organisations, community healing spaces & tools
HEALING JUSTICE LONDON (supporting community led health and healing)
BLACK, AFRICAN AND ASIAN THERAPY NETWORK (community of counsellors and psychotherapists of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean Heritage based in the UK)
MISERY PARTY (QTBPOC mental health collective & sober party)
AASHNA (counselling and psychotherapy project with social justice at its heart)
ALL GENDER PERI/MENOPAUSE SUPPORT GROUP - ONLINE (peer-to-peer mutual aid support group for all kinds of people currently going through, or who have gone through, all kinds of perimenopause and/or menopause, including as part of an aging process, due to hysterectomy or oophorectomy, or cancer treatment, discontinuation of HRT (including for trans women) and via other routes to these experiences)
CLINIQ (London based holisitic wellbeing and sexual health service for trans, non-binary and gender diverse people)
QUEERCIRCLE (arts, health and social change organisation in Greenwich)
THE COMMON PRESS (east London based queer, intersectional bookshop and events space hosting events ranging from parenting, writing groups, black yogis, to discussions on queer death)
SCARLETT LETTERS (east London radical, independent bookstore dedicated to platforming marginalised voices)
SURVIVORS UK (support for male and non-binary survivors of sexual violence)
SURVIVORS NETWORK (Sussex based support for survivors of all genders, of sexual abuse and violence, trans inclusive)
HACKNEY DEATH CAFE (community-space dedicated to exploring grief, loss and death, run by Marsh Ana)
QUEER DEATH CAFE LONDON (a space for LGBTQ+ people to come together and share loss, grief and mourning)
QUEER DEATH CAFE BRIGHTON (a space for LGBTQIA+ people to talk about death, dying and everything related)
QUEER DEATH CAFE - ONLINE (a space for LGBTQ+ people to come together and share loss, grief and mourning)
TRANS DEATH CAFE - ONLINE (UK-based death café for trans and non-binary people)
TENDERNESS: A BLACK QUEER MEDITATION ON SOFTNESS AND RAGE (Available via THE COMMON PRESS)
GRIEF TOOLKIT (embodiment tools and rituals to support grief work in community)
PHYTOLOGY (cultural institute focused on ecological research and community learning in Bethnal Green)
COMMUNITY APOTHECARY (a web of healing medicine gardens at the heart of our communities in East London)
DALSTON CURVE GARDEN (green nature space in a busy urban area)
community connections
Brighton and Hove
INDIEWELLNESS (yoga, ayurveda, facials, massage, workshops, retreats)
LOU THOMAS // BODY BITS BRIGHTON (yoga, massage, retreats)
LONDON
TOBI ADEBAJO (doula and skin care)
LILLI @ SWOLE (Inclusive antenatal classes and doula)
RASHEEQA AHMED (community herbalist and herbal medicine )
DANIELLE LAIRD @ GREEN TEMPLE THERAPIES (massage and osteopathy)
INDY RIVER (massage and bodywork, including pregnancy massage and scar work)
LOUIE ROBINSON @ HEAL ACUPUNCTURE (acupuncture and massage)
AMANDA WRIGHT (yoga)
BRISTOL AND ONLINE
RHIZOME COMMUNITY HERBAL CLINIC (herbal medicine)
supplements
MUSHROOM NUTRITION AND MYCONUTRI (medicinal mushroom company developed by a Chinese herbalist and bio chemist, researching and developing new products, working with many of the growers in China)
recommended books to clients and peers
HEALING JUSTICE LINEAGES (anthology on the history, legacies, and liberatory practices of healing justice)
THE CARE WE DREAM OF (grounded in historical examples, present-day experiments, and dreams of the future - for more liberatory and transformative approaches to LGBTQ+ health and healing)
THE REMEDY - QUEER AND TRANS VOICES ON HEALTHCARE (anthology with a diverse collection of real-life stories from queer and trans people on their own health-care experiences and challenge, imagining what’s needed to create healthy, resilient, and thriving LGBTQ communities)
SUPPORTING TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOUR (practical tips and steps to ensure that the community as a whole may be represented and creates a safer space for trans people of colour to thrive)
LOVE AND RAGE (What is needed, says Owner the author, is a relationship to the heartbreak of anger that is embodied, nondestructive, and deeply healing for all. Here he offers personal insights, stories from others, as well as Buddhist teachings and meditations for tapping into anger’s liberating potential)
TAOIST TALES OF THE ACUPUNCTURE POINTS (Taoist tales and stories held within each of the acupuncture points and their Chinese characters)
THE TAO OF TRAUMA (The Tao of Trauma takes principles of Acupuncture and Asian Medicine beyond needles and herbs to inform clinical applications of the latest research from Western neurobiology)
NURTURING RESILIENCE (clear road map for understanding the complexities of early trauma and its related symptoms. A practical, integrated approach for therapists working with people (both adults and children) who have been impacted by developmental trauma and attachment difficulties)
SUPPORTING QUEER BIRTH (Bringing together the stories and experiences of LGBT+ parents as well as professionals in the field, this guide explains what healthcare and birth workers can do to improve care for their clients).
BUTT SERIOUSLY ( A cheeky yet authoritative guide to anal health and anal sex, written by the leading anal health expert in the United States).
SEX WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE IT ( A practical guide to understand both low and high libido, drawing on science, straight talk and useful exercises to stop blame and rekindle pleasure)
URBAN TANTRA ( Urban Tantra is a book about consciousness cleverly disguised as a sex guide. It’s for everyone who would like to have a more sexual and spiritual ecstasy in their lives).
WARP AND WEFT ( Warp & Weft gathers together ideas, radical frameworks and reference points to explore consciousness, and ways of understanding experiences of distress as they occur within our social and systemic contexts).
CHINESE AND ANY OTHER ASIAN (Exploring east and south wast Asian identity in Britain)
MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS (Highly accessible introduction to the benefits of the main medicinal mushrooms)
LETTER TO MY LITTLE QUEER SELF (Letter To My Little Queer Self (LTMLQS) is a collection written by invited contributors in their words and in their own styles)
LETTER TO MY LITTLE TRANS SELF (Letter To My Little Trans Self (LTMLTS) is a collection written by invited contributors in their words and in their own styles)
GENDER IS REALLY STRANGE (Part of the Really Strange series, this science-based graphic medicine comic addresses these questions and more, revealing the inherent messiness of gender identity and sex.
TRAUMA IS REALLY STRANGE (With wonderful artwork, cat and mouse metaphors, essential scientific facts, and a healthy dose of wit, the narrator reveals how trauma resolution involves changing the body's physiology and describes techniques that can achieve this)
TOUCH IS REALLY STRANGE (This science-based graphic comic addresses the complexity of touch and explores its power and limits)
ANXIETY IS REALLY STRANGE (In this guide, anxiety is explained in an easy-to-understand, engaging graphic format with tips and strategies to relieve its symptoms, and change the mind's habits for a more positive outlook).