Queer Full Moon Sanctuary

Welcome, queer kin. Welcome to Queer Sanctuary, an evening to unravel and practice revealing our unapologetic radiant beings. We welcome your pride and your shame, your grief and your glory, your deepest desires and the parts of you that have closed off.

Come closer to your full being. Come as you are, with your glitter and your rough edges. Take your seat in this circle of belonging. This is a place of awakening. We gather to support, protect, nurture, and feel each other’s full presence and being.

Experience shared silence, storytelling, music, movement, dance, respectful touch - of course practicing full consent. The energies unleashed in this evening can be sensual, but our practices are non-sexual, authentically and shamelessly expressing our true nature. To explore aspects of our being, we will move with archetypes from ancient queer mythology.

For this gathering, we will be tuning into the parts of ourselves that desire change and transmutation.

The doors to the world of the wild Self
are few but precious.
If you have a deep scar, that is a door,
if you have an old, old story, that is a door.
If you love the sky and the water so much
you almost cannot bear it, that is a door.
If you yearn for a deeper life,
a full life, a sane life, that is a door.
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Let’s gather and remind ourselves that we have the medicine within to create a world our hearts know is possible.

SCHEDULE
18.00- Arrival with (vegan) soup and snacks to share. Please bring something to contribute to the table of abundance. Please arrive by 18.45.

INCLUDES
- Opening Meditation
- Temple Practices of embodied flow & sacred touch
- mythologial storytelling
- Embodied listening sharing circles

The ceremony is from 19.00-21.30 and there is time afterwards to chill together in the space.

WHO IS INVITED

This is an all-gender event that centers around creating a sacred space of belonging for the full spectrum of our shimmering rainbow of LGBTQI+ folks. You don't have to identify as 'queer' or LGBTQI+, but we ask that you are open to exploring the edges of your experience of self and to welcome the raw queer shimmering, genderbending and desires in yourself and others.

KINSHIP MANIFESTO
We believe that spiritual awakening goes hand-in-hand with social justice and care for Mother Earth and all beings here. We are committed to the dismantling of racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, classism and bigotry of all kinds. We adhere to the Kinship Manifesto, inspired by the Global Sisterhood Manifesto from Awakening Women, to set guidelines for our community:

I commit to be honest and direct with you
I commit to take responsibility for myself
I will ask for support when i need it
I will ask for alone time when I need it - it’s nothing personal
I will not try to fix you
I will listen to you
I will keep what you share with me confidential and not gossip about it
I will not speak negatively about you to others
I celebrate your unique beauty and gifts
I will not hold myself back to fit in, and I will support you in doing the same.

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Shailoh Philips (she/they) is an artist, educator and researcher dedicated to listening to the cry for a more beautiful and just world. Trained in cultural anthropology, philosophy and arts education, she has been working in the cultural field for over 15 years. They have been holding women's temple and queer sanctuary in Amsterdam, bringing in an ancient legacy of music and sacred belonging. Shailoh is currently working on a PhD on narrative, arts and palliative care practices with University of Twente.

We offer a sliding scale of exchange for those with different financial situations. Money should never form a barrier for you to participate, so if you would like to join but cannot afford it at the moment, please contact Shailoh to secure your seat. You are welcome!

Questions? Shailoh can be reached at 06 30161205