QS Community is a host and in allyship with 4th Sundays POGM Care Circles.
(POGM/People of the Global Majority space is an additional group within our community for the queer POC/People of Color community to gather.)
By attending this circle you agree to honor and respect the 2S LGBTQIA+ POGM/POC spaces by only entering and attending if you self identify as a POGM person.
You are invited to join us
for our monthly 4th Sundays Queer (QT) PoGM
virtual Care Circle
for the exploration of
care practices while
being in community.
This is a Queer PoGM Space and we ask that our QS Community be mindful of and honor the space as such.
People of the Global Majority (PoGM) refers to Black people, Indigenous people, Brown people, Latinx peoples —particularly Indigenous and Afro-Latinos — Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians, the Inuit communities/Alaska Natives, Native Americans, Arabs, Western Asians/Middle Easterners with dark skin, North Africans, Southeast Asians, South Asians, East Asians, Africans with dark skin, and biracial and multiracial people who are mixed with one or more of the above, and people and groups who can’t access whyte privilege (poc, bipoc). @britthawthorne.
Our Care Circles are held online via Zoom.
We gather on the fourth Sunday of each month @ 11am PST / 2pm EST for 60 minutes.
2025 Session Dates:
- January 4th
- February 1st
- March 1st
- April 5th
- May 3rd
- June 7th
- July 5th
- August 2nd
- September 6th
- October 4th
- November 1st
- December 6th
Each month TanyaMarck & Nick will create a custom practice for our group. Our themes may follow the seasons of the year, the phases of the moon and stars, or a particular spiritual practice or chant. Below is more information about some of the practices you may experience.
Mindfulness & guided meditation:
Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. Practicing mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress.
Breathwork:
Breathwork is the mindful connection to your body + systems along with your inhale and exhale, a concept descended from the ancient practice Pranyayama, a Sanskrit word which has been translated as ‘extension of the life force’ or ‘breath control.’ Breathwork is the exploration of inhaling and exhaling techniques. Breathwork is a tool for regulating, releasing, receiving, resetting, and grounding your energy in your body + systems.
(from TanyaMarck.com)
“I really appreciate the freedom to engage in my own way. This [virtual] format of [being] together, but in our own spaces, really works for me.”
~ circle attendee
General Flow of Our Circles
– Arriving + Soft-Opening
– Community Guidelines + Agreements
– Consent for Recording*
– Grounding
– Facilitated Practice
– Landing + Integration + Sharing
– Gratitude + Announcements
– Soft-Closing + Goodbyes
Honoring Bandwidth
We encourage attendees to honor their bandwidth and privacy in a way that feels good to you:
– muting your microphone
– turning off your camera
– turning your attention away from screens
*As a community, we strive to make our circles accessible for all. For those who cannot attend live, we want to make recordings available for practice at a later time via recordings.
Recording starts during the practice portion and has only TanyaMarck + Nick’s voice. Recording will stop before the group share.
If anyone still does not consent to recording during the practice portion, participants are invited to send TanyaMarck or Nick a private message in chat to opt out of consent.
Register here for free access to the Zoom room.
Join our mailing list to be alerted about meditations.
Facilitators:
TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) is an embodied somatic practitioner, witch, and medicine person who identifies as a queer, non-binary, native indigenous being of color, and person in recovery. Their practice and home are based out of Puvungna land (Long Beach, CA).
Learn more about TanyaMarck here.
Nick Venegoni, MA (he>they) is a holistic psychotherapist, coach and hypnotherapist based on Ohlone + Ramaytush land (San Francisco, CA). He has studied and practiced a variety of meditation traditions and mindfulness practices for over fifteen years. He has a passion for earth-based and LGBTQ+ spiritualities, and transformational healing.
*Read more here about about why pronouns + land acknowledgment are important.
Support Us
Help fund our Care Circles + Podcast. Your contribution will assist us in the funding and production of “The Queer Spirit” podcast and our two monthly community circles. Here are the links.
