This is an intense moment of both personal and collective grief. We are surviving the collapse of systems and with that collapse we experience the discomfort of loss and change. Our survival and witnessing of this collapse can feel overwhelming. 

Apocalyptic grief is reminding us that grief is generative and necessary, that it is a partner helping us to practice care as it encourages us to change and embody more liberatory ways of being. 

In the tradition of spiritual abolition, grief is understood to be a teacher and companion helping us to understand two things. First, that grief is the tension we feel as something changes which forces us to figure out who we are in this shifting. And second, that grief is the uncomfortable experience of not getting what we want.

Moreover, mourning is how we tend to grief by expressing the experience of discomfort through somatic embodiment and ritual. The world is not our home, but an experience where we are being asked to cultivate deep clarity in order to remember our most ultimate nature as awakening buddhas and expressions of God and the Divine.

Join Lama Rod Owens for talks and guided practice, as well as exploration of herbal and sacred stone allyship, all relying on the wisdom of Tantric Buddhism, West African spirituality, the Black Prophetic tradition, American Indigenous traditions, and sacred herbalism.

In Apocalyptic Grief, a 3-Part Practice Series & Ritual Journey, you will have a practice that will support you in tending to this moment of both personal and collective grief. 

The program will be held on Saturday, August 16th, 23rd, & 30th 2025
from 1:00 - 4:00pm ET.

Sign Up Here & Get 10% Off with Code SBNGRIEF: https://www.lamarod.com/grief2025