Death & Dying ~ Grief & Loss
“I have done a few circles with Elizabeth. Participants start as strangers when the circles begin, but with Elizabeth’s graceful and skillful leadership, we reveal ourselves to one another within a safe and sacred container. By the end of each event , men and women, younger and mature, in all different walks of life, we each find common ground and an intimate connection that is palpable and visceral. I highly recommend Elizabeth’s work for any of the growth and awareness practices that she offers.” ~ Joseph Tavormina, Sebastopol
Conscious Grief Circle
Metabolizing Our Emotional Pain
Join us for a tender dive into the terrains of deep feeling where our deepest humanity and our emotional experience is held and cared for in a safe and compassionate container. We sit with the discomfort of hurting. We really go for healing, growth and change by building language and tools to navigate more powerfully- through the big stuff in life.
Elizabeth creates and holds sacred and deeply compassionate space for people to become familiar and comfortable with the internal landscapes and the process of self discovery and personal growth. We practice emotional intelligence, better listening, looking within, speaking from the heart, Spirited prayer, relaxing the mind and following the felt senses in order to discover the golden threads into our mysterious inner terrains. Elizabeth stewards a solid container and experience for people. She holds space with laser presence and a generous heart.
Together, in sacred space, we create a “container” or “healing field” in which we can begin to relax, letting our feelings and emotions be more present, held, understood and metabolized. Healing is metabolizing – so we practice opening, moving, sounding, breathing and fully feeling. Together we’ll explore our humanity, our common experiences with loss, relationships, loves, family, work, health etc. We sit with the discomfort of growth and change, building language and tools to navigate more powerfully together- through the big stuff in life.
Do you feel the need to connect with other humans in a deeply intimate and honest way where your emotional experience is held and cared for in a safe and sacred space?
Our journey with Grief, loss and emotional healing will be a tender and courageous being with ‘what is’. Intense feelings, and big hurting is often just too much for us when we are alone, we often resist the deeper waves of pain until we are held and there is actual permission, safety and connection.
The group and circle work involves movement and embodied practices with Body Tales and Elizabeth signature sacred space practices. We are somewhat provocative in using heart to heart connections, evocative music, and offering empathy and loving care to those sitting in emotional pain and discomfort. The space is wildly permissive, safe and expertly held for those who need to be invited and encouraged to depths of feeling otherwise blocked or unavailable to them. Elizabeth offers skillful counseling and insights and understanding which is key to metabolizing transforming the experience of loss, pain and grief.
We sit, connect to inner stillness and whatever is brewing and present – we meet with loving acceptance the myriad of emotional experience. We speak and share as it feels right and good. We sit in sacred container which means no one is fixing anyone or making comments or advice. I hold strong field of presence and prayer, which holds us all in the tenderness and fire of feeling. We are all invited to cry, sob, laugh, weep and be authentic in your inner experience. We learn to get in and get out, ride the waves of sorrow while inviting insights, understanding and true healing.
Fierce Love Fire Ceremony
This is a grief healing community healing ritual. We deepen through practices and concentrations to invite our humanity and our tender hearts to open. With chanting, singing and drumming a sacred and precious container is held for the sacred rites of release. Most cultures have specially honored time for wailing, keening, grieving and release. Unmetabolized grief can really stagnate our emotional health and our well being.