

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Grieving Man: Portland Weekend Retreat
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun, 22 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: "Oh my brother, every problem that has troubled you
has troubled me, also." 
- Khalil Gibran

Fellow brothers, fathers, sons, uncles, elders-in-training &amp; the like,
with our hearts open and tender, strong and resilient, we humbly and enthusiastically invite you to an emergent and loving gathering for men called Grieving Man.

Register here at this link -- https://www.eventcreate.com/e/grieving-man-portland

WHAT IS IT?

Grieving Man is a friendship-led, land-based, relational and musical healing space. It is a ritual container that welcomes in the multi-faceted expressions of grief, joy, anger, desire, fear, longing (etc.) — emotions that are so often suppressed and stuck in our bodies — to be honored, expressed and, ultimately, transformed in the sacred witness of other men.

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"Rituals are the churches without walls, the antidote to our denial. Feeling together can both bring us together and free us."

- Prentis Hemphill (What It Takes To Heal)

WHY IS IT HAPPENING? 

As beings socialized as men, most of us were taught at an early age not to show certain emotions. But the truth is, we do feel deeply. We are sensitive beings. We experience loss, love and sorrow. We feel our shames and fears. We are moved by beauty. We hold anger and rage that isn’t inherently destructive, but is a deep cry of the heart. Grieving Man is a space to dive deep into the waters of collective depth, attunement and belonging, together.

Within this container we will explore and expand the edges of what is possible for the transformation and healing of the masculine. We will work to cultivate a community of men that show up, support, and hold each other accountable as we continue to remember and become the men we are meant to be.

This is a place to try things out, unlock our hearts and encourage one another to explore our depths as men. Through us gathering, in presence and emergence, we will cocreate a space together that leans into the collective intelligence of the group for its wisdom and direction. Through land-based practices, emergent ritual, collaborative singing, music, rhythm, nourishing food, embodied movement, and more we will access and express our grief, our joy, our desire, and the many emotional currents that move in our depths but are so often ignored, rejected or shamed in our pre-dominant monoculture.

We do this tender work so that we can show up for ourselves, our families and our communities with more fullness and presence. We do this with the intention of learning how to acknowledge and transform our personal and global grief into something that opens us up to the true preciousness of life—something that is beautiful, generative and nourishing for each of us, our loved ones and the greater web of life of which we are all a part.

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"Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honors what it misses." 
- Martín Prechtel

WHAT CAN I EXPECT?

Expect tears, big laughs, tender heartache and healing touch. Expect to feel things. Expect realness and an encouragement to be vibrant, beautiful, and messy in our aspirations toward wholeness. Expect to be offered a courageous space to loosen your armor, let go of your masks, and break down (see also: break through!) with the essential aid of supportive brotherhood and care.

This invitation is one that asks you to sense into this healing, life-giving culture of the masculine that many of us have not yet experienced, but are longing for. We don’t have the answers—we aren’t experts in this work. We are simply answering the call of our hearts, and inviting others to answer theirs with us.

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WHY ONLY MEN? WHY NOT INVITE EVERYONE?

It's no secret that the unchecked, untouched wounding of men has caused (and is causing) the earth great harm. In light of that, it is now our sacred responsibility to gather as men to tend to those wounds with each other. The energy behind a container aimed specifically toward men is in no way intended to be exclusionary. As men, a lot of us need to be doing this deep and tender work with other men, in a container where sacred masculinity is being given a chance to heal itself in the witness of other men. We do this work together in an effort to not continue causing harm and burdening the collective that we have impacted and exhausted for so long.

A lot of men are just beginning their journey into the deep, heart-opening work of grief tending. It is tender work and the container is held to honor and protect that opening into vulnerability.

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WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "MEN"?

For this specific offering, we invite all those who identify as a man or male, as well as anyone who has been socialized as a man or male anytime in their life. If you've been shaped by, and internalized, the cultural conditioning that is given to men, often in childhood, then this container may be for you.

If you would feel burdened or deeply uncomfortable in the extended presence of a group of men being honest and real about the ways they have experienced and participated in painful patterns of men, then this container may not be the best space. We will be attending to the experiences of men, and those socialized as men, in order to give room for deeper insight and re-patterning.

If you have any questions or concerns about who this gathering is for or how we will cultivate a culture of belonging, safety, and accessibility for those in attendance, please reach out to Jordan at jordan.s.lyon@gmail.com.

*Also, for those interested in a healing retreat like this but doesn't feel like this would be for them, please feel free to reach out and we can point you in directions of other community offerings that align with other identities and affinity groups.

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"We need ritual because it is an expression of the fact that we recognize the difficulty of creating a different and special kind of community. A community that does not have ritual does not exist."
- Malidoma Patrice Somé

LINEAGE OF TEACHERS

The style of grief ritual in this container is informed by - but not a direct descendant of - the teachings and offerings of Malidoma Patrice Somé, Sobonfu Somé, The Dagara People of Burkina Faso, West Africa, Resmaa Menakem, Francis Weller, Joanna Macy, Martín Prechtel, Laurence Cole, Thérèse Charvet, Tere Carranza, Collin Brown, and others. We give thanks and praise to each of them for their ongoing guidance, and recognize that none of what we are offering would be possible without their vital contributions to the world of grief-tending.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/grieving-man-portland-weekend-retreat/200029746891644
- **Event Categories**: Workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 26

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/grieving-man-portland?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=portland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Deep Waters
- **lat**: 45.54208
- **long**: -122.67686
- **full address**: Deep Waters, 2710 N Interstate Ave,Portland, Oregon, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Deep Waters, 2710 N Interstate Ave,Portland, Oregon, United States
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Grieving Man: Portland Weekend Retreat ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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