30. Announcing our Nonprofit Spiritual Sanctuary! Queer Soul Academy Launch + Yule Event | a Dedicated Safe Space for the LGBTQIA+ Community for Yoga, Astrology, and Retreats in Northeast Ohio

We’re building a community legacy that will protect future generations of queer kids and provide LGBTQ+ adults and families with support, a safe space, and a healing sanctuary. Have you ever wished that something like this existed? ✨Introducing the Queer Soul Academy: a 501(c)(3) nonprofit spiritual organization that is building a queer-affirming Yoga and wellness retreat center and permaculture farm in Northeast Ohio.In this episode, you’ll discover:the story behind founding Queer Soul Academyour mission: spiritual healing, community sanctuary, and ecological stewardshipour vision to create a safe space where spiritual wellness, ecology, animal therapy, and queer empowerment meetour core values: Gratitude, Ahimsa (nonviolence), Community, Integrity, Authenticity, and Sanctuaryhow we can make this REAL, togetherEvery donation, every share, every bit of energetic support actively builds the foundation for this sanctuary. Support the mission. Help build the sanctuary. Hit play now to join us in co-creating a future where queer spiritual spaces thrive! 🌈Donate to the Queer Soul Academy NonprofitWe’re raising our first $100,000 by December 31st to secure land for the sanctuary. Our 501(c)(3) status means that your donations are fully tax-deductible for 2025. Our fundraising platform will even email you a tax receipt!🌱 Give now: ⁠https://youareloved.one/nonprofit❄️ Join us for The Gathering: A Yule Celebration!Winter Solstice fundraiser event for QSA on Sunday, December 21st. https://youareloved.one/events/nonprofit🔥 Get your free self-care resource guide + sign up for the email newsletter: ⁠https://youareloved.one/podAbout the Queer Soul Academy Nonprofit 🌈Behind the scenes for these past few months, I’ve been working closely with a few trusted people to co-create the Queer Soul Academy, a nonprofit spiritual organization and dedicated safe space for the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies, as well as women and other marginalized peoples, and animals too. We plan to create a transformative sanctuary in Northeast Ohio where Yoga retreats, a farm animal sanctuary, and permaculture gardens come together to cultivate community around growth and healing. Through mindfulness practices and environmental stewardship, the Queer Soul Academy will support individuals from diverse backgrounds in embracing their authentic selves and nurturing their bodies, minds, and spirits — in harmony with the Earth. To meet our team and learn more, please visit our website at www.youareloved.one/nonprofit.Please donate, share, and stay connected with us as we build the Queer Soul Academy together.Blessed be.With all my love,Lee Devi ✨--What is up, my witches? Welcome to the Queer Soul Alchemy podcast, a supportive community helping queer folx to embrace their authentic selves by exploring Yoga, Astrology, and Spirituality.Queer Soul Alchemy explores Yoga, Ayurveda, Astrology, Sexuality, and Spirituality as tools for healing, self care, and personal transformation. Rooted in queerness and the LGBTQ+ community, this space celebrates queer identity, uplifts transgender voices, and inspires you to embrace your authentic self. A sanctuary for seekers, allies, and the queer community, this is where magic and soul evolution meet.About Your Host: Lee Devi ✨When I was growing up, I didn’t have any LGBTQ+ role models, and I didn’t know it was okay to be myself. I’m Lee Devi, a queer and nonbinary teacher, healer, and guide (they/them). Through over a decade of Yoga practice, Ayurvedic study, and living a Yogic lifestyle, I’ve unraveled — and continue to unravel — layers of mental and spiritual conditioning. And somewhere along the way, I became the role model of my own dreams. Today, I’m a 500-hour Registered Yoga Instructor, a 600-hour Ayurvedic Health Counselor, a Transformational Retreat Facilitator, and an Intuitive Astrologer. Now a podcaster, and community organizer too. Jai Ma! Hari Om Tat Sat.