Grief doesn't only arrive with death.
It lives in the quiet disappointments, the identity shifts, the relationships that ended before we were ready. It shows up in the holidays, in family gatherings, in cultural traditions like Día de los Muertos — and in the parts of us that long for what once was, or never got to be.
The world we live in doesn't leave much space for any of that. It rushes us past our grief. Tells us to get over it. Makes it something to hide, something to manage, something to be ashamed of.
This ritual is the opposite of that.
You're invited into an intimate grief ritual — a sacred, unhurried space designed to help you express, process, and release grief in all its forms. Whether your grief is fresh or decades old, inherited or unnamed, quiet or consuming — it is welcome here. You do not need to explain it, justify it, or even have words for it.
This ritual has become something our community returns to — because we need it. Each time we've gathered, what unfolds in that room moves me in ways I don't have words for. Strangers becoming witnesses to one another's pain. People leaving lighter than they arrived. Our community showing up for itself in the most beautiful, quiet way. We keep coming back together — because grief doesn't go away, and neither does our need to hold it with others.
Together, we will:
🌸 Arrive gently and settle into the season and what it's stirring in us 🌸 Create a simple guided art piece to give shape to what's been unspoken 🌸 Gather in circle to witness and be witnessed — no fixing, no rushing 🌸 Engage in a symbolic, nature-based release — returning what we've been carrying back to the earth 🌸 Close with reflection and integration, so no one leaves alone
Please bring one small item — a photo, an object, a flower — for our shared altar. Something that holds meaning for your grief. It will be returned to you at the end.
This is not therapy. It is sacred space.
Come as you are, raw, uncertain, quiet, tender, numb, open.
There is room for you here.
When: July 18th
Time: 3-5pm
Location: 7906 N Fessenden St, Portland, OR 97203
Cost: $40
As always if this price is prohibiting please reach out to patty@titipoza.com and we can work something out!