Below are currently known upcoming learning opportunities related to dying, death, and grieving for the general public. More to be added soon. Do you know of any that should be added? Please reach out to us!
We are stronger together.
Sunday, May 19, 2024.
Grief Centered Hatha Yoga with GrieveWell
Held on Zoom
To be present for one’s body and one’s breath can be a transformative step toward healing, and a yoga practice helps us move through grief and challenge from a place of compassion and awareness.
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Understanding Grief Workshop with GrieveWell
In-person in Ann Arbor or Virtual on Zoom
The first step to healthy grieving is understanding this painful but important part of life.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Exploring Grief Through Poetry
Virtual on Zoom
Writing can be therapeutic for many. This workshop will walk you through the use of poetry in processing grief.
June 28th to 30th
Weave an Urn Workshop
Tipton, Michigan
Join an intimate group for a weekend of learning to weave with plants by a lake in Southeast Michigan. Attendees will choose their own individual basket to make, from urns, to backpacks, to foraging baskets. The weaving instructor (also a funerary artisan) can happily guide you through the beginning of your own urn. The urn can be finished on a date you both later agree on to add a custom natural fiber liner and a woven lid.
July 18th to 2st, 2024
Home Funeral Workshop
Kalamazoo, Michigan
This workshop held at Earthcraft Skillshare will teach how to hold your own funeral or ceremony to suit your needs and the wishes of your loved one. Learn to hold a nurturing and healing environment for those present at the transition and funeral.
July 26th to 28th, 2024
Natural Burial Workshop
Irish Hills, Michigan
This workshop held at the Divine Pine Gathering will teach current green-er burial options in Michigan. We’ll discuss the ancient practice of community deathcare and natural burial, their recent resurgence in mainstream culture, and how to reclaim the ancestral skills of caring for our dead and returning them to the Earth.
October 12, 2024
Free Community Coffin Weaving at the Michigan Folk Festival
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Come join the Michigan Folk School in a celebration of folk crafts, or crafts of the common people. Deathcare is also an ancestral skill and folk craft. One of the planned activities at this event is the community weaving of a coffin of both willow and invasive species, led by funerary artisan Michael Marie. Bring your grief in all its forms and weave with us.