ENROLL NOW IN
GRIEF SCHOOL’S
FALL 2024 SEMESTER
A SIX-WEEK ONLINE COURSE
FOR FINDING OUR WAY AMIDST LOSS
OCT 14-NOV 18 2024
Do you feel a little lost?
We’re constantly feeling like we’re in disorienting times; hearing people say that we’ve lost our way; naming that things feel off; speculating that we’re lonelier than ever. This sense of dis-location is no accident.
Many of us were taught to hide loss, shove it away, and downplay it. For too long, change and shame have gone hand in hand. This is where the disconnect lives.
We’re coming to realize that grieving — aka, practicing healthy relationships with loss — is the way to feel more found.
Grieving allows our hands (and hearts) to have a solid grip on the steering wheel even as we ride the waves of change. We don’t need to know exactly where the world is taking us to remain present and in right relationship with it. Can we be the ones who cut through the collective avoidance to show ourselves & others the way forward?
Join Ari & kwonyin for a Grief School journey to attune our compass towards how we navigate through personal loss, collective loss, ecological loss, and more. For six weeks, we will explore our layers of connectedness – from our internal selves to the wider world. Together, we will trace ourselves through buried treasures of loss, uncovering the pains and the joys of living along the way.
Each week, kwonyin & Ari will be joined by guest teachers to bring you different practices for addressing loss, navigating change, and feeling more found. We’ll weave in teachings ranging from breathwork to buddhism, from attorneys to astrologers, from hospice to holistic medicine.
Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind journey, offered from Oct-Nov with election tensions and seasonal shifts in mind.
Photographs by Ian Chen for Madhura Studios
Fall 2024 Syllabus
Oct 14 - Feeling found through our bodies
+ teaching on ayurveda & body care with Anjali Deva, Rooted Rasa
Oct 21 - Feeling found through our sense of self
+ teaching on zen buddhism with Valerie Kyoshin Velez
Oct 28 - Feeling found through our relationships with others
+ teaching on right relationship with Silvia Hong
Nov 4 - Feeling found through our communities
+ teaching on plant spirit meditation with Saewon Oh, Sun Song
Nov 11 - Feeling found through the structures we live under
+ teaching on law & loss with Michael Alfera
Nov 18 - Feeling found in our world and the universe
+ teaching on astrology with Evelyn Zuel
Grief School Fall Semester
Oct 14-Nov 18 2024
Our cohort meets Mondays online
5-7p PT
8-10p ET
9-11a KST (next day)
$199
price includes 6 weeks of classes, keepsake recordings, teaching takeaways, and optional in-person meet-ups (geography & interest depending)
Limited scholarships are available.
Please reach out if interested!
sign up at the join button or venmo @kwonyin
(if venmo, please include your name + email in the comment)
Meet your
teachers
KwonYin (she/her) is a channel of Pearl Consciousness, the wisdom of the emotional irritant creating iridescence. She offers her transmissions through the written word, performance art, and music.
She is the creatrix of CATHARSIS, a guided deep dive to heal internalized oppression and self-repression through shadow integration, inner childcare, ancestral pattern interrupts, parts work, and deep yin embodiment practices.
Ari Simon (they/them) is a facilitator, coach, grief care worker, climate policy convener, and founder of Grief at Work – tools and teachings in grief & loss competency for teams and communities.
Through a loss-honoring practice, Ari convenes people at intersections of health & climate adaptation, mental & emotional wellbeing, queerness, and grief & loss. Ari weaves a background in climate policy and urban planning with training in applied buddhism, mindfulness, and end-of-life care.
plus guest teachers
Anjali Deva, Compassionate and trauma-informed Ayurveda
Valerie Kyoshin Velez,
Zen buddhist teacher,
public health educator
Silvia Hong, Completion Process relationship guide
Saewon Oh,
Flower essence, ceremony, and hypnosis
Michael Alfera,
Attorney-at-law, composer
Evelyn Zuel,
Astrologer and writer
“Thanks for creating wonderful material to work and process with around grief, (and) for holding such an open, safe, and grounding space. Everyone that showed up was a joy to meet and share with.”
- ELEANOR
“At Grief School’s Summer Camp, I was given such amazing permission to share and be in community around grief.”
- ALEX
“Although I am most comfortable processing grief alone, I appreciated how much hearing others discussing similar stories helped me process some of the grief I have been feeling. I also really appreciated the duo Kwonyin and Ari holding space for us to be silent or contribute without any pressure or haste.”
- KAYLA
“Grief School helped me feel more comfortable expressing grief to more people and in more ways.”
- MAXWELL
“Ari and kwonyin are wonderful instructors that offer a safe space to explore an incredibly tender topic. I am grateful for their guidance and would recommend the course for anyone who’s curious about exploring their grief.”
- LILIAN
Imagine a world where we all can discern where loss is inevitable versus where loss is avoidable.
Imagine if everyone felt that loss wasn’t too scary to address.
Imagine how anchored and present we could remain if we all knew how connected we really are.
FYIs
The primary goals of Grief School are to expand our capacity to show up for grief & loss, better support our circles of care, and explore play through amongst the more difficult aspects of being alive. While all are welcome, we advise that this is not a counseling group, and may not offer what’s often needed for those experiencing acute sudden loss. This is not a replacement for psychological and clinical health services.
We are committed to creating a welcoming and supportive experience for students of all ages, stages, and identities. Teachers are participants; participants are teachers. All who join our classes are expected to participate in practicing with shared agreements.
Contact us here with any questions or inquiries.