LGBTQ+ Satsang: Queer Bhakti: You Alone Can Withstand Your Own Splendor

Join Heidi Wexler and the LGBTQ+ Satsang for a discussion on the intersection of queer love and devotional practice. Through discussion, reflection, and lectio divina of Hanuman Chalisa verses and queer theory text, we will explore what it is to brilliantly and miraculously withstand one’s own splendor while living identities that have been viewed as “other”, and therefore subject to harmful or, at best, irrelevant norms, and other forms of oppression.

A spirited gathering honoring our queer fellowship community, this event will include Q&A, a centering exercise, and kirtan.

Heidi Wexler (she/her) is based in New York City. She began practicing meditation in 2003 and has since been inspired by many different teachers including Chogyam Trungpa, Ram Dass, and Monica Vitti. In addition to her work as a speech-language pathologist and her own moment-to-moment humbling experiences as a neurodivergent person parenting and homeschooling her neurodivergent son, she leads Self & Mother, a group for exploring motherhood on the spiritual path in partnership with Love Serve Remember and The Sacred Community Project.

For those who identify as LGBTQ+.

LGBTQ+ Satsang Mission Statement

The LGBTQ+ Ram Dass Satsang’s mission is to cultivate loving awareness and heart connections in a community of kindred souls. We celebrate our unity in the full spectrum of gender and sexuality in and from a space of supportive openness.

GOALS:

• Create a refuge of satsang for LGBTQ+ individuals through the teachings of Maharaj-ji and Ram Dass

• Promote inclusive transcendence and self-acceptance of our human incarnation as members of the LGBTQ+ community

• Explore the intersection of seva/service & the spectrum of gender and sexuality 

• Hold a space for exploring being LGBTQ+ from the perspective of consciousness 

• Have a place to have a voice and be a valued part of the community  

• Remove barriers from LGBTQ+ identities within the spiritual world

• Help to generate a shift within the collective consciousness through awakening

To register, sign up for the Ram Dass Fellowship, and check “LGBTQIA Fellowship” under the Fellowship Group Options. You will be added to the mailing list and will receive monthly invitations to events.