Grief Practices

All retreats are offered on a sliding scale, with scholarships available.

Camping – $315.00
Commuter – $265.00
Farmhouse Private Room – $525.00
Farmhouse Shared Room – $425.00

Date & Time Details: Check-in is between 4:00 and 6:00 pm on Friday. The first gathering begins with dinner at 6:00 pm. The retreat concludes after lunch on Sunday, at approximately 1:00 pm.

Location: The Farmhouse
Address: 2281 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA, USA

Indigenous wisdom may offer one of our strongest paths toward a more balanced way of being—for ourselves, for one another, and for the planet. In this retreat, participants will be introduced to two grieving traditions: the Lenape way, and Celtic traditions from Ireland and the highlands of Scotland. Together, we will explore how grief can be offered back to the land as nourishment, and how the five natural elements—earth, water, fire, air, and space—can guide us along a healing journey from grief to love. This experience invites a deeper relationship between our grief and the wider ecologies we live within.

Leaders

Annie Wilson is a Philadelphia-based choreographer, performer, and death doula. Her dances center the lived experience of the body rather than its outward appearance. A Pew Fellow in the Arts and an Independence Fellow, her work has been presented internationally. She first encountered keening while creating her piece At Home with the Humorless Bastard. Over the past eight years, she has studied, developed, and refined her keening practice—a grieving practice that honors the traditional ritual of keening while weaving in vocal improvisation, dance, and somatics. She is also the founder…

Krista Nelson is an African American and Lenape mother and grandmother, an ecotherapist, and a Lenape language teacher. Through ancestral language, land-based ritual, and sacred art, she creates healing encounters grounded in reciprocity.