Queer Yoga: A Guide to Well-Being Through Inclusive & Accessible Yoga - Paperback

by Mookaite Jasper (Author), Jessamyn Stanley (Foreword by)

A Month-by-Month Guide to Yoga for Every Body, Every Identity, Every Soul

Featuring numerous rituals, sequences, meditations, and activities, this fresh approach to yoga views the eight limbs through a vibrant queer lens. Mookaite "Kite" Jasper thoughtfully weaves seasonal rhythms and LGBTQIA+ observances, presenting themed chapters like "I choose hope," "I create my own freedom," and "I belong."

Within each month, you'll find eight sections that support your physical and mental well-being and connect your yoga practice to broader queer experiences. This empowering guide offers a uniquely supportive path for both beginner and experienced yogis. With both seated and standing yoga options throughout, you're encouraged to:

- Celebrate Fresh Starts
- Find Community
- Stay Safe
- Come Home to Yourself
- Lean into Queer Joy
- Live with Courage
- Move Beyond the Binary
- Connect to Your Roots
- Increase Self-Worth
- Channel Queer Strength

Sharing heartfelt stories from their journey of coming out, navigating mental health, and teaching queer yoga, Kite invites you to embrace your authentic self, regardless of how you identify. With their guidance, you can develop a yoga practice that perfectly fits you.

Author Biography

Mookaite Jasper (they/them) is a queer, non-binary writer and yoga teacher. Mookaite, known as Kite, is a member of the Accessible Yoga Ambassador Program with training in accessible yoga, adaptive yoga, yoga for older adults, and yin yoga. Kite now works as a Proud Allies trainer. Their writing about trans and non-binary experiences of yoga classes has appeared in Spectrum magazine. Learn more at MookaiteJasper.com and visit them on Instagram and Bluesky.

Jessamyn Stanley is a yoga teacher, content creator, and writer based in Northern California. She co-founded The Underbelly, the coolest yoga community on the internet, and she is the author of Every Body Yoga and Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance. Jessamyn teaches yoga and meditation all over the world, and she speaks about 21st century intersectional identity and the pivotal role that self-acceptance plays in manifesting social change. Learn more at JessamynStanley.com.