Queer Yoga
Queer Yoga Hosted by Joel Cruz
6/6/26 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Daya Yoga Studio (Bushwick)
Suggested Donation: $15
This workshop weaves together dialogue, breath work, and vinyasa flow to deepen the connection between the body and the self through the lens of queerness. For many, our bodies have been sites of scrutiny, shame, or survival, thereby impacting how we understand and interact with ourselves. This practice will focus on vulnerability and returning to the self — not to fix or perform, but to simply be in the body that you have and embrace it while sharing community with those around you.
We’ll move through a full vinyasa sequence guided by themes of visibility, strength, softness, and belonging. Breathwork will open the class as a way of grounding and arriving, and poses will be offered with options so that your practice can meet you exactly where you are. Everyone is welcomed. You do not need to be an experienced yogi. You do not need to be out, certain, or have the language for who you are as you are welcomed in whatever stage of self-discovery you’re in.
Additional Details
Joel Cruz, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and yoga instructor born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He received his Master’s in Social Work at the Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work in August 2019 and has worked as a psychotherapist for the last six years. He completed his 200-hour yoga certification with Daya in September 2025 and has since been developing his voice as a yoga instructor. As a queer Buddhist NuyoRican, he uses his professional and personal experiences to cultivate community and support individuals in healing and deepening their understanding of the self.