February Community Grief Ritual - Asheville, NC

Name: February Community Grief Ritual - Asheville, NC
Start: 2025-02-01T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-01T17:30:00-05:00
Location: Land of the Sky UCC

Schedule

Sat Feb 01 2025 at 10:30 am to 05:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Land of the Sky UCC | Asheville, NC

You are not alone in your grief.
Grief is as natural an expression of humanness as joy, and honors the losses of what we loved: family, friends, relationships, situations, parts of ourselves that once knew love, etc. Unexpressed grief can be the source of stress, illness, and disease while the process of grieving can bring balance to the body and create space for joy to recolonize the heart.
We will create a safe and powerful container together to share in sacred witnessing, body awareness, heart-opening music, and emotional release.
EVENT DETAILS
This event will be held indoors. Masks are welcome, but not required. Physical wellness is required; please stay home if you're even slightly sick.
Parking is limited so please carpool if possible.
The ritual itself is a closed container that will go from 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM, so please arrive promptly and stay until the end.
EVENT FACILITATOR
This somatic, guided grief-journey will be facilitated by Josh Fox, a local song-carrier, teacher, and herbalist. A grief-tender in his private practice, he has offered community healing circles for over a decade, inspired by the works of Sobonfu Somé, Frances Weller, and Martin Prechtel. A life-long student of Grief and Chinese Medicine, he has received direct ceremonial training with Laurence Cole and Kedar Brown.
This journey will be supported with live musical accompaniment and supported by other trained grief-tenders.
More info about Grief-work at: http://www.foxhealing.com
If you are interested in receiving deeper training on the art of Grief-Training, follow this link to be a part of the Grief-Tending Village which will encompass this ritual: http://www.foxhealing.com/grieftrainings
REGISTRATION
There are limited spots and the event will fill up so register here ASAP. There is a suggested donation of $70-150 for the day-long ritual and lunch, but no one is turned away for lack of funds. Regardless of your donation amount, you must secure your spot by registering on Ticket Tailor. Expect to receive an email a few days before with parking instructions, and put [email protected] into your contacts so it doesn't go to spam.
Please bring a water bottle, a cushion and small blanket, a bowl, and a spoon. You may also choose to bring a few votive candles, flowers, and pictures or items for an ancestor altar (you will get these back). Also bring a camp-chair if sitting on the ground doesn't work for you. Please arrive promptly (we will "close the doors" when we begin). No dogs. Not recommended for children younger than 12.

A WORD FROM PAST PARTICIPANTS
"This was one of the most healing and transformative experiences I've ever had. To be held in such a safe container while also bearing witness to the depths of grief in others, is a deeply humbling experience. I've been hiding my grief since I was 10 years old. For the first time in my life I felt like my grief had a place to be seen, heard and held. That presence, support and unconditional acceptance from strangers changed my life. I feel more connected to myself, my emotions and to the human experience. Even if you feel like you have never experienced loss in your life, this ritual will help you heal parts of you that you don't even know are hurting." --J.J. Asheville, NC
"This work is the real deal. Fox creates a safe, sacred, and spacious container... to connect to the deepest parts of your inner self. Exploring grief through this ritual healed me in ways that words cannot.“ - A.V., Gainesville, FL