“Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground.”
Grief and loss touch us all, arriving at our door in countless ways. They come swirling on the winds of divorce, in the death of someone dear, or as illness that alters the course of a life. For many, grief is tied intimately to the ravages we witness daily: the degradation of watersheds and forests, the disappearance of species, the silencing of languages, and the coarsening of culture. And yet, our encounters with sorrow are often met with confusion, fear, and overwhelm. We are uncertain how to welcome this difficult guest when it surfaces in our lives.
This presentation will explore the elements of an Apprenticeship with Sorrow. Through the rites of grief, we are ripened as human beings. Grief invites gravity and depth into our world, urging us to understand it not only as an emotion but as a core faculty of being human. This apprenticeship is, at its heart, about crafting elders capable of meeting the pain and suffering of the world with a dignified and robust bearing. This is soul activism—intended to foster deep cultural change.
Cultivating the skills of grief work is critical in these days of wild uncertainty and rampant loss. We must fortify our inner and outer connections not only to weather the storms but to be tempered by them. We do this work not solely for our own healing, but to make us capable of responding to the critical needs of our times.
Details
March 21 / 5 - 6.30 PM UK / 10 - 11.30 AM PT / Online (Zoom) / This event will be live recorded. Registrants will be sent a recording after the live event.
£25,-
About the Facilitator
Francis Weller is an American psychotherapist, writer, and Soul activist.He is the founder of Wisdom Bridge, an educational project that synthesizes psychology, anthropology, and mythology. He has taught at Sonoma State University and the Sophia Center, and he has been the featured teacher at the Minnesota Men’s Conference. He is author of “The Wild Edge of Sorrow”, The Threshold between Loss and Revelation, In the Absence of the Ordinary: Essays in a Time of Uncertainty, and “A Trail on the Ground: The Geography of Soul”.