An 8-Week Journey Through Sorrow and Healing
Explore and honor your grief by joining us for ‘The Gates of Grief’ workshop.
This is an 8-week immersive workshop designed to guide participants through the profound and varied experiences of grief. As an end-of-life doula, grief guide, and educator, Rebecca Churt will lead you through this transformative journey, rooted in a community-based approach that honors grief as a vital life skill.
Grief is about losing a loved one; AND it also encompasses lost opportunities, broken relationships, and even sorrow for the world itself.
This workshop is an invitation to practice presence, bear witness, and hold space for what feels difficult, all within a compassionate, supportive community.
Join us as we step into the halls of sorrow together, not to remedy, but to create room for the fullness of our human experience.
Suzanne
Week 1: Group foundation and introductions
Week 2: First Gate; Everything we love we will lose
Week 3: Second Gate; The places that have not known love
Week 4: Third Gate; The sorrows of the world
Week 5: Fourth Gate; What we expected and did not receive
Week 6: Fifth Gate; Ancestral grief
Week 7: Sixth Gate; The harms we’ve caused
Week 8: Closing ritual and final reflections
Dates: TBD
We will host another one at the end of the year. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for updates.
Format: Virtual sessions via Zoom. Links provided upon registration. All sessions are recorded and available for playback.
Aimee
Each week, Rebecca will lead participants through an exploration of a different "Gate of Grief," a concept inspired by the understanding that grief is multifaceted and deeply woven into the fabric of our lives. The gates include:
Through guided meditations, reflective writing, creative practices, and group sharing, participants will deepen their relationship with grief, cultivate resilience, and discover a "cosmology of connection" that honors both individual and collective sorrow.
We hope you'll join us. We've answered some additional questions below, and should you need support while deciding please feel free to reach out.
Some benefits:
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Anonymous
This workshop is for anyone seeking to explore their grief in a structured and supportive environment. Whether you have navigated personal loss, the ache of unmet expectations, or a deep sorrow for the world, this space is for you.
If you are experiencing a very recent loss, however, you may wish to pause and consider whether this is the right time for this work. Trust your intuition about what feels most supportive for your healing right now.
That’s okay! We encourage everyone to join the first session to connect with the group, receive a warm welcome, and get grounded in the group agreements and become familiar with the gates. All sessions will be recorded and available for playback if you miss a week. That said, the real magic happens when everyone is present, so we hope you can attend as many sessions as possible!
Our time together will be grounded in principles of deep listening, humility, and bearing witness. We will practice being present without trying to fix or advise, and we will treat all shared experiences with confidentiality and care.
In 2023 Rebecca dedicated eight months to studying the Gates of Grief. Most of that time was with Francis Weller directly who's given his explicit permission to bring this work into the world.
Get to Know Your Grief Style — Insight Into the Patterns That Shape Your Experience.
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