Tending the Garden: Somatic & Creative Pathways for Grief, 21 September | Event in Moline | AllEvents

Tending the Garden: Somatic & Creative Pathways for Grief

Sanctuary Studios

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Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm

1800 7th Avenue - Second Floor, Moline, IL, United States, Illinois 61265

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Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm (CDT)

1800 7th Avenue - Second Floor, Illinois 61265

1800 7th Ave, Moline, IL 61265-2109, United States

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About the event

Tending the Garden: Somatic & Creative Pathways for Grief
A two-part, pay-what-you-can offering at Sanctuary Studios in Moline, IL
Facilitated by:

Erica Denise Franzen, LMT, LST, Shamanic Counsel (Death Walker, Grief Companion, End-of-Life Doula)
& Lauren Gil Hayes, LCSW (Grief Therapist, Loneliness Scholar, End-of-Life Doula)

This is a shared grief space where we can bring our collection of inner altars and lay them down in witness to partners and the collective. "Tending the Garden" is a communal ritual for anyone moving through grief - quiet grief, complicated grief, anticipatory grief, or the kind that doesn't have a name. We’ll gather with sound, writing, breath, and ritual to tend to what’s present. There’s no pressure to fix or move on; just an invitation to be with and witness it. Together.

We’re offering two sessions this summer in the series and recommend attending both:

Session 1: “Composting & Blooming”
An 3-hour gathering with an optional garden experience afterward.
Includes altar-building, writing, soundscapes, and participatory ritual.

Short Session: “The Seed in the Dark”
A quieter, 2-hour gathering.
Includes sensory exploration, sound bath, and gentle witnessing.

What to expect:

A place to be with your grief in community

Invitations to move, rest, write, and reflect in response to loss

Shared silence and sound

No fixing, no performing--just tending

Come as you are. Bring something small for the opening altar if you’d like. All grief is welcome.

Register at https://sanctuarystudiosqc.cowtinker.com/om/schedule


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Tending the Garden: Somatic & Creative Pathways for Grief, 21 September | Event in Moline | AllEvents
Tending the Garden: Somatic & Creative Pathways for Grief
Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 02:00 pm