Grief is a universal experience. Though we experience both large and small griefs in our lives, many of these go unacknowledged, accumulating in our internal selves, relinquished to the shadow of our collective reality.
Grieving is a capacity of the deepest soul self, one that attunes us to our true aliveness.
Our grief is an offering to life, from life, on behalf of more life.
In this masterclass, we will look at the different gateways through which grief arrives; how it is that our lives and our modern worlds are calling to us to meet this potent reality, and we will learn how to acknowledge, befriend, and welcome this transformative essence.
We make space for the messages it carries, drawing on age old indigenous wisdom, and newer modalities that blend psychology, somatics and interpersonal exploration.
We will aim to grow our grief literacy and awareness, and the capacity within ourselves to meet and welcome grief, so that we may meet these times with greater clarity and grace.
Grief is not simply death or endings, it is also challenge, struggle, regret, loss and attunement to what is missing as well as what is present.
When practised, we cannot lose ourselves to grief, rather we liberate our lives to the fullness that is our birthright.
“Grief is a form of protest: it refuses to live numb and small.”
-Francis Weller
Come to this masterclass to learn the many ways we can befriend this medicine, and transform our relationship to life and living.
What You Will Receive:
Input and Teachings on the Gates of Grief
Social and cultural context of Grief practice and its modern significance
Embodiment and self care tools to process grief
Ritual activities to connect and anchor
Space to share your own experience
Who Is This For?
Anyone who has or is experiencing grief or sorrow in their lives who would like to sit this experience in greater meaning making and cultural context.
Those seeking more resilience in their inner and outer worlds.
Anyone who has carried something unseen or unwitnessed.
Anyone in grief, in struggle, in beauty or in challenge who is moved by the necessity to tend to the dark and difficult as well as the light.
Those who would like to support others (family, friends, loved ones, community) in their lives.
You are welcome.
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You can choose to donate or attend for free
€10 - no code needed
€5 - use code GRIEF5
€0 - use code GRIEF0
This workshop, alongside our Oct 3rd workshop on Shame with Claire Killilea, will feed into a half day retreat where both facilitators will be collaborating to create a container to go deeper into these topics - details here
About Jenny O’Hare
I am a facilitator, Depth Ecologist and Nature Guide. Originally following a passion for the living world through science, with a degree in Earth Science and a Masters in Ecological Conservation, I have worked alongside various environmental organisations and experienced the wonder and interconnectivity of our planet in many ways.
Realising the depth of human-nature connection far beyond the scientific realm, and an awareness of this time of great need, I began to explore and offer deeper ways of connecting with the living world. I have trained in Environmental Education, Nature Resonance, Eco-Therapy, Eco-Psychology, Spiritual Ecology and Solo Nature guiding. I have also trained in the Work that Reconnects, and Ceremony and Ritual for Death and Dying.
My offerings draw on all of these modalities, but hold simplicity at their core: our presence and participation with the world.
Learn more about Jenny here