TransDharma

Spirituality & Practice

When Your Hormones Shift, So Does Your Practice: A Trans Guide to Spiritual Adaptation During HRT

Starting or adjusting hormone therapy can feel like rewiring your entire inner world — and for many trans practitioners, that includes their meditation cushion. From mood fluctuations to changed breathwork rhythms, HRT reshapes the energetic landscape in ways dharmic traditions actually have a lot to say about. Here's how trans folks are adapting their spiritual routines and finding deeper practice through transformation.

Oct 4, 2026

Health & Wellness

Rest Is Not Giving Up: How Trans Folks in Healthcare Deserts Can Reclaim Their Bodies Through Dharmic Self-Care

Millions of trans Americans live hours from affirming healthcare, face insurance denials, or navigate systems designed to exhaust and exclude them. When the medical system fails you, dharmic teachings on ahimsa — non-harm — offer a radical reframe: caring for yourself isn't a consolation prize. It's an act of spiritual defiance. Here's what that can actually look like.

Oct 4, 2026

Culture & History

The Sacred Power of Being Called by Your True Name

In dharmic traditions across Asia and the diaspora, receiving a new name has always been understood as a spiritual event — a marking of transformation, a recognition of the soul's deeper nature. For trans people choosing their names, this isn't just paperwork. It's a rite of passage that deserves to be treated as one. Here's how to honor it.

Oct 4, 2026

Spirituality & Practice

Your Seven Centers Don't Have a Gender: Rethinking Chakras for Trans and Non-Binary Bodies

Ancient chakra teachings were never really about the gender binary — so why have modern interpretations made them feel that way? We talked to trans yoga teachers and dharmic practitioners about how reclaiming these energy centers can be a radical act of self-recognition. Spoiler: your prana doesn't care what your birth certificate says.

Aug 8, 2026

Health & Wellness

Telling Your Doctor the Truth: A Dharma-Backed Guide to Coming Out in Medical Spaces

Walking into a doctor's office as a trans person can feel like preparing for battle — but it doesn't have to. Drawing on the dharmic principle of satya (truthfulness), this practical guide gives you real scripts, grounding strategies, and community-tested advice for navigating healthcare conversations with both honesty and self-protection. Because your care team needs the truth to care for you well, and you deserve providers who can handle it.

Aug 8, 2026

Culture & History

They Were Here First: The Trans and Gender-Diverse Ancestors Woven Into Dharmic Traditions

Long before Western culture framed gender diversity as a modern invention, trans and gender-fluid figures were already sacred in Buddhist and Hindu traditions. From the hijra communities of South Asia to shape-shifting deities in the Vedic canon, this is a lineage that belongs to you. Here are the ancestors — historical, mythological, and living — who've been holding space for trans dharma all along.

Aug 8, 2026