We need your support!

How can you support us?

We are so grateful for any support to our community, whether that’s through attendance to our yoga session or retreats, collaborations, or funding and donations.

At Queer Yoga Edinburgh, we offer heavily reduced pricing options compared to the industry standard. This is because we are aiming to break down barriers to accessing yoga, and finances is often one of them. We offer tiered pricing options and have free spaces available. This is an important part of our ethos.

All donations go directly back into the community and help us to continue delivering yoga to those who may not usually have access. When we receive external funding this helps us pay for the studio spaces we rent and supports us in paying our amazing team of community yoga teachers a steady rate for the work we do. Funding can also support us to set up new classes (such as a chair yoga class), purchase equipment, or support our teachers to go through training courses, such as the Trauma Informed Teacher Training led by Edinburgh Community Yoga.

Queer Yoga welcomes LGBTQ+ folks to be a part of a community whilst doing an embodiment practice that has the potential to positively impact mental and physical wellbeing, in a trauma-informed setting. Yoga can encourage bodies to shift from the sympathetic (fight or flight response) to the parasympathetic (rest, digest) nervous system and help widen our windows of tolerance. Yoga has been proven to support trauma recovery, decrease anxiety, depression and benefit sleep. Taking part in a regular community group can also have positive impact on mental wellbeing, fighting loneliness and feelings of exclusion and discrimination. Feedback from our community describes how Queer Yoga has helped those with mobility issues and with social anxiety, supporting those who are neurodivergent and those exploring their sexuality and/or gender identity.

You can also support our community by sharing our group with anyone you think it might benefit. We love to collaborate on projects and events. Please get in touch if you want to discuss ideas!