This retreat, held for the first time in the Ashram, will explore the nature of grief, our
personal and societal avoidance strategies, and the abiding value of turning to face
the grief we hold in our lives. Alongside the focus on grief, there will also be a focus
on gratitude.
Tutor(s): Swami Krishnapremananda and Ali Gunning
Grief is the other side of Love. Whatever we love, we will lose, at some point or
another. We are all touched by grief; it is a common human experience for each one
of us. Grief is not only for the loss of those we love, huge as this can be, but it can
also include grief for our planet, for the suffering we see in our world, for our
ancestral grief, for our unresolved wounds, and the things we hoped and dreamt for,
yet remain unfulfilled.
