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THIS INTIMATE SPACE USES RAW EARTH AND THE COMPOSTING PROCESS AS A SOMATIC MIRROR FOR GRIEF, INTEGRATING SELF-PACED TRACKING, HANDS-ON SOIL INTEGRATION, AND EARTHPOSTURE RESTORATIVE YOGA TO DISCHARGE WEATHERING AND GROUND DEEP HEALING INTO YOUR BODY. THIS IS A SLOW-PACED, TRAUMA-INFORMED JUNETEENTH OFFERING FOR BLACK AND BIPOC COMMUNITY CONNECTION—ALL GARDEN MATERIALS AND SEEDS ARE PROVIDED.
What to Expect: The Anatomy of Our Space
We begin by lowering the volume of the outside world, inviting your nervous system to land on the earth without the pressure of forced performance or immediate vulnerability. Sitting together on blankets and cushions under the open sky, we will establish our shared boundaries, acknowledge the historical weight of this Juneteenth gathering, and close the door on digital distractions by going completely offline. Once quieted, we will open with a gentle grounding sequence to orient to the land, locate our physical gravity, and settle into the heavy, honest truth of why we have gathered—confronting the law of finality and the somatic truth that what we do not actively tend, dies.
The heart of our time is spent directly on and with the land, bypassing talk therapy to communicate directly with your body's implicit wisdom. You will be invited into a slow, silent tracking walk across the garden to monitor your internal "felt-sense" and select the container and perennial seeds you are personally willing to keep alive in this season. From there, we transition to metabolic soil integration—literally getting your hands into raw dirt. As we work with compost piles and mix soil, you will physically anchor the biological reality of decay, heat, and transformation. Throughout this hands-on work, you hold complete agency; you can work intensely, move slowly, or simply sit with the earth, protected by a fierce boundary of non-interference—meaning absolutely no unsolicited advice, fixing, or forced processing from anyone else.
We devote our final hours to integrating this medicine and safely settling your nervous system. We will transition to the bare grass for Earthposture Restorative Yoga—a slow, low-to-the-ground physical sequence focusing on heavy, supportive postures that press your hands, shins, and feet directly into the earth to soothe and quiet a tired system. We will then gather in our Sovereign Circle to witness one another, allowing each person to voice what they are choosing to tend moving forward, with the absolute freedom to share or remain in quiet, respected presence. Before we part, we will share grounding nourishment—herbal tea, fresh fruit, and light food—to fully bring your awareness back into the physical space, ensuring you are alert, anchored, and safely back in your body before you head home.
this offering is free for members of the Black community, holding space for collective healing and rest. allies who wish to support this work are warmly invited to contribute monetary or in-kind donations to sustain collective access and liberation. in-kind offerings such as bags of organic soil, compost, perennial seeds, refreshments, and planting pots or containers are deeply appreciated and will be put directly to use in the garden.
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CAPACITY IS LIMITED TO PRESERVE THE SAFETY AND DEPTH OF OUR COLLECTIVE ENERGY.
THIS INTIMATE SPACE USES INTENTIONALLY SELECTED ORACLE DECKS AS A SOMATIC MIRROR, INTEGRATING ELEMENTAL RITUALS, DRUM CIRCLE EXPRESSION, AND RESTORATIVE YOGA TO GROUND DEEP HEALING INTO YOUR BODY. THIS IS A LABEL-FREE SPACE FOR TRUE COMMUNITY CONNECTION—ALL MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED.
What to Expect: The Anatomy of Our Circle
Grief is non-linear, but the space we hold for it should feel sturdy and structured. To help your nervous system prepare for our four hours together, here is a somatic-centered map of how we will move through this journey.
We begin by lowering the volume of the outside world, inviting your nervous system to simply land without the pressure of forced performance or immediate vulnerability. Guided by soft instrumental music and drumbeats, you will find your seat on our floor cushions as we map out our shared boundaries, introduce our four intuitive card decks, and close the door on digital distractions with a dedicated tech firewall. Once completely offline, we will transition into a quiet somatic grounding to locate our physical gravity, connect to the floor beneath us, and settle into the heavy, honest truth of why we have gathered.
The heart of our circle is a slow, three-part somatic card inquiry designed to bypass intellectualizing and tap into your body's implicit wisdom. Rather than choosing cards with your mind, you will learn to track your physical responses to select your decks, process your reflections with physical pen and paper, and periodically clear the energy at our elemental altar using earth, water, sound, or sacred smoke. After holding these complex emotional layers, we will physically shake out the stagnation in our limbs and transition into an open reflection space held by a fierce boundary of non-interference—meaning absolutely no unsolicited advice or fixing—before releasing the collective weight with a resonant vocal drone and drumbeat.
We will devote our final moments to storing the medicine of the day and grounding. We will move through three to four gentle, deeply supported restorative yoga postures to help your muscle tissues integrate the emotional shifts, followed by a final offering at our communal altar. Before you head home, we share grounding nourishment—herbal tea, fruit, cheese, and crackers—to fully bring your awareness back into the physical room, ensuring you are alert, anchored, and safely in your body before you drive away.
CAPACITY IS LIMITED TO PRESERVE THE SAFETY AND DEPTH OF OUR COLLECTIVE ENERGY.
Cost of Workshop Includes:4 oracle card decks you will get to keepItem(s) for cleansing your oracle decksSnacks & beverages
An Invitation to Join Us
This workshop is designed for those who are carrying losses that feel too heavy, too strange, too ancient, or too complicated for polite society.
If your body is whispering—or screaming—that it is time to find a softer, more honest space to lay your heavy things down, we would be honored to hold space for you.
sliding scale spots are available are limited; BIPOC and / or LGBTQIA2S+ folx will be prioritized. please email me prior to registering.
note: this offering is open to the general public. a future offering that specifically acknowledges and holds a container for marginalized communities will be offered in fall of 2026.
meeting the deep hues of grief
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with roxanne capparelli
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meeting the deep hues of grief 〰️ with roxanne capparelli 〰️
When we are staring down the throat of complicated, heavy, or non-linear loss, language often fails us. We look at the sheer weight of what we are carrying, and the honest, somatic response is a deep, quiet exhale—or simply: I don’t even know what to say. I don’t even want to say it.
If you are arriving at this page feeling wordless, heavy, or fragmented, please know: you do not need to have it figured out to be here. Your confusion, your silence, and your overwhelm are welcome.
roxanne
I am a Integrative Mental Health Practitioner (LCSW, CADC-I) who works at the intersection of clinical depth, somatic nervous system awareness, and spiritual liberation.
My work does not sit in a sterile, academic vacuum. It is deeply, intentionally intertwined with my ancestry and my lived experience. I am rooted in the West African diaspora. Over the last several years, and with deep intentionality over this past year, I have been actively listening to, learning from, and connecting with my ancestors.
My path to clinical therapy wasn't linear:
The Ritual & Sensory Roots: For five years prior to pursuing my Master’s in Social Work (MSW), I owned and operated a fragrance and ritual goods apothecary. I spent half a decade studying, collecting, and working with items rooted in spiritual ritual practice. I learned how the senses—scent, touch, external elements—can soothe a raw nervous system when cognitive talk-therapy isn't enough.
The Clinical Integration: I brought that deep respect for ritual, earth, and spirit into my clinical training. As an LCSW and CADC, I merge evidence-based trauma therapy and harm reduction with ancestral technologies, using tools like cartomancy and spiritual divination to help clients map out what is happening beneath the conscious mind.
I owe the deepening of my own spiritual and emotional healing to my community—which includes my family, my friends, my clients, my teachers, and the facilitators who have held me. I do not show up as an untouchable "expert" who has bypassed pain. I show up as an integrated human being in constant, reciprocal relationship with the collective.
My Philosophy on Grief & the Nervous System
In my own life, navigating the deep hues of grief within my own nervous system has been a humbling, clarifying, tender, painful, and messy process. I have had to learn that grief is both partial and whole, all at once. You can feel entirely broken and completely intact in the very same breath.
Here are the non-negotiable values I bring into this workshop space:
Grief and Trauma Cannot Be Forced: Healing does not follow a linear timeline, and it certainly doesn't adhere to a capitalist schedule. We do not "fix" grief here. We expand our nervous system's capacity to hold it without collapsing.
We Honor Your Autonomy: You are the ultimate authority on your body, your lineage, and your pacing. There is no forced sharing, no performative vulnerability, and no expectations of "closure."
Collective Care & Liberation: Grief is not just a personal psychological issue; it is often tied to systemic oppression, ancestral displacement, and collective loss. By witnessing each other in a culturally grounded, anti-oppressive space, we begin to heal the isolation that supremacy culture inflicts on us.
Witnessed in the Dark: testimony
Because accountability is a core pillar of my practice, I believe you should know how a facilitator actually moves when the lights go out. I do not ask clients to touch depths that I myself am afraid to look at.
These are brief, intimate testimonies from the people—clients, peers, and loved ones—who have sat alongside me in spaces i’ve held, and the latter whom have witnessed me in my own dark hours: