Mondays from 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Queer Flow Yoga is a donation-based all-levels vinyasa class for LGBTQ+ people and our allies. Come for invigorating flow sequences and deep-release stretch work supporting a more compassionate mental, emotional and physical landscape for yourself.

This class is geared towards cultivating bodily autonomy, trauma healing, community resiliency, radical acceptance and authenticity.

All bodies, backgrounds, genders and expressions welcome. Mats and props provided.

Katya Weiss-Andersson (she/her, RYT-200) is a yoga teacher, kirtan artist and queer holistic wellness practitioner. Katya is passionate about yoga that is radically healing, empowering, non-performative, and respectful of each student. She is also the founder and director of Durham Queer Sports.

Tuesdays from 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Vinyasa is a great opportunity to combine elements of breath and movement in a way that is both grounding and energizing. You’ll learn how to find your “edge,” establish connection between breath and body, and enter a state of flow. Each class is designed to have a unique sequence of poses that emphasize the connection of body, mind, and emotions.

All levels & identities welcome. Mats and props provided. Suggested donation $10-$20.

Felix is a queer, disabled, nonbinary transmasculine yoga practitioner and social worker. He has been teaching yoga for four years and lives and works in Durham. Felix’s teaching style focuses on finding comfort and safety in one’s own body, which he believes is especially important for trans folks, trauma survivors, and disabled people.

With Dani Leah Strauss, LCSWA, MSW, E-RYT 500

Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Yoga practice is a deeply supportive element on the path toward intimacy with one’s self and others.

Yin yoga is for you if you are tired, in need of deep restoration, or searching for mindful community. This practice is especially helpful for clearing the detritus from receiving 24/7 input from the outside world. This practice is subtle, slow, and can affect us on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level.

All levels of experience, all bodies, all humans are welcome. No experience needed, just a desire to cultivate curiosity and a willingness to be kind to those who are here to practice alongside you.

This class is donation-based, pay what you can. Your offerings contribute to the sliding scale fund that allows clients to receive therapy for reduced fees.

Feel free to write Dani with questions: email@danileahstrauss.com

Dani (she/her) is a queer-identified sex-positive therapist, yoga teacher, and doula. She incorporates elements of physical, emotional, and somatic awareness and practice into her yoga classes. She works to support survivors of trauma in reclaiming their pleasure and fulfillment through body awareness and heart healing. Read more about Dani here.

With Patty Adams, MSW, LCSW, E-RYT
Mondays 6 – 7:15pm
September 16, 23, 30 and October 7

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Cost: $100, paid in full before the start of the series.
Please reach out to discuss reduced tuition and payment options if needed.

Registered participants in this series are welcome to opt-in to Yoga for Queers weekly drop-in classes on Wednesdays for $5 / class.

Accessibility: To access the yoga class space, participants will need to descend one flight of stairs (approximately 10 steps).

In this four-week, closed series, a small group of LGBTQQIA+ folks will gather to practice yoga in a mindful way that centers each individual’s power of choice. Participants are offered the opportunity to explore: being in the present moment, making choices, taking effective action, and being open to shared authentic experience.  

Many health and relationship struggles are often connected to unresolved trauma, including anxiety, depression, behavioral issues, relationship stress, and addiction. Through a resilience-centered, trauma-responsive approach to mindful movement and embodied exploration, participants will be invited to come back home to their bodies, to their inherent wholeness, and to their innate ability to heal.

Patty is a community-based healing artist, somatic psychotherapist, experienced yoga teacher, founder/organizer of Yoga for Queers and Misfits, and language justice advocate. As a queer, white, cis fat femme woman committed to collective liberation, Patty shares yoga within an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, body positive and healing justice framework. See Patty’s full bio and training credentials here.