A Daylong Grief Workshop
A Ritual Gathering of Movement, Song, Poetry, and Remembrance

“What if we knew the world was hungry for our sorrow, longing to drink the tears from our eyes as a holy offering?” – Francis Weller

Join us for a day of communal tending to the sacred terrain of grief at a beautiful farmstead in Alachua, Fl. This workshop is an invitation to enter the rich and necessary ground of sorrow—not as something to fix or overcome, but as a deep well that connects us to our vitality, our humanity, and to one another.

In a culture that often urges us to move on, numb out, or go it alone, we gather instead in circle to honor grief as a gateway to wholeness. Through movement, singing, poetry, writing, and ritual, we will make space for what has been lost, what longs to be remembered, and what still aches to be named.

Together we will:

• Explore the five gates of grief (1. Everything We Love, We Will Lose, 2. The Places That Have Not Known Love, 3. The Sorrows of the World, 4. What We Expected and Did Not Receive, 5. Ancestral Grief)
• Engage in somatic and movement-based practices to ground and embody our experience
• Share and witness each other's stories through writing and spoken word
• Sing and sound the soul’s sorrow and joy into the shared field
• Participate in ritual space to release, remember, and reconnect

You are welcome here with your full self—your weariness, your questions, your tears, and your silent prayers. Come as you are. Come to remember that you do not carry your grief alone.

Space is limited to preserve intimacy. Pre-registration required.

Let us, as Weller says, “apprentice ourselves to sorrow,” and in doing so, rediscover the wild tenderness that waits on the other side.

The exact address will be shared after registration.

Facilitators: Ramon Aleman LMHC: As a therapist, I specialize in grief, trauma, psychedelic integration, and spiritual exploration, drawing from my training in EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and grief ritual work with Francis Weller. My path has also been shaped by learning from indigenous plant medicine traditions and ongoing study in Jungian dream work.

Conor Mitchell LMHC: I am a licensed psychotherapist with over a decade of experience in ritual and ceremony through a mythopoetic lens. Having lived abroad in Southeast Asia for a number of years, I have connected to mendicants and laypeople alike, and am rooted in meditation and mindfulness practices. The opportunity to be of service and share community is a fundamental tenet of my life’s work.

Lexi Braun: I am an artist and musician whose work centers around grief as a portal into creativity, building community, and building capacity for social change.

Please note that lunch is not included but we invite you to bring your own lunch as we will have time to share a meal together.