This three-month program is a queer body space that invites your fierceness. 
All of who you are, your body, your history, grief, wishes, and boundaries. 
Centering embodiment, play, and rituals as learning spaces, each session will introduce important topics and skills for being together in support and care for each other. 
The group consists of 8–12 people and focuses on deepening and practicing skills for intentional and fulfilling relationships.
 

The routine is that we meet for a long Saturday and the following Thursday evening. The program will be facilitated by both Ayo Gry and Axel Nielsen, who will guide and support participants through all 6 sessions. 

 

For a short article about the Fierce Queers click here
 

 

Topics of the 6 sessions

 

Okt. 24th. Full Saturday: Ignite! - Personal and collective intentions. Group agreements. Intentional touch, wheel of consent, somatic approaches to self and co-regulation. 

 

Okt. 29th. Thursday evening: Ritual Play - Improvisation and impulse awareness. Non-verbal consent. Intuitive touch. Playfulness as a relational skillset.

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Nov. 21st. Full Saturday: Attachment and Belonging - Relational roots. Meeting your drama lama. Identifying your own relational reparative experiences.

 

Nov. 26th. Thursday evening: Welcome Back! Group sharing on life topics - Somatic learning on honoring what is present in the heart. Supportive touch. Bodywork sessions. Felt experience of body patterns. 

 

Dec. 12th. Full Saturday: Sensual Flow Massage + Potluck - Giving and receiving skin-to-skin medicine. Deepening communication skills - Empowering choice and voice. Compassionate witnessing of the naked body. Ending with a potluck.

 

Dec. 17th. Thursday evening: A future of fierce queers

 

Who is this for?

We find a big joy and transformative power in hosting spaces with very diverse queer experiences, especially when it is a small group with the time to create trust and personal relationships.

Fierce Queers is intentionally for all queer genders and sexualities: trans, nonbinary, cis women, cis men, gays, homos, lesbians, faggots, femmes, butches. All ages, colors* and body types** are welcome.

 

*As two white European facilitators, Fierce Queers has so far been a predominantly white group with Western European cultural backgrounds. We are very open to a more mixed-race space, and to welcoming the intersectional aspects of group dynamics as we practice intentional relationships. If you are BIPOC and reading this, considering joining, you are more than welcome. Don't hesitate to reach out directly if you have questions, or want to check in to see whether this space is right for you. And if you're looking for BIPOC facilitators, we're happy to connect you with colleagues and other networks.
 

**Unfortunately, the space is poorly accessible, as it is on the 6th floor without a lift. We are very sorry for this. We have prioritised making it economically accessible, and the affordable rent plays a big part in the decision about the location. If you're looking for accessible like-minded events, we're happy to connect you with colleagues and other networks.

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Some Playground Values

 

Fierce Pleasure, Fierce Intimacy

Sensing the body and finding pleasure is liberating and serves as a direct source of feeling alive within oneself. Connecting to the sensual body can be a tricky journey, and this program offers a place to heal and integrate your erotic self with a pleasure- and humor-oriented approach. Over the three months, you will be invited to expand your capacity for honesty and vulnerability, learning to find and express boundaries and desires.

 

Belonging and Relational Empowerment 

Through the lens of attachment theory, we will examine the roots of our relational patterns, applicable to all kinds of relationships - not only romantic. On one of the long Saturdays, we will visit the Drama Lama, an embodied experience Ayo and Axel have developed over the past few years. To guide you toward healthy and nurturing relationships, you will learn how past experiences with attachment figures shape your present patterns. With an embodied approach, you will be offered tools for relational communication, regulation, and repair.

 

Transformation through embodied learning

A somatic approach to self-reflection, connection, and communication is at the core of the entire process. Through your body, you will learn to understand the topics you wish to address for your own well-being. Each session will be a playful space to practice relational skills like needs, wishes, and boundaries.

For us, embodiment is a key to being more present and more honest. It doesn't mean that we all have to be kind, calm, and grounded all the time. Embodiment helps us to be present and connected with what is alive and true to the waves of life, sometimes more intense and sometimes more quiet.

 

Queer centered

Growing up as part of a gender and/or sexual minority can present challenges that leave traces in the body. We often become ready to protect, defend, and move to safer places, meeting the world with necessary fierceness. As queer people we share an attachment wound and a significant challenge for all of us is figuring out how to let this layer of protection soften and find a way back to a sense of belonging and connection to ourselves and the world we live in.

   
 

About us 

We have been partners for the past 9 years. Being both open and exclusive in different periods of our relationship. We both became interested in embodied practices when we moved to Berlin 8 years ago. Delving into embodiment while learning it as a new profession has been a great pleasure for us. After working one-on-one with many individuals and facilitating a lot of workshops, we have recognized a need for a space to practice being in connection with other queer people, to experience intimacy, touch, vulnerability, explore the pleasure body, and receive emotional care. This group program is a response to that need.

 

Ayo Gry Jonassen, white, able-bodied, danish, nonbinary/transmasc. (they/ he)

I work as a somatic practitioner, workshop facilitator, art collaborator, and co-founder of Skinship_Berlin. Training includes Sexological Bodywork, Tantra massage, Mind/Body Therapy, and Pantarei Approach. My quest is to foster healthy communities where bodies and nature are integral parts to relational and emotional intelligence. Play and pleasure are core principles in my approach, and I am particularly focused on healing wounds related to queer experiences while empowering the resources and knowledge that emerge from queer lives. Additionally, I have a background in passionate climate- and social activism, which led to burnout and a longing to find softer ways to have my inner fire being passionately alive. 

 

Axel (he/him), white, danish, trans, dog dad. I have been passionate about building a practice as a somatic practitioner since moving to Berlin 8 years ago. For the past 5 years, this has been my full-time profession and I continue to feel a lot of gratitude about being able to do this work. I have trained in Bodywork through the Pantarei Approach and am now in the third and final year of Somatic Experiencing. I am involved in the Stretch Festival, an embodiment festival for queer masculinities, where I work as a co-curator. Building bridges of understanding between the diverse identities within the queer community holds a special place in my heart. I also have a background in social justice work, centered on better access to healthcare for trans people and other gender minorities. 

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When, Where, How much

• Okt. 24th.. Saturday 11.00 - 18.00 

• Okt. 29th. Thursday 18.00 - 21.00 

• Nov. 21th. Saturday 11.00 - 18.00

• Nov. 26th. Thursday 18.00 - 21.00 

• Dec. 12th. Saturday 11.00 - 18.00 

• Dec. 17th.  Thursday 18.00 - 22.00

 

Venue: Rudolf Str. 11, 6th. floor, Berlin. Unfortunately without lift.

Group Size: 8-12 people

Participation Fee: 550€. Option to pay in 3 rates of 250€ + 150€ + 150€.  

We have the capacity to offer 2 spots for a reduced price of 400€. Please get in touch if this is for you. 

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You will hear back from us around the 14th. September 2026. After signing up we will invite you to a personal initial call. 

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We are looking forward to heering from you
- Axel & Ayo