Change of topic among the 8thConscious Connection!
Today there will be a change, cuz Stevie can´t share their yoga practice due to their med school schedule. Well, that´s life.
So: Today there will be a meditation with Jampa as facilitator.

Topic: A Candle called Gratefulness.

Love to seeing you there.

Topic: Yoga Practice

Guest Facilitator: Stevie Jiyo Inghram, M.S., C-IAYT, NMS-3 (They/She)

Stevie Jiyo Inghram, M.S., C-IAYT, NMS-3 (They/She) is a Queer & Trans Femme who has over a decade of experience in the yoga and holistic health world. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist, Buddhist Teacher, and Future Naturopathic Physician (NMD) whose primary work is focused on helping to heal the pain and trauma that is pervasive within the queer and transgender communities by teaching practical and sustainable tools or vibrant health & well-being.

Additionally, Stevie is a passionate advocate for the intersection of science & spirituality as they believe that a middle-way can be truly found, one that simultaneously respects the scientific method and caring for the whole-person. Currently, Stevie writes about gender & sexuality for Yoga Therapy Today, a magazine of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and lectures internationally on LGBTQIA+ health for Integrative Medicine professionals. She also serves as the Co-Sangha Director of Daybreak Oneness Ministries an online Sangha associated with The Way of Oneness as taught by Revs Gyomay & Koyo Kubose. Stevie can be found on all social media at both @futurenmdyogi and @queertransthriving.

Topic: The Nine Phases of Qi Cultivation

Guest Facilitator: B. Leavitt

This practice is so profound, important, and interesting, that B invites us to an extra session over three weeks, once a week.

B. is a gender fluid bisexual who holds a 200-hour certification from the Institute of Integral Tai Chi and Qigong and has been leading various practice groups for about 10 years. B. is the father of 2, an attorney and, if you’re not looking, he may eat your ice cream.

The practice is called “The Nine Phases of Qi Cultivation” and is based on Roger Jahnke’s book The Healing Promise of Qi. Using 9 movements to gather, refine and transform qi within the body, the practice is a simple but profound engagement with our internal energetic system. The practice is grouped into 3 “sections” — the earth phase, the human phase and the heavenly phase. 3 is an important number in qigong as it reflects one description of the cosmos, placing the human person as the mediating points between the cosmic energies of earth and sky. The traditional Chinese medicine concepts of jing, qi and shen (bodily essence, energy and spirit) also filter into the 3 sections and support additional possibilities for visualization and focus during the practice. Our time together will (all too briefly) address some of these “theories” underpinning the practice and then introduce participants to the 9 movements, giving a solid basis for a continuing practice.

COME TO ONE, COME TO ALL!

Topic: The Nine Phases of Qi Cultivation

Guest Facilitator: B. Leavitt

B. is a gender fluid bisexual who holds a 200-hour certification from the Institute of Integral Tai Chi and Qigong and has been leading various practice groups for about 10 years. B. is the father of 2, an attorney and, if you’re not looking, he may eat your ice cream.

The practice is called “The Nine Phases of Qi Cultivation” and is based on Roger Jahnke’s book The Healing Promise of Qi. Using 9 movements to gather, refine and transform qi within the body, the practice is a simple but profound engagement with our internal energetic system. The practice is grouped into 3 “sections” — the earth phase, the human phase and the heavenly phase. 3 is an important number in qigong as it reflects one description of the cosmos, placing the human person as the mediating points between the cosmic energies of earth and sky. The traditional Chinese medicine concepts of jing, qi and shen (bodily essence, energy and spirit) also filter into the 3 sections and support additional possibilities for visualization and focus during the practice. Our time together will (all too briefly) address some of these “theories” underpinning the practice and then introduce participants to the 9 movements, giving a solid basis for a continuing practice.

Topic: Qigong and Stillness in Movement

Guest Facilitator: B. Leavitt

B. is a gender fluid bisexual who holds a 200-hour certification from the Institute of Integral Tai Chi and Qigong and has been leading various practice groups for about 10 years. B. is the father of 2, an attorney and, if you’re not looking, he may eat your ice cream.

Qigong is a combination of the Chinese words for “energy” and “work” and encompasses a multitude of practices focused on cultivating and refining the body’s natural energy. B. will provide a brief introduction to qigong and then lead the group in two or three short meditative practices.

Topic: The Founding or Invention of Dharma Rap and its Chance to become People Engaged and Alert.

Dr. Rotraut Jampa Wurst

Dr. Rotraut Jampa Wurst (she, they) aka DJ Jampa Sausage is a coach and counsellor with her own practice, an artist, and a queer Buddhist activist who is currently organizing the 2nd IQBC – together with a global organizing team.

Topic: How Yoga, Dance, Aikido, has Helped me Get our of my Head

Guest Facilitator: Kody Muncaster
Kody Muncaster is a PhD student in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at Western University as well as a MA student in Buddhist Studies at the University of South Wales. Their research interests include queer and trans communities in Buddhism, tonglen meditation, engaged Buddhism, trauma, HIV/AIDS, and suicide prevention.

Topic: Song and Meditation

Guest Facilitator: James Young, from C.A.L.M

Topic: Meditation, Painting(s), and discussion

Dr. R. Jampa Wurst