Grief Group is for everyone

Regardless of where you are on earth, you are welcome in this space. Grief Group is not limited by country, region, or timezone

Grief Group was a peer-to-peer support group upheld by the elements of psycho-education and mysticism, co-led by all of us who sit at its table.

A love-note from Grief Group member ~

“My relationship with grief now feels like an opening--a new relationship with a new friend who has been beside me all along. I'm just now asking what their name is and striking up a conversation. I'm learning about them--their history, who they are, and the nature of their existence. I'm discovering how they have shaped the person that I am, and how my lack of acknowledgement of them has slowly threatened to constrict the life out of me, because my validation of their sacred existence is vital. My inclusion of them sets us both free and gives life meaning. I'm excited to learn much more about my new friend, grief.”

Its purpose was to touch and explore the barriers we may face as individuals and communities when experiencing any type of loss, and to provide a container for what often feels uncontainable.

Like an aquarium for grief, here we came into intimacy with the depths of its ocean side by side.

Our prayer was to mitigate the tidal waves we often find ourselves facing in grief, soften our resistance to them, and embrace the hand of our neighbor.

We stand the greatest chance at gaining the gifts of a heart broken-open when it is held in wonder and in community.

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An image from a Grief Group Session exploring rituals of release with the natural world.

Anything we love and lose fundamentally shapes us and re-makes us

Grief Group was designed to support and explore any loss

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༄.° all aches welcome in this space ༄.°

One could be grieving:

  • A death

  • A divorce

  • A diagnosis

  • A parent/family member who is still alive

  • A job or home loss

  • An unexpected and/or drastic life change

  • The passage of time

  • A version of ourselves

  • The effects of addiction or a chronic illness

  • The loss of the earth due to the climate disaster

  • The ending of a relationship

  • Even ambiguous grief, without a name or face