Releasing to Remember—Navigating Collective, Political, and Personal Loss
Grief is everywhere right now — not just in our private lives, but in our headlines and our systems. We’re mourning the deaths of icons, witnessing mass layoffs disproportionately impacting Black + Brown women, and the erosion of safety for queer and immigrant people under creeping fascism, compounded by histories that never stopped mourning. We’re also mourning quieter losses: belonging in workplaces, a sense of home, relationships, our former selves.
As we approach the season of “gratitude” and togetherness, this space offers an alternative: a communal pause for release, remembrance, and reclamation. Join Leslie Stevens, transformational coach and founder of Rooted Reclamation, alongside guest facilitators in breathwork and somatic grounding, for an evening of reflection and ritual designed to help you move through the ache and toward renewal.
This workshop holds grief as both personal and political—as evidence that we still care, still feel, still dream. It’s a sanctuary for Black and Brown women and femmes to name what they’re shedding and explore what transformation might be possible through release.
We’ll explore:
The many shapes of grief—personal, ancestral, systemic, and seasonal
How loss can reveal what still wants to live within us
Practices for holding grief without collapsing under it
Movement and breathwork to metabolize emotional weight
Collective witnessing, care, and creative release
This is a free virtual retreat. Donations are welcome. Come as you are: weary, curious, undone, tender. Together, we’ll find breath again.
Register for So it’s SAD Girl Season II: Grief as a Portal for Transformation
Date: Sunday, November 23, 2025
Time: 10 AM EST (90 minutes)
Location: Virtual Zoom Retreat
Complete this pre-registration form to receive details on how to join.