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Two consecutive Sunday afternoon workshops on Being with & Tending our Grief through Insight LA Meditation Center. Come to one or both. Grief is a given in this life, and especially during times of uncertainty and change, it behooves us to learn to tend and be with our pain in a communal forum. Mediation, self-compassion, community ritual, writing and sharing.

ONLINE FORUM

Come together to unite in a shared context of our love for the world and common care for people and planet, to build connection and courage for bringing forth what is most alive in us in response to a world in need of repair. We will engage our love and heartbreak, questions of purpose and participation, and simple practices to listen to ourselves and each other. The theme will vary each month and the form will remain more or less the same.

ONLINE FORUM

In this 3-hour workshop, we will explore the territory of grief and its many forms of expression from a soul-centered, community-based perspective, as well as ritual practices that help both to contain and allow it to move and transform. This is for anyone who works with grief or is interested in working with grief. As space is limited, priority will be given to those currently working in direct contact with people in a healing or therapeutic context.

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An opportunity to honor our personal and collective grief with regards to the sorrows of the world, loss of loved ones, ancestral grief, trauma, places in ourselves that have not known love, what we expected and did not receive, and the reality that everything we love, we will lose. NOTE DATE CHANGE

ONLINE FORUM : We will engage our love and heartbreak, questions of purpose and participation, and simple practices to listen to ourselves and each other. Come together to unite in a shared context of our love for the world and common care for people and planet, to build connection and courage for bringing forth what is most alive in us in response to a world in need of repair.

We will engage our love and heartbreak, questions of purpose and participation, and simple practices to listen to ourselves and each other. Speaking and listening from the heart is a core practice. No one has to speak. The theme will vary each month and the form will remain more or less the same - poetry, song and dyadic and full group councils.

When Buddhist monk Thich Naht Hanh was asked by a student… What can we do to save our world? he replied, “What we most need to do, is to hear within us the sound of the earth crying.” Contrary to misguided perceptions, acknowledging our pain for the world often connects us to a larger sense of ourselves and deepens a sense of solidarity and connection with others.

4 month series, once a month, come to one or preferably all for a sequential arc of deepening (Artwork by Deborah Koff-Chapin).

Come together to unite in a shared context of our love for the world and common care for people and planet, to build connection and courage for bringing forth what is most alive in us in response to a world in need of repair.

4 month series, once a month, come to one or preferably all for a sequential arc of deepening

Come together to unite in a shared context of our love for the world and common care for people and planet, to build connection and courage for bringing forth what is most alive in us in response to a world in need of repair.

This is an opportunity to come together across perceived differences and unite in a shared context of our love for the world and common care for people and planet, to build connection and courage for bringing forth what is inside of us in response to a world in need of repair. We all have unique gifts to share on behalf of what we love, and need community and containment to participate in a meaningful way. 

An opportunity to honor our personal and collective grief with regards to the sorrows of the world, loss of loved ones, ancestral grief, trauma, places in ourselves that have not known love, what we expected and did not receive, and the reality that everything we love, we will lose.

This is a day to explore the dreamtime – dreams that guide, intrigue, delight, provoke, disturb - as both the dreamer and the dreamed. Dreams offer guidance, blessings, questions, opportunities for healing, awareness of feelings, needs, desires, fears, longings and most of all, a direct encounter with soul.

As we approach the one year anniversary of the debris flow post the Thomas fire, and the resulting devastation in our community, this is an opportunity to come together in reflection and renewal, to honor our losses, give thanks for our blessings, and listen into what is current. 

Show up with other 20 something folks to share and listen from the heart about what is moving in you during these times. What are the dreams you are carrying for yourself and the world? Dreams from the mystery of the night as well as dreams and longings and visions from the day.

An opportunity to honor our personal and collective grief with regards to the sorrows of the world, ancestral grief, trauma, places in ourselves that have not known love, what we expected and did not receive, and the reality that everything we love, we will lose - it is all welcome. 

"The documentary CRAZYWISE explores what can be learned from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformational experience." 

In response to the devastating times we are in, join myself and others for a community gathering of song, sharing from the heart and simple ritual. 

In response to the devastating times we are in, please join myself and others for a community gathering, Tending Our Grief - an evening of coming together in song, sharing and simple ritual. 

We have all been impacted by the fires in Southern California, some of us have lost our homes, others are still at risk, and all of us have had our sense of safety and predictability shaken. During these times it is important to come together.