Trans Guided Meditation: coping with Misgendering | Buddha's 3 Poisons | Transition Support | PRIDE

We usually aren't prepared enough for the reality of how distressing and unfair misgendering will be. Most HRT clinics focus more on the physical changes, what's reversible, what side effects may arise from certain medications, etc... a part of us may, perhaps subconsciously, get our hopes up so high that gendered language has finally reached a hiatus, or that the world was ready for our spirit, body and name to all align. That's probably why misgendering hurts so much, we expected HRT to be the arrival away from the pain of repression or staying closeted. Some nights a misgender memory can nearly break us... transitioning can begin to feel like a horrifically random experience...
This is why the QUEER PLUS LOTUS channel is here to offer a supportive guided meditation with loving-kindess and encouragement. We also want to deliver some hope: not a hope that the world will become more well and generous, but a hope that we can learn to listen a little less to the voices of misgendering. We can survive misgendering, while also recognizing that it's a heartbreaking and debasing experience.
In this 10(ish) minute guided meditation, we bravely confront the pain and ache around pronouns. We also examine an idea from Buddhism called the "3 poisons" (or the "3 fires"🔥 ) which were three things the Buddha observed afflicting people. In an event of misgendering, it's important we don't respond with the 3 poisons to ourselves or to others. Join us in our guided meditation to find some much-deserved relief from the maddening tension of being trans in the world.
We hope this meditation brings you peace of mind, and helps you learn to cope with misgendering in a healthy way.
May you know self-compassion.
May you find gender euphoria.
May all genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, nonbinary, and binary transgender folks and Buddhists find peace and mindfulness.
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