Join our upcoming 6-week grief tending circle:

July 10 - Aug 14 | Wednesdays at 6:30 - 8:30 p.m
Location: Online | Zoom
Group size: 8-10 participants - space it limited
Total cost: Sliding scale $230 - $425 (limited scholarships also available on a financial need basis)
Focus on: Community building and peer support, somatic and creative expressions of grief, and crafting personal and collective grief rituals

Series description:

In this 6-week series, we welcome any forms of grief that are present. We will co-create space for an experiential group where participants can “drop in,” build community, and explore different ways of connecting with, honoring, and metabolizing grief.

Our flow will follow a ritual format, which includes opening and closing our circle with intention and weaving song and beauty throughout our time together. Each week, we will introduce a new element to support your grief tending practice, such as working with nature, beauty, and creative expressions, sacred witness, embodied movement and vocal expression, somatic release of rage and fury, and connecting to ancestors and helping spirits. We will also explore the the intersection of culture and grief as part of building a new micro-culture together around how we approach and care for our losses.

Does my grief belong in this circle?

Our gatherings honor all forms of grief including from losses, change and transitions, pain and wounding from our past, sorrows for our world (planetary, societal, racial, cultural), loss of village and belonging, ancestral grief, and anything else present. There is no grief too big or too small for our circles.

You may find it helpful to look over at Francis Weller’s Five Gates of Grief as a way of naming and acknowledging more fully that many layers of grief you may be carrying.

Fees and registration:

To register, please proceed with your payment and complete the registration questions.

If you are in need of a partial scholarship, please complete our scholarship application form and we will get back to you shortly.

Refund policy: Full refunds are available up to 30 days prior of the start date. After this period, a partial refund may be available if we are able to fill your spot with another participant.

Facilitator:

Siena Tenisci (MA, LMHCA) is a therapist, community organizer, and founder of Northwest Grief Tending. She is a descendant of Abruzzese and Celtic peoples - lineages where keening women once held dedicated and respected roles in society as vocal rituals who midwifed collective grief within their communities. Siena has been facilitating grief rituals for over a decade and has been inspired by the work of many teachers and mentors, including Sobonfu & Malidoma Some, Joanna Macy, Therese Charvet, Laurence Cole, Francis Weller, and Vince Horan. She completed her Masters in Counseling at Antioch University in Seattle and is committed to a lifelong practice of dismantling systemic and internalized oppression.

Questions? Please email Siena at nwgrieftending@gmail.com