The Gratitude Sanctuary

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A 508c1a non-profit community bringing village gatherings, healing breathwork ceremony and sound journey, wilderness rites of passage and retreats, men and women's circles, council, grief tending tribal healing circles and rituals.

02/25/2026

"May you know in your bones that this earth is your home.

May you feel in your soul you are worthy and whole.

May you know in your bones that this earth is your home.

May you feel that you belong." by Olivia Fern

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Thank you all for this most beautiful village gathering in San Diego with sisters and brothers coming together for conscious work and play, a soundbath welcoming the year of the fire horse with all the amazing sound facilitators and their gifts, a potluck nourishing each other, and an open mic to total beyond this world creative expressions, simplicity with beauty and grace. ๐ŸŒธ

I am deeply grateful for all your love for us being together, holding each other again and again, and playing wildly while we can. ๐Ÿ’“

Immensely grateful for the sacred land and the stewards, Elizabeth and Toby, for holding us in this day of gathering.

Thank you, this is simply why we are here for, belonging and connections. ๐Ÿ’ซ

Holding and empowering mothers has been a whole life journey for me from helping the mothers at WIC clinics in my colleg...
01/15/2026

Holding and empowering mothers has been a whole life journey for me from helping the mothers at WIC clinics in my college years, empowering mothers to breastfeed as a rite of passage of new motherhood, Montessori farm school and tending mothers through births for their babies as well as themselves through indigenous prenatal birth postpartum rituals and ceremonies.

Here I am, co-creating with grandmothers, mothers and sisters in this sacred space to be in our fullest expression rooted in our wholeness being in all the versions of who we are.

If you are in Mount Shasta, join us!

If you are in San Diego, our next gathering is on Saturday, 2/21/26 for the Lunar New Year gathering in Valley Center. ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐ŸŽ

If you are else where, am online community may support you. ๐Ÿ’œ

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Madre Sanctuary:
Gathering of Grandmothers, Mothers, Sisters

Sunday, January 18, 2026
3:00 โ€“ 5:00 pm
RSVP for location
Twice a month gathering

Madre Sanctuary is a gentle and intentional circle devoted to women across generations, grandmothers, mothers, sisters, who are called to gather in shared presence, listening, and care.

This winter gathering invites us into the quiet wisdom of the season: a time for slowing, remembering, and being held by one another. In a world that often asks us to keep giving, Madre Sanctuary offers a space to receive through council, ritual, and simple human connection.

Let us...
โ€“ Sit in council and listen with open hearts
โ€“ Honor the lived experiences carried in our bodies and lineages
โ€“ Share in grounding rituals connected to earth and season
โ€“ Tend grief, gratitude, and remembrance within a supportive container
โ€“ Rest in stillness and collective care

This sanctuary welcomes women at all stages of life who feel called to be in community during the winter threshold.
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Hosted by Amy Ma
Founder of SOL Gratitude Village & Gratitude Sanctuary

RSVP: [email protected]
Donation based gathering

Babies-in-arms and young children (with loving guidance) are welcome. Older children are welcome if they are being guided with their independent activities, if desired.

Amy Ma ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชถ

For this Giving Season ๐ŸคI here humbly ask for your support now. This is my very first ask for community support in the 2...
12/03/2025

For this Giving Season ๐Ÿค

I here humbly ask for your support now. This is my very first ask for community support in the 25 years of educational leadership and mentoring work. I am here asking on behalf of the teens who are struggling alone, in much need of mentorship and support for mental wellness and physical well being. Also, asking on behalf of those of us who needed support and guidance in our teens and now seeking mentorship in this healing journey.

Your generosity helps keep our doors open, our scholarships flowing, and the passages available to all who seek them.

Every dollar is a support for the youth to find purpose and their gifts being acknowledged in this world. Thank you so much for your time and energy in reading this sharing. โฃ

Donate Now. All Donations are Tax-Deductible.โฃ
https://givebutter.com/ritesofpassage โฃ
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๐‘๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐žโฃ!
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โ€‹๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒโฃ
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โ€‹In every traditional culture across the world, young people once crossed a sacred thresholdโ€ฆa moment that affirmed their gifts, their belonging, and their place in the village. This moment carried them from childhood into young adulthood with guidance, ceremony, and community support.โฃ
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โ€‹Our culture rarely offers this anymore.โฃ
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โ€‹Instead, many teens walk through their hardest years alone, without guidance and mentorship.โฃ
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โ€‹They feel the weight of expectations, the pressure of screens, the ache of isolation, and the confusion of trying to understand themselves without elders to guide them. Many try to carry emotional storms with no village to help hold it.โฃ
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And yetโ€ฆ beneath every overwhelmed or withdrawn young person, something ancient still calls forโ€ฆโฃa quiet inner voice longing for meaning, a spark yearning to awaken, a desire for purpose, belonging, and confidence, a longing to be seen and understood.โฃ
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โ€‹๐€ ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ .โฃ
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โ€‹๐ŸŒฟ Imagine a young person stepping away from the noise and pressure of modern lifeโ€ฆinto the stillness of the forest, the quiet breath of the desert, or the deep wisdom of the mountains.โฃ

๐Ÿ”๏ธ Imagine them welcomed by mentors who offer warmth, grounded presence, and full attention, adults who believe they carry gifts worthy of recognition.โฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅImagine your teen, or a teen in your community, sitting around a fire with others their age, hearing stories of courage, grief, resilience, and possibility.โฃ
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โ€‹๐€ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ.โฃ
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Wilderness โ€‹Rites of passage strengthen mental and emotional wellness in powerful ways!โฃ

- Emotional resilience: They learn skills for navigating fear, change, and big feelings.โฃ
- Inner confidence: They discover they can meet challenges with courage.โฃ
- Reduced anxiety: Time on the land regulates their nervous systems through natureโ€™s medicine.โฃ
- Identity clarity: They speak aloud their gifts and visions in a supportive circle.โฃ
- Community belonging: They feel embraced by a village that sees them.โฃ
- Purpose & direction: They step into life with intention, insight, and responsibility.โฃ
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โ€‹When a young person feels their worth reflected by mentors, peers, and nature itself, their entire emotional landscape begins to shift.โฃ Courage rises, self-love softens their edges, purpose lights their path.โฃ
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โ€‹At the heart of every wilderness initiation is a single sacred momentโฃ, a moment when a young person stands alone on the land,โฃ sensing the presence of something larger than themselves,โฃ the wind, the trees, the stars, their ancestors,โฃ all whispering:โฃ
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โ€‹โ€œYou are ready.โ€โฃ
โ€œYou belong here.โ€โฃ
โ€œYour gifts carry value in this world.โ€โฃ
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โ€‹Every young adult deserves this moment. Every young adult deserves to feel their life shift from confusion to clarity, from overwhelm to grounded purpose.โฃ
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โ€‹๐ŸŒฑ This fund will open the doorway for young people ages 12โ€“25 to receive full wilderness rite of passage programsโฃ; mentorship circles before and after the journeyโฃ; emotional support, council skills, and leadership trainingโฃ; wilderness surthrival and survival skills, tracking, bushcraft, and ancestral practicesโฃ; integration guidance to help them return home with clarityโฃ; ceremony, fire circles, singing, movement, and community witnessโฃ!
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Many families in our community deeply value this work yet face real financial barriers.โฃ
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Your generosity allows youth from a wide range of backgrounds to cross this threshold and carry the torch forward as the next generation of leaders, healers, creators, and earth-connected adults.โฃ
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Your generosity becomes a guiding light passed from youth to youth.โฃ

โ€‹Your Gift Becomes a Turning Point in a Young Personโ€™s Life.โฃ
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โ€‹When you give, you create a moment of awakeningโฃ, a spark of belongingโฃ, a sense of purpose that guides them for yearsโฃ, a healthier mind and a stronger emotional foundationโฃ, a young adult who feels embraced by a villageโฃ, a leader ready to contribute to the worldโฃ!
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โ€‹๐Ÿ’› ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.
๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.โฃ

Your contribution plants a seed in the life of a young soul. Your offering strengthens their emotional well-being. Your generosity helps them step forward with courage, clarity, and purpose.
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๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐.โฃ
๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž, ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘‰ Donate Now. All Donations are Tax-Deductible.โฃ
https://givebutter.com/ritesofpassage โฃ
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With Love & Deepest Gratitude,โฃ

Amy Ma, M.Ed.โฃ
Executive Director, MonteReggio Internationale Corp.โฃ
a 501c3 educational non-profit organizationโฃ
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Educational Leadership Guideโฃ
Founder, SOL Gratitude Villageโฃ
a multi-generational living & learning villageโฃ
Naturalist, Wilderness Immersion & Rites of Passageโฃ
Wilderness Montessori Guide ages 3-18โฃ
Montessori Farm Forest Schoolโฃ
Mount Shasta Nature Schoolโฃ
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WALK WITH THE WILD ONES โฃ
Ancestral & Wilderness Skills Gatheringsโฃ
WAILS & WHISPERS BETWEEN THE WORLDSโฃ
Grief Tending Facilitatorโฃ
GriefTendingRituals.comโฃ
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Rituals are essential nourishment for the soul, just as food sustains the body. In these times, we are called to remembe...
11/02/2025

Rituals are essential nourishment for the soul, just as food sustains the body. In these times, we are called to remember what many traditional cultures have long held sacred: communal grief rituals are a vital force that holds a community together. They offer powerful pathways to return to ourselves, to one another, and to the living Earth. These practices help us feel our shared humanity and tend both the ache and the longing for deeper belonging.

During this afternoon gathering of Wails and Whispers, we come together as a village to make space for sorrow. In being witnessed, and in listening deeply to others, we begin to give shape to what has felt unspoken. Grief becomes something we carry together. In this shared field, we honor grief as a natural and intelligent part of life, an experience to be felt. This space invites nervous system co-regulation, collective healing, and the remembering that we are woven into something larger than ourselves.

You are invited to join us in praising the sacredness of grief and gratitude through sharing circles, songs, poetry, movement, sacred listening, ceremony, rage release, and creative expression. This body of work draws inspiration from the deep wisdom of Francis Weller, Sobonfu Somรฉ, and Malidoma Somรฉ of the Dagara people of West Africa.

This offering is fully experiential and rooted in the body. Rather than analyzing our grief, we move with it, breathe with it, and feel it within the container of community, nature, and the unseen. Together, we create space for grief to move supported by song, spirit, and the living world around us.

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Wails & Whispers Between The Worlds... Grief, Praise & Gratitude

Tuesday, Nov 4, 2025
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Mount Shasta, CA
(address would be provided upon RSVP)

Please bring:
- a sacred item for the communal earth altar
- an open heart and willingness to feel
- something comfortable to sit on
- handkerchief or bandana

Facilitator: Amy Ma
SOL Gratitude Village
Grief Tending Facilitator
Leadership Empowerment Guide through Wilderness Immersion & Rite of Passage
https://GriefTendingRituals.com

RSVP: email Amy Ma at [email protected]

This is a donation-based offering, our love for community is the only way to heal.
Suggested Donation: $11-33
Venmo

โ€œWithout the village, grief has no container. Without ritual, sorrow has no home.โ€ โ€“ Malidoma Somรฉ

โ€œGrief is a skill the soul remembers.โ€ โ€“ Francis Weller

โ€œGrief arises from deep praise.โ€ โ€“ Martรญn Prechtel

Amy Ma
Educational Leadership Guide
Founder, SOL Gratitude Village
a multi-generational living & learning village
Naturalist, Wilderness Immersion & Rites of Passage
Wilderness Montessori Guide ages 3-18
Montessori Farm Forest School
www.MontessoriFarmForestSchool.org
Mount Shasta Nature School
https://MountShastaNatureSchool.org

WALK WITH THE WILD ONES
Ancestral & Wilderness Skills Gatherings
WAILS & WHISPERS BETWEEN THE WORLDS
Grief Tending Facilitator
https://GriefTendingRituals.com

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In this weekend retreat, we will gather to honor our grief and make space for its many expressions. Together, we will si...
11/01/2025

In this weekend retreat, we will gather to honor our grief and make space for its many expressions. Together, we will sing, move, pray, and remember our shared humanity through ritual.

Wails & Whispers Between the Worlds: 3-Day Grief Tending Retreat
January 9โ€“11, 2026

Location: Valley Center

In this weekend, communal grief rituals are about coming together as a group to be witnessed in our sorrow. By listening to others, we learn to articulate what often feels inexpressible. In this space, we aim to destigmatize grief, metabolize it, and move away from the idea that grief is pathological. This is a chance to co-regulate our nervous systems in the village and be reminded that we are not alone.

We will gather to honor our grief and make space for its many expressions. Together, we will sing, move, pray, and remember our shared humanity through ritual. Our grief tending work will also focus on healing our relationship with the Earth in this time of ecological crisis offering our tears and songs as prayers for reconnection.

Join us as we honor the sacredness of grief and gratitude through talking circles, singing, poetry, movement, sacred listening, ceremony, sharing food, and creative expression. At the heart of our time together, we will engage in a sacred ritual inspired by the work of Sobonfu Some and Malidoma Some of the Dagara people of West Africa.

Grieving in community is an ancient way of tending to the heart. It gives us a place to reach toward each other for the strength, presence, and courage needed to feel what has long been waiting beneath the surface. In sharing space, our own voices often find shape through hearing others. What once felt unnameable begins to soften and move. Here, grief is treated as something sacred, welcomed and held. Together, we create the conditions for co-regulation, release, and the deep remembering that we belong to something larger than ourselves.

This space an invitation to drop into the body, into the breath, into whatever truth lives inside you. Grief may arrive as silence, trembling, song, rage, or tears. It may come as stillness, overwhelm, or a slow, quiet ache. However it shows up, it is welcome. There is room here for all of it.

Our ritual draws from earth-based ways of knowing guided by drum and song, by the rhythms of nature, and by the unseen presence of ancestors and guides. This is a space of reconnection to soul, to the Earth, and to the ancient human practice of grieving together.

You can listen to a 1-minute video of Sobonfu Some speak on Grief Recovery and Ritual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtUqMwRXvhY

The Five Gates of Grief guided by Francis Wellerโ€™s framework, we will explore these five gates throughout our time together:

The First Gate: Everything We Love, We Will Lose
The Second Gate: The Places That Have Not Known Love
The Third Gate: The Sorrows of the World
The Fourth Gate: What We Expected and Did Not Receive
The Fifth Gate: Ancestral Grief

Facilitators:
Laurence Cole โ€” Elder, renowned songwriter and song leader, and gifted ceremonial facilitator
Aislinn Kerckhaert โ€” Kontomblรฉ diviner (Dagara lineage) and ancestral guide
Lisa Littlebird โ€” Song weaver, grief space holder, and sacred musician devoted to healing through voice and ritual
Amy Ma โ€” Founder of SOL Gratitude Learning Village, ceremonial facilitator, griefl tending facilitator, and wilderness rites of passage guide

What to expect:
- Grief ritual from the Dagara Tribe lineage, altar tending, and earth offerings
- Communal song, movement, and council
- Kontomblรฉ divination and ancestral guidance
- Fire ceremony, silence, prayer, and reflection

Meals & Lodging: Car or tent (BYO equipment) camping is recommended if your commute is more than 20 minutes. No RVs please Please bring your own meals.

Please bring:
- A water bottle & mug and own utensils/bowl/plate
- Your own snacks and meals
- 1โ€“2 snacks to share with the group (for a communal spread)
- A potluck for Sunday dinner

Sliding Scale Pricing:

$650 Supporting Tier โ€” supports scholarships and facilitator wages
$550 Sustaining Tier โ€” covers full retreat cost
$400 Supported Tier โ€” reduced rate for those with limited means

Scholarship Tier โ€” limited number available for those with high financial need (application required)

Refunds: 50% refunds available up to 30 days prior. Refunds are unavailable after this period. Please notify us as soon as possible if your plans change.

Our Prayer
We grieve because we love. We gather in ritual for the remembrance of who we are.

Together, we create a field of deep witnessing and shared humanity where grief and gratitude stretch us wide enough to live more fully.

Questions or more information: Amy Ma [email protected]

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Register for Wails & Whispers Between the Worlds Grief Retreat here.
https://events.humanitix.com/grieftendingsandiego

There is so much deepening and connections with these village gatherings. May we tend our heart together one more time i...
10/26/2025

There is so much deepening and connections with these village gatherings. May we tend our heart together one more time in community at this special time of the year where we reflect our lessons, tend our grief communally with grace and gratitude. Would love to invite you to join us in this finale for the year.

THE RETURN TO GRATITUDE๐ŸŒพ

from grace to gratitude
love will carry us home

Sunday, November 23, 2025
Valley Center, California
under the ancient oaks

A day to honor the full circle of life โ€” grief, breath, vibration and a nourishing feast of gratitude.

We gather as a village to remember what it means to be in community honoring each other's gifts with reverence.

The Journey of the Day

Grief Tending Ritual
10 am โ€“ 12 pm
๐Ÿ’š A sacred space to be the "apprentice with sorrow" and be the sacred witness for each other's journey of truth in this human experience, honoring this ritual of soul washing as grief becomes our offering to the ancestors.
GriefTendingRituals.com

Gratitude Breath & Soundbath Journey
12:30 pm โ€“ 2:30 pm
๐ŸŒ€ A deep gratitude dive into the purity of breath, vibration, and the stillness that opens our heart to connection, clarity, truth.

Potlatch Ceremony
3 pm โ€“ 4 pm
๐Ÿ’Ž A circle of giving inspired by ancient traditions of reciprocity. Bring a personal item, handmade gift, or offering of your choice to give away celebrating the joy of sharing abundance together.

Friendsgiving Vegetarian Potluck
4:30 pm โ€“ 6:30 pm
๐ŸŒฝ A closing ceremony with shared meal of gratitude. Bring a dish infused with love and intention.

RSVP Amy Ma [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

a free community gathering sponsored by SOL Gratitude Village, Gratitude Sanctuary & the Essenes at Prayers For Peace Park

Wails & Whispers Between the Worlds A communal grief tending ritual - inspired by the work of Malidoma Somรจ from the Dag...
09/28/2025

Wails & Whispers Between the Worlds

A communal grief tending ritual - inspired by the work of Malidoma Somรจ from the Dagara tribe, West Africa, Francis Weller and Martin Prechtel.

This indigenous tribe believes that grief tending rituals are the glue for the community. Together we create a container to honor what has been lost โ€” personal, ancestral, planetary. Through breath, song, sacred witnessing, presence and a powerful ritual, we offer our grief to the Earth. Let what lives unspoken move through our voice, breath, wails, rage, movement, and stillness, it's a sacred ritual space to feel, to be held, and to listen beyond the veil.

Come with your tender heart and let's be a sacred witness for each other in this special time in this life on Earth.

Date: Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
Time: 10 am - 1 pm
Bring a potluck dish to share
Location: SOL Sacred Ranch, Valley Center, CA

Grief Tending Facilitator: Amy Ma
(Wilderness Rites of Passage Guide, Educational & Wellness Leadership Mentor, Life Adventures Designer, Nature-Based Healing & Coaching)

Honorarium: $33-88
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More Info: Text or Email Amy Ma @gmail.com

Beloved sisters,Join us in sacred space as we gather under the afterglow of the Aries Full Moon and in the arms of Libra...
09/23/2025

Beloved sisters,

Join us in sacred space as we gather under the afterglow of the Aries Full Moon and in the arms of Libra season, a potent time to embody courage and harmony. Letโ€™s remember that when the wild spark of Aries meets the grace of Libra, we are invited to step forward, to speak our truths โ€” while also opening our hearts to deep connection and balanced union.

Date: Sunday, October 5th
Time: 3:00 โ€“ 7:00 PM
Location: Fallbrook (address shared when you RSVP)

Theme for this Moon:
โ€œBold Beginnings & Harmonious Threadsโ€

Aries Full Moon ushers in courage, clarity, and the permission to step into our power.

Libraโ€™s Sun invites us into balance, relationship medicine, beauty, and the peaceful weave between our own will and the needs of the whole.

What to Bring / Prepare:

โ€ข A song, poem, or story that reflects where youโ€™re being called to step out in courage.

โ€ข Something that represents beauty, balance, or harmony โ€” to share in our altar.

โ€ข A dish for the potluck to nourish our bodies & community.

Energy Exchange: $13 โ€“ $33
Venmo

Together, may we lean into bold beginnings, offer presence to what has been hidden, find strength in vulnerability, and craft with each other new threads of harmony.

Amy Ma โœจ Aluna

Wails & Whispers Between the Worldsย A communal grief tending ritual - influenced by the Dagara tribe in West Africa. Thi...
09/23/2025

Wails & Whispers Between the Worldsย 

A communal grief tending ritual - influenced by the Dagara tribe in West Africa. This indigenous tribe believes that grief tending rituals are the glue for the community. Together we create a container to honor what has been lost โ€” personal, ancestral, planetary. Through breath, song, sacred witnessing,ย  presence and a powerful ritual, we offer our grief to the Earth.ย  Let what lives unspoken move through our voice, breath, wails, rage, movement, and stillness, it's a sacred ritual space to feel, to be held, and to listen beyond the veil.

Come with your tender heart and let's be sacred witness for each other.in this special time in this life on Earth.

Date: Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
Time: 10 am - 1 pm
Bring a potluck dish

Location: Valley Center CA

Grief Tending Facilitator: Amy Ma
(Wilderness Rites of Passage Guide for youth and adults, Ritualist, Educational & Wellness Leadership Mentor, Life Adventures Design Mentor, Nature-Based Healing & Coaching)

Honorarium: $33-66ย 
Venmo:

More Info & Registration: Email Amy Ma @ [email protected]

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Join us on Saturday, 9/20, for celebrating each other in a village of honoring all parts of you to come forth and express yourself in your fullest authenticity through movement in this cosmic body, relaxation through sound vibrations, and heartbeat of the drums and soul songs. We end with a nourishing dinner potluck in deep connections.

RSVP Amy Ma via email [email protected] โค๏ธ


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We are being witnessed, acknowledged and being welcome as who we are as we tend each other's heart through presence and listening, wild play and deep prayers, and being in earth rituals honoring the more-than-human world holding us, guiding us, and listening with us.

We are here inviting you to gather with us so we are not walking this path alone. Youths and the elderly are always welcome in all of our gatherings as these are the bridges between the worlds.

Come with courage and curiosity...

WALK WITH THE WILD ONES! ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿชถ๐Ÿ„

Our village gatherings are free as we have a village of amazing humans sharing their bundle of medicine and sacred land holding all of us.

Sending love and blessings to all of you as I am entering this deep prayer portal back to Mount Shasta from Bainbridge Island WA.

Carrying you in my heart in this full lunar eclipse season in this root chakra in Mount Shasta โ€” honoring the darkness, tending the wounds while serving the light. ๐ŸŒ‘๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโœจ

*If you are a sound healer, and would love to be in our SOL Sound Village and play with us in nature in our next gathering in Autumn Equinox, message me. ๐ŸŽถ

Here are our upcoming village offerings:

8/24-31, 2025 Retreat & Rite of Passage, Mount Shasta CA
9/7/25 Divination of 13 Moons sisterhood Gathering, Fallbrook CA
9/20/25 Autumn Equinox Village Gathering, Valley Center CA
10/11-12 Communal Grief Tending Gathering, Vista CA
11/14-16/25 Retreat & Wilderness Rite of Passage, Sedona AZ (Adults)
1/10-11/26 Communal Grief Tending Ritual & Retreat with ritual elder and song leader, Laurence Cole; Song Leader Lisa Little Bird; Aislinn Kerchhaert, Kontomble Diviner & Grief Tending Facilitator, and Amy Ma, Wilderness Rites of Passage Guide & Grief Tending Facilitator
1/12/26 SOL Song Village with Laurence Cole & Lisa Little Bird, San Diego CA
1/13/26 SOL Song Village with Laurence Cole & Lisa Little Bird, Los Angeles CA

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