"Grief As a Sacred Portal" Community Ritual

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“Enter sorrow as you would enter a temple. 

Let it consume what is false, until only the luminous remains.”
— adapted from Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra

Grief as a Sacred Portal is a contemplative community ritual inviting us to gather in the tender space where sorrow and sanctity meet. As the year draws toward its close, and the collective heaviness of our times deepens—wars, divisions, losses both personal and global—we come together to honor grief as a teacher, not an affliction, and to do so in the safe container of supportive community.

Through guided reflection, shared ritual, rhythmic music, and witnessing presence, participants are invited to soften around what hurts and open to what is most real within. This ceremony recognizes that grief, when tended consciously, becomes a doorway into compassion, connection, and the deeper currents of love that endure beyond what is lost, and that as we metabolize our grief, we create space for greater presence, joy and engagement with life.

All are welcome—whether carrying private sorrow or feeling the ache of the world—to enter this sacred portal together and let the heart be held.

Join us at Pink House Studio 

601 E. Wright Street

Milwaukee, WI 53212

Registration is required so we can get offer adequate support resources for all participants.

REGISTER HERE

Energy exchange with sliding scale Fee - $ 80 - $180 (No one turned away second to lack of funds- contact us.)

Payment to Pink House Studio:
Venmo Claire -Moore-43, or PayPal pinkhousestudios.c@gmail.com

Facilitated by Maggie Kuhn- Grief Guide and Ritual Tender, and Claire Moore- CYT w/ specialization in Trauma and Recovery Yoga.