What is remembered lives

You may have heard this saying before
There is this idea that when we remember we keep the energy, the spirit of our beloved dead alive. 

We see this echoed in cultures throughout time. In statues, in gravestones, in stories, in altars...we build places of remembrance so that we never forget.
As we move into the Autumn season the veil between worlds begins to thin. 
We might find ourselves remembering, we might find ourselves touching into our grief. 

 The natural world around us in the Northern Hemisphere is dying. Preparing itself for quiet, for rest. 

 As the energy of growth that we have been riding through the Summer wanes, we might discover a dying away, a quieting within ourselves. 

 Autumn is my most favorite season, yet somehow it is also one that brings some sadness with it. I feel closer to my grief during this season, closer to memories of what was, of loved ones now passed over, of things not accomplished or ended, of relationships changed. 

There is a longing here in grief, an honoring too. 
 Now is a time to be gentle with your tender heart.
 During this past few years we have spent more time apart, we have let more rites of passage, more rituals fall away. 

 Being witnessed and held in community is one of the most powerful ways to honor and work with our grief. 
Irisanya Moon and I have worked together to create a ritual for just this purpose. 
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Whatever you have lost, whatever you are mourning, whether it’s a person, an animal, a job, a relationship…whatever it is, there is room for you in this circle to name it, to feel it, to acknowledge it and to be acknowledged in your experience. 
 The Leaves of Grief Ritual is scheduled for October 22nd at 4 pm PT. This ritual will last approximately an hour and a half. Here we create a sacred space for your grief, a space for feeling, healing and mourning. A space for remembering.