Podcast
The Queer Spirit
Hosted by Nick Venegoni, TanyaMarck Oviedo · EN
The Queer Spirit podcast is hosted by Nick Venegoni (he/they) & TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them). Here you will find two kinds of episodes - Care Chats and Care Circles.
- Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other.
- Care Circles are recordings of QS Community live virtual gatherings where we explore care practices of movement, breath work, meditation, sound and more, together.
Queer Spirit (QS) is a grassroots non-profit charitable organization. We are space holders who offer care-centered virtual + inclusive spaces centering Queers + Allies. Since 2018 QS has been providing free support and care globally via our virtual care circles and the QS podcast.
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Care Chat with Leah Garza, part 1
3d ago00:22:21Tap to summarizeIn part one of our Care Chat with Leah Garza, she shares about her Akashic Record Mentorship program. Leah shares her perspective on the Akashic records from the perspective of non-dualism, and her teaching philosophy that allows folks to find their own way in to the records. Leah Garza (she/her) is a Los Angeles–based scholar, mystic, and facilitator whose work explores the intersections of decoloniality, ontology, posthumanism, and ecological futures. As the founder of Crystals of Altamira and creator of the year-long Living Systems curriculum, she has guided nearly 300 students across three cohorts to collectively wonder: if extinction is inevitable, what else is possible? Across all her work, Leah's approach is guided by curiosity, resonance, and the conviction that transformation can be not only possible, but joyful! You can learn more about Leah at www.crystalsofaltamira.com Support us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate For the remainder of the year all donations will go to support TM's care. We also have our NEW Care Menu offerings with divination readings and personalized suggestion hypnosis: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/qs-care-menu AND we have QS Merch! Check out the QS Gift Shop for stickers and enamel pins: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/queer-spirit-merch *ALL donations + contributions are Tax Deductible. Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday + 3rd Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com
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Care Chat: We are here to help with Bevin
1w ago00:38:46Tap to summarizeWe're excited to have Bevin back, who was our very first guest way back in season 1! Bevin is a psychic medium & body positive aerobics instructor whose mission is to help people regard themselves with love & grace. We sit down for cozy, casual conversation where we explore our dreams for the earth; connecting with the land + nature spirits; we each share our personal astrology as they relate to our paths and passions. (This chat was recorded on March 20th at the beginning of Ostara and Aries season, 2026.) Find all things Bevin here: https://linktr.ee/bevin Support us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate For the remainder of the year all donations will go to support TM's care. We also have our NEW Care Menu offerings with divination readings and personalized suggestion hypnosis: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/qs-care-menu AND we have QS Merch! Check out the QS Gift Shop for stickers and enamel pins: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/queer-spirit-merch *ALL donations + contributions are Tax Deductible. Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday + 3rd Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com
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Care Chat: Mindful Movement with John Galloway
3w ago00:19:26Tap to summarizeJuly 21st: Nick chat's with his friend John Galloway (he/him) about Breema, a dynamic, holistic system of bodywork and movement exercises designed to help you become more physically, mentally, and emotionally present. Join John in the QS Community Care Circle on Saturday, August 1st @ 9a PST /12p EST for a short, guided self-Breema practice. Sign up for free here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/BriRkuzrSQavTwbKwMTRTg John has been practicing Breema since 1998 and instructing since 2001, and has greatly benefited from Breema's practical and accessible philosophy by putting it into practice throughout daily life. John also works in the fields of sustainability, clean energy, and climate change, and mentors young professionals building their careers in those areas to bring more balance and vitality to the earth. https://www.breema.com/johngalloway Learn more about Breema at: https://www.breema.com/ or https://www.breema.online/ Support us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate For the remainder of the year all donations will go to support TM's care. We also have our NEW Care Menu offerings with divination readings and personalized suggestion hypnosis: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/qs-care-menu Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday + 3rd Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com
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Care Chat: A Candle Magic Offering with Theresa Sterner
Jul 1400:14:55Tap to summarizeJuly 14th: TanyaMarck sits down with our dear friend, Theresa Sterner of FRL Studio, to chat about their first collaboration - a Candle Magic gift set! This collab is part of our ongoing commitment to support to TanyaMarck as they approach top surgery next week! Please consider making a donation in exchange for a Candle Magic gift set here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/queer-spirit-merch We also have our NEW Care Menu offerings with divination readings and personalized suggestion hypnosis: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/qs-care-menu Support us - Support QS + TM. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate For the remainder of the year all donations will go to support TM's care. Links + Resources + Invitations: Find Theresa Sterner and more of her beautiful candles at FRL Studio - https://frlstudio.com/ Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday + 3rd Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced Care Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com
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Care Chat with Ruth Camillia
Jul 100:20:28Tap to summarizeCare Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. Ruth Camillia (they/she/ella) is a bilingual, bicultural, healing arts practitioner, reiki master, akashic records practitioner, and tarot reader. With maternal Indigenous roots from Los Altos de Jalisco, México, they integrate curanderismo and other ancestral practices into their daily life and work. As an intuitive and trauma-informed practitioner, Ruth believes healing is sacred. Today we chat about making time for self nourishment, and Ruth shares about their different writing practices like poetry for self love, reiki reflections, and philosophical musings. Listen to our previous episode with Ruth and working with the akashic records: https://youtu.be/SjlxUqsi2Fc?si=ymgwzvhMEtVMxgib Find Ruth on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/ruth_camillia/ This chat was recorded in February 2026. Shout out of gratitude to Eric Schackne for editing this episode. Eric is a medium, energetic practitioner, and multi-faceted musician with their own healing practice and Patreon offerings via Trans Alchemy, which includes a free monthly embodiment meditation http://Patreon.com/transalchemyofficial Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday + 3rd Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced
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Care Chat: TM's Gender Journey, Being Seen
Jun 2400:12:43Tap to summarizeCare Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. June 24th: On this episode TanyaMarck shares more of their journey towards Gender Affirming Care (GAC) and how the power of being seen. We also share about our NEW Care Menu offerings: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/qs-care-menu To give financial support to TanyaMarck as they approach top surgery, please give to the QS Fill Our Mug of Care program. All donations for the remainder of the year will go to support TM. Support us - Support QS + TM. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced
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Care Chat: TM's Gender Journey, The Beginning
Jun 1700:13:27Tap to summarizeCare Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. June 17th: On this episode TanyaMarck shares part one of their journey towards Gender Affirming Care (GAC) and how they started to relate differently to their body during the changes of adolescence and puberty. To give financial support to TanyaMarck as they approach top surgery, please give to the QS Fill Our Mug of Care program. All donations for the remainder of the year will go to support TM. Support us - Support QS + TM. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced
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Care Chat: June 10th
Jun 1000:16:56Tap to summarizeCare Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. Links we discussed today: Chani Nicholas, astrologer - https://www.chani.com/ Jessica Lanydoo, astrologer - https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Dr. Miles Pfaff, gender affirming care + plastic surgery - https://www.uciplasticsurgery.com/meet-the-providers/miles-j-pfaff-md/ Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced
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Care Chat with Shokti from Queer Spirit UK
Jun 200:23:21Tap to summarizeCare Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. Shokti is a spiritual activist and Faerie Witch, based in London, England. He is the workshop programmer for the Queer Spirit Festival UK, bringing together dozens of facilitators and activists working on the cutting edge of queer community and consciousness. We chat about attuning to and following energy patterns, moon phases, days of week as a form of care. Shokti also shares about Queer Spirit UK and their upcoming QS Festival in Devon, England August 13-17, 2026. Links we discussed today: Queer Spirit UK - https://queerspirit.net San Francisco Wellbeing Fair - https://sfwellbeingfair.com/ Alexandra Michelle + Kundalini - https://www.kundaliniarts.com/ Shout out of gratitude to Eric Schackne for editing this episode. Eric is a medium, energetic practitioner, and multi-faceted musician with their own healing practice and Patreon offerings via Trans Alchemy, which includes a free monthly embodiment meditation http://Patreon.com/transalchemyofficial Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies.https://www.thequeerspirit.com Fill our Mug of Care! Support us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate Links + Resources + Invitations: Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join QS on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/queerspirit Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://deft-author-2112.kit.com/88c1b0bced
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Care Chat with Theresa Sterner
May 2000:18:58Tap to summarizeCare Chats are short, mindful conversations where we talk about what is on our hearts + minds, and share ideas about how we fill our mugs of care - how we practice taking care of ourselves AND each other. Theresa Sterner (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. She works in a wide range of media, including sculpture, installation, photography, video, ceramics, weaving and other traditional craft practices. For her most recent project, FRL Studio, she makes beeswax candles cast from natural objects, such as stones, shells and pinecones, to offer as ritual objects of devotion to the more-than-human world. We chat about magic + witchcraft, art, candle making and tarot. Find Theresa at: https://frlstudio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/frlstudio/ Shout out of gratitude to Eric Schackne for editing this episode. Eric is a medium, energetic practitioner, and multi-faceted musician with their own healing practice and Patreon offerings via Trans Alchemy, which includes a free monthly embodiment meditation http://Patreon.com/transalchemyofficial Queer Spirit is an inclusive space centering Queers + Allies. Fill our Mug of Care! Support Us - Support QS. Make a tax deductible donation at https://bit.ly/qs-donate Links + Resources + Invitations: Find all things QS at www.thequeerspirit.com Join us for FREE virtual Care Circles meditation + chanting + breath work circles online. We meet monthly on the 1st Saturday, 3rd Sunday + 4th Sunday. https://linktr.ee/thequeerspirit Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thequeerspirit/ Join our mailing list to get the weekly QS Bulletin with Care Nuggets and news on upcoming Care Circle + podcast updates sent directly to you. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-the-queer-spirit-bulletin
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