EPISODE · Jan 13, 2026 · 10 MIN
Being with the Body in the Body: Excerpt Reading with Syd Yang (Emergent Dharma)
from Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners · host Rev. Liên Shutt & Rev. Dana Takagi
Reading an excerpt from their chapter in Emergent Dharma. Enjoy (& go get the book!)Rev. Syd Yang, MDiv (they/them), is a mixed race/Taiwanese American queer trans/non-binary Buddhist Minister, movement chaplain, spiritual counselor and writer who engages decolonial possibilities for shared liberation through their practice, Blue Jaguar Healing Arts. Syd’s work and writing finds its resonance in the stories we each hold at the intersection of memory, body, sexuality and mental health. Syd works primarily with queer and trans BIPOC as well as regularly leads workshops and facilitates community based practice spaces for wellbeing + healing justice, body liberation and recovery.www.bluejaguarhealingarts.com / IG @bodyliberationchaplain and @bluejaguarloveA few recent publications: (article) https://www.lionsroar.com/how-i-reclaimed-my-body/, (book / memoir) Release: A Bulimia Story, (podcast guest) Mending with Gold / Kintsugi Therapist Collective, (chapter) Emergent Dharma, (chapter) Q + A: Voices from Queer Asian North America
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Reading an excerpt from their chapter in Emergent Dharma. Enjoy (& go get the book!) Rev. Syd Yang, MDiv (they/them), is a mixed race/Taiwanese American queer trans/non- binary Buddhist Minister, movement chaplain, spiritual counselor and writer who engages decolonial possibilities for shared liberation through their practice, Blue Jaguar Healing Arts. Syd’s work and writing finds its resonance in the stories we each hold at the intersection of memory, body, sexuality and mental health. S...
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