Cincinnati Queer Yoga
Sincere, useful yoga for all.
Cincinnati Queer Yoga is an inclusive community for those interested in mindfulness and movement. We hold public classes, 1:1 yoga sessions and private events. Founded by Trisha Durham in 2014, Cincinnati Queer Yoga collaborates with local organizations who work for the betterment of LGBTQ lives in the Greater Cincinnati area. CQY has worked with NKY Pride, Cincinnati Pride, GLSEN Youth Summit, XU LGBTQ+ Alliance and UC LGBTQ History Month. The Shakti Factory and The Yoga Bar.
Click below for more info and to schedule a queer yoga class.
Cincinnati Queer Yoga’s mission is to widen circles of accessibility and provide yoga in a welcoming way. The bullet points below guide the way:
• If you ever felt like you didn’t belong in a yoga studio.
• You do not see people who look like you doing yoga.
• Your ways of moving in your body feel non-normative and you want to explore that.
• You want to socialize or gather somewhere other than a bar.
• You would like to practice yoga without spiritual and cultural appropriation.
Our focus is on mindful movement - a yoga practice that is based on the physical postures (asanas), however, “yoga” is a whole spiritual system that goes far beyond just the physical. CQY acknowledges the cultural appropriation of the system of yoga that has and does occur here in the Western world. Hatha Yoga is a branch of yoga. The word hatha denotes a system of physical techniques supplementary to a broad conception of yoga.
