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GRIEF PROGRAM SCHEDULE

All programs require an RSVP to participate. Click the corresponding RSVP button to register.

Invisible Ink 4-Week Series: Thursdays, May 8-29, 2025 | 3:30-5:00 PM

For continued participation, attendance the first week is required. 4-week writing program for anyone needing help with expressing and processing their grief to find greater healing. Writing prompts are provided each week, in which participants write about specific feelings through letters to their loved one.
REGISTRATION CLOSED

Yoga for Respite & Restoration: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 10:00-10:50AM

This 50-minute practice is designed for rest through mindful movements, breathing, and meditation. You can practice in a chair or on a mat. No experience is required.
Registration required by May 26th

Drum Circle: Thursday, June 5, 2025 | 1:00-2:00 PM

In this community drum circle, you will experience rhythm, music and community bonding. Immerse yourself in the beat, connect with friends and let the rhythm uplift your spirits. No experience necessary.
Registration required by May 30th

Wellness Coaching Cohort: Friday, June 6, 2025 | 10:00-11:30 AM

In this session, you will take a holistic approach to discover what areas of life you may be feeling depleted in. You will also create a wellness vision to help guide any goals to help replenish those areas of depletion. Each participant can choose to schedule 3 individual coaching sessions with the facilitator after the cohort, to be used within the quarter.
Registration required by May 30th

Remembering Dad: Saturday, June 7, 2025 | 10:30 AM- 2:00 PM

Half-day retreat for any adult who has experienced the loss of their father. This event will serve as a time to reflect, reminisce, and remember their father or fatherly figure. The day will include a variety of experiences and tools to help navigate Father’s Day. A light lunch will be served. Due to a limited capacity, RSVP is required to attend.
Registration required by May 30th

Death Cafe: Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 10:00-11:30 AM

Conversations around death and dying have long been a taboo subject. Join in on a group-led conversation around various topics of death and dying in a welcoming space to reflect. This international movement has a mission to have open conversations on death and dying to encourage making the most of our finite lives. This is a judgement-free, agenda free conversation.
Registration required by June 11th

Grief Hike: Blue Cast Springs Friday, June 20, 2025 | 10:00-11:30 AM

Movement in nature can help with processing emotions and bring a sense of calm. Space is limited to 10 participants.
Registration required by June 16th

A Parent's Grief: Saturday, June 28, 2025 | 10:30 AM-2:00 PM

A half-day retreat for any adult who has lost a child or grandchild. This will serve as a time to reflect and remember their child or grandchild through a memorial slideshow and activities to connect to their loved one. A light lunch will be served. Due to limited space, registration is required.
Registration required by June 20th
FULL PROGRAM MENU

A full list of program offerings at The Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center. Open to any adult who has experienced a death-related loss, free of charge. Hospice involvement is not a requirement.

Death Café
This is not a grief support group, space to process grief, or educational seminar.
2nd Saturdays of every month.
10:00-11:30 a.m.
A group-directed discussion on death and dying over coffee or tea and baked goods. No agenda, objectives, or themes.
Click here to RSVP by the Wednesday prior to the meeting date.

Yoga for Respite and Restoration
2nd & 4th Wednesdays.
5:30-6:20 p.m. January-April and September-December
10:00-10:50 AM May-August

A 50-minute practice of gentle, mindful movement, breath and meditation that encourages rest. Participants can practice from a chair or on a mat. No experience necessary.
Space is limited to 15 participants.
April 23rd session has been cancelled. Next session: May 28th.

Click here to register by the Monday prior to the meeting date.

Grief Hikes
3rd Friday of each month.
10:00 a.m.
Process grief through a group hike at various ACRES trail locations.
Space is limited to 10 participants.
Click here to RSVP by the Monday prior to the upcoming hike.

Drum Circle
First Thursday each quarter.
1:00-2:00 p.m.
June 5, 2025
Experience rhythm, music, and community bonding through a drum circle. Immerse yourself in the beat, connect with friends and let the rhythm uplift your spirits. No experience necessary.
RSVP required by May 30th

Wellness Coaching Cohort
First Friday each quarter.
10:00- 11:30 a.m.
June 6, 2025
Take a holistic approach in discovering what areas of life you may be feeling depleted in. You will craft a wellness vision to guide any goals to help replenish those areas. You can then choose to  schedule 3 individualized coaching sessions after the cohort, to be used within the quarter.
RSVP required by May 30th

Sound Bath
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Next Session: July 2025
An immersive sound experience with singing bowls.
Space is limited to 10 participants.

Soma Dance
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Next session: July 2025
Dance focusing on moving your body through your mood and music.

Book Club in Collaboration with Swizzle
August selection: TBD
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Meets at Swizzle Alcohol Free Beverage Market at Jefferson Pointe
Next session: August 2025 

Join us at Swizzle Market for book club discussion with books on grief, death, and dying. May’s book selection is All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell. This book focuses on the end-of-life industry and those who work in it.

MELT Method
Monday, May 12, 2025
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Hands-off bodywork to restore your nervous system, calm your mind, and balance your body.
Next Session: August 2025

Invisible Ink
Thursdays, May 8-29, 2025
3:30-5:00 PM
Learn to express your feelings and process grief through weekly prompts to write to your loved one.
Registration is CLOSED. Next session will be fall 2025.

Healing through Hula Hooping
Next session: TBD
Find ways to express your grief through mindful movement with a hula hoop.

Healing Haiku
Next session: TBD
Learn to express feelings and discover ways to make sense of loss through Haiku.

Meditation & Mindfulness
Next session: TBD
This 4-week program is designed to help you be present with the various experiences of grief you may encounter in daily life. You will learn meditation concepts and practices to live mindfully alongside your grief. No experience necessary.

Colors of Grief
Next session: Fall 2025
Process your grief through art. Art Therapy is about the process of creation and emotion, rather than the end-product.

Remembering Dad
Saturday, June 7, 2025
A half-day retreat to reflect and remember your dad or fatherly figure.
Registration required by May 30th

A Parent’s Grief
Saturday, June 28, 2025
A half-day retreat to reflect and remember your child or grandchild.
Registration required by June 20th

Grief Garden
in collaboration with Honey Plant
Coming October 2025
Cost: $10
Join us at Honey Plant to cultivate your own grief garden and tend to your grief. You’ll learn about caring for your houseplant and how to create your own grief scape around your potted plant. The $10 event fee covers the cost of your plant, the soil, and container. Participants are encouraged to bring their own tokens and figures to place on top of the soil around their plant for their “grief-scape”.

Griefsgiving
Saturday, November 1, 2025
10:30 AM- 2:00 PM
A half-day retreat with experiences to help navigate your grief through the upcoming holiday season.
Registration will open October 2025.

Winterlude
Saturday, December 6, 2025
10:30 AM- 1:00 PM
A collective experience to learn how to navigate the winter season alongside grief.
Registration will open November 2025.

Memories of Mom
Coming May 2026
A half-day retreat to reflect and remember your mom or motherly figure. Due to limited capacity, RSVP is required to attend.