If you are a trans, nonbinary, or genderqueer person (or a questioning or curious one!), but you’re having trouble finding the joy in yourself, you are in the right place. Transness can be the most powerful, personal, and joyful experience of your life, even in these hard times. All you need to know is that a different experience of your life is always possible.

The world we live in makes it very difficult for anyone, but especially for trans and gender-nonconforming people, to peel back the layers of expectation and social rules and find out who we really are. But doing that work is rewarding and can change the way you relate to yourself and the world. I’d love to do it with you!

I didn’t write “transition support” here because not every trans or genderqueer person wants to transition. And if they do, everyone’s transition looks different! What we all seek is transformation: the ability to become someone new, and in the process, to find ourselves. This is the wonderful paradox of yoga: we become something new by remembering our true selves.

If a loved one has come out to you recently, or if you have come out (or want to), the dynamics of your family and relationships are likely to shift. Let’s experiment together with how that can look and feel to best support all of those involved—whatever their feelings and previous experiences.

Whether you are a trans support group, a therapy practice, or a nonprofit team, healing is often more powerful when we do it together. Find new ways of being—new ways of doing the work you do together, whatever it is—through the practices of yoga, play, and collective self-study.