Community Grief Tending
Honoring our grief & gratitude
Honoring our grief & gratitude
Welcome,
we’re so glad you are here.
We were never meant to carry this alone. By reaching for each other, we find the courage and support to face what needs tending, keep our hearts open, and return to what matters most. Our gatherings honor all forms of grief including from losses, change and transitions, sorrows for our world (environmental, political, racial, cultural loss), loss of village and belonging, ancestral grief, and anything else present. There is no grief too big or too small for our circles.
Join us:
For Grief Support
Grief Rituals
Join us as we gather together to honor our grief and gratitude:
Weekend Grief Retreats
6-Week Grief Tending Circles
Song Circles
Custom Grief Rituals
For Facilitators
Tending The Tenders
Reaching out a hand of support and care to our fellow grief tenders who are actively facilitating rituals or just stepping into leadership. Let’s stay connected!
Facilitator Consultations
Peer Learning Circles
Community Potlucks
For Listening
Podcast
Tune into Dear Circle Tender: On Grief, Ritual, & Belonging – a podcast that explores how to welcome grief into community spaces and why this matters.
About us:
Northwest Grief Tending supports individual and collective healing by welcoming grief back into community space. We believe that mending our culture of separation is essential for restoring our collective wellbeing and for responding to the converging crises of our times.
In many traditional cultures, community grief tending is considered the “glue” of connection that holds the community together. It offers us one of the most powerful means for reweaving this connection and belonging to ourselves, each other, and all our relations.
Thank you to those who are showing up for yourselves and for others to do this work. It takes courage, and we cannot do this without each and every one of you. And for those who are new to grief work, we’d love to hear from you. Please don’t hesitate to reach out for support or with any questions you might have.
