A healing circle to commune with heart-supporting plant ancestors, practice tender and trauma sensitive body-based grounding, and to begin to explore how grief shows up for us as individuals and communities around end-of-year holidays and the winter months.
We know that grief can surface in the winter and around holidays and anniversaries - and it felt important to offer some space for all that may be coming up this season. Whether we’re grieving a loved one who is no longer here, a family we wished we had, not seeing ourselves reflected in holiday celebrations, or feeling our grief is closer in these winter months - this space is for us, for you.
To quote Terese Marie Mailhot, grief is honor work. It honors the love we experienced, maybe even still share, our capacity for love, and the love for ourselves. In honoring it - we allow it to be. And in allowing it to be - we start to unpack the notion that our grief needs to be fixed - and instead allow it to transform. We allow our grief to guide us to the best practices for holding it and ourselves with tenderness, for being accountable to the love we have for ourselves and others.
This honor work allows us to more deeply understand our grief, hold space for the fullness of it, and expand around it in sweet, loving, and tender ways. In this expansion we (are) heal(ing) – individually, collectively, ancestrally – and (re)claiming our joy.
In this circle, we will:
begin to explore our relationship with grief and how it shows up for us, especially with how grief shows up for us around end of year holidays and the winter months
explore trauma sensitive body-based practices for creating presence for how grief feels in our beings
identify sensations and feelings that describe our experiences of grief
connect with plant ancestors and other tools who can help us tend to our grief
co-create nurturing space as a group to offer collective care and witnessing in our grief
This circle is for our BIPOC fam, LGBTQIA+ sibs, hopeful or current parents whose journeys exists beyond the so-called “norm,” and all those that are seeking nurturing and heart-centered space and guidance. Due to the nature of this topic - group size will be limited and there will be collective agreements we make about holding the space together.
It is especially for you if:
You are curious to begin learning how to better honor your grief - to be more loving with yourself and your grief.
You’ve ever wanted to better understand your grief - how to talk about it, how to tend to it, how to ask for help around it
You’re curious how to begin decolonizing your grief practices
You’d like to learn + practice body based (somatic) methods for being with and processing grief
What You’ll Need: yourself, your presence and attention. Additionally, please bring a journal, notebook, or something to write with/on. We always recommend creating a comfortable and cozy space for you to be in attendance - however that might look.
Logistical Things:
When: Tuesday, December 13th | 5-7pm PST / 6-8pm MST
Where: Online via Zoom
Sliding Scale $19-$44
R1 - Support Rate = $44
R2 - Regular Rate = $33
R3 - Community Rate = $19
If you are called to this work - but the community rate is not accessible, please email me at aguasangrehealing@gmail.com. If you would like to donate funds to support more free or community spots - venmo me at @aguasangrehealing
Accessibility Info: This event will be hosted online via zoom. There will be live auto captions. Event will be hosted in English. If you have additional accessibility needs, please let us know when registering or email us at aguasangrehealing@gmail.com
Cancellations & Refunds: You can cancel your registration up until 12 hours in advance via confirmation email. If you need to cancel later than 12 hours in advance, we ask that you let us know as soon as possible. Please note: no refunds will be made unless group is canceled by Michelle/Agua y Sangre. In the event you miss, the amount you paid can be transferred to another service or event - please email us at aguasangrehealing@gmail.com