They currently are of service to their communities as a mentor + wellness facilitator. They are creator of Vamonos a healing arts practice rooted in and with well + being + of service. Vamanos builds community to explore and embody wellness via breath work + energy + mindful movement + mentoring + space holding. Episode Highlights We discuss how TanyaMarck first learned about the power of connecting to the breath from their baseball coach as a child...2022-11-1439 minThe Queer SpiritBreath & Spirit with TanyaMarck OviedoTanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) identifies as a non binary, queer, native indigenous person of color who resides on Tongva + Kizh + Chumash land (colonially known as Long Beach, Ca). They currently are of service to their communities as a mentor + wellness facilitator. They are creator of Vamonos a healing arts practice rooted in and with well + being + of service. Vamanos builds community to explore and embody wellness via breath work + energy + mindful movement + mentoring + space holding. Episode Highlights We discuss how TanyaMarck first learned about the power of connecting to the breath from their baseball coach as a child...2022-11-1439 minThe Queer SpiritMapping Sensitivities with Mike IameleFor nearly a decade, Mike Iamele has helped hundreds of GBTQ+ men to integrate shame and figure out what they subconsciously do every time they’re successful –– through a process called Sacred Branding®. In 2014, Mike accidentally came out to millions when he wrote an article about falling in love with a man after identifying as straight––and 100,000 people shared it overnight. He's also the author of Enough Already: Create Success on Your Own Terms (Conari Press 2015). Mike's shared his provocative and vulnerable take on sexuality + shame in hundreds of magazines and podcasts, including NPR, CBS, and Huffington Post. 2022-06-1340 minThe Queer SpiritMapping Sensitivities with Mike IameleFor nearly a decade, Mike Iamele has helped hundreds of GBTQ+ men to integrate shame and figure out what they subconsciously do every time they’re successful –– through a process called Sacred Branding®. In 2014, Mike accidentally came out to millions when he wrote an article about falling in love with a man after identifying as straight––and 100,000 people shared it overnight. He's also the author of Enough Already: Create Success on Your Own Terms (Conari Press 2015). Mike's shared his provocative and vulnerable take on sexuality + shame in hundreds of magazines and podcasts, including NPR, CBS, and Huffington Post. 2022-06-1340 minThe Queer SpiritThe Dynamic Cosmos & Black Trans Liberation with Ni’Ja WhitsonNi’Ja Whitson is a multi award-winning Queer Trans NB artist and futurist, a wound and medicine worker, noted by Brooklyn Magazine as a culture influencer. They are a United States Artist Fellow, Creative Capital and two-time "Bessie" Awardee who engages transdisciplinarity through a critical intersection of the sacred and conceptual in Black, Queer, and Transembodiedness. Episode Highlights Ni’Ja shares about their artistic and spiritual origins, as well as their emergence from a lineage of dreamers. They discuss their current project, The Illumination Catalogue, a ceremony project honoring Black, trans, and gender nonconforming lives and communities across Turt...2022-04-1833 minThe Queer SpiritThe Dynamic Cosmos & Black Trans Liberation with Ni’Ja WhitsonNi’Ja Whitson is a multi award-winning Queer Trans NB artist and futurist, a wound and medicine worker, noted by Brooklyn Magazine as a culture influencer. They are a United States Artist Fellow, Creative Capital and two-time "Bessie" Awardee who engages transdisciplinarity through a critical intersection of the sacred and conceptual in Black, Queer, and Transembodiedness. Episode Highlights Ni’Ja shares about their artistic and spiritual origins, as well as their emergence from a lineage of dreamers. They discuss their current project, The Illumination Catalogue, a ceremony project honoring Black, trans, and gender nonconforming lives and communities across Turt...2022-04-1833 minThe Queer SpiritErotic by Nature with Darshana Avila"We are erotic by nature." This is the core belief underlying all that Darshana Avila offers as an Erotic Wholeness coach and guide. Supporting folx to establish a deeply felt sense of pleasure and ease in their bodies and relationships is her joy. Guiding folx to reconsider the stories they've been told about who they ought to be and what it takes to belong is her passion. She shares all this through a somatic sex and intimacy coaching style that is trauma informed, justice oriented and nature based. Episode Highlights Nick & Darshana discuss the difference between erotic and...2021-07-0528 minThe Queer SpiritErotic by Nature with Darshana Avila"We are erotic by nature." This is the core belief underlying all that Darshana Avila offers as an Erotic Wholeness coach and guide. Supporting folx to establish a deeply felt sense of pleasure and ease in their bodies and relationships is her joy. Guiding folx to reconsider the stories they've been told about who they ought to be and what it takes to belong is her passion. She shares all this through a somatic sex and intimacy coaching style that is trauma informed, justice oriented and nature based. Episode Highlights Nick & Darshana discuss the difference between erotic and...2021-07-0528 minThe Queer SpiritDining with the Gods: Food Magick with Gwion RavenGwion Raven is a tattooed Pagan, writer, traveler, musician, cook, kitchen witch, occult shop owner, and teacher. Although initiated in three magickal traditions, Gwion describes his practice as virtually anything that celebrates the wild, sensuous, living, breathing, dancing, ecstatic, divine experiences of this lifetime. Born and raised in London, England, he now resides in Northern California and shares space with redwood trees, the Pacific Ocean, and his beloved partner. Episode Highlights Nick and Gwion discuss his book, The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings & Why We Eat Together. We talk about creating special meals with gods...2021-03-1537 minThe Queer SpiritDining with the Gods: Food Magick with Gwion RavenGwion Raven is a tattooed Pagan, writer, traveler, musician, cook, kitchen witch, occult shop owner, and teacher. Although initiated in three magickal traditions, Gwion describes his practice as virtually anything that celebrates the wild, sensuous, living, breathing, dancing, ecstatic, divine experiences of this lifetime. Born and raised in London, England, he now resides in Northern California and shares space with redwood trees, the Pacific Ocean, and his beloved partner. Episode Highlights Nick and Gwion discuss his book, The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings & Why We Eat Together. We talk about creating special meals with gods...2021-03-1537 minThe Queer SpiritReclaiming UGLY as an Act of Queer Pleasure with Vanessa Rochelle LewisVanessa Rochelle Lewis is the Founding Director of Reclaim UGLY. She is a healer with a satchel full of medicine words, A conjuror with desire to nurture other artists as they create magic and save lives, A faery princess mermaid gangsta for the revolution, A lush-bodied, Black femme Goddess motivated by sensuality and freedom, An educator and performer with a passionate exuberance for silliness, laughter, and the stage, A starlet who doesn’t want to be in the spotlight alone, A lover of all things collective, emergent, and interdependent, A wild-seed bo...2021-03-0146 minThe Queer SpiritReclaiming UGLY as an Act of Queer Pleasure with Vanessa Rochelle LewisVanessa Rochelle Lewis is the Founding Director of Reclaim UGLY. She is a healer with a satchel full of medicine words, A conjuror with desire to nurture other artists as they create magic and save lives, A faery princess mermaid gangsta for the revolution, A lush-bodied, Black femme Goddess motivated by sensuality and freedom, An educator and performer with a passionate exuberance for silliness, laughter, and the stage, A starlet who doesn’t want to be in the spotlight alone, A lover of all things collective, emergent, and interdependent, A wild-seed bo...2021-03-0146 minThe Queer SpiritFinding Courage Through Stories with Julie BacherJulie Bacher is an author and teacher from New England. She has traveled the world working on community service projects, and spent 23 years as a public school teacher. She is the author of four books, with her latest book, Oh S#*t! I think I’m Gay: a coming out book. Julie is passionate about LGBTQ issues, social justice, and crafting the right words to speak your truth. Episode Highlights Julie and Nick talk about LGBTQ issues, social justice, and crafting the right words to speak your truth. She shares her inspiration for writing her latest bo...2020-10-1221 minThe Queer SpiritFinding Courage Through Stories with Julie BacherJulie Bacher is an author and teacher from New England. She has traveled the world working on community service projects, and spent 23 years as a public school teacher. She is the author of four books, with her latest book, Oh S#*t! I think I’m Gay: a coming out book. Julie is passionate about LGBTQ issues, social justice, and crafting the right words to speak your truth. Episode Highlights Julie and Nick talk about LGBTQ issues, social justice, and crafting the right words to speak your truth. She shares her inspiration for writing her latest bo...2020-10-1221 minThe Queer SpiritFairytales & Magical Thinking with Marc Boone Marc Boone is a Wizard and the founder of the Academy of Magical Thinking. The Academy helps grown-ups connect with their Inner Kiddo. Marc got his training at Parsons School of Design and he has worked as an elementary school art teacher. Episode Highlights Nick & Marc discuss the power and importance of fairy tales, myths, and bringing magical thinking into our everyday lives. Marc shares how stories influenced his life from childhood and how they affect him today. We reflect on the stories of our youth and the frequent lack of representation of queer and POC...2020-09-2828 minThe Queer SpiritFairytales & Magical Thinking with Marc Boone Marc Boone is a Wizard and the founder of the Academy of Magical Thinking. The Academy helps grown-ups connect with their Inner Kiddo. Marc got his training at Parsons School of Design and he has worked as an elementary school art teacher. Episode Highlights Nick & Marc discuss the power and importance of fairy tales, myths, and bringing magical thinking into our everyday lives. Marc shares how stories influenced his life from childhood and how they affect him today. We reflect on the stories of our youth and the frequent lack of representation of queer and POC...2020-09-2828 minThe Queer SpiritAlchemy, Intuition & Budget Magic with Money Witch, Jessie Susannah KarnatzJessie Susannah Karnatz, aka the Money Witch, brings capitalism-critical, shame-free education to healers, hustlers, and creatives in order to catalyze change in their financial lives. She believes healing our finances will bring blessing to our lives, our lineages, and our communities. She offers education, Money Magic products, Intuitive Financial Coaching, and tax preparation online and in the Bay Area (unceded Ohlone land) and does it all with #businessladyswag. Episode Highlights Nick & Jessie Susannnah explore the impacts of financial health on our lives, our lineages, and our communities. Jessie Susannah describes her journey through union organizing into i...2020-09-1432 minThe Queer SpiritAlchemy, Intuition & Budget Magic with Money Witch, Jessie Susannah KarnatzJessie Susannah Karnatz, aka the Money Witch, brings capitalism-critical, shame-free education to healers, hustlers, and creatives in order to catalyze change in their financial lives. She believes healing our finances will bring blessing to our lives, our lineages, and our communities. She offers education, Money Magic products, Intuitive Financial Coaching, and tax preparation online and in the Bay Area (unceded Ohlone land) and does it all with #businessladyswag. Episode Highlights Nick & Jessie Susannnah explore the impacts of financial health on our lives, our lineages, and our communities. Jessie Susannah describes her journey through union organizing into i...2020-09-1432 minThe Queer SpiritUnsettling Eros & Decolonizing Sexuality with Roger KuhnRoger Kuhn (Poarch Creek) is a doctoral candidate whose research focuses on Two-Spirit love, sexual sovereignty, and erotic survivance. He works as a psychotherapist and Professor of American Indian Studies, and is a board member of the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS). In 2020, Roger served as the Chair for the BAAITS Two-Spirit powwow. Episode Highlights We unpack what it means, as queer people, to unsettle our bodies from cis-, straight culture, liberate our eros, and respectfully reconnect with indigenous land. Roger shares how his introduction to yoga became a major lift shift for him. He ex...2020-08-3137 minThe Queer SpiritReinhabiting Your Queer Body with Elsa AsherElsa Asher (they/them) is a practitioner and teacher of somatics and ritual with a specialty in healing developmental and intergenerational trauma. They are a registered biodynamic craniosacral therapist, life coach, doula, Koheneh (Hebrew ritual leader), and wilderness first responder. Elsa holds a master’s of science degree in narrative medicine from Columbia University, a bachelor of arts in healing and humanities from Antioch University, and a certificate of Jewish studies from Machon Chana Institute. They’ve been an associate professor of narrative medicine at Columbia University and Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and presented workshops at va...2020-08-1741 minThe Queer SpiritReinhabiting Your Queer Body with Elsa AsherElsa Asher (they/them) is a practitioner and teacher of somatics and ritual with a specialty in healing developmental and intergenerational trauma. They are a registered biodynamic craniosacral therapist, life coach, doula, Koheneh (Hebrew ritual leader), and wilderness first responder. Elsa holds a master’s of science degree in narrative medicine from Columbia University, a bachelor of arts in healing and humanities from Antioch University, and a certificate of Jewish studies from Machon Chana Institute. They’ve been an associate professor of narrative medicine at Columbia University and Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, and presented workshops at va...2020-08-1741 minThe Queer SpiritConflict & Self-Compassion with Fresh “Lev” WhiteFresh “Lev” White is a love and compassionate activist. He offers mindfulness, coaching, mediation, and diversity trainings as tools for shifting towards more authentic, conscious and passionate living. He teaches and writes about how love and self-compassion are the ultimate gateways to loving and understanding others; thus, healing our communities, and planet. Episode Highlights Lev and I discuss mindfulness coaching, mediation, and diversity training as tools for shifting towards more authentic, conscious and passionate living. We discuss cultivating self love and compassion as ways to overcome self judgment and hatred. Lev shares how his journey through love...2020-08-0336 minThe Queer SpiritReconnecting to the Collective Soul Within with Natalie ZeitunyNatalie Zeituny is a modern mystic, reality researcher, conscious business entrepreneur and energy medicine healer. She is currently working with individuals and organizations’ fields of consciousness and soul psychology to bring about higher states of consciousness and well being. Natalie is a facilitator, speaker, presenter and the author of Ensoulment, dedicated developing conscious evolution models. She has been researching Consciousness, the structure of Reality and the influence they have on the society and the earth for 25 years. She is a graduate of “Technion" Information Systems Engineering, and possesses an MBA from the Ben-Gurion University in Israel. She lived in Calif...2020-07-2041 minThe Queer SpiritDreams to Awaken the Queer Unconscious with George TaxidisGeorge Taxidis (he/him) is a therapist working in private practice in east London, UK. He holds an MSc in Therapeutic Counseling from the University of Greenwich, which was integrative in orientation, and is in the final stages of a second training, this time in Jungian analysis with the British Jungian Analytic Association. In 2016, George co-founded the Queer Social Dreaming Matrix which now meets monthly to play with dreams in the queer community. He was also involved in creating the Queer Analytic Circle, a collective of psychoanalytic and Jungian practitioners who are interested in queer challenges to analytic theory...2020-07-0634 minThe Queer SpiritQueer Empowerment through Tarot with Cassandra SnowCassandra Snow (they/them/she/her) is best-known for penning the Queering the Tarot book and a series of the same name, which was seen on Little Red Tarot. They’ve also written about tarot, witchcraft and theatre at Take Your Pills, QueerTarot.cards, and Howlround among others. Cassandra’s second book, Queering Your Craft: Witchcraft from the Margins, is coming out via Red Wheel/Weiser Publishing on November 1, 2020. Cassandra has been reading tarot for over a decade, and operates out of Minneapolis, MN. Cassandra is normally stationed weekly at The Eye of Horus and twice a mont...2020-06-2230 minThe Queer SpiritStories of an Embodied Healing Journey with Syd YangSyd Yang (they/them) is a mixed race queer/non binary healer, writer, intuitive artist and healing justice organizer who weaves together magic, prayer and intention as an energy healer in the world through their practice, Blue Jaguar Healing Arts. As someone who lives with depression and anxiety, and has recovered from eating disorders, their work finds its resonance in the stories we each hold at the intersection of memory, body, sexuality and mental health. Syd's work is rooted in Buddhist practice, is liberation minded and trauma informed. Syd is based in Los Angeles, CA. Episode Highlights Sy...2020-06-0833 minThe Queer SpiritA Spiritual Direction Toward Wholeness with Karen ErlichmanKaren Erlichman provides psychotherapy, spiritual direction, supervision and So(U)L coaching in San Francisco. Most recently she has been exploring embodied leadership and transformation, and has been inspired by learning at the Strozzi Institute, the Jewish Studio Project and the Center for Courage and Renewal. Karen’s writing has been published in numerous journals, blogs and anthologies, including Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction, Feminist Studies in Religion and in the interfaith anthology Spiritual Guidance Across Religions. She is passionate about creating diverse and welcoming spaces for liberation, embodied spirituality and community. Episode Highlights Ka...2020-05-2529 minThe Queer SpiritEnlivening Queer Community & Culture with Justin SayreJustin Sayre, praised for their “deeply passionate soul and acerbic wit” by The New York Times, is a writer and performer who Michael Musto called, “Oscar Wilde meets Whoopi Goldberg.” They were hailed as one the “Funniest People in Brooklyn” by Brooklyn Magazine and among “LA’s 16 Most Talented LGBT Comics” by Frontiers Magazine. Sayre's most recent book, Mean, the third in their trilogy of young adult novels from Penguin Books, was released in 2019. Sayre’s works for the theatre has been seen at LaMaMa, The Wild Project, Ars Nova, and more. Sayre’s Ravenswood Manor was recently produced at LA’s Celebration Theater an...2020-05-1135 minThe Queer SpiritHomeopathy: Nature's Original Nanomedicine with Sandi Kaplan & Kathleen ScheibleSandi Kaplan has been practicing homeopathy for the last 17 years and runs a private practice called Divine Monkey Homeopathy. She has worked in low income and youth clinics, women’s shelters and makeshift clinics in Tanzania. Sandi taught at the Center for Homeopathic Education in NY, supervises homeopathy students and has trained to be a Trauma Informed practitioner. She recently traded her surfboard in for raised beds and a beehive in Sacramento, where she now practices. Sandi remains dedicated to treating people of various cultures, ethnicities, economic backgrounds, gender expressions and lifestyles, believing everyone deserves quality healthcare. Kathleen Sche...2020-04-2751 minThe Queer SpiritHomeopathy: Nature's Original Nanomedicine with Sandi Kaplan & Kathleen ScheibleSandi Kaplan has been practicing homeopathy for the last 17 years and runs a private practice called Divine Monkey Homeopathy. She has worked in low income and youth clinics, women’s shelters and makeshift clinics in Tanzania. Sandi taught at the Center for Homeopathic Education in NY, supervises homeopathy students and has trained to be a Trauma Informed practitioner. She recently traded her surfboard in for raised beds and a beehive in Sacramento, where she now practices. Sandi remains dedicated to treating people of various cultures, ethnicities, economic backgrounds, gender expressions and lifestyles, believing everyone deserves quality healthcare. Kathleen Sche...2020-04-2751 minThe Queer SpiritThe Art & Practice of Queer Altars with Michael EspinozaMichael Espinoza (they/them or he/him) is an Artist living and working in Portland, OR. Portland is located on the ancestral lands of the Multnomah, Clakamas, Kathamet, Tualitan and the many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia river. The major themes in their work include queer identity, Mexican heritage, family, ancestry, healing and recovery, sex and the body. Recent work has included a durational live performance on the streets of Portland, site-specific gallery installation, in-studio bricolage, and a series of installations by the sea in Jalisco, Mexico. They regularly collaborate with academics, performance artists, visual...2020-04-1333 minThe Queer SpiritComedy, Religion & Social Justice with Cameron EspositoCameron Esposito is a Los Angeles-based standup comic, actor and writer. She has appeared both on TV and film, as well as at comedy and music festivals world wide. Cameron’s podcast, Queery, features interviews with LGBTQ+ luminaries including the likes of Roxane Gay, Trixie Mattel, Evan Rachel Wood, Lena Waithe & Tegan and Sara Quin. Cameron is co-creator and co-star of Take My Wife, which garnered rave reviews from the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Vulture and Indiewire and is available on Starz. Her most recent special, Rape Jokes, raised almost $100,000 for RAINN. Her first book, Sa...2020-03-3029 minThe Queer SpiritFacing Fear Courageously with Julie DreyerJulie Dreyer (she/her) is a board certified hospital chaplain who helps patients, families and staff meet their emotional and spiritual needs. She completed a Masters of Divinity at Maitripa (a Tibetan Buddhist college), where she teaches classes, facilitates meditation and music practices. Her sense of the world has been shaped by practicing within various spiritual and embodiment traditions. In search of wholeness, Julie spent four years traveling the world sharing sacred music with people on the streets, in nature and with intentional communities. She is grateful to all her teachers who continue to inspire her to be with...2020-03-1629 minThe Queer SpiritIndigenous Insights & Decolonization with Kanyon Sayers-RoodsKanyon Sayers-Roods "Coyote Woman" (Mutsun-Ohlone, Chumash, EuroMutt) is a two-spirit steward of Indian Canyon, an artist, activist and educator. Kanyon teaches truth in history and envisioning indigenous futures to diverse audiences. Kanyon's work has been featured at the De Young Museum, SOMArts Gallery, Gathering Tribes and many indigenous powwows and gatherings. Episode Highlights Kanyon shares how she first started her business, Kanyon Konsulting, to provide education on decolonization and reindigenization for non-native people, particularly in the Ohlone territory (San Francisco Bay Area, California). Kanyon helps us understand what it means to do the work of decolonization a...2020-03-0240 minThe Queer SpiritStirring Up Spiritual Atmosphere in Song with Ron Ragin Ron Ragin: “I write, sing, compose, and make interdisciplinary performance work that integrates sound, text, and movement. My creative practice incorporates music of the African Diaspora, embodied ancestral memory, improvisational creative processes, liberation aesthetics, and the development and maintenance of spiritual technologies. My artistic work centers around the role of sound, and the un-amplified human voice in particular, in transforming our environment, our selves, and each other. I grew up in Perry, Georgia, and received my earliest musical training at the Saint James Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. I live in New Orleans, make a mean red velvet cake, and can th...2019-11-2540 minThe Queer SpiritReclaiming Your Psychic Sovereignty with Sâde Gryffin Sâde Gryffin, MFA, is an Oakland based Mystic, Psychic Energy Healer, Teacher and Artist. Born and raised in Wales/UK, his practice is deeply rooted in earth-based Welsh mysticism. Sâde brings a bold and pragmatic sensibility to his work, through a unique combination of psychic lineage, intensive clairvoyant training, 30 years experience in the healing arts, and his former career as a seasoned arts professor. Sâde is a GQ/Trans/Gay man. In all aspects of his practice he strives to create safe, nonjudgmental containers for LGBTQI individuals, communities and allies. Sâde loves to co-create inte...2019-09-3040 minThe Queer SpiritReclaiming Your Psychic Sovereignty with Sâde Gryffin Sâde Gryffin, MFA, is an Oakland based Mystic, Psychic Energy Healer, Teacher and Artist. Born and raised in Wales/UK, his practice is deeply rooted in earth-based Welsh mysticism. Sâde brings a bold and pragmatic sensibility to his work, through a unique combination of psychic lineage, intensive clairvoyant training, 30 years experience in the healing arts, and his former career as a seasoned arts professor. Sâde is a GQ/Trans/Gay man. In all aspects of his practice he strives to create safe, nonjudgmental containers for LGBTQI individuals, communities and allies. Sâde loves to co-create inte...2019-09-3040 minThe Queer SpiritErotic Astrology & Sexual Freedom with Maisha AzaMaisha Najuma Aza is a queer, black healer, teacher and spiritual mentor, co-parent of two teens and ecstatic lover of life. She erotically weaves her social justice roots, spirituality, shamanic practices, and energetic bodywork to co-create comprehensive, intuitive healing sessions. Her work impacts the multidimensional aspects of each person's social, sexual, spiritual, emotional, physical and energetic world. Maisha’s light-hearted, deeply accepting, down-to-earth and empathic nature makes her private consultations and public engagements especially powerful and deeply transformational! Maisha’s calling is sharing the erotic integration of spirituality, sexuality, embodiment and erotic empowerment with others through her healing sessions, cons...2019-08-1232 minThe Queer SpiritErotic Astrology & Sexual Freedom with Maisha AzaMaisha Najuma Aza is a queer, black healer, teacher and spiritual mentor, co-parent of two teens and ecstatic lover of life. She erotically weaves her social justice roots, spirituality, shamanic practices, and energetic bodywork to co-create comprehensive, intuitive healing sessions. Her work impacts the multidimensional aspects of each person's social, sexual, spiritual, emotional, physical and energetic world. Maisha’s light-hearted, deeply accepting, down-to-earth and empathic nature makes her private consultations and public engagements especially powerful and deeply transformational! Maisha’s calling is sharing the erotic integration of spirituality, sexuality, embodiment and erotic empowerment with others through her healing sessions, cons...2019-08-1232 minThe Queer SpiritIntuitive Healing through Art & Play with Hank HivnorHank Hivnor is a healer, artist, psychic & life coach, who uses psychic ability and other healing modalities he's learned along the way. For twenty-seven years he's been sharing insights, working with energy and transforming lives and himself, present in everything he does from working with Angels, inspiring beings and seeing the profound shifts in people’s lives. Episode Highlights Hanks defines what it means to him to be a clairvoyant and medium. His healing work is an intention to help people change, grow or transform. Nick shares a story about his own healing experience wi...2019-08-0527 minThe Queer SpiritIntuitive Healing through Art & Play with Hank HivnorHank Hivnor is a healer, artist, psychic & life coach, who uses psychic ability and other healing modalities he's learned along the way. For twenty-seven years he's been sharing insights, working with energy and transforming lives and himself, present in everything he does from working with Angels, inspiring beings and seeing the profound shifts in people’s lives. Episode Highlights Hanks defines what it means to him to be a clairvoyant and medium. His healing work is an intention to help people change, grow or transform. Nick shares a story about his own healing experience wi...2019-08-0527 min
The Queer SpiritQueer Introverts & Quiet Gays with Josh HershJosh Hersh is an entrepreneur, writer, seeker, and curator of community. Over the years, he’s focused on creating mindful, heart-centered spaces for queer people, such as The Thoughtful Gay Man and queeret (pronounced queer-it), a global community for queer introverts. He believes in the power of belonging and connection as a means to bring healing and a sense of togetherness to queer communities. Episode Highlights Josh Shares his inspiration to start social events for queer introverts after watching the Hannah Gadsby special and her asking, “Where do the quiet gays go?” Nick & Josh discuss the di...2019-03-1828 minThe Queer SpiritQueer Introverts & Quiet Gays with Josh HershJosh Hersh is an entrepreneur, writer, seeker, and curator of community. Over the years, he’s focused on creating mindful, heart-centered spaces for queer people, such as The Thoughtful Gay Man and queeret (pronounced queer-it), a global community for queer introverts. He believes in the power of belonging and connection as a means to bring healing and a sense of togetherness to queer communities. Episode Highlights Josh Shares his inspiration to start social events for queer introverts after watching the Hannah Gadsby special and her asking, “Where do the quiet gays go?” Nick & Josh discuss the di...2019-03-1828 min
The Queer SpiritQueers with Cancer – Part 2, with Lance MooreLance Moore is a Anderson Feri witch, a science fiction geek, and a colon cancer survivor, as well as a Silicon Valley high tech guy. He’s also an activist in the transgender community. Episode Highlights Lance shares how he first learned about his diagnosis of colon cancer that came out of the blue. His first few days of surgery recovery in the hospital and then immediately starting his course of chemotherapy. The challenges of dealing with the side effects of chemotherapy and navigating life in this new way. Nick and Lance discuss the difficulty of me...2019-03-1133 minThe Queer SpiritQueers with Cancer – Part 2, with Lance MooreLance Moore is a Anderson Feri witch, a science fiction geek, and a colon cancer survivor, as well as a Silicon Valley high tech guy. He’s also an activist in the transgender community. Episode Highlights Lance shares how he first learned about his diagnosis of colon cancer that came out of the blue. His first few days of surgery recovery in the hospital and then immediately starting his course of chemotherapy. The challenges of dealing with the side effects of chemotherapy and navigating life in this new way. Nick and Lance discuss the difficulty of me...2019-03-1133 min
The Queer SpiritQueers with Cancer - Part 1 with Nick Venegoni Nick Venegoni is the host the Queer Spirit podcast. A few months into beginning the podcast, in July of 2018, he discovered that he had stage one testicular cancer. With the support of doctors and nurses, integrative practitioners, family and friends, he made it through surgery and nine weeks of chemo therapy. In part one of this topic, to kick off the second season the podcast, he shares the story of his journey from diagnosis to completing chemotherapy. "It feels important to me to tell this story because I don't really hear these stories being told...2019-03-0420 minThe Queer SpiritQueers with Cancer - Part 1 with Nick Venegoni Nick Venegoni is the host the Queer Spirit podcast. A few months into beginning the podcast, in July of 2018, he discovered that he had stage one testicular cancer. With the support of doctors and nurses, integrative practitioners, family and friends, he made it through surgery and nine weeks of chemo therapy. In part one of this topic, to kick off the second season the podcast, he shares the story of his journey from diagnosis to completing chemotherapy. "It feels important to me to tell this story because I don't really hear these stories being told...2019-03-0420 min