Grief as Medicine: A Writing Workshop with meital yaniv — Oct 18 - 20
In this weekend writing workshop/retreat, we will invite grief to be our teacher, and grief is a teacher of the unknown.
In this weekend writing workshop/retreat, we will invite grief to be our teacher, and grief is a teacher of the unknown.
In this weekend writing workshop/retreat, we will invite grief to be our teacher, and grief is a teacher of the unknown.
Dates: October 18, 2024 → October 20, 2024
Times: Friday: 6-8:30pm; Sat 10am-6pm (w/ lunch break); Sun
10-12
Level: All levels
Workshop Description:
We are digging the grave of empire. We are the dirt of the grave.
What if we currently do not know what grief is. What if the medicine of grief had to be buried for its own protection generations ago.
What if the communal digging needs your offerings?
People have been trying to get free for the entirety of our lifetime. The collective fire for liberation has been burning and tended for the entirety of our lifetime. That fire is asking for your kindling, for your authentic voice to rise. It is time to ignite your inner fire and offer it up.
In this workshop we will invite grief to be our teacher, and grief is a teacher of the unknown. We will be writing and voicing and moving from that scape. Where questions are holy, punctuation is optional, and language is sensorial material. This is an invitation to swim inside our heartbreak and allow the ever growing cracks to shape us into waves. This is a portal for grief. A prayer for the liberation of Palestine and the lands of our bodies.
Sliding Scale Pricing:
We are offering this workshop on a sliding scale. We have 5 spots available each at 4 different price points.
- $550 — Resourcing Spot: helps support scholarships
- $350 — Full-price Spot: supports the cost of your spot
- $150 — Discounted Spot: offered at a reduced cost
- Contribute what you can: email education@mendocinoartcenter.org for more information and to register at this level
Itinerary
Friday, October — 18th 6:30pm-8:30pm Dinner, introductions, intentions, and prayers.
Saturday, October — 19th 10am-6pm Opening grief ritual Collective writing prompts and sharesIndividual wiring prompts and shares Lighting our inner fires and writing/offering from those flames Collective fire and shares Grief ceremony Closing
Sunday, October 20th — 10am-12pm Breakfast, integration, intentions, and prayers.
Meals Provided
Friday dinner Saturday lunch Sunday breakfast
Lodging
Please note that lodging is not included, and the rooms are fully booked at the MAC for the duration of this workshop. Similarly priced lodging options to the MAC are available in the nearby town of Fort Bragg, such as the Harbor Lite Inn and other inns, or a number of listings on Airbnb.
Thumbnail image courtesy of homeLA, 2023 Photo: Aronne Chan
About the Instructor:
meital yaniv (b. 1984, Tel-Aviv, occupied Palestine) is learning how to be in a human form. they do things with words, with moving and still images, with threads, with bodies in front of bodies, with the Earth. they are a death laborer tending to a prayer for the liberation of the land of Palestine and the lands of our bodies. they keep Fires and submerge themselves in Ocean and Sea Water often. yaniv is learning to listen to the Waters, birdsongs, caretakers, and ancestors as they walk as a guest on the home and gathering place of the Cahuilla-ʔívil̃uwenetem Meytémak, Tongva-Kizh Nation, Luiseño-Payómkawichum, and Serrano-Yuhaaviatam/Maarenga'yam. yaniv is the author of bloodlines. They make offerings through true name collective.