I’m so honored to be joining the Conscious Yoga Summit to offer this important virtual workshop, Creating Safer Spaces: Trans Inclusion in Yoga & Wellness.

When we enter a room and don't see ourselves reflected in others, or we hear language that is in effect rooted in microaggression and harm, we are more likely to make ourselves small, to contract, repress, disconnect, or even flee.

This is the opposite of what healing practices like yoga are inviting.

While we cannot guarantee safety in the spaces we hold, we can aim to create safer spaces, and we can aim to create braver spaces.

Join me for this workshop to explore how to hold affirming space for transgender and gender non-conforming students, and how to show up for trans allyship beyond performativity.

This will be an online learning opportunity for yoga teachers, healing space holders, care-givers, and anyone looking to broaden their understanding of gender and gender-based dynamics.

We'll spend some time grounding, creating shared culture and frameworks, unpacking the difference between biological sex, gender, and sexual orientation, exploring pronouns, what to do when you mess up, and the nuances of the word transgender, along with actionable steps you can take to be an ally for trans folks.

Social location, proximity to power, and intersectionality will be core themes woven throughout our time together.

The practice of allyship requires action—it requires a dedicated commitment to interrupting harm as it occurs, to understanding our own privileged identities, to centering impact over intent, and to investigating our internalized biases relating to gender assumptions and trans identity.

The Conscious Yoga Summit will be held virtually, October 3-9th, and I’ll be presenting this workshop on Wednesday, October 6th, 4-5:15pm Pacific.

Use code KATZ2021 to receive 15% off the cost of the event, and be sure to check out the amazing line-up of other guest teachers!