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Tending the Hidden Wound

6 grief skills for white-presenting folks to navigate the grief, trauma and shame of our ancestral legacy on stolen land.

Monday June 14th, 5-7pm

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Together, we are strong. We must learn how to walk

Together, we are strong. We must learn how to walk alongside our grief as though it was a beloved companion. People need to grieve in community and when we do this work TOGETHER, it not only heals us, but creates a foundation for deep connection. It strengthens the common folk, because it helps us work together. ⁠
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If you would like to learn more about our online Through the Dark Woods Community, comment DARK WOODS below or send me a DM. We meet 4-5 times a month to share and receive support on our journey with grief.⁠
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#lifeafterloss #griefwisdom #griefcommunity #griefjourney #griefsupport #traumasupport #griefcounsellor #somatictherapist #somatictherapy #traumarecovery #healingfromloss

This is 42. I had a birthday a few weeks ago…and

This is 42. I had a birthday a few weeks ago…and I gotta say this was definitely one of the best birthdays I’ve ever had. It’s been a looooong road to get here, and while there is a lot of things that are still hard, so much has changed. I’m living with more lightness in my being than ever, and more space for joy. And despite the fact that I sit with others who are deep in their own grief journeys most days, because I’ve now worked with hundreds of people who have experienced some of the most profound loss you can imagine, I know this for sure now: the pain will transform into medicine. It just does. It’s what we’re here for - the full experience - the full depth - and ultimately, union with LOVE with a big L ….because it IS ALL LOVE. When we realize this, and I mean REALIZE as in grock it fully, we are free. And then, all that’s left is blowing bubbles and dancing to dirty rap music on the beach around a fire with your favorite humans who are still here now, because they won’t be forever. We only have THIS MOMENT. So, as Mary Oliver said, “what are you going to do with this one precious life?” With love, Josea
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💔We ALL experience grief and loss. Everyone has

💔We ALL experience grief and loss. Everyone has something, some secret sorrow, some loss, long past or recent, that they hold close to their chest. ⁠
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👉The difference is some of us recognize this and some of us continue to lead our lives pushing the pain further and further down.💧Because this is what we have been taught - That the only way to succeed is to button up and keep moving forward.⁠
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🌲💚🌲The thing is though that turning towards our grief, instead of away, is innately healing and actually gives us much-needed life force energy. This is the difference between building a life of long-lasting beauty and grace versus a life of pretty filters. A life of not needing to prove anything to anyone versus a life where we’re constantly trying to prove to ourselves and to others that we’re ’living our best life’.🥴⁠
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It’s actually in stepping towards our healing that we transform our wounds into gifts. ⁠
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💧We see and feel in our bones that we are truly not alone when we do this work together.💧⁠
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💪This builds resilience and increases our capacity to be with the harder emotions. It’s not that we emerge healed, as in the process is done forever. But rather we learn the skills of grieving that allows us to navigate the continuous challenges of life as they come up. ⁠
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‼️So…some of you may be asking - where do we get the courage to turn towards our grief? When everything in our nervous system is literally screaming at us to ignore the pain? To escape or to stay in the realm of the superficial? ⁠
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💚By showing up TOGETHER, in community.💚⁠
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The truth is we all have different levels of courage. When we are in a room together we are stronger together. Someone may get the courage to speak first - and I’ve seen this over and over again, how this act of bravery creates enough safety that allows others in the room to let go and feel & express. ⁠
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Sometimes, it takes another person to show us that it is possible. When we witness each other’s grief in community we transform in a way that is simply not possible alone.⁠
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Grief and trauma energy needs to move out of the b

Grief and trauma energy needs to move out of the body THROUGH the body.

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