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LGBTQI Meditation and Mindfulness: Reflections from the Teachers of Garrison Institute's LGBTQI Meditation Retreat

From April 9-12, 2015, you are invited to attend an LGBTQI Meditation Retreat at Garrison Institute in upstate New York: Embodying Presence in Our Lives: A Mindfulness Meditation Weekend for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Communities.

MyOutSpirit was invited to chat with some of the retreat leaders about how meditation can improve the lives of queer people.

 

Being Gay Without Gay Culture

After a few too many late nights out, many people in the gay community begin to feel that they are ready for a new routine.  Within the course of a year, I went from being lost in a college daze to feeding orphanages one pair of yoga pants at a time.  This story is about how I woke up and moved on.

 

Let There Be Peace on Earth and Let It Begin With Me

We need some powerful collective New Year's resolutions – yes, resolutions – to help us change the way things are and the way they might be.

Beauty Buggery and Bliss

Beauty Buggery and Bliss are powerful intoxicating, addictive forces:  they can lead us to concsiousness, to soulful awakening and a fulfilled life, but they can also lead us into an oblivion of compulsive behaviours, negativity and unconsciousness.

How Control Freaks can Let Go (& Let God)

It feels like if we’re not trying to feverishly manipulate, steer, force and push every facet of our existence, we’re somehow failing at life. 

The Global Issue of Gay Liberation

Our gay souls need more than endless, unconstrained pleasure.

Sex Trafficking is Our Dirty Little Secret

I can no longer plead ignorance. I can no longer be silent. I can no longer stand on the sidelines.

Ten Reasons for LGBT People to Own Your Faith

The institutional church has taken the position they own the faith and simply rent it to us. That is a lie.

 

Life Lessons from a 42 Year Old Wisdom Junkie

TAKE IT EASY! 10 Things LGBT People can do to Relax into Wisdom at Any Age 

Gays are Not Three-Fifths of a Human Being

 The same-sex marriage fight is about whether or not straights see gay people as equal to them as human beings.