Ecological Grief: Engaging with the Emotional Impacts of Climate Change –
with Gayle Matson & Hayley Hathaway
Aug. 25th from 7:00-8:30 p.m. on Zoom (Register here)
Ecological grief is all around us. Whether we recognize it or not, we all carry it with us. Joanna Macy writes, “Feeling pain for the world is as natural to us as the food and air we draw upon to fashion who we are. That pain is the price of consciousness in a threatened and suffering world. It is not only natural, it is an absolutely necessary component of our collective healing. The problem, therefore, lies not with our pain for the world, but in our repression of it.
This 90-minute experiential workshop will be an introduction to the phenomenon of ecological grief: what it is, how to engage with it, and why it’s important. We’ll explore those tender places in our own hearts where ecological grief dwells and offer them sacred attention. Engaging in the grief process in a spiritual community supports resiliency and helps us more deeply attune to the actions we are called to take.
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