Gatherings
Holding What We Cannot Change
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Holding What We Cannot Change *
Grief Altar-Making Workshop
"To love is to accept the rites of grief."
-Francis Weller
Join ceramicists and grief-tenders, Daria Matza and Amanda Feaver, in this altar creation workshop, designed as a sacred space for you to build your own altar and create ritual around your grief.
Altars are an ancient way for people to engage the sacred, to honor the complexities of being alive while experiencing death. Join us for this intimate workshop where we’ll engage in altar-making, storytelling, and ritual practices—creating space to hold grief and meaning together.
Rooted in the stability that clay offers, this half-day gathering invites you to create with your hands, honor your loss, and make space for your inner life to contract and expand.
In a small community of like-minded folks, you’ll create your own altar from clay and consider what you want it to hold as you consider how to cultivate personal ritual as an ongoing practice. We’ll spend time in meditation, storytelling, and creation as we make space for ourselves and each other.
Altars are an invitation to enter the liminal; join us as we gather for this threshold work together.
Date: June 13, 2026 12pm-3:30pm
Cost: $150 + $30 materials fee
Location: Sellwood Community House-1436 SE Spokane St, Portland, OR 97202
If the workshop cost is prohibitive, please reach out to Sellwood Community House to discuss scholarship options.
If you have questions about this workshop and if it’s a good fit for you, please send us a message.
*Altars will be glazed and fired and ready for pick-up at the community house within 3-4 weeks. Along with your finished altar, you’ll receive a PDF workbook to learn more about grief, altar spaces with journal prompts to keep you going.
The Evolving Life
A sacred space to honor the feminine — from Maiden to Crone.
We change.
Our bodies change. Our roles shift. Our desires deepen.
What once fit no longer does. What once felt certain begins to unravel.
And in these thresholds—where identity softens and remakes itself—we need each other.
The Evolving Life is a guided group for women navigating life’s turning points. Whether you are entering motherhood, facing the end of a relationship, finding your power after loss, or reckoning with aging and legacy—this group offers deep witnessing, ritual, and community.
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Together we will explore the archetypal seasons of a woman’s life:
Maiden – The call of vitality, new beginnings, innocence, and courage
Mother – The phase of devotion, tending, nourishment, and creative power (with or without children)
Queen – Sovereignty, purpose, boundary, leadership, and fierce compassion
Crone – Wisdom, mystery, rest, and deep-rooted knowing
This is not a linear journey. These archetypes live within us all. Each phase calls us in different ways at different times.
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You are moving through a significant life transition and longing for grounding
You feel called to ritual, reflection, and reconnection with your feminine lineage
You are craving a space where complexity, grief, power, and joy can all belong
You want to explore how you uniquely embody these archetypes.
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6 weekly gatherings (in-person in Portland, Oregon)
Guided reflections and writing prompts
Embodied practices and ritual
Archetypal teachings rooted in depth psychology and myth
A circle of women walking beside you—honest, raw, sacred connection
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A deeper connection to your personal story and the archetypal energies shaping it
Language and ritual for navigating transitions with grace and power
A felt sense of belonging—to yourself, to the circle, to something ancient and wise
Insight into how the Maiden, Mother, Queen, and Crone live within you now
Tools for honoring your rhythms, setting boundaries, and embracing change
A circle of women who have seen and honored your becoming
