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 that honor grief as a lifelong companion and portal to deeper connection.
December 5, 12, 19
from 1 - 2:30pm MT
Co-taught by Morgan Fava & Lauren Carroll
Graduates receive a 10-hour Certificate of Completion
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 Landscape of grief
Week Two
the body of
grief
Week Three
GRIEF as RITUAL & reclamation
We'll gather for three consecutive Fridays to radically reimagine your relationship with grief - exploring it as a lifelong companion rather than a problem to "fix," diving into how grief imprints on your nervous system and physical body, and moving from intellectual understanding into sacred witnessing.
Together we'll tour different grief models and discover where they fall short of real human experience, recognize your unique grief style without shame, and examine why our culture clings to linear constructs despite decades of research showing grief isn't linear. We'll explore different types of grief and learn about the physiological composition of sorrow, practice gentle somatic techniques, and learn to create personal grief rituals that honor grief as a portal to meaning, depth, and connection.
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The Anatomy of Sorrow
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 - no academic background needed, just a willingness to question what you've been told about "normal" grief.
10-hour Certificate of completion
December 5, 12, 19
from 1 - 2:30pm MT
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For those facing financial constraints who are stretching to participate
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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.
Our Teaching / Learning / Creating Style at La Mort
We leave behind the polished, gate-keepy approach to education. We teach in ways that carry story and experience. We listen. We laugh (a lot). We go off-script sometimes. We cry (with you)(for those you’ve loved)(for those we’ve loved). We like science and studies and logical frameworks, but also mysticism and poetry and all that stuff. We really love to honor history and those who came before. We move through some serious curricula, but don’t take anything too seriously. We dedicate ourselves to seeing you, and want you to feel seen. We deeply honor our intuition and yours. We lead with integrity (always). And we welcome the odd-balls and misfits, because it takes one to know one.