a ritual container for your grief & love

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"We cannot escape these times; we cannot outrun what is intimately entangled in our moment-to-moment world. It is now that our apprenticeship [to grief] is most called upon. We are asked to stand alongside these difficult and painful visitations, these epiphanies of lamentation.”

- Francis Weller

What a thing, this being human. We are guaranteed so little—only an end, but even that, at some unknowable time & place—& the loss of other things to which we’ve opened our hearts.

It is a distinctly modern sickness to deny these realities & avoid feeling the alchemical power of the losses that grace our lives. We lose so much: innocence, opportunities, visions, capacities, humans, animals, skillsets, expected futures. And by denying the truth of this, we fail to wake up to the reality that each loss contains a magical kernel of lifeforce, tailor-made for our individual becoming.

Loss is the forge, grief the fire.

Our ancestors understood this. Our ancestors came together regularly to make of their grief a prayer, an offering for more life. For when we honor what we’ve lost, we make sacred what remains.

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In this container, we come together to pray in this way. To release, grieve, recollect, & remember—that we may stand in the world more simply, honestly, & beautifully.

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There is nothing extraordinary about grieving. The communities that held us forever, until recently, came together to do this all the time. It’s as regular as spring.

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This winter, we will come together to remember & give thanks. As simple as that.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The oldest psychospiritual technologies known to man are still—perhaps unsurprisingly—the most effective: music, movement, & breath.

Over the course of this ritual, you can expect to dance & employ the medicine of movement. You can expect to share & bear witness to the sharings of others. Story-telling, silence, & ritual theatre will all be invited to the party. After we wake from our sleep, we might share dreams.

The format of this ritual is the longdance, a practice of utilizing the consciousness altering experiences of fasting & sleep deprivation in order to open a portal to what is more real within. This means we will be fasting together & staying awake together in the name of courting what lies beneath.

After we close the space, you are invited to join us in breaking our fast. We will provide the food. Please also plan to stay on the land for a couple of hours, to walk, deepen your prayer & presence to the surroundings, & make your offerings. As you wish.

PRACTICALITIES

Location: River Dragon Ranch​

Investment: $200 before September 30th; $250 thereafter. *Please do not let money be an obstacle--reach out & ask for what you need. We will dream into reality with you & see what's possible.

Refund policy: Refunds will not be granted after November 1st.

FACILITATORS

​Tess Howell is a 5Rhythms teacher, a SomaSource Dance Rites of Passage Facilitator, a Spirit Rock Dharma Yoga Teacher and is Operations Director at the School of Lost Borders. She is the founder of Wild Moves outdoor dance events and has been taking people on deep-dive outdoor dance experiences in areas of wild beauty since 2012. Tess relishes and cherishes space, sky, sea and stillness. She finds refuge in dance, the dharma, badass basslines and beautiful boots.

Si Thacker is a builder, a medicine man, & a master of many disciplines. His praxis spans somatic techniques, mythology, storytelling, & psychedelic integration. Gentle & calm, with a clarity honed by years bowed down in sacred devotion to life & her impulses. He is the steward of River Dragon Ranch.

​Mackenzie Amara is a soul scientist, embodiment devotee, & alchemist. Trained as a 5Rhythms® teacher, a psychologist, a psychedelic facilitator & a Jungian analyst, she combines the teachings of depth psychology & embodiment to catalyze transformation. A student of her body, depth psychology, and nonduality, she shows an inspired dedication to growth and freedom for all beings. She is a researcher, writer, & teacher with over a decade of experience in group facilitation, ritual, & underworld spelunking. She listens deeply, sees clearly, & is unafraid of the dark within herself & the world.

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nov 21 - 23
nevada city, ca

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