Queer Resilience Labs
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Queer Resilience Lab
Mindfulness, Movement & Life Skills
The Queer Resilience Lab is a holistic, community-centered program designed to support LGBTQIA2S+ people in building tools for everyday resilience, wellbeing, and self-determination. Rooted in the understanding that queer lives are shaped by both beauty and challenge, the program creates space for restoration, growth, and practical empowerment.
Participants are invited to explore a blend of mindfulness practices, movement-based activities, and somatic tools that support mental and physical wellbeing. Alongside these restorative practices, the Lab offers hands-on workshops focused on real-world skills, ranging from financial literacy and legal navigation to healthcare access and trans-specific resources and support.
Each session is designed to be accessible, affirming, and grounded in lived experience, meeting community members where they are while offering pathways toward stability, confidence, and care. Whether you're seeking grounding techniques, practical guidance, or a stronger sense of connection, the Queer Resilience Lab is a space to build strength in all its forms.
This is more than a program, it’s a practice of collective care, resilience, and empowerment.
Classes Available: Yoga - Boxing - Sound Bath - Tea Meditation - Reiki - Bearly Awake
D’Guar (they/them) is a tea facilitator, meditation guide, and community organizer who creates opportunities for people to connect with themselves and one another through mindfulness, creativity, and shared experience. Their tea meditations at Q Center invite participants to engage their senses, develop a deeper relationship with their bodies, and cultivate presence in a welcoming and affirming space. In addition to regular tea and meditation offerings, D’Guar collaborates with Charlie Short to host monthly Tea, Meditation, and Sound Bath gatherings that blend mindful tea practice with immersive sound experiences.
Beyond meditation, D’Guar is passionate about building joyful community spaces that foster belonging and connection. They facilitate Improvised Comedy Jams, coordinate community clothing swaps, and co-host a monthly BIPOC Potluck with Imoni. As a queer, trans person of color, they are committed to creating accessible and empowering experiences where people can gather, celebrate, play, dance, share stories, and strengthen community together.
1st and 3rd Wednesdays 2 pm
2nd Monday 6pm
4th Saturday 9am
3rd Friday with Charlie 6:30pm
Meditation Tea
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