Intro to Grief Work & Ancestral Healing
Taught by:
Nala Walla, MS, CGRS
Hosted by:
Alan Rafael Seid
WHEN:
4 Wednesdays,
October 18, 25;
November 1, 8, 2023
11am-1pm,
US Pacific Time
WHERE:
Zoom
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*Session Recordings Included*
We are requesting $325 dollars for this workshop.
If the cost of the workshop is beyond your means, or you'd like to contribute more to our project, please email us at [email protected]
What is Grief Work and Ancestral Healing, and why is it important?
Where does it come from?
Why is this an important part of Kalapa?
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How do I join this workshop?
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We are requesting $325 dollars for this workshop – this represents a sustainable level of support for our overhead costs and to share resources with the team that invests time, skill, and more into making these programs happen.
If the cost of the workshop is beyond your means, or you'd like to contribute more to our project, email us @ [email protected]
When and Where is this workshop?
This workshop will be held on the following dates (all Wednesdays):
October 18, 25; November 1, 8, 2023
11am-1pm, US Pacific Time
This workshop is held on Zoom.
After you sign up, we will send you the link!
About The Facilitator:
Nala Walla is a grief doula, a culture-builder, and ritual tender of ye olde medicine ways, weaving Ancestral Healing with Somatic Griefwork. Re-patterning deep connections to soul and to place, via our own blood and bone ancestors, and our more-than-human allies, her work challenges outdated concepts of race and "whiteness," liberating us from harmful colonization in our lineages.
Nala’s artistry as a ritualist, healer, writer, as well as permaculturist and mother, assists humans to make reparations for the wounds we have inflicted, dress the wounds we have suffered, and help evolve a world worthy of our children.
Nala holds a masters degree in Integrative Arts and Ecology, and is the founder of a spiritual non-profit called “The Well” -- an Oasis for Animist Ritual. The Well aims to be a syncretic gathering place where we tap into our deepest fonts of nourishment and healing.
Nala has been offering her culture-shifting work for over 20 years from her permaculture homestead on Marrowstone Island, nestled alongside the Salish Sea, traditional Chimacum and S’Klallam territory.
About The Host:
Alan Rafael Seid ("Rafa") works with Changemakers who struggle with how to make a bigger difference and manifest their vision.
He is known internationally as an engaging speaker, presenter, facilitator, and coach — has thousands of online subscribers and followers as well as clients on every continent except Antarctica.
One of Alan’s driving motivators has been helping humanity deal constructively with global-scale issues such as climate change and species extinction.
Since 1994, he has made a career of learning, integrating, and teaching some of the most powerful tools and modalities for living in harmony within ourselves, with each other, and with the planet.
Alan began studying Ken Wilber's Integral Framework in 2000 and attended Integral Institute's "Integral Ecology and Sustainability Seminar" in 2004.
Alan is also a Certified Trainer in Marshall Rosenberg's process of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and has worked with individuals, couples, and families, as well as with clients in the academic, nonprofit, government, and business sectors.
Alan's former clients include Antioch University Seattle, the University of Washington Business School, and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
He spoke at the United Nations conference, Unlocking your Emotions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Alan is the author of several forthcoming books, including one on communication skills for resolving conflicts.
Alan also holds a certificate in Permaculture Design, which he practices in Washington State, USA, where he lives in community.
What People Are Saying:
Working with Nala was effortlessly magical for me and my beloved ancestors.
Working with Nala was effortlessly magical for me and my beloved ancestors. Nala felt like an anchor and protectress as I journeyed the spirit worlds. This work has been elemental in my sense of rooting and belonging. Even when I feel physically alone, I no longer feel deracinated – I feel supported and backed by my ancestors – working with a deeper clarity in my purpose as I walk this earthly realm.
—A. Blakely, Seattle, WA
This grief is opening a stillness and power I didn’t know existed in me or in the world.
Thank you Nala! Something is cracking open in me as a result of this work (and it is work!). I entered into it thinking it might be a good addition to some of the healing work I have been doing already. How do I say this? This grief is opening a stillness and power I didn’t know existed in me or in the world. I am crossing a threshold from one realm of living to the next. It’s almost as if prior to this, I wasn’t fully living. Thank you for the work you do Nala! Who would have thought that dying is the doorway into living?!—Lea F., Port Townsend, WA
Nala Walla creates a safe place to face our sorrows, anger, rage, resentment and fear.
Nala Walla creates a safe place to face our sorrows, anger, rage, resentment and fear. Through looking into and feeling these dark emotions in a safe environment, we can cleanse ourselves and become free of the burdens that consume us. The work of grief is a commitment of deep healing and transformation. Through our tears we find ourselves lighter, freer and more effective humans. Thank you Nala for guiding me through these painful places! For committing your work and life to helping us grieve.
— Rochelle H., Port Townsend, WA
I thank you for this inspiration and call to live well, with intention, and in authentic connection to our blood, bones, grief, gratitude, and ancestral roots.
Yes yes YES, Nala Walla! You tapped into so many facets of what it means to be living on this planet at this time. I thank you for this inspiration and call to live well, with intention, and in authentic connection to our blood, bones, grief, gratitude, and ancestral roots. You are a permissionary for many in honoring the blessings of body and place and our rights and duty to thriving in wellness.
— T. L., Bainbridge Island, WA
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