​Grief as Ritual: An 8-Week Women’s Circle for Loss & Creation

​Grief is a silent companion we all carry—woven through the loss of loved ones, dreams, health, and futures we hoped for. But we were never meant to grieve alone.

​This 8-week portal is a sacred space for women to honor loss, create through grief, and be witnessed in community.​ Each week, we'll sit in a fireside chat with an open discussion of the themes below. While exact practices, modalities, and subjects may shift organically, here is what you can generally expect from each gathering:

​🕯️ Begin with ritual—Each week, we will invoke presence through a grounding practice before opening the circle.

​🌿 Share and witness—in a compassionate, non-judgmental space where grief is not a problem to solve, but a presence to be honored. Guided reflections, storytelling, and embodied practices will allow grief to be seen and held.

​💫 Somatic healing & integration—each session will include trauma-informed somatic practices to support emotional regulation and body-based healing. Through breathwork, gentle movement, and nervous system attunement, we will create space for grief to move through us, rather than remain stuck within us.

​What to Expect in This 8 week Portal

• ​Week 1: Opening the Circle

  • ​Set intentions, open the ritual space, and begin naming the losses we carry.

• ​Week 2: Naming the Unspoken

  • ​Explore the grief that hasn’t been fully named—losses that linger in silence or shadow.

• ​Week 3: Tending the Body of Grief

  • ​Connect to how grief lives in the body and explore practices for holding and releasing it.

• ​Week 4: Honoring Ancestral and Generational Loss

  • ​Reflect on the grief we’ve inherited and how it shapes our present experience.

• ​Week 5: Grieving Dreams and Futures Unlived

  • ​Honor the grief of dreams that didn’t come to pass and futures that will never be.

• ​Week 6: Embracing the Unnamed and Unexpected

  • ​Hold space for ambiguous grief—losses that are hard to define but deeply felt.

• ​Week 7: A Ritual for Release and Transformation

  • ​Reflect on what we are ready to release and the new shapes grief has taken within us.

• ​Week 8: Celebration, Reflection, and Closing Ritual

  • ​Offer your creative project, witness each other’s journeys, and close the circle in ritual.

​Energetic Exchange

​This is a sliding scale of $555 - $888. I trust you to choose the investment that feels aligned with both your financial capacity and the depth of this experience.

• ​🌿 $555: For those needing financial accessibility.

• ​🔥$777: For those able to pay the full energetic exchange of the container.

• ​🌙 $888: For those who wish to offer an abundant exchange, supporting the sustainability of this sacred work and helping subsidize access for others.

​Need a Payment Plan?

​If you'd like to explore a custom payment plan, please reach out to me directly at hello@joportia.com.

​This is a space where grief is not a burden but a bridge—an offering, a creation, a portal.