INVITE SIENA
Bring the support of ceremony into your life & community
Hi, I’m Siena Tenisci (MA, LMHC), a therapist, community organizer, and the founder of Northwest Grief Tending. I’ve been facilitating grief rituals and rites of passage ceremonies for over a decade, and recently, more people have been reaching out to explore how they can bring these more into their lives and communities.
Whether it’s hosting a local grief ritual to build a supportive community, holding regular ceremonies with close friends, or marking a significant event, loss, or transition, there are many ways to bring more ritual into your life. Below are some of the ceremonies I commonly offer. If you have any questions or something specific in mind, please feel free to reach out.
2-4 HOUR GRIEF & GRATITUDE RITUAL
In this 2-hour circle, we’ll light a candle and be witnessed in community through song, poetry, movement, and deep listening — honoring both grief and gratitude, and making space for whatever needs tending. Offered online and in the Seattle area.
HALF- OR FULL-DAY GRIEF RITUAL
Half- and full-day grief rituals offer a more spacious container, inviting deeper, more embodied exploration of grief through movement, voice, and sound—all held within ritual. Offered in person throughout the Western Washington region.
WEEKEND GRIEF RETREAT
The most common format for our grief rituals, this immersive weekend offers dedicated space to explore personal, ancestral, and collective grief within a full Dagara-inspired ritual. View example description. Offered in-person in the US and abroad.
MEMORIAL & CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY
A community gathering to honor and celebrate the life of a loved one. Tailored to the grieving family and community, these ceremonies create space for mourning, remembrance, and honoring the relationships and legacy of your loved one.
PERSONALIZED GRIEF RITUAL
Personalized grief rituals support individuals, couples, families, or communities in honoring loss with care and intention. Each ritual is collaboratively crafted to reflect the unique shape of your grief and the relationships held within it.
RITE OF PASSAGE CEREMONY
Rites honor life’s sacred thresholds—moments of change, becoming, and new beginnings. Whether it’s a Mother’s Blessing, Baby Blessing, Girl’s Rite of Passage, or Union Ceremony, these rituals support transitions with intention, beauty, and care.
How can I support you?
NEXT STEPS
COMPLEMENTARY EXPLORATION CALL
Start with a complementary 20-minute call to talk about what you’re looking for and see if it’s a good fit.
TRANSPARENT SLIDING SCALE OPTIONS
I offer sliding scale options as a commitment to economic justice and to help make grief support more accessible. View my pricing guide for details.
EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS
Please reach out to Siena at nwgrieftending@gmail.com with any questions. Would love to hear from you!
KIND WORDS
“Siena’s peaceful presence, generous spirit, and kind, loving attitude created a safe welcoming space.”
“Siena and her team were so obviously generous-hearted, fully engaged in the experience and in being of service to the group. Thanks so much.”
“In the world the way it is, grief feels like one of the most important experiences to explore. This retreat offered a safe, powerful, and meaningful way of making contact with what’s usually a very marginalized experience. It will change people’s lives.”
“Attuned, thoughtful, practiced, soulful, present.”
“Excellent, gentle, slow, kind, vulnerable, permission giving, solid – my friend an I came together and we both had very different experiences, which is what the tone of facilitation allowed.”
“I’ve been working it for 35+ years and this is some of the most profound healing work out there.”
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