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What can emotions like self-doubt and shame teach us about our own unique path toward self-knowing and self-trust? How can somatic practices like IFS help us with self-alignment? Where do anti-oppressive practices fit into our personal journeys?

Join us in conversation with therapist, coach, consultant, and teacher—Shira Sameroff as we explore these questions on Insta Live Thurs, Aug 15th at 6 pm Eastern Time.

What does defiance of societal norms have to do with spirituality? How do non-monogamy and shame-resilience inform sexual wellbeing? How can arenas as seemingly divergent as advocacy work and kink be assets to someone’s doula practice? ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​These are just some of the questions we’ll be exploring live with DéOnjané Bails of based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Tune in Today July 22nd 3pm PT | 6 pm ET

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Coaching is a modality offered by many q***r practitioners—in many different forms. While life coaching and creative coaching can provide powerful support, there’s something distinctly q***r about erotic coaching.

Join us in conversation with Maz George, a Lebanese q***r and trans nonbinary coach based in Brooklyn, NY. We’ll explore frameworks for erotic understanding and the path that erotic coaching can pave toward embodied liberation. Tune in tomorrow!

Embodied Liberation with Maz George
Thursday, July 18th, 2024
2pm PT // 3pm MT // 4pm CT // 5pm ET

Curious to learn more about Maz George’s practice and offerings? Check their listing:
q***rhealers.com/maz-george-coaching

It’s our pleasure to announce that Q***r Healers is now fiscally sponsored by Producer Hub! That means we can receive grants, tax-deductible donations, and move toward non-profit status.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This change is important for the survival of Q***r Healers. While our costs have grown, our team and capacity have shrunk

We need more hands on deck to keep going! Here are some powerful ways you can help:

JOIN OUR MONTHLY SUPPORT CIRCLE:
We are inviting YOU to join us in collectively covering our 500 monthly costs. Your tax-deductible donations will help us keep the lights on.

LIST WITH US:
If you are a q***r practitioner, join our directory and tell others about us!

BOOK A Q***R HEALER:
Care for yourself while supporting q***r practitioners near and far.

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What does defiance of societal norms have to do spirituality? How do non-monogamy and shame-resilience inform sexual wellbeing? How can arenas as seemingly divergent as advocacy work and kink be assets to someone’s doula practice? ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​These are just some of the questions we’ll be exploring live with DéOnjané Bails of Sunflower Doula Services based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Tune in Tuesday July 2nd 12pm PT | 3 pm ET

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Whether you're looking to return or looking to transcend, to heal yourself or to work toward collective healing, a Black folk practitioner might be just who you're looking for.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Black folk healing encompasses traditional healing practices and rites across the continent of Africa and the African diaspora. These sacred practices and rites attend to the mind, body, and spirit of the individual and the collective. They honor the relationship between the dead and the living, focusing on ancestral guidance and insight.

On Q***rHealers.com, you can find q***r practitioners who offer Black folk healing (also known as Hoodoo, Conjure, and Rootwork) and book a session with the person right for you.

You can book a divinatory reading with Dee Spark Tarot, Tay A Little, or Osun Kemibi La Belle Espirit. Or, practice ancestral meditation with Omi Dara. DéOnjané B is an ordained priestess and a doula. And, you can find practitioners like Dr. Udim Isang and Goddess, who incorporate Black folk healing into their therapeutic practices.
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What is a soul’s purpose and how does a soul know when they are home?

On Thursday, May 23, Gala will get to the heart of these questions with Chaski K’uychi, a Two-Spirit Medicine Being of the Andean Diaspora based in Cochabamba, Bolivia. As a spiritual guide and companion, Chaski supports souls seeking [re]connection to and with their purpose, homeland, and indigenous roots. We’ll learn about the Soul Purpose Birth Chart Transmissions Chaski offers on Q***r Healers and the Khantati Pilgrimages they lead on Isla del Sol in Bolivia. Tune in at 6pm ET

There are so many innovative ways for human beings to organize themselves, understand their experiences within a greater framework and relate to each other. In this week’s Instagram Live, we’ll be learning about Human Design from holistic practitioner Trella Dubetz.

Trella’s practice is informed by decades of therapeutic bodywork and study. Tune in and find out why a human design reading might be just what you’re looking for.

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Perhaps you’re still reeling from April’s Solar Eclipse or just soaking in this Scorpio Full Moon. Perhaps the eclipse’s shadow is but a fraction of the shadows that you’re working with---a small cosmic event in the face of all this Earthly grief. If you are curious about the wisdom and grace that the cosmos offers, why not work with an astrologer?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Q***r Healers lists many different and dynamic astrologers; whether you’re looking for a soul-centered reading with @‌aliawalston, a compatibility reading with your sweetheart from @‌readingsbydella, or a relational reading with .

You could be trying to get meta with or yintimate with , or perhaps you're looking for help navigating apocalyptic rites of passage with @‌aquarianspirals. There’s a story in the planets that is still being spun, discover your role in that story.

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Perhaps you’re still reeling from April’s Solar Eclipse or just soaking in this Scorpio Full Moon. Perhaps the eclipse’s shadow is but a fraction of the shadows that you’re working with---a small cosmic event in the face of all this Earthly grief. If you are curious about the wisdom and grace that the cosmos offers, why not work with an astrologer?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Q***r Healers lists many different and dynamic astrologers; whether your seeking your own glamour magic with .glam.witch, an introspective accompaniment with , or a crystalline consultation with .

Perhaps your ready to dive in your own planetary archive with , or practice transformative cosmic alchemy with , uncover your soul purpose with , or plug in to find out what's ahead with .

There’s a story in the planets that is still being spun, discover your role in that story.

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For some people, getting a massage can be an occasional treat. For others, massage can be a transformative experience that helps them reconnect with their bodies. For others still, massage offers vital pain relief for chronic symptoms. For all q***r people, finding a q***r massage therapist is a critical part of getting the care that you need.​​​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​​​Whether you’re looking for a q***r massage therapist in your area or trying to book one while traveling, you can use Q***r Healers to find a q***r massage therapist that works with you.
These four q***r practitioners are located in Colorado. In addition to massage, many of them offer additional modalities. From craniosacral with Charles, rolfing with KJ, neuro-muscular therapy with Goddess, to scar work with Wynter, a massage with a q***r practitioner is always a multitudinous experience.
Do you know a massage therapist that belongs on our map? Encourage them to submit a listing!

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“We live in a culture that teaches us very early on, that if we only figure out what's 'wrong' with us we can 'fix' it,” Heiki .radicalpresence writes. “What if nothing was actually wrong with you and there is nothing within you to 'get rid of'?”

Join Q***r Healers live with on Tues Mar 26th 5pm ET, for “Nothing Is Wrong With You
A Radical Reframing with Heiki.” We’ll explore the role that patterned behaviors and difficult emotions play in our path toward presence, self-awareness, and healing.
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On Monday March 25th, Gala will be live with Cyn Sylvie, otherwise known as Grey Strega. Based in Jersey City, New Jersey, Cyn Sylvie is a claircognizant who has worked with the Tarot for over thirty years!

Learn more about Cyn’s connection with a (nondenominational) Divine Source of Truth and her desire to help others foster such a connection. Come for insights into the practice of Tarot, stay for a card pull and a collective energy update.

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It's the Equinox, the first day of Aries season, and a potent time to return to yourself. For many people, Yoga is the perfect practice for this kind of return---it connects your body, your breath, and your mind--a holistic flow. Originating in India, yoga has developed over thousands of years and has various schools and styles.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Finding the right practitioner and practice for you can be a lengthy process. At Q***r Healers, we aim to make that process a little easier.

You can search Q***r Healers for practitioners who align with your personal yoga needs---everything from identity, to approach, to price point.

Featured in this post as some of the virtually accessible yoga practitioners on our site who might be just who you're looking for:

Start deep and slow in restorative yoga with Amanda Snow or build some internal heat with Omi Dara.

Try Ayurvedic yoga therapy with Zaria James, therapeutic yoga with Amberly Kelley-Dotson, or embodiment coaching through yoga with Skylar Haven.

Explore yoga-based body mapping with Saulaman James Schlegal or a spiritually charged asana practice with Isabel Emilie.

Find support postpartum with Sophia Phillips or develop a flow that's just for you with Carmen Rodriquez.

Looking for more? Check out Q***rHealers.com

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Join us live with Love is a Practice with Karishma Kripalani on Mon Mar 11th
3pm PT | 6pm ET

Karishma Kripalani of @‌MapsToYourself whose somatic work is rooted in her commitment to healing justice.

How can craniosacral, somatic experiencing, and mindfulness practice work together to heal individual and collective trauma? How can relational somatic get us further down the path toward a loving relationship with ourselves and others? Drop in for a discussion and mini session to find out for yourself.

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When we first conceived of Q***r Healers, we imagined a space that could combine the resource sharing of Facebook Q***r Exchange with the fidelity of community boards. We wanted to help q***r people find affirming care----and a place to land when platforms built by bigoted billionaires who make money off of our resilience (inevitably) fall.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​We chose the name Q***r Healers because we wanted a sticky name that could signal who we are easily. As Q***r Healers began to take shape and expand, it became clear that our sense of who and what a healer *is* would have expand too.

One of those shifts was the inclusion of q***r therapists. We knew that q***r therapists already had wonderful spaces to list (Manhattan Alternative for example). And yet, they called on us to create a HIPPA compliant space for them as well.

So we built it---and they came.

Here, we have highlighted a handful of NYC mental health practitioners on Q***rHealers, including the private practice of Dulcinea Pitagora---which includes a beautiful team of q***r practitioners.

Perhaps you're interested in trying EMDR with Elliot Paradis McCullough, group therapy with Kim Hertz, Ketamine-Assisted therapy Natasha Camille, polycule therapy with Nyx Melody, or the B**M informed offerings of Dr. Dulcinea Alex Pitagora----

or perhaps you'd like to find someone located near you. Check out these mental health healers and look out for our next regional post =)

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Join ***rHealers Live, tomorrow:
Wed, Jan 17th 2pm PT |  5pm ET

Get to know Rise of Riotous Roots, a care worker whose full spectrum practice makes way for joy, transformation, and sorrow. Deeply invested in Black wellness and disability justice, Rise’s practice resists conformity--folding in birth work, breath work, meditation, and peer training. How can care work be at the front lines of the resistance and the revolution? Find out!

Curious to learn more about Riotous Roots?
Check their listing at q***rhealers.com/riotousroots

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An inherently liberatory practice, Breathwork returns us back to ourselves. It re-connects us with our most essential resource: our breath. What's more, breathwork can be done alone or in groups, in person or online, regularly or whenever one feels called. ​​​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​​​These are just some of the breathworkers on QH:
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"We all need a space for healing sometimes," Anja of Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK writes, "a space where we are witnessed with compassion, and gently guided by the plants or the breath."

Cy X, of Brooklyn NY, works with "the magic of the breath to nourish your full. embodied being and explore your relationship to sensuality."

For Levi, of Palm Springs CA, breathwork is "a catalyst for change," you'll emerge from this session with a renewed spirit, heightened self-awareness, and a deepened connection to your inner resilience."

"This active style of breath is a powerful healing tool that helps to calm the overactive mind," Jovan Sage, Northampton Mass, explains. " It brings clarity and connection back to oneself."-

A natural space holder, Sierra Justice, Louisville Kentucky, USA uses her practice to foster freedom and agency, helping you "heal on your own volition, teaching your spirit the ways in which it has its own inherent power."

For Elle, London UK, "this is a practice of nurturing the truth of yourself, moving beyond the conditioned ways you 'should' be and returning to what you need to truly thrive."
Ready to come back to yourself through the practice of Breathwork? Visit Q***rHealers.com. You can filter for Meditation> Breathwork or click on Breathwork in the footer links =)

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As the longest night of the year draws near, and we prepare to gather with our loved ones, many of us are still looking for a way to express our gratitude for those who have kept our spirits high in this dark time. ​​​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​​​If you are looking for a meaningful gift for your beloveds, consider booking a session with a practitioner on Q***rHealers.com as a gift.
In person and virtual sessions can be booked as gifts--all you have to do is send a message with your request. Our practitioners are happy to accommodate schedule changes and special requests!
Booking a session through Q***r Healers does more than benefit your beloveds, it benefits q***r practitioners, and supports our small q***r business. It's a perfect provisional circle when providing for each other is what gets us through

The traditional folk practice of herbalism is a practice that is inherently interdependent. In recognizing the role that plants play in our well-being, we also recognize the role we play in their preservation and replenishment. To live is to live together. To live is to care for one another. While many of us are facing insurmountable grief in this moment, we are also caring for ourselves and those we love, making sure that the well from which we fuel our steadfastness and our resistance to the imperialist war machine does not run dry. ��​​​​​​​​​.​​​​​​​​​There are lots of ways to fill that well but one powerful way is a continuation of our interdependent practices: working with herbs and the herbalists that tend to them. Perhaps you have been looking to connect with a q***r herbalist that aligns with your wellness needs. Or, someone you love could benefit from an herbal remedy made just for them. Q***r Healers hosts many herbalists on our site that may be who you have been looking for.
"My role as a practitioner is to recognize the innate wisdom of every client," writes Finn Oakes, "and to use the power of plants, practices and intuition to support you in shifting patterns and building greater resiliency."
Curious about the radical, community building, trauma informed work our practitioners have to offer? Visit Q***rHealers.com. You can filter for Alt Medicine> herbalist or click on Herbalism in the footer links =)

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Join ***rHealers IG Live Wed Nov 29th​​​​​​​​​3pm PT | 6pm ET​​​​​​​​​
Gala will be in conversation with with Eileen Kielty of Kaia Evolutions in NYC. They’ll touch on somatic healing and inner child healing, focusing on modalities like core integration. How can intuitive movement help us work through internalized binaries, systems of oppression, and deeply held trauma? In what ways are pleasure and choice key in reclaiming our bodies, our power, and our ability to show up fully in this world?

Curious to learn more about Eileen?
Check her listing at q***rhealers.com/eileenkielty

Alt Text:​​​​​​​​ A photo of Eileen Kielty, a white female with long red hair wearing a blue scarf. She is looking gently at the camera while wind blows her hair and the sun shines down on her heard. The text reads: Q***R HEALERS. Trusting Your Own Body | LIVE Wed Nov 29th 3PM PT | 6PM ET. The second image uses the same photo with the text provided in the caption.

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Join ***rHealers IG Live tomorrow, Wed Nov 8th 3pm PT | 6pm ET ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Gala will be in conversation with Goddexx (they/them) of Full Spectrum Coaching in Seattle, WA. We will dive into the work of coaches as intuitive guides. How can coaching offer a container where clients are encouraged to discover their own rituals, deepen their own intuition, and strengthen their own energetic protections? Tune in and find out!

Curious to learn more about Goddexx?
Check their listing at q***rhealers.com/goddexx

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A photo of Goddexx, an Indigenous Latinx person, without hair, wearing loose white clothing. They are wearing dark lipstick and an eyebrow ring. Their eyes are peacefully closed.. The text reads: Q***R HEALERS. Coach as Intuitive Guide | LIVE Wed Nov 8th 3PM PT | 6PM ET. The second image uses the same photo with the text provided in the caption.

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This season can signal a time of letting go and connecting with energetic cycles. But connection can be difficult in times of distress, whether that distress is personal or global. Originating from Japan, Reiki is a practice that supports healthy energetic flow, stress and pain relief. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The energy workers in this post are just a few of the practitioners on Q***r Healers who offer virtual Reiki. Visit Q***rHealers.com to see the full list or read below:

brings their experience as a non-binary q***r person into their trauma & recovery informed long distance Reiki.
little describes their practice as trauma-informed, trans-centered, anti-fatphobic, & education-oriented. They offer sliding scale.

Chinyere of Ncheta brings a trauma informed decolonial Black Feminist approach to the Ursui Reiki tradition.

combines Somatic Experiencing, Reiki, Movement, Therapeutic Voice & Partswork to empower the body in its capacity for ease, resilience, hope + joy.

Reiki practice is supported by her grounding in mantra, movement, and loving kindness meditation.

Carmen Rodriguez's Reiki practice incorporates elements of tarot, astrology, and crystal healing.
am.hara offers virtual Karuna Reiki sessions that help you reconnect with your body, mind and soul with ease and grace.

offers Reiki for animals and people. Some of my special areas are working with caregivers

practice is focused on reweaving interconnection with the more than human world, exploring shadow self, grief, and ancestral healing

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🌔 Meet our ***rhealers 🌖 Kyle Ives Garson:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​"Kyle is a NYC based Acupuncture Practice specializing in LGBTQIA+ healthcare, athletic and musculoskeletal injury, gastro-intestinal disorders."​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Ready to book a session with Kyle?
🌙​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ q***rhealers.com/kyleivesgarson

Alt Text:​​​​​​​​ A photo of Kyle Ives Garson, smiling, staring directly into the camera. The text reads: Q***R HEALERS. Kyle Ives Garson. Acupuncture. Brooklyn. q***rhealers.com.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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🌔Meet Our Q***r Healers🌖 ⁣⁣Marisa La Piana​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​"Marisa La Piana (she/they) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and trauma therapist who brings a q***r and neurodiversity affirming, anti-ableist lens. She is passionate about supporting q***r, neurodivergent and chronically ill folks heal through connection to embodiment, mindfulness and relationship.

They are deeply influenced and inspired by the inherent strengths, resilience and wisdom of these communities."

Marisa offers both individual sessions and workshops. They are also a great source of resources for LGBTQ , non-monogamous, neurodivergent, disabled people and people working towards anti-racism.

Ready to book a free consultation with Marisa?
Reach out at q***rhealers.com/marisa-la-piana

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Do you believe in our project and want to support us in ways other than making a listing or booking one of our practitioners? By grabbing a tote bag or hoodie from our brand new merch shop, you’ll help us cover operational costs as we build toward a self-sustaining platform!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Wondering why we chose the Tarot's Magician for this season's merch?

Well, like the archetypal magician, every q***r healer survives this thing called life by acting as a bridge between the world as it is presented and the world as it really is, the old ideas and the new futures ahead. We live outside the rigid concepts of heteronormative time! We open our gay satchels and reveal our tools, which are both ancient and pure invention.

And, like the archetypal magician, q***r healers need a warm cloak and some way to carry their magical tools---whether they're as mundane as a water bottle or as potent as a seasonal tincture.

Support Q***rHealers.com and never leave home without your magician's cloak and tools again!
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Catch Q***r Healers at the inaugural Gay Ass Wellness Festival this Sunday, October 15th from 2-5pm at beloved new(ish) Bushwick q***r bar: The Bush. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Though the classes portion of the festival is sold out, NO tickets are required to visit the wellness vendors street popup — you can just show up! And there's always cute music and cruising a The Bush in the after hours =)

We’ll be answering questions, offering small tidings, and spreading gay vibes alongside kindreds (and Q***r Healers) like Yvonne Kawamura of NYC’s Deep River Healing Arts!

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Join ***rHealers IG Live: Mon October 9th 3pm PT | 6pm ET ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Gala will be in conversation with Eli Lawliet (he/him) of The Gender Doula based out of Los Angeles, California. We will discuss the intersection of gender exploration and traditional doula work, how tarot cards can be a source of insight during various kinds of transitions, and the support that breathwork can offer us on our path we back to ourselves.

Curious to learn more about The Gender Doula?
Check his listing at q***rhealers.com/genderdoula

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A photo of Eli Lawliet, a white trans person with short curly hair, a full reddish beard, and rimmed glasses. Eli is wearing golden necklaces and amulets over a dark blue collared shirt with white bunnies on it. He is smiling gently at the camera. The text reads: Q***R HEALERS. Portals to Our Authentic Selves | LIVE MON OCT 9tH. 3PM PT | 6PM ET. The second image uses the same photo with the text provided in the caption.

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Are you at a crossing? A gate you need support walking through? For centuries, people have turned to the wisdom of the Tarot for support and guidance. Of course, the reader you consult is just as important as the cards you're dealt.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Q***rHealers.com currently lists dozens of practitioners who work with Tarot and Oracle cards. The readers featured in this post are just a few of the practitioners on our site who offer virtual sessions. To learn a little more about them, and their unique offerings, read below
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reyes witchcraft practice plays a key role in their readings.

Imani, of .readers is both a skilled reader and a generous teacher.

brings Christ consciousness to their readings---an exploration of sacred mystery.

Seth of has spent years guiding q***r kin toward deeper connection with themselves and others.

Jojo of wants to help you embody the more liberated futures you are calling forth together.

applies her Orisha Hoodoo studies to her readings and seasonal forecasts.

loves helping individuals grow and find their way back to a position of power in their life.

is a claircognizant reader whose worked with Tarot cards for over thirty years!

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