What We Carry: A Community Grief Circle
Sliding Scale | All are Welcome | Seattle, WA
What to Expect
In this three-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 through movement, artistic expression, connection with nature, and deep listening.
When:
Saturday, September 27th, 2026
10am-1pm
Cost:
Sliding Scale: $75-$150
Where:
Seward Park
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.
As part of our gathering, we will work with foraged natural materials and provided art supplies, to create a visual landscape of your grief, whether literal or abstract, to creatively express and witness your experience of loss.
Facilitated by:
Virg Augoustatos, LMHC, P-RDT, grief-tender who believes in the power of connection, story, and shared humanity for collective wellbeing.
Rachael Coccia, LMCHA, a grief and trauma counselor whose background in environmental activism, hospice work, and death doula training informs a deeply rooted approach to grief tending.
