03/09/2026
We know...
When we come together as a village, something powerful and healing happens. We have the capacity to tend each other's hearts in the messiest and raw forms. That longing and belonging may emerge as a sacred human experience.
Grief, in most beliefs, is related to death. Yes, we grieve when someone we love who is no longer in this earth realm, but knowing that the spirit lives on, there is, perhaps, a deeper tending and connection, with each other in another way.
The truth is that whatever we love we will lose. All shall pass and we will leave one day. Some of us suffer from years or lifetime of shame, guilt, depression, anxiety, anger, addictions, these places which have not known love are deep grief.
Have you experienced in your life that you expect something, such as parental love, romantic partnerships, friendships, acknowledgement, etc., and yet you did not receive. This is also grief.
Earth and ancestral grief is an immense feeling of what this world is facing and many have been experiencing.
Every goodbye and eye lock with strangers are sacred, you know.
You are not alone in this, we are never alone. We are meant to be together.
You are seen, heard and acknowledged in this most vulnerable and courageous way of tending the raw human roots through grief.
Let's be each other's bundle of medicine through our presence and listening in our journey of grief and gratitude in which our heart can crack open with deeper love and joy.
It will be an honor to tend our grief together in this indigenous village way — 3-day grief ritual WAILS & WHISPERS BETWEEN THE WORLDS to purify our heart through tears, rage, grace, gratitude and love.
I am feeling very blessed and honored to be co-facilitating this grief retreat & ritual at with:
Village elder, Laurence Cole, grief mentor and renowned song leader
https://www.laurencecole.com
Lisa Littlebird, song leader and ceremonial voice guide
https://thebirdsings.com
Aislinn Kerckhaert, Kontomblé diviner
https://www.aislinnkerckhaert.comkerckhaert
So grateful for our ceremonial drummers, thank you,
Come, it's time, let's gather. 🤍
