Yoga Equity Workshop: CREATING SAFER SPACES: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in Yoga & Beyond
Join us for our Yoga Equity Workshop: CREATING SAFER SPACES: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in Yoga & Beyond on November 16, 4:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. ET.
Every time we take a class, study, or step onto our yoga mat to practice, we renew our connection to the wisdom of yoga and to our lineage. This connection supports and calls us to engage skillfully with our world and recognize our lives as the field of practice.
Equity and inclusion work is multilayered. It can be hard to know what to do when separation and difference seem hard-wired into our lives. Yoga teaches us to look within to examine our tendencies, particularly the tendencies that reinforce the idea of a separate self, identified with transient and external characteristics.
Please join us for a special workshop led by Tristan Katz on Nov. 16, 1 pm – 3 p.m. PT; 3 – 5 p.m. CT; 4 – 6 p.m. ET
“CREATING SAFER SPACES: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in Yoga & Beyond”
During this time of change and challenge for LGBTQIA+ people, it is critical to understand how to care for our students and prospective students who are experiencing the loss of rights, opportunities, and support, amid increasing oppression that includes heightened harassment and violence. Almost 15% of Millennials and over 23% of Gen Zers identify as LGBTQIA+.
This talk will address practices for creating more affirming spaces through a deeper understanding of gender diversity, inclusive language, and embodied allyship. Our collective healing depends on how we show up for each other — on and beyond the mat.
About Tristan Katz
Tristan is a business consultant, marketing strategist, and equity-inclusion facilitator with a lifelong commitment to human rights and justice. Their work is rooted in an intersectional, anti-oppression lens that integrates decades of study into culturally competent marketing and LGBTQ+ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) consulting. They support individuals and organizations in aligning their values with their messaging, cultivating practices that prioritize authenticity, solidarity, and sustainability over performance and perfectionism.
Tristan has collaborated with authors, educators, movement leaders, and culture-makers — folks whose work shapes consciousness and community. Their clients often lead the way in access and inclusion across industries, with audiences of 20k+ and features in outlets like NPR, The New York Times, NBC, and USA Today.
Beyond Tristan’s work with individuals, they have delivered talks and facilitated trainings for institutions such as Stanford University, HubSpot, Portland Public Schools, Port of Portland, and Williston Northampton School, supporting their efforts to build more affirming and values-aligned practices across departments and teams.
Tristan currently serves as COO and Director of Programming at Fruition Growth Network, a platform supporting solopreneurs and small businesses with accessible education, coaching, and community.
A longtime student — and occasional teacher — of yoga, Tristan has completed over 1,000 hours of training and was recognized by Yoga Journal as one of fifteen game-changers in 2021. They also served on the Board of Directors for Accessible Yoga until its dissolution in 2024, supporting its mission of expanding access to yoga for marginalized communities.
At the heart of Tristan’s work is a commitment to conscious, justice-oriented marketing — centering relationship over transaction, storytelling over selling, and action over performance. They believe our marketing can be a vehicle for cultural change when rooted in truth, care, and accountability.