A detailed look at the twelve zodiac signs in astrology, their characteristics, gifts and shadow aspects, plus each sign’s association with a particular planet.
The talk is followed by a soothing sound bath using planetary gongs, opening our body, mind and spirit to the symphony of the skies.
Facilitator: Charlotte Donachie
Location: Workshop dome
Kivare uses guided visualizations and trance techniques to connect you with your heart's palace, awakening your inner heart warrior.
Through ceremonial cacao, you create relation to the ancient goddesses Ixcacao and Sekhmet, re-discovering your activist calling.
Facilitator: Kivare
Location: Workshop dome
There’s a clear overlap between people exploring their queerness and people exploring relationship styles beyond conventional coupledom.
This workshop, a combination of introduction, discussion, small group work and roleplay, explores the promises and challenges of polyamory (though John prefers to call it ‘inclusive relating’), with an emphasis on our own experiences and solutions.
Sharing is caring!
Facilitator: John Button
Location: Workshop dome
As we rid ourselves of our earthly clothes, beliefs, pain, and other inhabiting forces, we will summon into our lives the magic we want to see in it as we slowly transform ourselves and others into beautiful colourful pieces of art.
The workshop contains nudity, non-sexual touch, and lots of creativity and fun.
Facilitator: Ofra
Location: Temple
As we slowly get rid of our clothes we start noticing the different naked bodies that are revealed in the space.
In this workshop we explore our relationships with our bodies, and discover new strengths within ourselves.
Involves non-sexual nudity.
Facilitator: Ofra
Location: Temple
A breathwork ceremony where we lay down for a deep journey into our bodies and energetic system, using a combination of biodynamic breathwork and shamanic ceremony.
Using sound and movement we will rebalance, release and process, to bring us closer to a state of wholeness and happiness.
The perfect way to let go ready for a beautiful festival experience.
Facilitator: Lisa Li
Location: Big Top
A brief sharing of thoughts as the festival closes, plus a short ritual to close the energy fields, for anyone who would like to participate.
Facilitator: Queer Spirit
Location: Workshop dome
In the company of shamanic healers from Asia and South America, Shokti will take you on a historical ride, from tales of Dionysus and the ancient Mother Goddess to the revelries of twenty-first century radical faeries.
We’ll travel the world to spotlight the associations of gender-fluidity and same-sex eroticism with the sacred, transcendent and spiritual dimensions.
Facilitator: Shokti
Location: Workshop dome
For those wishing to explore the Craft and/or build up their confidence as a Solitary Practitioner, Magus offers foundational knowledge and encouragement to progress along your own pathway.
This will include an overview of Paganism, Base Line Fundamentals, Pantheons & Deities, The Turning of The Wheel, Paths Within the Craft, How to Choose your path, Pagan Ethics, Metaphysics, spell construction, and much more.
Facilitator: Magus Phoenix
Location: Workshop dome
An embodied dive into the dramatic mythos of eclipse astrology and its relationship to The Dragon.
Drawing on the astrological mythology of eclipses through storytelling as well as interpersonal movement exercises, to experience and receive this symbolism ourselves and with each other. Queer Spirit occurs a few weeks before Autumn eclipse season starts.
The mythology of eclipses concerns the themes of births, deaths, opposites and power struggles, which is also relevant to us at all times, and especially as beings in queer community with each other. What parts of us die to allow for the gestation of collective creation? Astrology is a fascinating way of holding and interpreting cyclical resonance throughout our own lives and throughout collective history.
This workshop shares that through meditating on the dramatic mythos of eclipse transits and their relationship to The Dragon.
Facilitator: Sab
Location: Workshop dome
Group workshop
This is a practice of deep listening and intuitive connection we would like to share with you.
We will offer trance-state dances and tarot readings in individual sessions. You will offer your presence, awareness and an intention.
We will welcome 12 participants for individual sessions of 7 minutes each. Intuitive intelligence will guide us through.
Pol will share intuitive dance practices and we will practice being a channel for each other.
Location: Workshop dome
Ayahuasca is a feminine sentient plant being, often misappropriated in the hands of hetero normative shamans.
Her use can have potent benefits for healing the specific wounds of feeling unwelcome on this planet common to the queer experience, but it’s not everyone’s medicine.
In this workshop I will briefly recount my weird and wonderful journey with Her, then I’ll talk about the Queer only weekends I’ve recently been running in Portugal followed by a Q&A/discussion.
We end with a guided visualisation to meet the Spirit of the Plant Herself.
Facilitator: Kai
Location: Workshop dome
The movements, based on Qi Energy Medicine, are easy to do at your own pace and beneficial at all levels.
Guided gently, with a focus on accessibility, this mind-breath-body approach brings calm, strength and presence.
Standing or sitting, easy to learn and take home with you!
Facilitator: Leopard
Location: Workshop dome
Arriving and orienting yourself in a gathering like Queer Spirit can be a bit daunting, so this event early in the weekend is to help newcomers and singles get the most out of your festival experience.
Some information, some thoughts, some discussion, and some games and exercises to help you feel included, informed, safe, and raring to go.
Facilitator: John Button
Location: Workshop dome
In 2023 Quaker Rainbow, the Quaker LGBT+ fellowship, turned fifty, and we are pleased to offer a Quaker space at QS.
In this session we will practise listening, to be present in the space, then sit in silence together, making the unconscious conscious.
Facilitator: Abigail Maxwell
Location: Workshop dome
When Inanna is captured in the underworld, she is rescued by divine and undeniably queer figures.
Using this story as a jumping off point, we’ll explore how the themes of this ancient myth resonate with our personal queer experience, and dive into our own unique creativity to create a short piece inspired by it.
Facilitator: Ace Amande
Location: Yoga space
How about doing conflict in ways that centre the humanity of all involved?
How about slowing down and giving lots of space to all emotions and uncomfortable sensations we experience when we disagree with loved ones or members of our own community?
This is a playful experimental space that is open to all who are willing to slow down radically and to look at their own shit.
Facilitator: Ana Pieck
Location: Workshop dome
Thank you to everyone for creating a wonderful space for all! 
