This program will be held at our Center in Cambridge. Masks will be optional.
This will include eco-grief and also other forms of grief- and how we hold, open and practice with grief to move into a space of tender action.
Drawing inspiration from the teachings of Joanna Macy and Francis Weller, this three-week practice group invites you to acknowledge and feel your grief -- for yourself and for the world. Together, we will create a compassionate space to honor, embrace, and practice with all kinds of sorrows, including personal losses and the profound ecological grief of our times.
We will lean into mindfulness and loving-kindness practices to help us navigate the depths of our grief, offering tender acknowledgment and patient companionship. The goal? To give our grief the attention it deserves with the hope that by doing so we can find our way back to a place of reconnection with all of life – including a deepening intimacy with ourselves. In doing so we may find renewed energy and clarity to move into a space of wise action in the world.
This program is appropriate for beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Our time together will include talks, guided meditation instructions, and ample opportunity for discussion and questions. Everyone is welcome.
Full and partial scholarships are available up to 72 hours before the start of the program.
Jessica Morey is a meditation teacher and coach who has been practicing meditation for over three decades. She studied engineering and worked in clean energy finance before founding Inward Bound Mindfulness Education, a nonprofit organization bringing in-depth mindfulness and compassion training to youth. Jessica brings a sense of playfulness and care to her teaching and is focused on how we can bring our meditation practice off the cushion and into our relationships and our work. Contemplative practice has been central to her life and work–whether focused on clean energy and climate policy or growing an international youth mindfulness organization.