Mindful NYE Celebration

Mindful New Year's Eve Celebration

Skip the chaos & ring in the New Year with  Queer Sangha and MTL Healing Space for a wholesome community celebration for queer, trans, non-binary beings and their beloveds. This is your substance-free, heart-centered alternative for grounding and feeling good in your body as we move into 2026 together. 

We're replacing high-stim parties with practices for deep connection and calm:

🥘 Potluck & Genuine Mingling: Connect over shared treats.

🫀Authentic Relating Games: Practice deep, intentional connection.

🧘🏽‍♀️Guided Intention Setting: Collective reflection for the year ahead.

🪇Joyful Dance Party: A somatic release to celebrate just after midnight!

🕯️Visit the collective Altar: Bring an item for the communal future visioning altar if you wish. Something that represents and symbolizes an intention for the future! 

💖 Contribution (Dāna)

Suggested donation: $30-50. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

This event is offered in the spirit of Dāna (generosity). We invite you to contribute what you can to support the space, hosts, and community. 

Parneet/Kṣānti Chohan, is a counsellor, somatic experiencing® practitioner and naturotherapist in private practice. They combine dharmic values with authentic relating, play, imagination, and parts work to create a liberatory space for embodiment and reclamation. Parneet’s work is rooted in anarchist, queer, feminist and buddhist wisdom, directing their efforts towards healing systemic trauma and supporting those marginalized by race, gender, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, immigration and neurodivergence. For more information, visit them at parneetchohan.com

Core/Coral Short Coral Short (they/them) is a somatic experiencing® practitioner and Community Dharma Teacher based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. They integrate Buddhist wisdom with trauma-informed somatic practices, specializing in work that centers the queer community. Coral combines somatic principles with eco-somatic practices, embodied anti-oppression work, and mindfulness for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. Drawing from over 30 years in art making, activism, and community organizing, Coral creates accessible, trauma-sensitive spaces that honour diverse embodied experiences and support those navigating intersectional identities. At the heart of their work is a foundational belief that all bodies want to move towards health and healing. coralshort.com