March 3 and 10, 2022, on Zoom; March 24, 2022, in person, Tiburon, CA

Join local end of life doulas Karen and Anthea for two interactive workshops (March 3 & 10) on Zoom, leading up to “Grief Over Dinner” (March 24) — in person with special guest Frank Ostaseski, hospice pioneer and author of The Five Invitations: What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully.

Recent times have presented more opportunities for individual and collective grief than any time in recent memory. Any change or loss can cause grief — death, illness, loss of treasured social rituals, changes in how we work and learn, the end of a job or relationship. WE GRIEVE BECAUSE WE CARE, and while each grief is an opportunity to heal, to gain wisdom, and eventually to move toward gratitude, IT’S NOT ALWAYS SIMPLE!

Participants will engage in safe, guided conversations that will harness the power of human connection and provide mindfulness practices and other transformative tools for healing. During “Grief Over Dinner,” guides will facilitate small-group conversations over a simple meal.

(The first two sessions will be held on Zoom. The dinner will be in person at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tiburon, CA, in a large, well-ventilated space. Proof of Covid vaccination/booster required for dinner participants.)