L I V E O N L I N E W O R K S H O P

SPACE FOR SORROW

A workshop on grief, capacity, and creating more space for sorrow.

UPCOMING DATES:

  • Saturday, September 19, 2026 - 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT

  • Saturday, November 21, 2026 - 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT

GRIEF FEELS OVERWHELMING BECAUSE IT’S TOO MUCH.

GRIEF FEELS OVERWHELMING BECAUSE IT’S TOO MUCH.

AND BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR SOMETHING THIS BIG.

Capacity means the amount of emotional, physical, relational, and nervous system space we have to be with grief in manageable and supported ways.

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MANY WOMEN ARE CARRYING MORE THAN THEY KNOW HOW TO HOLD.

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GRIEF CONNECTED TO DEATH.

And to caregiving, identity changes, lost futures, disappointments, ruptures, and all of the many ways life changes us.

The Question Isn’t Whether Grief Is Too Much.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO HOLD IT.

C R E A T I N G M O R E S P A C E F O R S O R R O W

C R E A T I N G M O R E

S P A C E F O R S O R R O W

Most grief support focuses on expression, coping, or feeling better.

WHILE THESE APPROACHES CAN BE HELPFUL. THEY ARE OFTEN NOT ENOUGH WHEN GRIEF FEELS OVERWHELMING, COMPLEX, OR LONG-LASTING.

Space for Sorrow is grounded in the understanding that grief affects the whole person.

Body and nervous system.

Thinking.

Identity.

Relationships.

Emotional life.

Spirituality.

And if grief affects the whole of us, support must also involve the whole person.

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W H A T W E E XP L O R E

W H A T W E E XP L O R E

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GRIEF & OVERWHELM

Why grief can feel impossible to hold.

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CAPACITY

How support, relationships, and nervous system resources shape our ability to carry sorrow.

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PRACTICES

Ways of creating greater steadiness, support, and space around grief.

When There’s More Capacity, There’s More Room For Sorrow— And More Room For Life.

W H A T T O E X P E C T

Space for Sorrow combines grief teachings, guided reflection, and experiential practices.

THIS IS A COMPASSIONATE AND TRAUMA INFORMED SPACE.

There is never pressure to share, perform vulnerability, or access emotions before feeling ready.

The intention is to create an experience where grief and overwhelm can be approached with greater gentleness, understanding, and support.

More Support.

More Space.

More Capacity For Sorrow.

Dates:

Saturday, September 19, 2026 - 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT

Saturday, November 21, 2026 - 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT

Format: Live online workshop

Investment: $111

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BINDI— THE GRIEF TENDRESS™

IS A GRIEF GUIDE AND RITUAL FACILITATOR DEVOTED TO RESTORING GRIEF AS A SACRED AND NECESSARY PART OF LIFE.

Her work is shaped by a lifetime of personal loss and deep reckonings with sorrow, rupture, caregiving, survival, and becoming— experiences that prepared her to walk alongside others carrying profound grief with tenderness and care.

Bindi creates grounded, embodied, trauma-informed spaces where grief is welcomed rather than pathologized, and where women are supported in remaining connected to life while carrying what they love and what they have lost.

She’s trained in grief ritual facilitation and grief tending through the Darkwoods of Grief lineage inspired by Francis Weller, is a Grief Recovery Specialist through the Grief Recovery Institute, a certified women’s somatic educator, and a certified ancestral healing guide.

Through workshops, circles, retreats, ritual spaces, and 1:1 grief tending, Bindi helps women develop a more compassionate and sustainable relationship with grief, one that allows sorrow to be honestly tended while creating greater capacity for vitality, meaning, connection, and aliveness over time.

O T H E R S U P P O R T S

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PRIVATE GRIEF TENDING

For grief that asks for individualized care, companionship, and deeper support.

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SANCTUARY FOR SORROW

Online Monthly Ceremonial Community Grief-Tending Circle for Women

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RETREATS

In-person Immersive ceremonial spaces where grief is witnessed in community.