Creative workshop with clay artist Marian Stonacek-keep grief moving with earth and water…
Grief isn’t something you “get over” or even get through as that implies it ends. Rather, it rearranges you and your world. What is needed is integration and a way to honor the loss. We will do this in community with the help of the elements of earth, water, and fire! We will honor and release what is ready to go. And then you’ll create sacred objects for a grief and praise altar to keep your grief process moving long after the workshop is over.
In a small group setting (8-10) we will set a collective intention to keep our grief moving, to learn from it and honor it. You will create a few sacred objects for a grief altar. Instructions will be given on how to do this. You will also create a simple and humble piece that represents your grief. There will be specific instructions on what to do with this during our group time.
We will gather three times:
- Friday, Sept 26, 6:30-8pm
- Saturday, Sept 27, 10-4pm (lunch included)
- Friday, Oct. 9, 6:30-8pm
Investment:
$344
Use coupon code EARLYBIRD for $47 off. (deadline August 21)
We must grieve together in ritual and ceremony. In the past Beth has co-led grief rituals in the Dagara style taught by Elder Malidoma Somé and Sobonfu Somé.
Stay tuned for more information about these important rituals.
Reach out if you'd like to be part of a team that holds this on an annual basis.
The Dagara Grief Ritual was taught to Beth by Elder Malidoma Somé and Sobonfu Somé who are both from the Dagara tribe in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Sobonfu led many grief rituals to Westerners after she learned that we didn’t know how to be with grief. For the Dagara, grief is simply part of being human.
Beth attended these rituals with both Elder Malidoma and Sobonfu and it was one of the things that helped her most to be with the amount of grief she was carrying.
She has since led these rituals with Wendy Kaas for many years.
Grief ritual is a sacred place and time to let your feral grief be fully expressed. We will set up a few altars to grief, the Ancestors and to forgiveness and water. Then we will teach you the grief song only used in this ritual. We will then have many rounds of grieving. And we’ll end by sharing a meal and some social time together.
Questions? Reach out to Beth, she’s so happy to share about this healing experience.
Thank you
