Compassion-Based Support Group (In-Person)

The trauma was real. The grief is ongoing. The recovery will be long-term.

After the devastating LA fires, where can we, our families, friends and neighbors find the emotional and spiritual support needed to survive and thrive on the journey to recovery?

This new Compassion-Based Support Group offers anyone impacted by the LA fires the opportunity to be heard, to begin healing, and even to become hopeful.

We'll gather together at South Pasadena Christian Church on Tuesdays beginning October 14th through November 18th at 7:00-8:15 PM PT. Come one night, two nights, or all of them. This is your space. Walk-ins are welcome.

Led by experienced facilitators of compassion-based practices, each gathering will use mindfulness, visualization, and imagination to promote internal grounding and nurture understanding of our own fears, longings, and wounds. Small breakout groups will offer an experience of nonjudgmental, compassionate listening to those who choose to share. Facilitators will hold compassionate space that is free from cross-talk, comparison, criticism and correction. Participants will be invited to welcome the Sacred Presence they know to companion them along the journey.

We welcome anyone who lost their home, who cannot live in their home, who was personally traumatized by the fires, who has friends and family who were traumatized, who is a first responder or long-term caregiver...anyone who is in need of compassionate space and supportive community.

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