Grief & Gratitude: an Evening of Connection
Schedule
Thu May 30 2024 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Genezarethkirche (Berlin - Neukölln) | Berlin, BE
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Grief & Gratitude: An Evening of Connection @ Genezareth Church👉🏽 Please E-MAIL me to register - as space is limited:
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In the ever-growing field of self-development, spirituality and healing, there are many workshops and seminars focused on ‘ascent’: on positivity, expansion, self improvement, and higher states. What is often lacking in this expanding marketplace are spaces of ‘descent’ - spaces in which to approach the darker elements of the human condition: the pain and shame and grief that all of us carry around. And there is a deep need for these neglected parts to be honoured, for our inner sorrows to find their voice and expression.There is a deep need for the shame and repression of our vulnerabilities to be lifted, and to be able to be together with and in our pain.
One of things I have learnt from Indigenous cultures - is the power and necessity of the Collective for holding and processing sorrow. Having one's personal pain witnessed and held by a caring community is an ancient and transformative human technology that has been forgotten by modern culture.
There is a special kind of magic that occurs when we come together as a group to hold and honour our pain and sorrow. And the more we can allow our griefs to flow freely though us, the more open we become to give and receive love.
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By learning how to become more receptive and open to our Grief, we become more capable of our Gratitude. To quote one of my teachers: ''sorrow and joy, grief and gratitude, side by side. It is indeed the mark of the mature adult to be able to carry these two truths simultaneously. Life is hard, filled with loss and suffering. Life is glorious, stunning, and incomparable. To deny either truth is to live in some fantasy of the ideal or to be crushed by the weight of pain. Instead, both are true, and it requires a familiarity with both sorrow and joy to fully encompass the full range of being human.”
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In this workshop we will come together as a community, thru exercises, thru movement, thru music and ceremony -- we will open a sacred space to honour the sorrows that we carry, both personally and collectively, as deepen our gratitude for life.
** This workshop is relevant for ALL kinds of Grief and Sorrow - not only the grief that comes with death. There are many pains and shames and losses that we carry, from our personal lives and from the collective - that require unconditional acceptance, feeling and expression.
+ No prior experience necessary
+ Can be done in English or German
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☀ BRING with you:
- A small STONE or PEBBLE to give away for the ceremony (it should fit in your hand, and you wont get it back afterwards)
- photos / objects you want to place on the altar
- Comfortable clothes to move around in
- Paper and Pen to journal in
- Drinks (and snacks if needed)
- An openness to hold space and stay until the end.
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☀ WHERE
Ev. Kirchengemeinde Genezareth
Herrfurthpl. 14, 12049 Berlin
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☀ WHEN
Thursday, 30. May
19:00 - Arrival
19:30 - Begin ** DOORS CLOSE: must be inside before this**
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☀ HOW
This event is donation based:
Suggested Donation: Between 15, - 30, euro (nach selbt-einschätzung)
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Where is it happening?
Genezarethkirche (Berlin - Neukölln), Herrfurthplatz 14,Berlin, GermanyEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
