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Photo Caption: Grief Guides Melody LeBaron and Dean Spillane-Walker.<\/em><\/p>\n
The event is designed to transform the experience of grief for those experiencing any significant loss. These include those experiencing:<\/p>\n
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- the loss of a relationship, family member, pet, home or job<\/li>\n
- struggles with trauma, a diagnosis, or an illness<\/li>\n
- grief for the devastation of the planet and its peoples<\/li>\n
- difficulty coping with stuckness, sadness, or loneliness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Learn more: https:\/\/livingresilience.net\/griefretreat\/<\/a><\/p>\n
Caregivers such as family members, therapists, coaches, health and wellness practitioners may also benefit from the ritual practices of grief within a community setting.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur ancestors accepted grief as a normal part of life,\u201d says LeBaron. \u201cThey knew that grief buried alive kills the mind, the body, the soul.\u201d<\/p>\n
LeBaron is the author of \u201cTransforming Death: Creating Sacred Space for the Dying<\/a>\u201d (ISBN: 978-1733477123) a guide for the dying and their caregivers<\/a>, based on her experience as a midwife for the deaths of 12 of her closest loved ones including her 17-year old son, mother, and sister.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, when one person grieved, the tribe gathered and formed \u2018a community of mourners,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cIn other words, when a loss happened to one member of the tribe, it was processed and grieved\u2014by the entire tribe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walker says that within a community, grief can be transformed. \u201cGrief is feral,\u201d he says. \u201cIt does not come on demand. But grief can be evoked\u2014through stories, writing, movement, and ritual.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walker is author of \u201cThe Impossible Conversation: Choosing Reconnection and Resilience at the End of Business as Usual<\/a>\u201d (ISBN: 978-0692900017). He helps create consciousness within communities in ways that encourage the maturation of deep inner resources, as its members bravely face an unimaginable future.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrief can be welcomed, integrated, and transformed within the sacred space formed by an intentional community,\u201d Walker says.<\/p>\n
But, they say, some losses can\u2019t be managed alone. People may need a community of grievers in order to complete the grief cycle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen grief is fully processed and integrated, it transforms into a life-force, a fuel that revitalizes and propels us into reconnection and resilience, as individuals, families, and communities,\u201d says Walker.<\/p>\n
But when grief is ignored, tamped down, buried alive, vitality may be buried with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe live in a time when we are experiencing devastating personal\u2014and planetary\u2014loss. It is no longer advisable to grieve privately, to force ourselves to \u2018get over it,\u2019\u201d says LeBaron.<\/p>\n
Now is the time for a conscious, courageous community grieving. The retreat will include:<\/p>\n
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- Powerful writing practice to assist in opening our stories of loss<\/li>\n
- Deepening our trust in our emotional and body wisdom<\/li>\n
- Sharing our stories of loss in a confidential container, to the extent you want that<\/li>\n
- An avenue to express our grief over world events<\/li>\n
- Learning practices and healing tools to use after the retreat<\/li>\n
- Music and Movement that allow us to embody and then release emotions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To learn more about \u201cHeart Broken Open: Grief as a Sacred Path to Reconnection and Resilience,\u201d or to sign up to attend on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 6, from noon to 5 p.m., visit: https:\/\/livingresilience.net\/griefretreat\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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