Trans+ Community Rest

Laurie & Leni offer another afternoon for Trans & gender non-conforming folk to come together, lean into community and be held in gentle & restful yoga practices & massage. This time it will be a longer event and will include lunch and our very own Trans sauna session!

The event will be held at St Anne's House.

We are grateful to Bristol Redistro for their support in funding this event.

The afternoon will involve:
•⁠ ⁠sharing circles (to open & close)
•⁠ ⁠accessible breathwork & gentle movement
•⁠ ⁠⁠shared lunch (vegan & GF soup, bread & a sweet treat)
•⁠ ⁠yoga nidra (guided restful meditation)
•⁠ ⁠massage from Laurie
•⁠ ⁠self-massage and/or partner massage (optional)
•⁠ self-reflective art/creative moments
•⁠ ⁠⁠a sauna session to close

VENUE
We will be based at St Anne's house. From 11am - 3.15pm we'll be in the Mill Room and then 3.15pm - 4.30pm will be in St Anne's Community Sauna.

For information on access to the building and travel, please click here: https://stanneshouse.org/visit-us/

SAUNA
For the sauna, we will either have the full space (sauna and cold plunges) for our own exclusive use, or private use of one of the saunas and sharing the cold plunges. This is due to renovations taking place at the sauna.

Please take a look at their website for all the info you'll need: https://bristolcommunitysauna.org/

They have a gender neutral policy on swimwear from the waist down.

Please make sure you complete the waiver before the day.

PRACTICES
Everything on offer is optional and Leni & Laurie will offer ways to support you to engage in ways that feel comfortable and safer for you. Practices on offer are with accessibility in mind - you can practice from a chair, be on a mat on the floor, stim, take time out as you need, bring all the things that support you to feel comfortable and to be in the space. If you have any questions / want to talk about specific access needs, drop Leni an email: yogalonibristol@gmail.com

BOOKING
Maximum 16 participants.

This event is £5 per participant (subsidised massively by Bristol Redistro, the £5 is to cover additional costs of food & sauna for this event).

We are offering the first round of tickets to folks most marginalised within the Trans community: Trans femme / Trans women and Trans people of colour. Tickets will be available for these communities for one week from 24th July, before they become open to the whole trans & gender non-conforming community on 31st July.

FACILITATORS
We both work within the queer community, offering trauma-informed, radical & accessible spaces to support embodiment & community care.

Leni (they/he) is a queer, trans non-binary yoga facilitator based in St George, Bristol. Their work is centred around creating welcoming & lighthearted spaces for embodied rest, ritual, radical self-love & collective care. They offer weekly yoga classes in St George, as well as workshops, 1-1 therapeutic yoga and transformative retreats | www.yogaloni.com

Laurie (they/them) is a queer & non-binary massage therapist and bodyworker based in Bristol. They aim to create an inclusive, accessible, trauma-informed space for all people to receive a personalised treatment which respects their individuality, and to enable people who may not usually feel safe or supported to receive bodywork to do so. Originally trained in Thai Yoga Massage, their floor-based fully clothed massage practice involves acupressure, applied stretching and energy work | https://www.saferspaceholistic.com/