Join us for a peaceful escape into nature on Monday October 07. Led by certified Forest Therapy Guide Ken Ouendag, this event offers a soothing way to decompress, reconnect with the natural world, and share a tranquil experience with your community.

Forest therapy, inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku or “Forest Bathing,” invites you to slow down and tune into your senses. During this guided walk, Ken will lead you through a series of gentle invitations designed to help you relax, refresh your mind, and deepen your connection with the surrounding environment.

This isn’t just about the benefits nature provides—such as reduced stress, improved mood, and a greater sense of belonging—it’s also a chance to share stories and simply have fun in a supportive community setting.

Spaces are limited to 12 participants to ensure an intimate and personalized experience. We’ll gather at 1:00 PM at the Spray River West trailhead (just past the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel) and wrap up by 3:00 PM.

Please note a waiver as part of the registration process will be required to be filled out upon arrival.

🌈 Flow with Pride

Join us for a rejuvenating and inclusive bi-weekly yoga class hosted by Banff Pride at Flow State Yoga Studio! This is a space where everyone in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies can come together for a nourishing practice.

🧘‍♀️ When: Every 2nd Wednesday at 4:00 PM

📍 Where: Flow State Yoga Studio, 211 Bear St Unit 201 B

🌟 Who: All ages and abilities welcome! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or new to the mat, this class is designed to embrace everyone.

🎟 Cost: FREE by donation 💕

Upcoming OUTdoor Events

🌈 Flow With Pride

Join us for a rejuvenating and inclusive bi-weekly yoga class hosted by Banff Pride at Flow State Yoga Studio! This is a space where everyone in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies can come together for a nourishing practice.

🧘‍♀️ When: Every 2nd Wednesday at 4:00 PM

📍 Where: Flow State Yoga Studio, 211 Bear St Unit 201 B

🌟 Who: All ages and abilities welcome! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or new to the mat, this class is designed to embrace everyone.

🎟 Cost: Free, Donations are welcomed 💕

Upcoming OUTdoor events

🌈 Flow with Pride

Join us for a rejuvenating and inclusive bi-weekly yoga class hosted by Banff Pride at Flow State Yoga Studio! This is a space where everyone in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies can come together for a nourishing practice.

🧘‍♀️ When: Every 2nd Wednesday at 4:00 PM

📍 Where: Flow State Yoga Studio, 211 Bear St Unit 201 B

🌟 Who: All ages and abilities welcome! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or new to the mat, this class is designed to embrace everyone.

🎟 Cost: FREE by donation 💕

Upcoming OUTdoor Events

🌈 Flow With Pride

Join us for a rejuvenating and inclusive bi-weekly yoga class hosted by Banff Pride at Flow State Yoga Studio! This is a space where everyone in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies can come together for a nourishing practice.

🧘‍♀️ When: Every 2nd Wednesday at 4:00 PM

📍 Where: Flow State Yoga Studio, 211 Bear St Unit 201 B

🌟 Who: All ages and abilities welcome! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or new to the mat, this class is designed to embrace everyone.

🎟 Cost: Free, Donations are welcomed 💕

Upcoming OUTdoor events

🌈 Flow with Pride

Join us for a rejuvenating and inclusive bi-weekly yoga class hosted by Banff Pride at Flow State Yoga Studio! This is a space where everyone in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies can come together for a nourishing practice.

🧘‍♀️ When: Every 2nd Wednesday at 4:00 PM

📍 Where: Flow State Yoga Studio, 211 Bear St Unit 201 B

🌟 Who: All ages and abilities welcome! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or new to the mat, this class is designed to embrace everyone.

🎟 Cost: FREE by donation 💕

Upcoming OUTdoor Events

Intro to OUTdoor Climbing

with local ACMG guides Ren Lavergne (they/them) and Zenn Teoh (he/him)

The program will take place on May 25, 2024, from 8:00am-4:00pm on Treaty 7 Territory. We will confirm the meeting location with participants a few days prior to the event. The routes chosen will be introductory level and no previous experience is required. We welcome all bodies and the event will be set at a pace to fit everyone's needs. Climbing equipment can be provided if needed.

What to bring:
● Lunch+snack and plenty to drink (1.5L)
● Day pack
● Rain gear
● Clothing allowing for easy and complete range of movement
● Warm weather gear as necessary for the season
● Running shoes or hiking boots (must be closed-toed)

This course is for members of Banff's 2SLGBTQIA+ community, who are ages 18+.

Participants from the Banff, Canmore, and Lake Louise area will be prioritized and folks from other areas will be invited to join if there is space. 

Banff Pride will do its best to facilitate transportation options for those not able to transport themselves. 

Participants will be emailed a confirmation with full event details 72hrs prior to the climbing date. 

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: Sunday May 12 @11:59pm. 

*Note: this event will happen rain or shine.

🌈 Flow With Pride

Join us for a rejuvenating and inclusive bi-weekly yoga class hosted by Banff Pride at Flow State Yoga Studio! This is a space where everyone in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies can come together for a nourishing practice.

🧘‍♀️ When: Every 2nd Wednesday at 4:00 PM

📍 Where: Flow State Yoga Studio, 211 Bear St Unit 201 B

🌟 Who: All ages and abilities welcome! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or new to the mat, this class is designed to embrace everyone.

🎟 Cost: FREE by donation 💕

Upcoming OUTdoor Events

🌈 Flow With Pride

Join us for a rejuvenating and inclusive bi-weekly yoga class hosted by Banff Pride at Flow State Yoga Studio! This is a space where everyone in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies can come together for a nourishing practice.

🧘‍♀️ When: Every 2nd Wednesday at 4:00 PM

📍 Where: Flow State Yoga Studio, 211 Bear St Unit 201 B

🌟 Who: All ages and abilities welcome! Whether you're a seasoned yogi or new to the mat, this class is designed to embrace everyone.

🎟 Cost: FREE by donation 💕

Upcoming OUTdoor Events

"Summit Connection: Queer Culture in Mountain Communities"

A POW Canada Bow Valley Chapter Event in collaboration with Banff Pride presented by Lux Cinema. All proceeds support Banff Pride and POW Canada.

Join us for a Screening of 'People Like Us' a short film that explores queer identity in mountain towns and snow sports.

Director Ryan Collins explores the implications of being a gay man in Revelstoke, BC while seeking to frame a larger picture of queer life in a mountain small-town. The film follows Ryan as he connects with the queer community of Revelstoke, seeking

their opinions and stories and relationship with mountain culture in the hope of building perspective into what it is like to be queer in mountain towns.

A special community screening, including a panel discussion featuring film participants and local queer voices.

📆 Event Details:

Date: February, 29th 2024

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Lux Cinema, Banff AB

Admission:

$13.99 / Adult

$10.99 / Kids & Seniors

All proceeds go to Banff Pride and Protect Our Winters Canada.

#POWCanadaBowValley #ProtectOurWinters 🌨️🌲

This event is for everyone that identifies as QUEER.

WHAT'S ECSTATIC DANCE & SOUND HEALING?

In essence, this workshop offering combines Ecstatic movement and Sound healing to bring participants into a journey through their body and mind.

Ecstatic dance is a free movement dance created by the Greeks to connect the human body with the Divine Spirit. Allowing the body to move in an organic way with no expectations, judgements or structure, creating a healing journey. The music follows a wave form, starting slow, moving to a peak, and descending into stillness.

It is a moving meditation with the goal to still the mind while moving the body. Like in yoga postures, when the individual put the entire focus and attention into moving the body the thoughts just naturally drift away. In ancient Latin American communities the music played by the shamans was used actively to support and connect the soul of the participants with the spirit world.

Sound healing has been used by ancient civilisations since the beginning of time. This primordial teaching is based on the premise that all living matter vibrates at specific frequencies and that external sounds significantly change the vibration of different objects - such as our body.

The sounds of nature alone instantly provides you a sense of immediate connection, creating an opportunity to release shields and masks we wear in our everyday life. In this state of deep meditation, participants will be able to access parts of the self that have been hidden, and give awareness and love to a part of the self you haven’t explored yet.

Connect to the source of everything and to yourself, through the guidance of the drums, instruments and your heartbeat. Through sound healing, it’s an opportunity to discover the hidden power that exists inside us.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND THIS EVENT?

This is a safe space for everyone to connect with themselves and let go from judgments and stereotypes from themselves and others. Not everyone has access to spaces of vulnerability and connection

During this event, participants will have the opportunity to dive into a deep journey into their bodies and consciousness. Being able to move it freely to release energy and then to be guided in a deep sound meditation, followed by the use of shamanic instruments to bring the participant to a pure state of presence and relaxation.

REGISTER & SAVE YOUR SPOT

Join Hugo Lopes Medicina on this Ecstatic dance + Sound Healing journey if you feel like there are sorts of energy that needs to be acknowledged in a safe space to be moved and released so there is space for new outcomes to our lives.

WHO is HUGO LOPES - Hugo Lopes is a Yoga instructor, Sound Therapist and Facilitator of Men's work that has been living in the Bow Valley for the past four years. Hugo believes that the power of sacred and safe containers for people to connect in vulnerability and community in order to get to know more about themselves.

He believes that we are all able to connect to the source of everything and to yourself, through the guidance of the sounds, movement and your heartbeat. His goal is to create welcoming spaces for all and to help his students to find the hidden power that exists inside them.

Do you want to learn about symbiotic relationships in nature with expert interpretive guide Travis Rider? 

Do you just like being outside with a bunch of other 2SLGBTQIA+ folks? 

SIGN UP FOR THIS BANFF PRIDE SPONSORED HIKE!  

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, Oct 11 | MEET AT 10AM
WHERE: WE’LL MEET At the lower parking lot on St. Julien Road