What We Carry: A Community Grief Circle
Sliding Scale | All are Welcome | Seattle, WA
What to Expect
In this two-hour circle, we will co-create a container for the grief that lives in our bodies and hearts: grief for personal losses and grief for the state of our world. All experiences of loss are invited to participate, including changes and transitions, death, pain from our past, sorrow for the suffering of the world, loss of community and connection, and anything else that needs witnessing.
Drawing from the teachings of Francis Weller, Joanna Macy, and in humble recognition of the human practice of communal grieving across many cultures and traditions, we will weave together explorations of grief through movement and somatic practices, poetry, song, and sharing and deep listening.
When:
May 14th, 2026, 6pm-8:15pm
Cost:
Sliding Scale: $25-$65
Where:
The Shelterwood Collective
This is not a grief support group or therapy session, but a welcoming space to grieve in community. We will practice remembering how to hold grief in community, cultivate space and respect for the pain and suffering in our world, and deepen connection with one another, the earth, and our web of teachers/mentors/ancestors/guides.
A community grief altar will be co-created for honoring loss and cultivating capacity and space for grief to flow through.
Facilitated by Virg Augoustatos, LMHC, P-RDT, grief-tender who believes in the power of connection, story, and shared humanity for collective wellbeing.
