In the midst of this gender climate crisis, our communities are under constant attack. Many of us who are trans, nonbinary, two-spirit, gender expansive &/or gender defiant have been exposed to the toxins of colonial gender binaries, which impact our capacity for growth, transformation, and interdependence. We believe that we already carry within us the antidotes to the poisonous elements in the soil that interfere with our capacity to thrive.  Even when we might feel alone or scared, our transcestors, queercestors, and gender blessed ancestors have infused our community’s DNA with nutrients to detoxify and replenish the soil from which our collective gender liberation grows.

We want to offer a refuge to cultivate and grow embodied tools and resources to foster interdependent relationships that nurture ourselves and our communities. We will invite you to tend your own seeds and inner garden first, with the intention of bringing the fruits of this labor into your heart, hearth, and communities… because we cannot thrive in isolation. 

Drawing from ancestral wisdom, healing traditions, somatic approaches, and interpersonal neurobiology, we invite you to deepen into authentic relationships with yourself and each other. While we have a curriculum of skills to share, during our time together we will privilege community care, collective wisdom, and process over content and linear progress. 

Join us for a weekend (and following integration sessions) of community building, embodied practices, and deepening understanding of how to harness the alchemical power of our nervous system in relationship. This is a new program developed BY trans people FOR trans people. This is the initial foray into a larger vision, one which will include further training to deepen and weave these principles and practices into our existing network of relationships and broader communities. We plan to offer ongoing opportunities to practice together, thereby supporting the integration of our learning for participants in these intensive retreats. 

You can join us individually or ask a group of community members (e.g., partners, household members, people from the same organization) to register for the same training. Every person requires a separate registration. We really encourage people to attend with other trans folks local to them that they want to nurture relationship and/or organizing with. Our training is designed by trans people for trans people. If you have a large group and would like a custom training for your group, please contact us and tell us more about what you are looking for.