RENEW HOPE by HONORING GRIEF

A virtually supported experience of ceremony, releasing grief, connecting deeply with the mystical cycles of Nature and restoring hope.​

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December 6 - 7 - 8, 2024  ~  via Zoom

$225 (sliding scale available)   Space is limited​​​​​

Free Introductory Zoom Session, December 3, 7pm CST

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Our August ceremony was a success, powerful and resonant, so we will continue our work with another weekend this coming October. It offers more healing to those who participated and to those new to the process.

 

Many of us are in grief because of personal losses. Almost all of us are in states of anxiety because the world is changing so rapidly. It’s important to recognize and process our grief for ourselves, for humanity and for the natural world. It helps us clear and prepare for what is coming. Unprocessed grief tends to paralyze. Grief shared can mobilize, it's a vital cycle in the natural world. Our world is going through a deep transformation. What we have known is passing away. But what is coming can offer great opportunities for us to advance a better world! Honoring Grief Restores Hope!

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Indigenous cultures offer great wisdom in these areas and offer models of ritual and ceremony that more completely processes grief to restore health, vitality and hope and to advance soul growth. We are drawing on the wisdom of these indigenous teachings as well as incorporating aspects that address some needs of our modern culture.

 

Many people who’ve experienced this work found it to be life-changing, inspiring and uplifting! In this ceremony, we will create a strong container of trust and safety with each other; we will embrace larger community beyond human exclusively;  we will learn about and connect to the natural process that we feed when we let our grief flow to be creatively integrated into wisdom; we will gift our hopes and wishes to be nourished by the Natural World and Spirit; we will purify to be open to Present Time and be prepared for a richer future; finally, we’ll celebrate each other and our journeys, and our involvement  within the forces of Spirit and Life – all with deep gratitude!

 

This is a ceremonial process that requires commitment, preparation and independent work from your own space. It is not a class that can be engaged passively. You will need to be able to go outdoors, preferably in a natural setting. Zoom sessions will be teaching demonstrating and community sharing. Between each session, participants will need to do independent work, including gathering natural items and making things. Learn more by joining us for an Introduction Zoom session, see link in box below. 

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SCHEDULE 

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FRIDAY, December 6

Session 1 | 7–9 pm CST
Human Community: 

• Agreements: Respect; Confidentiality; Witness

• Introductions

• Ceremony Overview: what to expect

Connecting Body and Soul: 

• Grounding; Centering; Presence-ing

• Emotions; Language of the Body 

• Body-Soul Communication

 

SATURDAY, December 7

Session 2 | 9:30–11:30 am CST
The Cycle of Grief and Hope: Facets of Love 
Role of Human Community; Ancestors; Natural Community​​

Setting Up the Sacred Ritual Space

• Making Your Beauty Bundle

• Making your Canoe of Hopes and Dreams

 

Session 3 | 3-5 pm CST
Types of Grief and its Expression
Share our Grief Stories

 

SUNDAY, December 8

Session 4 | 10–11:30 am CST
The Burial
Purification (continued individually after virtual session)

Session 5 | 3:30-5:30 pm CST
Releasing Canoe of Hope into Waters of Life
Sharing and Feasting

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THURSDAY, December 12

Session 6 | 7–9 pm CST

A follow-up session for final sharing: an opportunity to share experiences, insights, ask questions, express challenges. Also, my final words and support for hopeful movement.

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