We Are Still Here: Building Community Through Queer Flow Yoga
“Send your propaganda agents around the country and make it appear that we are not fit, culturally and otherwise, for integration, and we’ll still love you. But be assured that we’ll wear you down by our capacity to suffer, and one day we will win our freedom. We will not only win freedom for ourselves; we will so appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
These words were spoken in 1967, yet here we are in 2025, still fighting the same fight. The current administration is trying to erase us—passing executive orders to silence us, stripping away protections, making it harder to simply exist as our full, authentic selves. Again and again, we are forced to meet this hate with our capacity to suffer. It’s exhausting. It’s heavy. But please remember: we are still here, regardless of what they may say or do.
If you’re feeling isolated, if you’re carrying this weight alone—please hear me: you are not alone. This moment in history is painful, but we have always found ways to survive, resist, and build spaces where we can breathe, love, and thrive. We have always found ways to hold each other up.
Creating Space to Breathe, Move, and Heal
I want to build a space where we can come together and help each other carry this weight. A space where you can allow yourself, even for just ten minutes, to let go of the burden, knowing that someone else is holding it for you in that moment. Queer Flow is my way of building that space, and I am honored to offer it to the community for free.
This isn’t just a yoga class. It’s a space to reclaim your body, your breath, and your joy. It’s a space where you don’t have to shrink or hide, where you can move in a way that feels right for you. We come together, support one another, and remind ourselves that no matter how hard they try, we will not be erased.
We are still here. And we are not going anywhere.
With love and power,
Aza
