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ATTENDANCE POLICY

Learners who complete this 3-hour course will receive a certificate of completion from the Academy.

 

DESCRIPTION

This grief workshop will allow participants to dive deeper into their grief spots and recognize the various levels and the root causes of their grief. We will explore ways in which deep feelings of grief are often collective and intergenerational conversations and tap into our ancestral and body’s wisdom to move through wellness. Participants will be guided through a tracking process and will lean into the land to find out what may help to move into creating a relationship with grief.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will:

• Understand grieving as an action into social justice
• Identify ways in which deep feelings of grief are often collective and intergenerational conversations
• Explore the manifestation of grief, common misconceptions, coping strategies and the role of the land in building a relationship with grief

WHAT TO EXPECT

This is an interactive course and we will be working in groups using land based tools, paper,  markers and crayons. Participants are expected to participate in exercises and talk about their own experiences from an embodied place. 

ELIGIBILITY

This course is open to staff of any non-profit community organization or government agency that delivers social services in NYC.

This course may be especially helpful to:

• Frontline workers
• Therapists
• Those who work in the human services field

HOW TO APPLY

Applications will open on Tuesday, 6/17, and close on Wednesday, 6/25.