Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other.  Ruth Camillia (they/she/ella) is a bilingual, bicultural, healing arts practitioner, reiki master, akashic records practitioner, and tarot reader. With maternal Indigenous roots from Los Altos de Jalisco, México, they integrate curanderismo and other ancestral practices into their daily life and work. As an intuitive and trauma-informed practitioner, Ruth believes healing is sacred.  Today we chat about making time for self nourishment, and Ruth shares about their different writing practices like poetry for self love, reiki reflections, and philosophical musings.  Listen to our previous episode with Ruth and working with the akashic records: https://youtu.be/SjlxUqsi2Fc?si=ymgwzvhMEtVMxgib  Find Ruth on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/ruth_camillia/  This chat was recorded in February 2026. Shout out of gratitude to Eric Schackne for editing this episode. Eric is a medium, energetic practitioner, and multi-faceted musician with their own healing practice and Patreon offerings via Trans Alchemy, which includes a free monthly embodiment meditation http://Patreon.com/transalchemyofficial  Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com  Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate  Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday + 3rd Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/  Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit  Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you.  https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced 

Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other.  June 24th: On this episode TanyaMarck shares more of their journey towards Gender Affirming Care (GAC) and how the power of being seen. We also share about our NEW Care Menu offerings: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/qs-care-menu   To give financial support to TanyaMarck as they approach top surgery, please give to the QS Fill Our Mug of Care program. All  donations for the remainder of the year will go to support TM.  Support us - Support QS + TM. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate  Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com  Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/  Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit  Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you.  https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced 

Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other.  June 17th: On this episode TanyaMarck shares part one of their journey towards Gender Affirming Care (GAC) and how they started to relate differently to their body during the changes of adolescence and puberty.  To give financial support to TanyaMarck as they approach top surgery, please give to the QS Fill Our Mug of Care program. All  donations for the remainder of the year will go to support TM.  Support us - Support QS + TM. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate  Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com  Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/  Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit  Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you.  https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced 

Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other.  Links we discussed today: Chani Nicholas, astrologer - https://www.chani.com/  Jessica Lanydoo, astrologer - https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/  Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit  Dr. Miles Pfaff, gender affirming care + plastic surgery - https://www.uciplasticsurgery.com/meet-the-providers/miles-j-pfaff-md/  Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com  Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate    Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/  Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit  Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you.  https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced 

Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other.  Shokti is a spiritual activist and Faerie Witch, based in London, England. He is the workshop programmer for the Queer Spirit Festival UK, bringing together dozens of facilitators and activists working on the cutting edge of queer community and consciousness. We chat about attuning to and following energy patterns, moon phases, days of week as a form of care. Shokti also shares about Queer Spirit UK and their upcoming QS Festival in Devon, England August 13-17, 2026. Links we discussed today: Queer Spirit UK - https://queerspirit.net San Francisco Wellbeing Fair - https://sfwellbeingfair.com/  Alexandra Michelle + Kundalini - https://www.kundaliniarts.com/  Shout out of gratitude to Eric Schackne for editing this episode. Eric is a medium, energetic practitioner, and multi-faceted musician with their own healing practice and Patreon offerings via Trans Alchemy, which includes a free monthly embodiment meditation http://Patreon.com/transalchemyofficial  Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com  Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate    Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/  Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit  Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you.  https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced 

Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other.  Theresa Sterner (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. She works in a wide range of media, including sculpture, installation, photography, video, ceramics, weaving and other traditional craft practices. For her most recent project, FRL Studio, she makes beeswax candles cast from natural objects, such as stones, shells and pinecones, to offer as ritual objects of devotion to the more-than-human world.  We chat about magic + witchcraft, art, candle making and tarot. Find Theresa at: https://frlstudio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/frlstudio/ Shout out of gratitude to Eric Schackne for editing this episode. Eric is a medium, energetic practitioner, and multi-faceted musician with their own healing practice and Patreon offerings via Trans Alchemy, which includes a free monthly embodiment meditation http://Patreon.com/transalchemyofficial  Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.   Fill our Mug of Care! Support Us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate    Links + Resources + Invitations: Find all things QS at www.thequeerspirit.com   Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/  Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you.  https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-the-queer-spirit-bulletin 

Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other.  Our dear friend Jonathan Koe (he/him) is back!  Recorded in late February 2026, we chat about self care under the astrological support of Venus and Mars, and working with Mercury retrograde energies. We dive into creativity, play, flow + magic; accountability, discipline + responsibility. Find Jonathan online at JonathanKoe.com You can also connect with them on Instagram @jonathankoeofficial Listen to Healing the Spirit podcast here And his other podcast with Mary Schuch, My Life is Better with You In It Shout out of gratitude to Eric Schackne for editing this episode. Eric is a medium, energetic practitioner, and multi-faceted musician with their own healing practice and Patreon offerings via Trans Alchemy, which includes a free monthly embodiment meditation http://Patreon.com/transalchemyofficial  Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.   Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - Support QS via energy exchange at https://bit.ly/qs-donate    Links + Resources + Invitations: Find all things QS at www.thequeerspirit.com   Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/  Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you.  https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-the-queer-spirit-bulletin 

The QS Community gathers on the 3rd Sunday of each month for practices of guided meditation, breathwork, movement, sounding and toning. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. Original music + sound care by Nick + TanyaMarck. QS Care Circles are inclusive + free + virtual spaces centering Queers + Allies. ~ This month we explored energies of 7 planets in Aries/fire (alchemy, purification; tending to the fiery energy); and a Saturn/Mars conjunction. We invite you get comfy, grab a mug of care and join us together in community. We honor with Gratitude + Thanks the sacred Practices + Traditions + Peoples + Lands: Yoga, Ayurveda – Sanskrit, Mantra, Raga, Hindi & Urdu language music traditions, Buddhism + Tibet + Meditation; Tongva + Kizh + Chumash + Ohlone; Tarot + Astrology + Magic + Witchcraft; the teachers who have carried this wisdom and shared it with us ~ Gracias. Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - DONATE to QS https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/fill-our-mug-of-care  As always, you can find all things QS here - https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit   Links + Resources + Invitations: - An invitation to join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit   - Join us LIVE for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Register here: https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit  - Follow us on IG - https://instagram.com/thequeerspirit  - Join our mailing list to get our weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and updates on Care Cirlce + podcast updates sent directly to you - https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced  - QS Resources: News, Education + Care - https://thequeerspirit.com/resources/ 

Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other.  Our guest is Ifetayo Harvey (she/her), Executive Director of the POC Psychedelic Collective. The POCPC brings psychedelic education to people of color, and creates spaces for people of color to learn about the harms of the war on drugs and the healing properties of psychedelics. Learn more at https://www.pocpc.org  Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.   Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - Support QS via energy exchange at https://bit.ly/qs-donate    Links + Resources + Invitations: Find all things QS at www.thequeerspirit.com   Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/  Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you.  https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-the-queer-spirit-bulletin 

The QS Community gathers on the 1st Saturday of each month for practices of guided meditation, breathwork, movement, sounding and toning. These practices are faciltated by TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) and Nick Venegoni (he/they). They are curated + inspired by the planetary + astrological + pagan wheel of the year energies in mind. Original music + sound care by Nick + TanyaMarck. QS Care Circles are inclusive + free + virtual spaces centering Queers + Allies. ~ This month we work with the energies of Venus in Taurus and the Moon in Scorpio. We invite you get comfy, grab a mug of care and join us together in community. We honor with Gratitude + Thanks the sacred Practices + Traditions + Peoples + Lands: Yoga, Ayurveda – Sanskrit, Mantra, Raga, Hindi & Urdu language music traditions, Buddhism + Tibet + Meditation; Tongva + Kizh + Chumash + Ohlone; Tarot + Astrology + Magic + Witchcraft; the teachers who have carried this wisdom and shared it with us ~ Gracias. Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - DONATE to QS https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/fill-our-mug-of-care  As always, you can find all things QS here - https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit   Links + Resources + Invitations: - An invitation to join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit   - Join us LIVE for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. Register here: https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit  - Follow us on IG - https://instagram.com/thequeerspirit  - Join our mailing list to get our weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and updates on Care Cirlce + podcast updates sent directly to you - https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-the-queer-spirit-bulletin  - QS Resources: News, Education + Care - https://thequeerspirit.com/resources/