04/10/2026
Friday April 24th 5:30pm-9pm
Saturday April 25th 9am – 9pm(ish)
Sunday April 26th 9am – 5pm
Come join us for a time of cathartic release and deep connection, to end our cultural norm of isolation. The ancient wisdom of this grief tending lineage teaches us that our culture is sick not because we grieve too much, but because we don’t grieve enough. We aren’t given permission to fully grieve. When grief is not processed, it often gets passed down through the generations and can come out in harmful ways. We can reclaim our natural ability to heal alongside one another. Sometimes we can get stagnant and drown in our grief because we aren’t given a way and a community to allow it to move through us. This medicine helps us regain our interconnectivity. The ritual includes talking circles, singing and drumming, poetry, movement, practice in sacred listening, witnessing and being witnessed, ceremony, sharing food and quiet time. The heart of the retreat is a ceremony inspired by Sobonfu Somé and shared by Laurence Cole and Harmony Woods Grief Tenders.
The work is also inspired by the Five Gates of Grief from Francis Weller:
Everything we love we will lose,
the places that have not known love,
the sorrows of the world, the things we cannot even name that we ache for, and intergenerational or ancestral grief.
$350 for the weekend (food not included). We try to keep the cost of these rituals as low as possible, so if you are able, please consider making a donation towards a scholarship fund to support someone else to attend. You can venmo your payment to for $350 or send a check for $350 and we will reserve your spot! Please fill out this form to complete your registration. Email [email protected] to request payment plans, scholarships, and work trades. We are dedicated to making this accessible to everyone so please don’t hesitate to ask.
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