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SUMMARY:Register for It's Time To Choose Love: A 6-Week Course on Meditatio
 n and Somatics for QTBIPOCs
DESCRIPTION:Are you a queer or trans BIPOC? Have you been struggling with h
 ow to balance self-love with care for others in these intense and polarizi
 ng political times? Are you looking for a gentle space to develop meditati
 ve self-care skills? Join author and community worker Kai Cheng Thom and t
 he Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies in this six-week meditation 
 program on compassion and self-love. This free course will guide participa
 nts through a range of trauma-informed body-based and meditation strategie
 s exploring the choice to love oneself and others at the same time. Experi
 enced meditators and beginners welcome.\n\nDISCLAIMER: This course does no
 t comprise mental health treatment\, nor is it meant to replace such treat
 ment. Kai Cheng Thom is not currently a registered mental health professio
 nal. Participants who may be struggling with mental health diagnoses or ch
 allenges are advised to consult an appropriate health professional before 
 joining.\n\nRegistration is first-come first-served\; 5 spots are reserved
  for community members who are not UofT students. University of Toronto st
 udents\, please register using your utoronto emails and select the appropr
 iate registration option.\nRegistration on Eventbrite only\, limited space
 .\nNote: This is not a course for credit.\n\nCourse Dates: \nTuesdays 5:00
 -6:30pm\nOctober: 6th\, 13th\, 20th\, 27th\nNovember: 3rd\, 17th\n\nBio: K
 ai Cheng Thom is a trans writer\, performer\, community worker\, lasagna l
 over\, and wicked witch\, as well as a Fellow at the Bonham Centre. Her wr
 itten work has explored the topics of violence\, trauma\, compassion\, and
  community responses to conflict\, among others. A somatic educator\, Kai 
 Cheng has spent many years studying various health and wellness modalities
 . She is currently completing the 100-hour meditation teacher program at H
 oame meditation studio\, and has recently started a 300-hour meditation te
 acher training at Yoga &amp\; Meditation Centre Calgary.
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