Tending our Grief with Breath and Ritual
Surviving and thriving in these difficult times requires expanding our ability to be present with grief and getting to know it for its potential of regeneration and transformation. Through guided group conversation, intimate sharing, simple breath practices, and ritual with stone and water, we will touch into the gifts of connection and healing available to us when we take the time to tend to our grief in community. Please bring photos, written messages and/or responsibly sourced gifts from nature to adorn our communal grief altar. We will also have paper and nature offerings available for you to use. Facilitated by educators/end of life guides/community gatherers/activists: Anneke Campbell; Birgitta Kastenbaum; and Amber Deylon. (Note: to facilitate a safe space for all who join us, we will close our tent doors 5 minutes past the session start time.)
Grief Altar Tent
April 6th | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm
Panelists
Anneke Campbell
Writer and Community Activist
Anneke Campbell, a writer and community activist who has worked as a midwife, nurse, English professor, yoga teacher and death educator; is the co-author (with Thomas Linzey) of: We The People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the U.S.; and editor of Nina Simons' book: Nature, Culture and the Sacred: One Woman Listens for Leadership. Anneke also co-produces and scripts videos for non-profit organizations, and writes essays and articles while completing a memoir on the intersection of history and politics in family life.
Birgitta Kastenbaum
Co-Founder
Bridging Transitions
Birgitta Kastenbaum, co-founder of Bridging Transitions, offers conscious living and conscious dying education (including end-of-life doula/midwife training) and provides end-of-life support centering emotional, spiritual, and collective wellness. A community gatherer, she uses story and ritual to reconnect us to ourselves, each other, the natural world, and the sacred. Her work invites us to embrace new paradigms for dying, death, and grief that are rich in wonder and love. Bridging Transitions hosts a variety of community events, including End of Life Midwives In Conversation a free, virtual monthly offering.
Amber Deylon
Creator
Grieve and Breathe
Amber Deylon, a council facilitator, is the creator of Grieve and Breathe, a sacred ceremony that combines ritual, council and breathwork to help participants release grief and trauma stored in their bodies. She completed her Death Midwifery training with Bridging Transitions founders, Birgitta Kastenbaum and Cheserae Scala, and currently assists them in supporting families and educational retreats. Amber, who is also a board member of The New Normal Charity, came to her calling after her own journey with grief transformed her life and permitted her to move from surviving to thriving.
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