Grief Fieldnotes:
Sascha Demerjian (Portland Grief House) and Joanne Zerdy (Inviting Abundance) began imagining this collaborative offering in early summer 2023. Grief invites us to slow down, reflect, connect, and nurture ourselves. Sascha and Joanne know from personal experience how complex, messy, clarifying, and inspiring grief can be.
Each week of this workshop will revolve around a different theme. Specifically, our February workshop invites you to move inward and downward, contemplating ideas such as scale and perspective. Our March series considers upward and outward expressions of grief, encouraging us to reflect on movements and growth.
By framing the workshops through the notion of “fieldnotes,” we invite you to consider yourself as a compassionate explorer of your griefscapes and to make descriptive observational notes in response to each of your forays. These notes may take the form of journal entries, poems, prose, maps, drawings, et al.
During each of our 2-hour online gatherings, you will find space to share your fieldnotes (your findings, observations, questions) in response to that week’s prompt. Then, we will all engage in an additional reflective activity, based on a quotation, image, and/or questions.
At the conclusion of each workshop series, participants are welcome to create - individually or in collaboration with others – a project (writing, drawing, collage, ritual space, nature art, etc.) that speaks to their explorations of the previous weeks.
*This is a Heart-Centered, Trans Inclusive Offering. We welcome all kinds of grief experiences and grievers.
Dates & Details
Session 1 meets on Sundays, February 4, 11, 18, 25
Session 2 meets on Sundays, March 3, 10, 17, 24
All sessions will meet from 12-2pm PST // 3-5pm EST
Participants may register for either or both of the workshops. Each cohort will have a maximum of 12 participants.
Registration for a single Workshop Series is on a sliding-scale basis: $150-$250.
*We ask that you pay what you are able within that range. Those who pay at a higher rate allow us to welcome in folks with financial constraints.
Registration for Both Workshops is available from: $250-$350
*Again, please pay what you can within that range.
Partial Need-Based Scholarships - please reach out for more information!
Please Note: Registration Closes on January 31st.
Questions? Please contact Joanne at grow@invitingabundance.net OR Sascha at info@griefhouse.org