mourn

to remember {PIE}

absence as the amplification of presence

once someone is gone, their essence seems to go into their surroundings;
the places they frequented, the fabrics their clothes were made of,
the fragrances and smells more viscerally felt than anything;

their paths they took across the city,
their manner of speaking in emphasis or surprise,
their movements under ease or pressure, slow or sudden,
their silliness and their seriousness,
their energetic signature—

we recognize it everywhere we go, long after they’ve left;
we may even find it in others at times, as if they were made after the same template. 

in that absence, if fully felt, 
the space itself becomes imbued with their presence, sometimes fully alive, 
as if space itself was moving
as the embodiment of what we’ve lost. 

honor your dead, indeed—

but honor your living, too.

honor the departed, the silent, the missing.

giving space to grief in its complexity

our culture has become largely deprived of mourning, which is a culture of remembrance. the tabooization of death fuels our existential dissociation and a performative way of living that fails to honor the reality of impermanence as a vital force in our lives.

grief is part of the full spectrum of love. as such, it is an ontogenetic force; one that generates its own reality.

we may enter into a new experience of time and space. grief can stop us in our tracks, and it can slow us down to an impossible pace that may look like a standstill to others. 

experiences of derealization are common as we find ourselves torn from the familiar fabric of life. we may begin to question our way of living; we may reassess our choices and priorities, our relationships, our work and impact in the world.

in our weekend intensives this fall and heading into winter, we give space for grief in its complexity:

• anticipatory grief
• ambivalent grief
• unfinished business and lack of closure
• dissolution of (false) identity; emergence of the raw but real self
• estrangement or mending of relationships through grief
• mourning as a culture of remembrance; sacred practices honoring relationships beyond physical death
• finding peace through conscious grief and the acceptance of impermanence. 

dates:

November 6 — 8

November 20 — 22

December 4 — 6

December 18 — 20

details:

• Fridays through Sundays, every other week, November through December
• 3x 90-minute sessions (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) per weekend, in English or German
• individualized, focused in-depth support : practice, exercises, deepening in between sessions.
• you may sign up for one weekend intensive, or more.

grief intensives are

• trauma-informed
• LGBTQ- and neuro-affirmative
• culturally sensitive and inclusive

main orientations and modalities include

• depth psychology, Jungian, psychodynamic psychotherapy
• transpersonal psychotherapy
• existential-humanistic therapy and philosophical counseling
• ancestral work, Western and non-Western traditions