Join us for an inclusive, trauma-informed practice for all LGBTQIA+ folk!

October Schedule

2nd Monday Flow and restore with Fiona

5th Thursday Slow flow with yoga nidra with Annabel

9th Monday Yin with Sophie

12th Thursday Slow Flow with Calum

16th Monday Slow flow Ruth

19th Thursday Slow Flow with Fiona

23th Monday Slow Flow with Claire

26th Thursday Slow Flow with Annabel

30th Monday Slow Flow with Oli

About the event

We hope to create a yoga community for queer folks, including trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people, to enjoy group practice and connect with others. Our classes will focus on finding time for you, away from judgment and comparison. We invite you to take notice of how you feel and move in a way that feels right for you, with options to connect with your breath and rest whenever you need to. Choice is at the heart of every session, and there are never any expectations for how you practice that day.

What to expect

Around 60 minutes of movement and meditation

Optional tea and chat afterwards (around 30 minutes)

Open to all levels of experience, including complete beginners

Small groups of up to 15 people

Led by our teaching team, usually one lead teacher and one supporting teacher

All props including mats, blocks and straps are provided

Access

Most of the practice takes place on the floor, so you should be able to get yourself up and down from a mat. Chairs are also available if you'd prefer to practice seated or use them as a prop. Just get in touch before class at queeryogaedinburgh@gmail.com (https://httpsqueeryogaedinburgh@gmail.com) so the teachers can be prepared.

Please note that the studio is not wheelchair accessible. Access is via a staircase of 16 steps and landing with a handrail.

If you're unsure whether a class will meet your access needs, or you have any other questions about the practice, please get in touch at queeryogaedinburgh@gmail.com (https://queeryogaedinburgh@gmail.com). We're happy to help.

This is a zero-tolerance space for transphobia, homophobia, racism, ableism, body shaming, or any other discriminatory or harmful behaviour.

Pricing

We offer tiered ticket options to help make our classes as financially accessible as possible. Please pay what you are able - something that isn’t an overstretch for you, but that helps keep our sliding scale sustainable so we can continue offering these classes.

Here’s a guide to help you choose:

Free ticket: Please select this if you would not otherwise be able to attend a paid class. For example, if you are unwaged, have no financial resources, or are navigating the immigration system. See below for further terms and conditions for these tickets.

Low income ticket: Please choose this if you are on a low income or receiving financial support (e.g. universal credit, disability benefits or similar)

General admission ticket: Please choose this if you can comfortably meet your basic needs (e.g. rent, bills, food) and have some expendable income.

Pay it forward ticket: Please choose this if you can comfortably meet your needs and would like to help cover the cost for someone who otherwise couldn’t attend.

Your donation supports our community teachers and helps cover venue hire so we can continue offering these inclusive spaces.

Refunds

Refunds are eligible up to 24 hours before class start time - we will struggle to fill your space with short notice. If you are unable to make a class and are willing to offer your ticket to someone else please feel free to email us or share on our Whatsapp community.

Free ticket policy

Three free tickets are available for every class, generously sponsored by the National Lottery Community Fund. These free tickets are intended to be used by anyone for whom the cost of a paid ticket is too high a barrier to accessing the class.

We anticipate that these tickets will be popular so we ask that you are respectful of the intention of these. If you find yourself no longer able to attend a session, please still cancel your free ticket through Eventbrite as this allows someone else to use the space instead. Our cancellation policy remains 24 hours for free tickets. If you hold a free ticket and cancel within 24 hours of class or do not show up to class more than twice, we will send you a reminder message of our free ticket policy. If you cancel or no show three times, we will unfortunately not be able to support you with free tickets any further. Thank you for your understanding!

Venue and getting here

We will be holding the sessions at Collective Space on 21 Albert Street in Leith. There are bus links close to the studio for buses 1, 14, 35, N35, 13 and a tram line nearby. There is some on street parking around the area.

The studio is on the lower ground floor of Collective Space Venue. The venue entrance is step-free, with a door width of 125cm. To reach the studio, go through the door on the back wall of the main ground floor space (80cm wide) to the staircase. The staircase has 16 steps (15cm each) with

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