The Sacred Work of Grief one

This daylong explores the powerful and mysterious nature of grief. As we turn our attention to the grief we carry—for self, community, and world—we share our deep emotional selves, which brings us into the circle of restoration and into the arms of the sacred. Utilizing the potent tools of inquiry, writing practice, singing, and ritual, we deepen our trust in our emotional and body wisdom; and build a community of concerned hearts that bring forth our stories of love and loss into the visible world.

Teachers

Francis Weller MFT, has been working with the emotional, creative and spiritual life of men and women for over twenty-five years. He is a community builder, author, teacher, and psychotherapist in Northern California. He draws from an extensive background in depth psychology, mythology, alchemy, indigenous cultures, and poetic traditions. His work embodies his love of soul, the arts, ritual, and his devotion to bringing these into living and sustainable community. He is currently on staff at Commonweal Cancer Help Program, co-leading their week-long retreats with Michael Lerner. He is the founder/director of WisdomBridge and the author of Entering the Healing Ground: Grief, Ritual and the Soul of the World. Nancee Sobonya is a teacher of the Diamond Approach, assisting and teaching groups in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Europe. She is a faculty member of the European Ridhwan International Seminary, serves on the California End of Life Service Group for the School and has a private practice in Berkeley. In addition to her 25 years as a student in the Ridhwan School, she has studied psychology, and Western and Eastern spiritual traditions at UCSB, JFKU, and in Asia, where she began practicing Vipassana meditation and was deeply impacted by Advaita/Nondual teachings. She has a degree in Transpersonal Psychology and was an adjunct faculty at JFKU and Starr King School of Ministry. Nancee also has seventeen years of hospice experience as a Grief Educator. In 2005, she produced and directed her first educational documentary, The Gifts of Grief. She continues to offer workshops and screenings of this film worldwide. For balance she enjoys spending time in nature and engages in an ongoing dance/movement practice in the East Bay. Her website is giftsofgrief.com.

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