2 SPOTS AVAILABLE
In these times of a sorrowful world and all that we love simultaneously aching through our bones, it is a good time to come together to be witnessed in our grief. This is a confirmation for your place in our retreat. Please read the following when you have time and space for it to prepare yourself for our weekend together.
What to Expect:
This is a 7 day event. We will be on ritual time, meaning time is left at the door once you enter.
Our time together will be a combination of singing, poetry, movement, practice in sacred listening, witnessing and being witnessed and sharing with the whole group and in smaller groups.
This space is an opportunity to share what is moving through us in whatever shape or form it comes in - perhaps numbness, shame, rage, trembling, stillness, wailing or something else.
The vision for this week is that Linda will share experiential exercises from the world of the somatics of early human development, psychodrama and Pesso-Boyden techniques, in order to support container-building and our time at the grief altar, as well as to help us to ripen the fruit of grief. Two or three individuals to be centered in doing their own deep work, in service of funneling the group deeper towards grief.
We will then shift towards two communal grief rituals - the legacy of the late Sobonfu and Malidoma Somé - within which each individual can lean into the exquisitely excruciating and excruciatingly exquisite wild edge of sorrow.
There will be spaciousness for integration throughout the week, as well as on the fifth full day of our time together.
What else you need to know:
The grief ritual itself involves the creation of a loud soundscape via drumming and singing within which the sounds of healing may emerge. These sounds of healing can look like: crying, weeping, sobbing, wailing, screaming, cussing. There will be an adjacent space, designated as the sacred rage altar, where foam bats and foam pads are available for the expression of sacred outrage.
ahlay blakely, Linda Thai, with two assistants Rain Webbert and Ibssa Abdo.
Plus 21 soulful humans who are called to come together to do this work.
Saturday March 7th 3pm to Friday March 13th 1pm, 2026
Mosswood Hollow is a Bed and Breakfast that is tucked into 40 acres of forested land in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, in Duvall, Washington, 75 minutes from SeaTac Airport.
A spreadsheet will be organized, so that – if you wish - you can choose to organize a car pool.
Mosswood Hollow has eleven bedrooms with twenty-one beds. Beautifully furnished with utmost comfort for guests, all bedding is provided, including towels and washcloths.
Bathrooms are shared, one for every two or three bedrooms.
For those who want to pitch a tent, there are two bathrooms in the lodge with showers that have outside access (BYO towel). The yurt (where our workshop will be held) also has the capacity to sleep people (thick foam mattresses are provided, bring your own bedding and towel).
Meals
Great care and creative inspiration goes into the selection, preparation, and presentation of all food offered at Mosswood Hollow. Menus are drawn from seasonal offerings, utilizing local and organic when available.
Lunch and dinner are served at the table, restaurant style. Breakfast is a bountiful and varied spread, served buffet style. Dietary accommodations can be made (we will send out a form).
COST per person (includes WA state tax) for accommodation and meals:
• Single Room (5-6 rooms available with either a queen or a twin bed): $1,894.27
• Double Room (3-4 rooms available, with two twin beds in each room): $1,3587.93
• Group Room (4 in a large room with twin beds): $1,071.04
• Camping/yurt (4-6 participants): $870.88
Please note that the pricing above is for accommodation and meals only. There is an additional workshop facilitation fee of $1,150.
Once you have paid your workshop deposit ($350), please contact Mosswood Hollow (we will send you their details) so that you can make payment for their accommodation and meal package.
There is one step into the entry porch to the lodge where we will be eating and sleeping. There is a ramp they can place if needed. There is a road that goes to the big yurt, where we will meet, and a handicap ramp going up to the deck. There is a small step into the yurt from the deck. There are 2 bedrooms and a semi-handicap shower/bathroom on the first floor of the lodge.
There is an approximately one mile trail around Mosswood’s beaver pond. While it does have boardwalks over low points, which in the rainy season fill up with water, it is still wet and slippery in the winter so you may want shoes to sport the walk. If you are interested in a longer run or walk, there is a lake close by to which you can get by paved road. From Mosswood Hollow to the lake and back is 2 miles and it is 4 miles if you add going around the lake.
Wifi & cell is reliable.
The workshop fee is $1,150. This also includes two (optional) post-retreat support calls.
$350 non-refundable deposit to secure your spot.
$800 due February 1, 2026.
Retreat has 2 spots available.
**The 2 open spots you have your choice between the following sleeping arrangements single room, 3 share room Yurt, and camping**
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In regards to the workshop facilitation fee, if you are unable to make it:
• Prior to February 1, 2026 we will retain the $350 non-refundable deposit.
• Prior to February 20, 2026: 50% refund
• Prior to February 28, 2026: 25% refund.
Please check with Mosswood Hollow in regards to their refund policy.
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