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:

• November 4th-9th 5-Day GRIEF AND PUPPETS Ritual Retreat

5-DAY GRIEF AND PUPPETS RITUAL RETREAT

WITH SIOBHAN ASGHARZADEH AND AMY SASS

Preparation (Online): October 29th, 2025 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM MST

Retreat (In-Person in Southern Oregon): November 4th-9th

Integration (Online:) November 12th 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)

• 1 Integration Call via Zoom (The Harvest)

• 5 days of 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.

There will be guided instruction via email and a zoom call 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 Delicious Food

• Movement Practices

• Forest Bathing

• Story & Songs

• Fire Circles

• Puppet making

• Ritual theater

• Council 

• Writing Prompts

DAILY SCHEDULE:

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

November 4th:

• 3-5pm: Arrival & Getting Settle

• 5:30pm: Dinner

• 7 - 9pm: Opening Ceremony

• 9pm: Settle Down & Sleep

November 5th-8th: 9am - 9pm

• 8:00 - 9:00 am: Breakfast

• 12:30/1:00 pm: Lunch

• 5:30pm: Dinner

August 9th: Noon departure

• 8:00 - 9:00 am: Breakfast

• 9:00 am: Closing Ceremony

• 1pm-2pm: Lunch

• 3 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

• $1500 

• There is one work trade spot available.

All costs include:

• Pre & Post Retreat Zoom Calls

• 5-day residential retreat with food (lodging is booked with the retreat center and not included in cost of retreat)