organisations, community healing spaces & tools
HEALING JUSTICE LONDON (supporting community led health and healing)
BLACK, AFRICAN AND ASIAN THERAPY NETWORK (community of counsellors and psychotherapists of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean Heritage based in the UK)
MISERY PARTY (QTBPOC mental health collective & sober party)
AASHNA (counselling and psychotherapy project with social justice at its heart)
CLINIQ (holisitic wellbeing and sexual health service for trans, non-binary and gender diverse people)
QUEERCIRCLE (arts, health and social change organisation)
THE COMMON PRESS (queer, intersectional bookshop and events space hosting events ranging from parenting, writing groups, black yogis, to discussions on queer death)
QUEER DEATH CAFE LONDON (A space for LGBTQ+ people to come together and share loss, grief and mourning)
QUEER DEATH CAFE BRIGHTON (A space for LGBTQIA+ people to talk about death, dying and everything related)
QUEER DEATH CAFE - ONLINE (A space for LGBTQ+ people to come together and share loss, grief and mourning)
TRANS DEATH CAFE - ONLINE (UK-based death café for trans and non-binary people)
TENDERNESS: A BLACK QUEER MEDITATION ON SOFTNESS AND RAGE (Available via THE COMMON PRESS)
GRIEF TOOLKIT (embodiment tools and rituals to support grief work in community)
PHYTOLOGY (cultural institute focused on ecological research and community learning in Bethnal Green)
COMMUNITY APOTHECARY (a web of healing medicine gardens at the heart of our communities in East London)
DALSTON CURVE GARDEN (green nature space in a busy urban area)
supplements
MUSHROOM NUTRITION AND MYCONUTRI (medicinal mushroom company developed by a Chinese herbalist and bio chemist, researching and developing new products, working with many of the growers in China)
INVIVO (researched microbiome supplements)
community connections
Brighton and Hove
INDIEWELLNESS (yoga, ayurveda, facials, massage, workshops, retreats)
LOU THOMAS // BODY BITS BRIGHTON (yoga, massage, retreats)
LONDON
TOBI ADEBAJO (doula and skin care)
LILLI @ SWOLE (Inclusive antenatal classes and doula)
ANDREW OSBOURNE (acupuncture)
RASHEEQA AHMED (community herbalist)
INDY RIVER (massage and bodywork, including pregnancy massage and scar work)
LOUIE ROBINSON @ HEAL ACUPUNCTURE (acupuncture and massage)
AMANDA WRIGHT (yoga)
recommended books to clients and peers
THE REMEDY - QUEER AND TRANS VOICES ON HEALTHCARE
SUPPORTING TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOUR
TAOIST TALES OF THE ACUPUNCTURE POINTS
SEX WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE IT