Monthly LGTBQIA2S+ AFFINITY Yoga
Classes starting back up in November at Sunbeam Yoga Studio in Cambridge, MA!
Join Sophie Lyons (she/they) for an all-levels Yoga Flow designed for the Queer community. This class is open to anyone who identifies as part of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and will offer an open-level movement practice with a focus on choice, accessibility, and finding what feels right in your body. We’ll close with time for community to recentre, reflect, and share around the many dynamics and intersections of Queerness. My hope is that everyone feels truly welcome and at home in this space. Queering Yoga, to me, means practicing in community while challenging both the Western norms of fitness culture and the gendered expectations embedded in traditional yoga spaces. Yoga is for all bodies and it’s vital that we have spaces that are safe, affirming, and supportive for all of us.
More about the teacher:
Sophie Lyons (she/they) is a Boston based, Queer woman that specializes in offering trauma informed yoga classes. She is passionate about bringing together the LGBTQIA2S+ community through the practice of yoga and creating brave spaces for folks to explore agency in their bodies. Sophie is an 800hr certified Yoga teacher with over a thousand hours of teaching experience. She is trained as a 200hr Kripalu Vinyasa Teacher, a 300hr Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (TCTSY-F), and a 300hr Ignite Yoga & Wellness Institute Instructor. Sophie is also a Level II Reiki Healer, Trauma-Conscious Yoga Guide (TCYM) and an experienced regular yoga teacher (E-RYT) . She graduated from Lesley University with a BA in Holistic Psychology and Wellness, specializing in yoga therapy; trauma, eating disorder recovery, and addiction.
Most about this class:
This class will be on Saturday’s once a month from 12-1:15pm!
Check out Sunbeams Schedule to see when this class is happening
This class is offered at a community sliding scale rate of $10-$20.
This class is a combination of slow flowin’ and open level asana (yoga poses), guided meditation and community time to connect about queerness and intersections within the LGBTQIS2S+ community. Sometimes I bring arts and crafts stuff, sometimes we journal!
No previous yoga experience required!
Masks are optional in this space.
About the space:
Sunbeam Yoga Studio is a community focused sanctuary. We believe strongly in the power of moving, breathing, and being together in shared space. We welcome all ages, identities, and abilities to join us exactly as you are. Our broad range of offerings are designed to support all levels of practice — from deeply restorative to progression focused allowing you to find what feels best in your body day to day. All instruction is given from a trauma-informed lens so you can flow and move freely. We offer yoga, Pilates, meditation, ritual sits, and many other events for you to explore! We are also deeply committed to the expansion of access and education around yoga and wellness. We regularly host free classes and events to support this in addition to partnering with other local businesses and organizations with the hope of creating a kinder, more compassionate world.