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Soma for Grief: An Embodied Grief Circle

Sun, Sep 13

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The Portland Grief House

Soma for Grief is a gentle, one-hour gathering designed to explore grief through the body. Rather than asking you to think your way through grief or find a way to"move on", this space invites you to slow down, listen inward, and develop supportive ways of being with what is present.

Soma for Grief: An Embodied Grief Circle
Soma for Grief: An Embodied Grief Circle

When & Where

Sep 13, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

The Portland Grief House, 7906 N Fessenden St, Portland, OR 97203

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What

Soma for Grief: An Embodied Grief Circle

Grief isn’t something we experience only in our thoughts. It can live in the body—in a tight chest, shallow breath, heavy limbs, restless energy, fatigue, tension, or a feeling of disconnection from ourselves.

Soma for Grief is a gentle, one-hour embodied grief circle offering space to slow down, listen inward, and connect with the body while moving through loss. Rather than asking you to “move on” or find a way to fix your grief, this space invites you to be with what is here, with curiosity and compassion.

Each class weaves together breathwork, gentle movement, guided journaling, intention setting, and accessible education about grief and the body. We’ll explore how grief can impact the nervous system and how simple practices involving breath, movement, sound, grounding, and sensory awareness can support regulation. The focus is on down-regulation—creating moments of settling, softening, grounding, and rest. You’ll…


Tickets

  • General Admission

    Purchasing one ticket permits entry into one session. You may buy multiple tickets for multiple sessions.

    From $15.00 to $30.00

    • $30.00

      +$0.75 ticket service fee

    • $20.00

      +$0.50 ticket service fee

    • $15.00

      +$0.38 ticket service fee

    Total

    $0.00

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    All grief is welcome here.

    All are welcome here.

    This is an LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-affirming place.

    The Grief House is not a replacement for skilled mental health care. We cannot provide acute crisis intervention. If you’re struggling to find the help you need, we are happy to offer referrals and suggest resources. If you feel like you might hurt yourself or someone else, help is available 24 hours a day from the National Suicide Hotline (1-800-273-8255) or by dialing or texting 988. If you are having a medical emergency, please dial 911.

    Finding Us

    Our spaces are open for gatherings & designated open house hours. 

    The Atlanta Grief House Nickerson Cottage at Legacy Park Decatur 500 S. Columbia Dr, Decatur, GA 30030 Notes on finding us: GPS will take you to the center of Legacy Park. The Nickerson Cottage is a stone building with raised bed gardens on the south side of Legacy Park's campus. If you enter campus through the south entrance it will be the first cottage you come to. You can park in any of the surrounding lots. If coming in the evening you will see the string lights on our front porch. Nickerson Cottage is largely wheelchair accessible.

    The Portland Grief House 7906 N Fessenden St, Portland, OR 97203 Notes on finding us: We are the green house on the corner of N Fessenden & N Allegheny Ave. Enter through the gate at the corner.

    Wilderings, operating as The Grief House, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN  84-4336786) and all donations are tax deductible. 

    The Grief House works on and serves communities on land that is the unceeded territory of the Muskogee, Cherokee and Creek peoples in Georgia and the Clackamas, Stl’pulmsh, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla and Siletz peoples in Oregon.

     

    We honor them as we live, work and serve grievers on these unceeded lands. 

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