Be 100% at home in your skin
I empower LGBTQIA+ people to live our best lives by exploring gender, sexuality, relationships & performance. Discover a community where you don't have to fit in but where you can truly belong.
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Wanna be a Drag King?
Kings of Joy caters to first-time Drag Kings and beyond. Whether you're ready to go solo or you're terrified and want a group, you're in good hands.
Has the Spark Faded in Your Relationship?
Many couples often struggle with maintaining intimacy and connection over time, leading to what’s commonly known as “queer bed death.” Without the right tools, reigniting the spark can feel impossible.
Reduce stress now
Learn how to soothe your reaction & feel empowered as an LGBTQIA+ person. With proven techniques, you can learn to relax, reduce stress, & take control of your reactions whether you are in fight, flight or freeze.
Why learn from me?
Hello friend, I'm Danica Lani. a thought leader in gender, sexuality and performance and a speaker, coach and facilitator with two decades of expertise. My mission is to empower LGBTQIA+ people to feel good in the body so that we can be 100% at home in our own skin.
* I'm a choreographer with a BA - Dance
* Advanced Dip - Yoga Teacher Training
* TedX Speaker on being a gift to the world
* Founder of #dancebreak seen by 11.8 million people around the world
* Published in Inside Out: an Anthology of Australian Coming out Stories ed by Erin Shale
* Winner of All Dragged Out - first Drag King Competition. I still have the trophy.
* Miss Fusion Pole - First place. I still have the pink sash.Â
Luke, office worker
"I'm so grateful and joyous to have yoga with Danica Lani back as part of my life! The online medium was immediately easy to get comfortable with, and I now prefer it to in-person classes. I can commit more easily to many morning classes a week, just rolling out of bed with zero commuting, to start my class with a one-click link. I'd wanted to take on an ongoing, frequent practice for years - I'm so thrilled to be finally living the experience, and all its benefits!"
Online Yoga
Becks Blake aka Jim Junkie, Director & Theatre maker
"I signed up to Kings of Joy to challenge myself but I ended up growing in confidence, community and creativity. This experience surpassed my wildest expectations. For the week after the performance I felt ecstatic. I never thought I would do anything like this but we did it! I've made friends, found a creative outlet for my gender expression and found a community to support my gender journey."
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Pan, Builder & Singer
"The Show Ponies experience rocked my world! I am a seasoned performer and assumed I knew how to move and dance above average. Danica has the skill, passion, and patience to make a donkey like me transform into a magical Show Pony. I love the whole journey, the bonding of people for a common passion, and of course performing in front of people I know and love and enthusiastic strangers. Yeehaw Show Ponies! Giddy up!"
Show Ponies
Mary, office worker
“Before joining your online yoga classes, I thought that my body was just acting age-appropriate with a few well-earned aches.
What I found out was that I just needed to take care of it in another way.
Yoga has restored and improved my overall flexibility. It’s given my body the space it needed to align back to its natural state.
Your kind and inspirational words during our practice have shifted my mindset from outcome-focused to journey focus.
I look forward to spending more time on the mat with you and the yoga gang.
I’m so thankful for this opportunity. ”
Online Yoga
Laura Gahan
"What you don't know is that this was the first openly same sex event I had been to after 25 years of hiding. I opened up about my story What happened after that still makes me emotional.
One by one other women came up to me stating they had been in or are still going through the same situation and I've honestly never felt so accepted and safe. This was the first time I 100% identified with being gay/Bi in a space where no one knew otherwise. It was like I was free from judgement and confusion from other people in my life. I didn't have to explain myself and I knew that everyone there understood on that deeper level."
Queer & Tantric
Trans Mission
"Before working with Danica I had not performed in a really long time but then along came Kings of Joy to gas me up and surround me with awesome Kings to inspire me. I truly appreciated seeing the development of our characters, especially the fellow People of Colour Kings in my group. It was really awesome to be able to see us draw on our cultural heritage to inform our Drag personas. Kings of Joy is an awesome introduction into Drag, from make-up to binding to creating a Drag persona. Drag is one of those artforms that has a lot of unique protocols, it can be hard to understand from the outside. After completing the Kings of Joy program, you will be so ready and raring to perform again and again."
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Wanna be a Drag King?
Kings of Joy caters to first-time Drag Kings and beyond. Whether you're ready to go solo or you're terrified and want a group, you're in good hands.
Has the Spark Faded in Your Relationship?
Many couples often struggle with maintaining intimacy and connection over time, leading to what’s commonly known as “queer bed death.” Without the right tools, reigniting the spark can feel impossible.
Reduce stress now
Learn how to soothe your reaction & feel empowered as an LGBTQIA+ person. With proven techniques, you can learn to relax, reduce stress, & take control of your reactions whether you are in fight, flight or freeze.
Not sure where to start?
Let's do this together
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