Event Details

  • Date & Time

Saturday, February 10, 2024 | 9am - 5pm

  • Location

Selu Retreat Center, 3215 Dry Valley Road, Radford

In our lives, we all encounter change, loss and death, along with the grief that arises from such experiences. Mindfulness can help us to acknowledge and work with our grief, supporting our ability to heal and to move forward. In this daylong retreat, we will create a container to support one another, connecting and finding hope in the midst of working with grief.

Grief is a natural response to loss and change, and may manifest physically, emotionally, cognitively, and/or behaviorally. We welcome anyone dealing with the loss of a loved one, or with changes in health, occupation, relationship status/divorce, lifestyle, identity, expectations, dreams, or other life transitions. It is important to learn how to acknowledge and honor death, grief, and loss. Mindful Meditation for grief and loss does not change what has happened, but it can help you care for yourself with openness, acceptance, kindness, and resiliency. We’ll explore how mindfulness can help with a variety of the symptoms associated with the grieving process.We will also bring in heartfulness and compassion practices to support the loss and grief process.

Following the one day retreat, we will offer a two-hour virtual meet up session, to check in with everyone and offer an additional mindful practice for supporting us all in the face of grief and loss. We will schedule this with the group, sometime during the week of Feb. 24.


Lunch and snacks provided by OuterSpace.


Registrations closed

Mycelial

Now I understand how grief
is like a mushroom—
how it thrives in dark conditions.
How it springs directly
from what is dead.
Such a curious blossoming thing,
how it rises and unfurls
in spontaneous bourgeoning,
a kingdom all its own.

Like a mushroom,
most of grief is never seen.
It grows and expands beneath everything.
Sometimes it stays dormant for years.

Grief, like a mushroom,
can be almost unbearably beautiful,
even exotic, delicate, veiled,
can arrive in any shape and hue.
It pulls me closer in.

Like a mushroom, grief
asks me to travel to regions
of shadow and dim.
I’m astonished by what I find—
mystery, abundance, insight.
Like a mushroom, grief
can be wildly generative.
Not all growth takes place
in the light.

                —Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

Retreat leaders

For questions, call 540-227-6377 or email admin@instillmindfulness.org.

Event Details

  • Date & Time

Saturday, February 10, 2024 | 9am - 5pm

  • Location

Selu Retreat Center, 3215 Dry Valley Road, Radford