The Anatomy of Sorrow
AN EXPANSIVE APPRENTICESHIP WITH GRIEF
A three-part class series that goes beyond the familiar "five stages" to explore what grief actually is and how it lives in our bodies. Join us to examine the varied models of grief that better reflect real human experience, discover how sorrow lives in our bodies (and how to work with it there), and learn ritual practices rooted in Francis Weller's approach to grief.
3 Tuesdays on Zoom:
Aug 26, Sept 2, Sept 9
5 - 6:30pm Mountain Time
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN
$222-$444
Grief
Body
Sorrow
Grief Body Sorrow
In our grief-illiterate culture we're taught that there's a "right way" to grieve, that healthy mourning follows predictable patterns, and that anything outside the narrow mainstream narrative is concerning or wrong. This leaves countless people feeling broken when their grief doesn't match what they see on TV, judging their family members for grieving "differently," and disconnected from their body's natural responses. Why don't I feel what everyone expects? Is my spouse grieving wrong? Why does my body hurt in ways that don't make sense? We pathologize, compare, and abandon our own experience in favor of what we think grief "should" look like.
This 3-week gathering is here to shatter those limitations. To show you that your grief is as unique as your fingerprint and just as valid. Your body's response is intelligent information, not malfunction. And the people you love aren't broken if they grieve in ways you've never witnessed before. For those who support others through loss, understanding grief's true diversity is essential medicine you can offer to everyone who's ever felt like they're "doing it wrong."
Join us to discover the rich diversity of grief models, learn what loss actually does to your physiology, explore somatic practices that support your body through mourning, understand why people grieve so differently from each other, and begin trusting that however you or your loved ones grieve is exactly right for you.
3 Weeks of Expansion
Week One
THE many MODELS OF GRIEF
Week Two
GRIEF IN (AND THROUGH) THE BODY
Week Three
GRIEF RITUALS & Integration
We'll gather for three consecutive Tuesdays. The first session will tour the rich history of grief models, revealing how many different ways researchers have understood mourning - and why the "five stages" became famous despite not being the most accurate or helpful framework. Our second gathering will explore what grief actually does to your body: how stress hormones flood your system, why your immune function changes, how your brain rewires itself, and what somatic practices can support your body through these changes. Our final circle will focus on ritual practices based on the works of Francis Weller that honor any and all expressions of grief - ceremonies that create space for the full spectrum of human mourning.
This is a gathering for grief companions, family members trying to understand each other, professionals supporting the bereaved, and anyone who's ever felt like an outsider in their own grief. You don't need academic background in grief theory to participate; lived experience is your greatest teacher. A willingness to question what you've been told about "normal" grief is all we ask.
“Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground"
– Oscar Wilde
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The Anatomy of Sorrow
Three tuesdays on Zoom: aug 26, sept 2, sept 9
5 - 6:30pm Mountain Time
(Pay-what-you-can: $222, $333, $444)
Your teachers
Morgan Fava
With over a decade of study in the realms of death, dying, and grief, Morgan has journeyed through significant loss and transformation in her own life. As a certified death doula, energy healer, Akashic record practitioner, and ceremonialist, she is dedicated to supporting individuals and families through the sacred transition of death.
In her work, she provides compassionate guidance and education, helping to create a more peaceful and serene end-of-life experience.
Lauren Carroll
Lauren Carroll, co-founder of La Mort, is a Death Educator & Holistic Funeral Director who is passionate about weaving community and family back into the death space. Her work centers around re-aligning our culture with Mother Earth and helping humans remember how to love one another. She is a former board member for the National Home Funeral Alliance and co-founded The Deathwives. She lives on an urban farm at the base of a mountain where she tends to her animals, raises her two children, and dances around bonfires on the full moon with friends while listening to Nick Cave.
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