This is a list of all currently scheduled classes, workshops, and special events.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
EMPOWERING VOICES: WE ARE ALREADY WHOLE: A yoga therapy and social change coaching workshop for people healing from relational and gender-based violence
Fridays July 11 - August 29
1:30 - 3:30pm
FREE
Cherry Hill, Seattle- fully accessible location disclosed on registration
If you are a survivor of relational/ gender-based violence and you have ideas about how to affect policy around systems, organizing supportive spaces or resources for other survivors, or creating in some other way based on your lived and unique understanding, please join us for this unique workshop.
Yoga therapy utilizes yoga in the process of healing, offering nervous system stabilization as you restore relationship with your essential wholeness. This workshop will combine therapeutic applications of yoga with movement, breath, and meditation for trauma with coaching for social change.
About the facilitators:
Deborah King (C-IAYT) is a yoga therapist certified by The International Association of Yoga Therapists. Currently, she is privileged to create specialized practice for people navigating multiple sclerosis, cancer, and postnatal mental health challenges through Swedish Medical Centers. In addition, she partners with The Dove Project to create yoga therapy offerings for survivors of gender-based violence, and has a private yoga therapy practice on Vashon specializing in interpersonal trauma.
In addition to her vast and diverse background of training in all aspects of yoga, she holds certificates in Embodied Social Justice and Polyvagal Theory applied to yoga therapy. She is the author of the article When Safety is a Privilege, Not a Choice: Yoga Therapy with Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, featured on the cover of the 2024 Winter issue of Yoga Therapy Today.
A lifelong practitioner and veteran teacher of 24 years, Deborah uses her understanding of physiology and the nervous system in an experiential way to guide her students in exploring the story and the process of their embodied self, uncovering, unwinding and also celebrating the asymmetries that make us human.
She is the proud mother of two extraordinary humans, who she learns more from every day.
Leigh Lester began working with under-invested communities over 24 years ago. Known for her ability to break big ideas into actionable pieces, Leigh’s magic powers include public speaking, training, networking, collaborating, facilitating and totally out-of-the-box ideation.
With over 20+ years industry experience, her main focus now is helping others create the right action steps to solve their problems. Her approach is hands-on, practical application focused on outcomes, steeped in years of personal experience. As the one minority in the room for many years, she puts her experience to good use affecting policy at the national level. She serves as a community advocate on the board of a national appraisal organization, she is a member of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Project Reach, she is a newly appointed member of HUD’s Office of Housing Counseling’s advisory committee, and she also serves as a Global Advisor with How Women Lead, a Bay Area leadership network that brings together influential women in an inclusive and highly supportive community to connect, learn, and promote the voices of all women and propel their leadership forward.
She is an avid traveler and splits her time between Mexico and Southern California with her canine daughter, Brini.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
Yoga for MS: Self-Care and Inner Resilience (ONLINE, FREE)
This 6 week class uses gentle yoga practices adapted to all bodies and movement ranges to focus specifically on the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological challenges. This practice is chair focused, offers chair variations throughout class, and is adaptable to any level of mobility. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
Yoga for MS: Self-Care and Inner Resilience (ONLINE, FREE)
This 6 week class uses gentle yoga practices adapted to all bodies and movement ranges to focus specifically on the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological challenges. This practice is chair focused, offers chair variations throughout class, and is adaptable to any level of mobility. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
Yoga for MS: Self-Care and Inner Resilience (ONLINE, FREE)
This 6 week class uses gentle yoga practices adapted to all bodies and movement ranges to focus specifically on the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological challenges. This practice is chair focused, offers chair variations throughout class, and is adaptable to any level of mobility. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
Yoga for MS: Self-Care and Inner Resilience (ONLINE, FREE)
This 6 week class uses gentle yoga practices adapted to all bodies and movement ranges to focus specifically on the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological challenges. This practice is chair focused, offers chair variations throughout class, and is adaptable to any level of mobility. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
REGROWING OUR WINGS: Yoga Therapy for Survivors of Relational Trauma
This workshop is free and open to all!
Tuesday Evening 6pm - 7:30pm
April 8 - May 6, 2025
In-person on Vashon Island, Washington - Location sent after registration by DOVE Staff
Yoga therapy helps you come back into relationship with your essential wholeness. Returning to the roots of practice, we can begin to release shut down, freeze, and fight or flight responses that we may get stuck in in the process of survival. Honoring and learning to read our nervous system allows us to befriend and integrate our reactions and instincts, so we can move into our lives with more fluidity and intention. In this workshop you will explore movement, breath and meditation as a process of unfolding into resilience and integration.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
Yoga for MS: Self-Care and Inner Resilience (ONLINE, FREE)
This 6 week class uses gentle yoga practices adapted to all bodies and movement ranges to focus specifically on the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological challenges. This practice is chair focused, offers chair variations throughout class, and is adaptable to any level of mobility. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
REGROWING OUR WINGS: Yoga Therapy for Survivors of Relational Trauma
This workshop is free and open to all!
Tuesday Evening 6pm - 7:30pm
April 8 - May 6, 2025
In-person on Vashon Island, Washington - Location sent after registration by DOVE Staff
Yoga therapy helps you come back into relationship with your essential wholeness. Returning to the roots of practice, we can begin to release shut down, freeze, and fight or flight responses that we may get stuck in in the process of survival. Honoring and learning to read our nervous system allows us to befriend and integrate our reactions and instincts, so we can move into our lives with more fluidity and intention. In this workshop you will explore movement, breath and meditation as a process of unfolding into resilience and integration.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
Yoga for MS: Self-Care and Inner Resilience (ONLINE, FREE)
This 6 week class uses gentle yoga practices adapted to all bodies and movement ranges to focus specifically on the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological challenges. This practice is chair focused, offers chair variations throughout class, and is adaptable to any level of mobility. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
REGROWING OUR WINGS: Yoga Therapy for Survivors of Relational Trauma
This workshop is free and open to all!
Tuesday Evening 6pm - 7:30pm
April 8 - May 6, 2025
In-person on Vashon Island, Washington - Location sent after registration by DOVE Staff
Yoga therapy helps you come back into relationship with your essential wholeness. Returning to the roots of practice, we can begin to release shut down, freeze, and fight or flight responses that we may get stuck in in the process of survival. Honoring and learning to read our nervous system allows us to befriend and integrate our reactions and instincts, so we can move into our lives with more fluidity and intention. In this workshop you will explore movement, breath and meditation as a process of unfolding into resilience and integration.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
ANCHORING IN THE STORM
Join me on Saturday, April 19 from 1-3pm on Vashon Island to learn how to honor and attend to your nervous system in this challenging time.
REGROWING OUR WINGS: Yoga Therapy for Survivors of Relational Trauma
This workshop is free and open to all!
Tuesday Evening 6pm - 7:30pm
April 8 - May 6, 2025
In-person on Vashon Island, Washington - Location sent after registration by DOVE Staff
Yoga therapy helps you come back into relationship with your essential wholeness. Returning to the roots of practice, we can begin to release shut down, freeze, and fight or flight responses that we may get stuck in in the process of survival. Honoring and learning to read our nervous system allows us to befriend and integrate our reactions and instincts, so we can move into our lives with more fluidity and intention. In this workshop you will explore movement, breath and meditation as a process of unfolding into resilience and integration.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
REGROWING OUR WINGS: Yoga Therapy for Survivors of Relational Trauma
This workshop is free and open to all!
Tuesday Evening 6pm - 7:30pm
April 8 - May 6, 2025
In-person on Vashon Island, Washington - Location sent after registration by DOVE Staff
Yoga therapy helps you come back into relationship with your essential wholeness. Returning to the roots of practice, we can begin to release shut down, freeze, and fight or flight responses that we may get stuck in in the process of survival. Honoring and learning to read our nervous system allows us to befriend and integrate our reactions and instincts, so we can move into our lives with more fluidity and intention. In this workshop you will explore movement, breath and meditation as a process of unfolding into resilience and integration.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
Yoga for MS: Self-Care and Inner Resilience (ONLINE, FREE)
This 6 week class uses gentle yoga practices adapted to all bodies and movement ranges to focus specifically on the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological challenges. This practice is chair focused, offers chair variations throughout class, and is adaptable to any level of mobility. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
Yoga for MS: Self-Care and Inner Resilience (ONLINE, FREE)
This 6 week class uses gentle yoga practices adapted to all bodies and movement ranges to focus specifically on the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological challenges. This practice is chair focused, offers chair variations throughout class, and is adaptable to any level of mobility. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.
Yoga for MS: Self-Care and Inner Resilience (ONLINE, FREE)
This 6 week class uses gentle yoga practices adapted to all bodies and movement ranges to focus specifically on the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological challenges. This practice is chair focused, offers chair variations throughout class, and is adaptable to any level of mobility. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
YOGA FOR QUEER EMBODIMENT
In this affinity class, open to all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, we will create a practice to nurture, celebrate, and invite ourselves into a place of embodiment. Embodiment is being in relationship with our bodies, creating space in which we can come into our own experience of ourselves and connect to the essence of who we know ourselves to be.
We will use movement, breath, mudra (hand gestures) and meditation to hold space for ourselves as innately complete and whole.
THIS WILL BE A QUEER ONLY SPACE. The space is fully accessible, and the amenities are all-gender. Practice is adaptable to all mobilities.