Monday, Nov 25 at 6:30 - 8:30 p.m
Location: Online | Zoom
Sliding scale $15-$70

Description:

As we move deeper into the fall season, Northwest Grief Tending invites you to our Online Grief & Gratitude Ritual, falling on Thanksgiving week. We know that while this season is often framed by gratitude and celebration, it can also bring up deep emotions and complexities, especially for those of us experiencing loss or navigating grief. Grief and praise are deeply interconnected, yet our culture often treats grief as completely unwelcome during the holidays. Many of us are also feeling the complexity right now of celebrating a holiday formed on the painful erasure of Indigenous histories and the devastation of colonization.

Some of you may be grappling with this seasonal complexity, while others may be carrying something completely different. This gathering provides a space for you to connect with community and bring whatever may be on your heart at this time.

During this 2-hour gathering, we will light a candle together and join in song, poetry, movement, and deep listening to honor our collective grief & gratitude. This flow will follow a ritual format, which includes opening and closing our circle with intention and weaving in beauty throughout our time together. By reaching for each other, we find the courage and support to face what needs tending, keep our hearts open, and return to what matters most.

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.

Fees and registration:

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

Refund policy: Full refunds are available up to 30 days prior to the start date.

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