Acknowledging Global Grief
Tending Our Broken Hearts Through Writing and Song
with Mirabai Starr & Willow Brook
FREE online event
A refuge for those who are grieving for the world using creative and contemplative practices, writing prompts and sacred singing to restore our souls so we can serve as instruments of peace
November 19, 2023
10-11:30am Pacific
How can you use your creativity to imagine the world you envision into being?
You're invited to a free hour of Wild Heart practice
A gathering to give voice to your grief for the suffering of the world, using guided meditation, evocative writing prompts and sacred singing.
Integrate your pain, expand your heart, bolster your courage so that you can step up as an effective instrument of peace in the world.
How do we show up for the reality of suffering and keep our sanity, safeguard our clarity, bolster our bodies and center ourselves in tenderness?
This free gathering is for you if you...
-Feel overwhelmed by the pain and suffering in the world
-Are experiencing disruptions in your personal relationships
-Struggle with a sense of helplessness and uncertainty about making meaningful change
Are you interested in learning new songs to inspire & soothe your soul?
What to Expect with Acknowleding Global Grief
An hour with Mirabai and Willow which includes:
- A teaching and talk by Mirabai
- Guided writing practice and reflections
- Opportunity to share
-Song with Willow
- Live Q&R
Meet Mirabai
Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Her latest book, WILD MERCY: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics, was named one of the “Best Books of 2019”. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico.
Meet Willow
Willow Brook is an earth loving facilitator, educator, seeker, artist and friend on fire for love, truth and embodied liberation. With a lifetime of experience on an interspiritual path and a decade of experience teaching in classrooms across the world, Willow brings devotional song and prayer into everything she does. She facilitates grief gatherings, guides yoga and was a resident at the iconic intentional community, Lama Foundation.
What people are saying about the journey of grief with Mirabai & Willow...
"Grief can be threaded with grace, I learned from Mirabai’s teachings."
- Wendy B.
"Time with Mirabai and Willow is time outside of time - a value all its own."
- Mary Louise M.
"A space filled with the healing feminine face of the holy. It is so needed and such a balm."
- Sarah P.
Join us for a free hour of Wild Heart practice.
A gathering to give voice to your grief for the suffering of the world
