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Thawing

Thawing

A grief practice

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Niema Lightseed
Dec 04, 2023
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This is the companion practice for the “Unnumbing” poem. First I want to note that grief practice, like so much of our healing work, is meant to be a shared experience. To spill out in a container that can hold the fullness of us, made by many hands.

And not all of us have access to community grief ritual, or like-hearted community at all. Or sometimes …

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