Navigating Grief: The inevitable companion of the human experience

Navigating grief Through a Somatic Lens

Understanding that each of us is in a relationship with grief - regardless of whether or not we have conscious awareness of this fact. Together we will begin to explore and understand your personal experience and relationship with grief and build capacity to be with, explore and rest into the sacredness of this experience.

Maybe you find yourself:

• Experiencing unexplained heaviness or sadness

• Avoiding the news or feeling overwhelmed by what is happening in the world at this time

• In the shadow of the loss of a loved one, a close relationship, or a life you once knew

• Hiding from or avoiding the parts of yourself that bring shame

• Fear knowing yourself too deeply or acknowledging the shadow parts of who you are

• Holding onto grief that does not feel like it is yours or of this lifetime, but rather connected to your ancestors

• Sadness about love not received

Grief is the gift and the access point to what has been lost, what is in need of love, and what can be healed through connection, relationship and being with from a place of love.

understanding grief through the work of francis weller

The Five Gates of Grief:

• The First Gate: Everything we love we will lose.

• The Second Gate: The places that have not known love.

• The Third Gate: The sorrows of the world.

• The Fourth Gate: What we expected and did not receive.

• The Fifth Gate: Ancestral grief.