{"id":25,"date":"2026-06-15T03:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/read.sacredbodychur.ch\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-06-19T22:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T03:34:14","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/read.sacredbodychur.ch\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-5 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-5--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ca2dd60b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">beliefs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Church of the Sacred Body is a non-hierarchical spiritual collective who believes in the sanctity of bodily autonomy and the ways we practice it in our daily lives. While many of us hold this as a moral, political, or philosophical position, we see the relationship and alignment between body and spirit as a critical part of our spiritual practice. We do not ask belief or non-belief in specific manifestations of deity or spirit, only that our members\u2019 practice of their bodily autonomy falls along spiritual lines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-midnight-filter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/read.sacredbodychur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JAllanDale-22-01-05-FernPatternABTilex2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/read.sacredbodychur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JAllanDale-22-01-05-FernPatternABTilex2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/read.sacredbodychur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JAllanDale-22-01-05-FernPatternABTilex2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/read.sacredbodychur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JAllanDale-22-01-05-FernPatternABTilex2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/read.sacredbodychur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JAllanDale-22-01-05-FernPatternABTilex2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/read.sacredbodychur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JAllanDale-22-01-05-FernPatternABTilex2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-4 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-4--2\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ca2dd60b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">our practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We are an open practice. All are welcome to join and incorporate our practices into their own. The founding meeting consists of a reading, meditation, and discussion, but we encourage others to start their own meetings structured to best serve the needs of their respective congregations. Some of us engage in communal HRT and prayer. We encourage meetings to share resources and ideas between each other, and also to contact us for inclusion on our calendar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-midnight-filter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"276\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/read.sacredbodychur.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/honk_canada.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a0aa5dda wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5b9cbc20 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-6);border-top-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I come to your meeting?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">yes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" 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