Prenatal, Postpartum, and Parenting Groups + Workshops
Community is core, especially in parenthood.
In my groups, the environment, pace, prompts, reflection, and integration are mindfully and meaningfully tended to create space for what is actually present in each of you. With resource-forward care and connection, balancing and being with the struggles become possible— and freeing. I incorporate gentle guided embodiment and creative expression as practices of somatic, emotional, and imaginal awareness. Here, isolation, fear, and exhaustion that so often come with parenthood can soften into connective safety through trust-building with resonant others.Gathering is sacred. I practice a queer-ified matriarchal set of community values that are anti-oppressive, liberation-focused, and trauma-aware. Every body of every shape, size, ability, skin color, gender, and history is honored for its expansive magic.
Soft Landing
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Next cycles:
Aug 7th/8th - Sept 11th/12th
Oct 9th/10th - Nov 20th/21st (skipping week of 10/19)
Jan 8th/9th - Feb 12th/13th
*NEW!*Toddler Parents: Fridays 1:30-2:45pm
Postpartum: Saturdays 10-11:15am
$260* for 6 sessions
In-person (bring your baby or come solo)
at Beech Street Parenting on NE Sandy
The tenderest of times, early postpartum has most of us reeling. From the hormone roller coaster, to the dynamic shifts, to the personal identity reorientation, to the newness of life, to our bodies in transition… we need a soft place to land and explore, connect, reflect, and express.
This queer affinity space for birthing parents is a container meant to hold the complexities of becoming a parent as a whole and as a queer body + spirit. We can safely hold the nuances of navigating our relationships, gender, embodiment, and more.
*Babies are welcome to join! Snack and tea are always on offer, as is comfy adaptable seating with all the baby + parent amenities you need.
Join us, sit back, feel the care.
Q+T Postpartum Support Circle
for birthing parents with babies under ~1yr
Q+T Toddler Parent Support Circle
For parents with ~1-2 year olds
Toddlerhood is a wild time for everyone in the family. Movement development, teeth, sleep changes, sensory explosion… it’s a lot to hold, so let’s do it together.
We’ll connect, explore, and care for the parts of you that are growing in parenthood alongside your budding little one.
Kids are welcome to join to play with age-mates, or you and/or your partner/co-parent can come solo. I’ll offer gentle structure to guide us through whatever is threading us all together week-to-week so we can build community and resonance.
Grow together with us. Get care.
Workshops
Saturday, October 3rd
10am-noon
$30/family
Second Shapes Bookstore
8124 N Denver Ave. PDX
Your unique story is important. Share through imagery the construction of your family web, process your own experiences of conception and birth, or create a visual to share with your child more about how they came to be– we’re here to support you to do your thing expressively, honestly, and have FUN and CONNECT while making together!
We’ll provide plenty of tools and materials, just bring your creative spirit and any photos you want to incorporate. Kids will have their own tables and materials (and guidance from the wonderful Bella of Family Friend), but feel free to work together too!
