Taking time away from our lives to be with our grief is an important part of a grieving process.

It allows for healing to happen, so that we can re-enter our life with a renewed perspective and vitality. Grief retreats offer opportunities for participants to explore and to tend to their grief with others through deep ritual connection with the wild lands, storytelling, movement practices, song, ritual and art (puppet making for the 2025 retreat).

Upcoming Grief Ritual Retreats:

• August 13th through 17th 2025: 5-Day GRIEF AND PUPPETS Ritual Retreat

5-DAY GRIEF AND PUPPETS RITUAL RETREAT

WITH SIOBHAN ASGHARZADEH AND AMY SASS

Preparation (Online): August 6th, 2025 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM MST

Retreat (In-Person): August 13th-17th

Integration (Online:) 20th from 3:00 - 5:00 PM

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Togetherness with fellow grievers

• 1 x Preparation Call via Zoom (Preparing the Soils)

• 5-day in-person ritual retreat (Planting the Seeds and Tending the Garden)

• 3 x Integration Calls via Zoom (The Harvest)

• 5 days of beautiful lodging and delicious food

• Time to step out of the ordinary and into the liminal with your grief

• A deep dive into one big initiation story and puppet making

• Singing, movement, land-based sojourns & ritual practices

PREPARING THE SOILS

Online Zoom Call

Preparing for a journey is almost as important as the journey itself. Just like planting a garden, the first step is tending to the soil.

In the two weeks before our time in person, participants will be explore what it means to tend to the soil of the inner being in preparation for a grief pilgrimage. There will be guided instruction via emails and zoom calls to begin walking toward our time together.

PLANTING THE SEEDS AND TENDING THE GARDEN

For 5-days, we gather together in a remote sanctuary and make pilgrimage into the holy lands of our inner selves, our grief alongside other grievers.

This pilgrimage together will include:

• 5 days of Beautiful Lodging and Delicious Food

• Meditation & Intentional Walking 

• Movement Practices

• Forest Bathing

• Story & Songs

• Fire Circles

• Ritual

• Council 

• Writing Prompts

DAILY SCHEDULE:

Note: exact schedule subject to change as ritual space does not always abide by linear time.

August 13th:

• 3-5pm: Arrival & Getting Settle

• 5:30pm: Dinner

• 7 - 9pm: Opening Ceremony

• 9pm: Settle Down & Sleep

August 14th - August 16th: 9am - 9pm

• 8:00 - 9:00 am: Breakfast

• 12:30/1:00 pm: Lunch

• 5:30pm: Dinner

August 16th: Noon departure

• 8:00 - 9:00 am: Breakfast

• 9:00 am: Closing

• 12:00 pm: Departure

THE HARVEST

Online Zoom Calls 

There is a wisdom in cultivating a Return that is unique to each individual. In the 3 weeks after our time in-person, as participants re-enter their lives, there will be an exploration on how to best harvest the experience, and how to metabolize and integrate all that had been harvested. 

RETREAT INVESTMENT

• Need a little help: $1500 

• Feeling solid: $2000

• Feeling abundant: $2500 

• Pay what you can: If finances are a thing, and you have a yes to doing this work, please reach out, and we can find payment plan that works for you.

All costs include:

• Pre & Post Retreat Zoom Calls

• 5-day residential retreat with food and lodging 

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