IN THESE TIMES

tending grief and rage together this election season

FUNDRAISER FOR GAZA

Join us this election season for collective communion – to the grief and rage living in our bodies born out of the injustice of the current world.

together we will share our truth, be present with what is alive in us, skillshare practices to support our emotional tending, and let ourselves be nourished by community connections. we will share plants, embodiment practices, reflection exercises and more to support us all in deepening our resiliency for the long work ahead of us. grief and rage are powerful forces, and we can collaborate with them (rather than resist them) in our efforts to organize and agitate for a just world.

come if you are wanting the extra support during this farce of an election season. come with your heavy feelings. come with your lived experience. come with your feelings, and be open to hearing others.

let this group be an anchor in a time when activation will be running high. let the group support you in these times of intense stress. let the knowing that you are not alone in feeling grief and anger during this season tend some of the rough edges. this is an intense time, in an intense world. we don’t have to do it all alone, and can even nourish each other when gathering around shared emotional experiences. let yourself be nourished as you contribute to a wider web of community nourishment.

come as you are. you are welcome here. we are in this together.

LOGISTICS

Two cohorts are available for signup, depending on your time zone. You can select your choice using the buttons below.

          COHORT 1: We will gather on Mondays from 6-7:30pm ET – Oct 28, Nov 4, Nov 11, Nov 18 & Nov 25, 2024.

          COHORT 2: We will gather on Tuesdays from 3-4:30pm ET – Oct 29, Nov 5, Nov 12, Nov 19, Nov 26, 2024.

This five week program will take place over Zoom. There will be closed captioning available.

These gatherings will NOT be recorded. This will be an intimate space. However, reflection prompts and exercises as well as any PDFs used will be shared via email.

This will be a gentle and lovingly held container.  Folks are welcome to be on or off screen, participate or not as they feel called, and are free to utilize the unmute or chat functions to contribute.  Come as you are.

Attending all sessions is encouraged but not required. You are still welcome to join us if you can only make some of the sessions.

Spaces are limited for intimacy & connection.

SOLIDARITY ACCESS:

Need a discounted solidarity rate to be able to participate? You are welcome to use the code SOLIDARITY50 to get 50% off ($167). The discount can be used to pay in full or with a payment plan.

These are limited in number, so please only use them if you are unable to access the course otherwise – not because of preference to pay a lower cost or a fear of future scarcity. Thank you for participating thoughtfully in the sliding scale system!

The Shape of Our Time Together

We will spend the first two sessions focusing on grief: what it feels like, how it lives in our bodies, what we already know about grief and how we tend it; then we will share practices, tips, ideas for tending our grief.

The third and fourth sessions will be focused on holy rage in a similar fashion.

During our sessions together, we will engage in personal reflection, embodied practice, community dialogue, and more.  We will talk about plant kin that can support us in our processes, as well as secular and spiritual practice. We will utilize large group discussion as well as small group discussion in break out rooms. This is a non-hierarchical learning environment – meaning that while I will be sharing some of my own experience, so too will each of you be invited to share yours. Learning and wisdom will flow in all directions.

In between sessions, folks will have invitations to practice shared at the end of the session and sent out via email. As always, take what resonates and leave the rest.

Our fifth and final session will be a coming together to honor all that we have learned about ourselves and each other in the past month. We will share what worked for us, what didn’t, what we learned and still have to learn, and relish in the togetherness of it all. 

At the end of our time together, it is my hope that you will leave having learned one or two ways of tending grief and rage that are appropriate for you and can support you in the coming winter ahead, as our political climate continues to strain us all. I hope that these practices can support you in continuing to work towards justice and change in the days, months, and years ahead as we dream toward liberation. It will take time, but we will win.

Questions and Answers

WILL THIS BE VERY INTENSE?

• This will be a very gentle container in which intense feelings will potentially be swirling.
• All practices will be invitational (meaning you can feel into if something feels supportive and appropriate for you)
• We will be exploring our personal grief and rage, so we can choose how deep to go or how much we want to dive into it at this time, given our capacity; you always have the choice to go at the pace that’s right for you
• Together after touching on our personal experiences, the focus will be on sharing experiences, skills, plant relationships, practices (including embodiment and non-body based), and ritual invitations around tending the grief and rage that lives within us all
• This will be a firmly held facilitated container so that the intention for the offering remains on course
• We will take breaks and practice titration!
• Throughout you will be invited to care for yourself, participate as is appropriate, and practice self-responsibility

WHO IS THIS FOR?

• any queer or trans person seeking to explore grief & rage tending in supportive community
• people who like to work with plants, embodied practice and communal dialogue for justice and healing
• folks seeking skills and relationships to bolster their existing practices and habits
• folks looking for a gentle engagement with deep, complex and potent topics
• folks who find it meaningful to engage in grief work and inward reflection
• folks feeling ready to gently ask themselves what their spirits might need this dark season

Note: This is not intended as a support for folks who are in active crisis.

Feel free to email me if you have other questions or concerns!

HOW DO I JOIN?

Sign up using the link below!

Note: Space is limited for intimacy and connection.