| This retreat, the fifth LGBTQI+ retreat from Gaia House, offers an opportunity to connect with others in ways that affirm our identity as a community of shared intention and practice, allowing us to make greater peace with ourselves and our lives, and to grow our capacity for freedom. We aspire to co-create a space of acceptance, reflection and support in which to cultivate mindfulness, embodied kindness and wisdom through meditation. The retreat offers guided sitting and walking practices, movement, small groups, dharma talks, and Q&A sessions. We welcome anybody who self-identifies as LGBTQI+. Our intention is to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive community, and we aim to make the retreat as accessible and welcoming as possible. To support this, there are optional affinity sessions for those who identify as BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People, and People of Colour), and for those who identify as trans/non-binary/gender-fluid. |