The Sophia Institute is proud to present

Love and Lament: A Time to Grieve

All registered participants will receive a link to the video recording of this program.
This program is eligible for 1 CEU. Please contact:  info@thesophiainstitute.org

If “grief is love’s souvenir”* it’s from a trip that we didn’t want to take. And yet, the experience of being human is an experience of loss and longing; grief is on the itinerary. Some spiritual traditions focus so much on light and transcendence that we may feel there is something wrong with us for moving through the dark emotions of loss. In this brief workshop, Laura will guide you through some of the choppy waters of grieving, whether the loss you’re feeling is from a death, the loss of a relationship or career, our changing bodies and health, or grief for the great suffering of the world’s people and our planet. With meditation, writing prompts, the support of community, and permission to feel how you feel, you will be invited to experience the profound love that underlies all grief and can guide us back home.
(*Glennon Doyle)

BIO
Laura Collins, MDiv, has served as both a hospice and a trauma chaplain, is the author of a book about divorce, and helped develop and establish international eco-grief circles during the pandemic. A member of Mirabai Starr’s Holy Lament community, she provides Soul Care to individuals around the country. You can read more about her here.