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The Queer Spirit
May '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...
2025-05-06
42 min
The Queer Spirit
May '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...
2025-05-06
42 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Navigating our Relationship to Money
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...
2025-04-30
16 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Navigating our Relationship to Money
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...
2025-04-30
16 min
The Queer Spirit
April '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...
2025-04-26
38 min
The Queer Spirit
April '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...
2025-04-26
38 min
The Queer Spirit
April '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...
2025-04-18
35 min
The Queer Spirit
April '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...
2025-04-18
35 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Creativity in Times of Dissolution
Care 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.com
2025-04-16
30 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Creativity in Times of Dissolution
Care 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.com
2025-04-16
30 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Managing Stress with Music + Art
Care 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
2025-03-20
17 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Managing Stress with Music + Art
Care 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
2025-03-20
17 min
The Queer Spirit
March '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...
2025-03-20
41 min
The Queer Spirit
March '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...
2025-03-20
41 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Gender Affirming Care
Care 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...
2025-03-05
14 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Gender Affirming Care
Care 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...
2025-03-05
14 min
The Queer Spirit
March '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...
2025-03-05
38 min
The Queer Spirit
March '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...
2025-03-05
38 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Boundaries
Care 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...
2025-02-20
16 min
The Queer Spirit
Care Chat: Boundaries
Care 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...
2025-02-20
16 min
The Queer Spirit
February '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...
2025-02-19
56 min
The Queer Spirit
February '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...
2025-02-19
56 min
The Queer Spirit
February '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...
2025-02-13
52 min
The Queer Spirit
February '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...
2025-02-13
52 min
The Queer Spirit
January '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work with Mx. Puja
Welcome 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...
2025-02-13
50 min
The Queer Spirit
January '25 CareCast: 3rd Sunday Chanting + Breath Work with Mx. Puja
Welcome 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...
2025-02-13
50 min
Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking
153. TanyaMarck Oviedo & Nick Venegoni: Healing The Queer Spirit
What 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...
2024-06-02
53 min
The Queer Spirit
Queer Books Save Lives with J.P. Der Boghossian
J.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...
2024-04-23
43 min
The Queer Spirit
Queer Books Save Lives with J.P. Der Boghossian
J.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...
2024-04-23
43 min
This Queer Book Saved My Life
Catching the Queer Spirit!
That moment when you meet kindred queer spirits in podcasting.Today we have a special cross-pollination episode with the Queer Spirit podcast. The Queer Spirit podcast has conversations with embodied artists, practitioners and activists who care for, enliven and empower our 2SLGBTQ+ communities to thrive + flourish. Their hosts are Nick Venegoni, MA (he>they) and TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them).Nick is a holistic psychotherapist based on unceded Ohlone territory (San Francisco, CA), where he supports queer folks to heal from trauma and anxiety, to create more joyful lives and fulfilling relationships. Nick’s primary spiritual pra...
2024-04-23
46 min
The Queer Spirit
Just the Queer of Us with TanyaMarck Oviedo & Nick Venegoni
Join 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...
2023-11-15
53 min
The Queer Spirit
Just the Queer of Us with TanyaMarck Oviedo & Nick Venegoni
Join 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...
2023-11-15
53 min
MUM
Two Spirit
"I think it's important as an elder queer person and I wear that very proudly, that I do think our stories are important because I didn't come from a place that where we had these tools. So as an elder queer person, it's also not too f*****g late for me to honor it now, right? And to go living this next however long on this plane as my authentic self, including name. And to just do that because I understand the healing frequencies that it sends back. That sends healing back to those that couldn't. And it models...
2023-09-13
54 min
The Queer Spirit
Creating Dreams out of Chaos with Crystal Mason & Jason Wyman
Crystal 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...
2023-08-16
1h 00
The Queer Spirit
Creating Dreams out of Chaos with Crystal Mason & Jason Wyman
Crystal 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...
2023-08-16
1h 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...
2023-06-21
42 min
The Queer Spirit
The Science, Magic & Folklore of Crystals with Nicholas Pearson
Welcome 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...
2023-03-27
46 min
The Queer Spirit
The Science, Magic & Folklore of Crystals with Nicholas Pearson
Welcome 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...
2023-03-27
46 min
The Queer Spirit
Season 6 is Coming Soon!
Season 6 of the podcast will launch next week on Monday, March 27th, 2023. We're excited and grateful to share this season with TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) as a co-host on the show. You may remember them from the last episode of season 5 last year. We want to share about some of our online offerings… First Saturdays Online Meditation + Breath Work This is an opportunity and an invitation for us to be in and with queer community while we meditate + breathe together. And If you’re seeking queer community, we invite you to join...
2023-03-20
02 min
The Queer Spirit
Season 6 is Coming Soon!
Season 6 of the podcast will launch next week on Monday, March 27th, 2023. We're excited and grateful to share this season with TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) as a co-host on the show. You may remember them from the last episode of season 5 last year. We want to share about some of our online offerings… First Saturdays Online Meditation + Breath Work This is an opportunity and an invitation for us to be in and with queer community while we meditate + breathe together. And If you’re seeking queer community, we invite you to join...
2023-03-20
02 min
Woo Knew.
Control+Alt+Delete
We’re so honored to share this week’s episode with TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them)! TanyaMarck (lovingly nicknamed TM) is a beautiful soul and friend. They are the founder and alchemist of Vamanos, a breathwork and meditation facilitator, an intuitive practitioner, a medicine person, a witch, and a person in recovery. Sometimes we're not aware of how the universe is guiding us in the moment, but in looking back on the synchrinicities it becomes clear there are no coincidences. And that's what makes this conversation so special for all of us. Our connection is an incredible reflection of th...
2023-03-08
1h 20
The Queer Spirit
Breath & Spirit with TanyaMarck Oviedo
TanyaMarck 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...
2022-11-14
39 min
The Queer Spirit
Breath & Spirit with TanyaMarck Oviedo
TanyaMarck 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...
2022-11-14
39 min
The Queer Spirit
Erotic 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...
2021-07-05
28 min
The Queer Spirit
Representation Matters: Being Queer & Disabled with Anthony Michael Lopez
Anthony Michael Lopez is a queer, disabled actor known for his appearances on Broad City, Homeland, and the feature film “Mapplethorpe” starring Matt Smith. He recently shared the stage with Daniel Craig, David Oyelowo, and Rachel Brosnahan in New York Theatre Workshop’s production of “Othello.” Anthony’s new streaming miniseries “desert in” - premiering June 3 on Operabox.tv - is a supernatural story exploring queer love, loss, and the price of memories. Episode Highlights Anthony shares his journey as an actor and how his identities of being queer and disabled have shaped that path. We discuss the inte...
2021-06-21
37 min
The Queer Spirit
Shamanic Practice and Healing Justice with Richael Faithful
Richael Faithful is a multidisclipinary folk healing artist, healing justice strategist, complex conversation facilitator, community lawyer and creative. Working from the shamanic tradition of conjure, they focus on the interactions of generational healing, practical ritual, and magic and death doulaship. Episode Highlights: Richael shares their path to finding and practicing folk healing work. We talk about the different ways Richael uses this work, particularly in groups with healing justice practices. We learn how Richael answered their shamanic calling. Richael talks about their passion for drumming and leading drum circles as ways to create communal space. They...
2021-06-07
36 min
The Queer Spirit
Ritual, Ceremony & Rites of Passage with Colleen Thomas
Colleen Thomas is a ritual artist and independent audio producer. Her podcast, Shame Piñata, focuses on creating rites of passage for real-life transitions. Episode Highlights Colleen shares about her podcast Shame Pinata, and how it focuses on creating rites of passage for real life transitions. We discuss the importance of ritual as a container and support for big and small changes in our lives. Colleen shares how she discovered the power of ritual to help her feel supported through life’s challenges. She talks about some ways people have honored their relationships from the stories on her pod...
2021-05-24
36 min
The Queer Spirit
Queering Permaculture with Claudiu Oprea & Maria Fernandes
Claudiu Oprea is a queer permaculture educator, artist and healer. Since the pandemic he has set up the Sanqtuary Goa, India, an experimental arts and permaculture sanctuary that explores the intersection between permaculture and queerness as well as the question of where our healing may come from. Maria Fernandes is a body based facilitator and therapist, merging yoga and expressive arts therapy as well as social permaculture. Episode Highlights We learn about the creation of Sanqtuary Goa and the importance of safe, physical space for LGBTQ+ people. We discuss how the principles of permaculture, to...
2021-05-10
29 min
The Queer Spirit
Transforming Fear into Flight with Nikki Borodi
Nikki Borodi is a Bay Area-based acro-phenom, musician, songwriter, filmmaker, educator and activist storyteller. Borodi dazzles audiences by combining her unique vocal stylings and acrobatic talents during her signature "Acrolele" performances where she sings and plays ukulele while doing acrobatics. “Acrolele” is an astounding demonstration of human potentiality that transcends perceived impossibility. Her message can be felt through every show she gives-we have the power to transform fears into flight and to live as our most authentic selves. Her work and creativity coaching inspires others to embrace diverse identities and dive into spaces of vulnerable exploration. Episode Highl...
2021-04-26
33 min
The Queer Spirit
Nutrition & Mental Wellness with Dr. Rehan Lakhani
Dr. Rehan Lakhani is a naturopathic doctor in Ontario, Canada. He focuses on treating mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression by reducing systemic inflammation and optimizing the gut-brain axis. His treatments address the root cause of illness and include diet and lifestyle changes, orthomolecular medicine, botanical medicine, and more. Episode Highlights Dr. Rehan helps us understand the connection between our mental health, gut health, and nutrition. We talk about the ways that modern diets and lifestyle are detrimental to our overhealth, and steps we can take to improve it and reduce anxiety. Rehan shares...
2021-04-05
30 min
The Queer Spirit
Exploring Kabbalistic Tarot with Mark Horn
Mark Horn is the author of “Tarot and the Gates of Light: A Kabbalistic Path to Liberation.” This innovative, spiritual workbook has won praise from two groups that don’t usually come together—rabbis and tarot experts. Mark has been a life-long activist in the post-Stonewall LGBTQ movement, starting in 1970 as a member of both the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activist Alliance; as well as serving as chair of Gay & Lesbian Youth of New York. Over the years his activism and community service has included working as a peer counselor at the LGBTQ counseling center, Identity House; and serv...
2021-03-29
32 min
The Queer Spirit
Dining with the Gods: Food Magick with Gwion Raven
Gwion 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...
2021-03-15
37 min
The Queer Spirit
Reclaiming UGLY as an Act of Queer Pleasure with Vanessa Rochelle Lewis
Vanessa 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...
2021-03-01
46 min
The Queer Spirit
Finding Courage Through Stories with Julie Bacher
Julie 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...
2020-10-12
21 min
The Queer Spirit
Fairytales & 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...
2020-09-28
28 min
The Queer Spirit
Alchemy, Intuition & Budget Magic with Money Witch, Jessie Susannah Karnatz
Jessie 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...
2020-09-14
32 min
The Queer Spirit
Unsettling Eros & Decolonizing Sexuality with Roger Kuhn
Roger 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...
2020-08-31
37 min
The Queer Spirit
Reinhabiting Your Queer Body with Elsa Asher
Elsa 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...
2020-08-17
41 min
The Queer Spirit
Conflict & Self-Compassion with Fresh “Lev” White
Fresh “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...
2020-08-03
36 min
The Queer Spirit
Reconnecting to the Collective Soul Within with Natalie Zeituny
Natalie 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...
2020-07-20
41 min
The Queer Spirit
Dreams to Awaken the Queer Unconscious with George Taxidis
George 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...
2020-07-06
34 min
The Queer Spirit
Queer Empowerment through Tarot with Cassandra Snow
Cassandra 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...
2020-06-22
30 min
The Queer Spirit
Stories of an Embodied Healing Journey with Syd Yang
Syd 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...
2020-06-08
33 min
The Queer Spirit
A Spiritual Direction Toward Wholeness with Karen Erlichman
Karen 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...
2020-05-25
29 min
The Queer Spirit
Enlivening Queer Community & Culture with Justin Sayre
Justin 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...
2020-05-11
35 min
The Queer Spirit
Homeopathy: Nature's Original Nanomedicine with Sandi Kaplan & Kathleen Scheible
Sandi 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...
2020-04-27
51 min
The Queer Spirit
The Art & Practice of Queer Altars with Michael Espinoza
Michael 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...
2020-04-13
33 min
The Queer Spirit
Comedy, Religion & Social Justice with Cameron Esposito
Cameron 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...
2020-03-30
29 min
The Queer Spirit
Facing Fear Courageously with Julie Dreyer
Julie 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...
2020-03-16
29 min
The Queer Spirit
Indigenous Insights & Decolonization with Kanyon Sayers-Roods
Kanyon 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...
2020-03-02
40 min
The Queer Spirit
Stirring 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...
2019-11-25
40 min
The Queer Spirit
Exploring Identity & Expanding Gender with Ryan Loiselle
Ryan Loiselle is a non-binary queer person (using he/him or they/them pronouns) and has been exploring radical identity and spirituality since their early 20s. While that journey has involved enculturation as a gay male and initiation into some more organized systems their experience has always been foregrounded by deep interest in expressing and celebrating their own queerness and discovering the inherent magic that can come out of liminal being. Under the name Sister Sharin’ Dipity, they became fully-professed member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in 2003 and continues that work today as the current Prioress of the Po...
2019-10-21
39 min
The Queer Spirit
Bridging the Gap in Queer Medical Care with Kerin Berger
Kerin “KB” Berger (she/her) is a physician assistant (PA) practicing in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Quinnipiac University PA program in 2015 with a master’s in health sciences. She works full-time at the LA LGBT Center in the sexual health and education department. Additionally, she performs high resolution anoscopy for anal cancer prevention. Kerin is an adjunct professor at Charles Drew University (CDU) PA program where she implemented the LGBTQI and nonbinary curriculum. Kerin travels around the U.S. speaking to medical professionals, students, mental health clinicians, community members and advocates. She lives in West Hollywood with her wi...
2019-10-14
42 min
The Queer Spirit
Race & Appropriation in Pagan Community with Gede Parma
Gede Parma (Fio Aengus) is a Balinese-Australian witch, international teacher, magical mentor, author, and initiate. Gede (they/them pronouns) cherishes the initiatory mysteries of four powerful witchcraft traditions, and is a co-founder of the Coven of the Wildwood and midwife and initiate of the Wildwood Tradition. They are also an active initiate of Reclaiming and Anderson Feri. Gede has authored or coauthored five books. Gede/Fio's work links animism to heresy to sorcery to poetry to spirit-work to sex to faerie faith to folklore. Most of their time is spent reading Tarot, working magic, teaching and celebrating t...
2019-10-07
47 min
The Queer Spirit
Reclaiming 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...
2019-09-30
40 min
The Queer Spirit
Spirit, Sex & Art with Gregory Foster
Gregory Foster has had a life long dedication to the exploration of queer men's spiritual and sexual well-being. He has studied Reiki, Healing Touch and Holistic Nutrition and has blended his interests in art, sexuality and spirituality into a self published magazine called "The Holy Male" where he curates the work of queer, gay, bi and trans male identified people into the quarterly publication. Gregory has spoken at universities in Canada about his past experiences as a sex worker, shame, vulnerability and the role our sexuality can have in our spiritual healing and cultivation of self love. A self identified "p...
2019-09-23
32 min
The Queer Spirit
Poetry as Oracle, Performance as Spell with rexylafemme
rexylafemme (rex renée leonowicz) is a visual + performing artist, writer, and musician born and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. As a working class trans femme, rex’s work is grounded in a politics of radical resistance, healing and witness. rex blends genders and genres, utilizing drag, comedy, visual art, and burlesque, to critically respond to the relationships people “on the margins” have with our surroundings and each other. rex's book of poems and illustrations, when there is no one and there is everyone is available from Magic Helicopter Press. rex is also a practicing witch and offers spiritu...
2019-09-16
25 min
The Queer Spirit
Radical Vulnerability as a Path to Liberation with Nazanin Afshar Szanto
Nazanin Afshar Szanto is a mixed race Persian, Central American Indigenous, and white queer. They are nonbinary, disabled/chronically ill, and neurodivergent. Nazanin was born and raised in Northern California, and currently lives in the Bay Area. They are an emotional and spiritual healer and their main modality for healing is reading tarot cards and channeling spirits! Nazanin uses divination to help them get a better understanding of what is standing in the way of someone's emotional, mental, and spiritual well being. Episode Highlights Nazanin shares about their diverse spiritual and cultural heritage and how it...
2019-09-09
31 min
The Queer Spirit
Receiving Healing from the Earth with Phoenix Song
Phoenix Song is a licensed trauma therapist, expressive arts practitioner, certified hypnotherapist, and applied shamanic counselor serving healers, artists, and spiritual seekers in their own deep healing work. She is passionate about supporting others in reconnecting with the wisdom of our bodies and the Earth, taking back our own power, and connecting to our own creative and spiritual paths. She is in the process of opening a second business, Earth Based Wisdoms, with a focus on offering energy work and earth based healing services to individuals and groups. Phoenix is also a writer, poet, singer, dancer, and yoga student...
2019-09-02
35 min
The Queer Spirit
Love Warriors & Pleasure Activism with TT Baum
TT Baum is a Sacred Intimate, Sex Educator, and Bondassage Trainer based in San Francisco. He has been dubbed a pleasure activist and a warrior of love. TT’s path to sexual awakening began over a decade ago. He has refined a powerful style of erotic facilitation that integrates his own sexual research in order to help his clients and student discover and integrate their own authentic sexual experiences. Since 2013 he has been teaching his own brand of adult focused sex education. He leads several Tantra based workshops across the United States. Episode Highlights TT shares wha...
2019-08-26
29 min
The Queer Spirit
Reframing Activism & Self-care with Dean Spade
Dean Spade is a writer, professor, and activist, who has been part of struggles against policing, prison, immigration enforcement and poverty for the last two decades. In 2002, he founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit collective that provides free legal help to low-income people and people of color who are trans, intersex and/or gender non-conforming and works to build trans resistance rooted in racial and economic justice. He is the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law. Episode Highlights Dean shares how he first came to studying law through...
2019-08-19
33 min
The Queer Spirit
Erotic Astrology & Sexual Freedom with Maisha Aza
Maisha 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...
2019-08-12
32 min
The Queer Spirit
Intuitive Healing through Art & Play with Hank Hivnor
Hank 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...
2019-08-05
27 min
The Queer Spirit
Creating a Financially Strong Queer Community with The Debt Free Guys
David Auten & John Schneider are the Debt Free Guys and hosts of the Queer Money podcast. With their writing, speaking and coaching, they help queer people live fabulously, not fabulously broke. Their goal is to connect LGBTQ people with the information and services we need so our community can do more and be more. They’ll connect your brand and employees to the queer community and help your queer employees thrive financially. They’re regular contributors to Forbes and their work has appeared in Motley Fool, Yahoo Finance, Market Watch, CNBC, Huffington Post, Business Insider and Time to name a fe...
2019-07-29
44 min
The Queer Spirit
Queering Parenthood: Birth, Death & Earth with Kaya Colin
Kaya Colin is a queer femme, social worker, witch, and accidental parent to an almost 3 year old. Her upcoming projects, both launching this summer, are inspired by vulnerability and isolation from community during pregnancy and parenting. The Mad Queer Parents podcast, explores the intersection of mental health, queerness and parenting. Kaya and her partner are opening, a counseling practice, Femme & Them, to serve LGBTQ families and pregnant people. In between foraging, parenting, and making tea and magic, Kaya is a crisis worker in rural Washington state. Episode Highlights Kaya tells how she was inspired to study...
2019-07-22
21 min
The Queer Spirit
Mystical Weaving of Sexuality & Spirituality with Al Head & Shokti of Queer Spirit Festival
The Queer Spirit Festival is a five day celebration of the love, passion and creative spirit of the LGBTQ+ community. Now in it’s third year, the festival will be held August 14-18, in Northamptonshire, England. Al Head is a pagan energy worker who has been an lgbt activist and organiser since the early 1980s, as well as a peace, environmental and inclusion activist. They are also the author of “Queer Deity, Sacred Slut.” Shokti is a spiritual activist and Faerie Witch. He is one of the crew who worked to birth Folleterre Radical Faerie...
2019-07-15
30 min
The Queer Spirit
Art for Healing the Past & Writing a New Future with Rudy Loewe
Rudy Loewe is a visual artist utilizing drawing, painting and printmaking as a means of building narrative and contributing to dialogues on social themes. They work with large scale, sometimes directly onto surfaces that then ensure their temporality; as well as small scale in forms such as publications. The work itself is bright and colorful, referencing aesthetics from the Afro Caribbean diaspora. It also represents different kinds of bodies, highlighting differing races; non-conforming genders; sexualities; classes and (dis)ability. Rudy makes the work that reflects the narratives they would like to see in the world, t...
2019-07-08
35 min
The Queer Spirit
Healing Magics of the Oppressed with Chiron Armand
Chiron Armand, founder of Impact Shamanism, is a spirit-initiated shaman holding additional initiations in such New World traditions as Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Quimbanda, and the Unnamed Path. He is a trained hoodoo root doctor in the Southern Conjure tradition and is the author of Deliverance!: Hoodoo Spells of Uncrossing, Healing, and Protection and Clearing Spaces: Inspirational Techniques to Heal Your Home. He holds an MA in Performance Studies from New York University and a BA in Ritual Anthropology and Queer Studies from Hampshire College. Episode Highlights Chiron shares how he first started his mystic path through herb...
2019-07-01
34 min
The Queer Spirit
Exposing Masculinity, Exploring the Hidden with Jason Hanasik
Jason Hanasik is a filmmaker, artist, curator, and journalist. He originated the position of Storyteller in Gap’s Global Marketing Department. During his tenure he made videos for Gap and Gap Inc including their contribution to the It Gets Better project. Hanasik has a Master of Journalism from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, a Master of Fine Arts from California College of the Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Summa Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Purchase. He is currently a resident at SFFILM’s FilmHouse where he is developing a scre...
2019-06-24
29 min
The Queer Spirit
Facing Career Fears & Finding Fulfilling Work with Rita Alma
Rita Alma is a queer entrepreneur and coach on a mission to guide people to create the life (and world) they want to live in. Her work as a career coach for LGBTQ+ people catalyzes transformations in their personal lives, the workplace, and the wider world as she challenges and supports clients to be who they are, reclaim their dreams and put them into action. She uses her experiences in the LGBTQ+ community, her background in conflict resolution and peer counseling, and her insights from working with clients, to deliver programming on the importance of building meaningful relationships and...
2019-06-17
32 min
The Queer Spirit
Reimagining Gay Men's Lives with Walt Odets
Walt Odets is a clinical psychologist in private practice who has worked with and written about the psychological, developmental and social lives of gay men for more than three decades. His seminal book, In the Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS, which Duke University Press published in 1995, was selected by The New York Times as one of the “Notable Books of the Year.” Odets’s recent work has focused on the psychological aftermath of the HIV epidemic, the long-standing childhood and adolescent stigmatization and trauma experienced by young gay men, and the co...
2019-06-10
35 min
The Queer Spirit
Queer Rebels Fest - Creating a New Vision for the Future with KB Boyce & Crystal Mason
KB Boyce is the Co-Founder and Director of Queer Rebels, a Queer People of Color arts company that connects generations – and honors our queer legacies with visionary art for the future. Musician and media artist KB Boyce is a Gender Non Conforming / trans masculine performer whose adventures have brought them from teenage punk band appearances at CBGBs in NY, to B-grade horror movies in LA, and on to solo blues performance as The Drag King of the Blues in San Francisco. Boyce composes and performs music that pays homage to African-American and Indigenous legacies of resistance through art. Boyce co...
2019-06-03
29 min
The Queer Spirit
Storytelling through the AIDS Epidemic with Ed Wolf
Ed Wolf has been working continuously in the HIV/AIDS epidemic since 1983, as chronicled in the award-winning documentary We Were Here. He has developed HIV-related curriculum and trainings for a large number of national and international organizations and institutions, including the California State Office of AIDS, the Shanti Project of San Francisco, UCSF AIDS Health Project and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in Los Angeles. He's facilitated trainings for counselors working in clinical trials in Lima, Peru as well as South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. His stories and articles have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Christopher Street...
2019-05-27
39 min
The Queer Spirit
Healing Sexual Trauma with Depth Hypnosis with Rhiannon Morsch
Rhiannon Morsch is a healing guide and intuitive channel. Along her journey she has gathered expertise in a broad range of transformational healing modalities, including Depth Hypnosis, Core Shamanism, and Energy Medicine. Through the blended use of these methods along with her multi-dimensional channeling gifts, she has found her way to powerful toolbox that allows her to offer a unique and transformational healing experience in service to others. She has a private healing practice in Berkeley, CA and also works over distance with clients from all over the world. Episode Highlights Rhiannon shares how she works as...
2019-05-20
34 min
The Queer Spirit
A New Spin on the Law of Attraction with Larry Armstead
Larry Armstead II is an expectation coach and inspirational speaker who is taking the world by storm. Seeing a need for a step over the law of attraction, Larry heard these words during his nightly meditation that forever transformed his life: “In life, we don’t get what we want. We get what we expect.” That caused him to chase this wisdom like a madman. He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology and Spanish, and a Bachelors of Science in Information Technology. Episode Highlights Larry tells us what the law of attraction is and his new spi...
2019-05-13
27 min
The Queer Spirit
Acupuncture for Mind, Body & Spirit with Lis Goldschmidt
Lis Goldschmidt is an acupuncturist and herbalist who has been practicing in San Francisco for ten years. She works with people with a wide variety of conditions and has advanced training in the treatment of Lyme Disease, hormone balancing, pre + post natal care and mental/spiritual issues. Lis approaches Chinese Medicine with the sensibility of an artist and activist. Episode Highlights Lis tells us how she first got interested in acupuncture by being gifted a few treatments from a friend, and she noticed all the ways it benefited her. She gives us a brief overview...
2019-04-29
27 min
The Queer Spirit
Soulful Power & Healing Breathwork with Christian de la Huerta
Christian de la Huerta has been a writer, speaker, retreat and group facilitator for over 25 years. Author of the award-winning and critically-acclaimed “Coming out Spiritually,” he is currently working on a new book, “Calling All Heroes.” Christian is creator and teacher of several self-development programs focusing on personal growth and awareness, advanced transformational practices, understanding sex and relationships, mechanisms of ego and projection, life purpose, and reclaiming personal power. He is an acclaimed speaker at universities, conferences and spiritual communities nationwide, where audiences find Christian's message particularly relevant in these times. Christian also practices as spiritual coach and a leadersh...
2019-04-22
31 min
The Queer Spirit
Transforming Unconscious Racism with April Harter
April Harter is a black, queer, radical feminist who specializes in reforming the perpetrators of racism through the Racist Signature™ Anti-Racism Method. "I teach anti-racism without shame and with loving compassion for my fellow human beings. We all have things we are ashamed of, and it is in those dark nights of the soul, that we convince ourselves that we do not deserve love or compassion. "I reform the perpetrators of racism to learn to love themselves so that they can learn to love people of color (POC) authentically, and in so doing, love all of...
2019-04-15
35 min
The Queer Spirit
Radical Art & Radical Faeries with Jack Davis
In 2017 Jack Davis retired from being an office worker, which means that he can now devote as much time as he wants to being a visual artist, a witch and a radical faerie. His most recent visual art show, called FAGGOTS, was at the Center for Sex and Culture in San Francisco in January 2019. In December of 2018 he created the dancers’ costumes for Winter Circle X, a ritual/performance piece instigated by Keith Hennessy in collaboration with Snowflake Towers. Episode Highlights Jack tells how he first started studying art and education in college, and then got a...
2019-04-08
27 min
The Queer Spirit
Emotional Clearing & Spiritual Adulthood with Langston Kahn
Langston Kahn is a New York City based shamanic practitioner specializing in emotional clearing and radical transformation. He stands firmly at the crossroads, his practice informed by the western modality of Inner Relationship Focusing, initiations into traditions of the African Diaspora, the contemporary shamanic tradition of The Last Mask Center, and the guidance of his helping spirits and ancestors weaving it all together. He joyfully endeavors to bring spirituality out of the dark dusty recesses of esotericism and into our daily existence, where it can aid us in re-aligning with the ecstatic energy of our soul’s purpose and all...
2019-04-01
43 min