Activist Grief Circle
The Grief Space: A Safe Place for Guided Conversation and Ritual
This intimate room will provide Bioneers attendees with a gently curated healing space for connection, contemplation and experiencing the transformative power of communal grieving. All the sessions held here will be facilitated by death midwives /community gatherers/educators Anneke Campbell, Birgitta Kastenbaum and Amber Deylon.
The room will be open from 2 to 3 pm, before the day’s two sessions begin at 3pm, for those who want to come and sit quietly and/or write messages for the altar, but the room will be closed once each session begins to assure privacy. The communal altar invites you to honor loved ones by bringing offerings including photos and/or responsibly foraged gifts from nature.
Many of us who are laboring to bring about environmental and social change find ourselves frequently confronting obstacles and setbacks, but the tremendous urgency of our struggles does not allow us the space to experience and honor the losses and grief that accompany our care, passion and commitment. Come find solace in community through guided conversation, sharing, breath and embodied practices, as we touch into the love that is the underlying source of grief, renewing our ability to continue our good work in the world.
Insight Room, Dharma College
March 29th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Panelists
Amber Deylon
Creator
Grieve and Breathe
Amber Deylon, a council facilitator, is the creator of Grieve and Breathe, a sacred ceremony that combines ritual, council and breathwork to help participants release grief and trauma stored in their bodies. She completed her Death Midwifery training with Bridging Transitions founders, Birgitta Kastenbaum and Cheserae Scala, and currently assists them in supporting families and educational retreats. Amber, who is also a board member of The New Normal Charity, came to her calling after her own journey with grief transformed her life and permitted her to move from surviving to thriving.
Anneke Campbell
Writer and Community Activist
Anneke Campbell, a writer and community activist who has worked as a midwife, nurse, English professor, yoga teacher and death educator; is the co-author (with Thomas Linzey) of: We The People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the U.S.; and editor of Nina Simons' book: Nature, Culture and the Sacred: One Woman Listens for Leadership. Anneke also co-produces and scripts videos for non-profit organizations, and writes essays and articles while completing a memoir on the intersection of history and politics in family life.
Birgitta Kastenbaum
