The annual grief integration ritual & retreat is a time and space to nourish and resource yourself deeply so you can feel all the way through the depth of your love and loss. This weekend is all about honoring that which has been lost as we come into a time of deep thanks-giving, celebration, and exploration available in the coming years. This retreat weaves together group ritual and sharing with time and space for benevolent solitude, connection with nature, and deep inner reflection.
This Retreat is Designed to:
Nourish, resource, and hold you and all you are grieving and longing for
Honor the losses that have and are shaping you.
Celebrate that which you most love and long for now.
Connect with the Gates of Grief.
Create a deep sense of belonging and care with an intimate group of heart-centered people.
Co-create and participate in community grief ritual.
Educate on the historic, cultural, medical, and spiritual landscapes of grief.
Connect us to the natural world (and the Ocean) as an ally in our healing.
Why Grieve in Community?
We were never meant to carry sorrow alone. We must come into connection to heal these deep wounds of disconnection. Grief is universal, it's a natural response to loss. We need to see each other and to be seen and expressed in all that we are carrying.
Grief ritual is ancient medicine. In the presence of others, we find the courage to speak aloud what the soul has long held in silence. When grief is witnessed—by another human being, by a forest, by the ocean—it moves. It breathes.
This retreat is a community-based grief practice, where we gather in circle, in song, in silence, and in ceremony. In doing so, we restore a forgotten intimacy—with ourselves, each other, and the living Earth.
We turn to the natural world not to escape our grief, but to remember how to feel it. The ocean reminds us how to soften. The forest teaches us how to let go. The wind carries our prayers farther than our voices can reach.
Ecological grief, too, is welcome here. We weave our sorrow for the planet into our healing, reconnecting with the Earth as a beloved companion and ally.
This is not only a personal healing retreat—it is a collective act of restoration. A ritual of reweaving ourselves into the fabric of life.
Retreat Details
Dates:
Friday, November 14th (6pm)– Sunday, November 16th (10am), 2025
Location:
Private retreat home nestled along the Oregon Coast in Cloverdale, OR (exact location shared upon registration)
Meals:
Nourishing, intentional vegetarian meals provided
Lodging:
Shared accommodations with limited private rooms available
