Divorce as Detour, Divorce as Initiation a Sunday afternoon workshop for newly separated and divorcing women

You are cloud, sea, forgetting;
you are also what you lost in a moment—
we are all those who have left.
The reflection of our face in the mirror
changes each instant
and every day has its own labyrinth.
The cloud vanishing in the sunset is our image;
endlessly, a rose becomes another rose.
–Jorge Luis Borges

Whether it’s something we asked for or not, the experience of divorce often represents a kind of initiation: a marked departure from a map that once felt clearly-marked into a forest that can be wild and unruly and breathtaking.

How we choose to enter the forest, and be in it, says a lot about the shape we’ll find ourselves in when we make our way out of it.

In this Sunday afternoon workshop available to any newly separated or divorcing woman, we’ll meet each other just where we are. We’ll lay down in the forest together and–with the help of writing experiments, contemplation, music and poetry–explore ideas of grief and anger, freedom and gratitude, shame and forgiveness. And we’ll look up at the sky and listen for what’s longing to be born in each of us next.

Led by Jenny Douglas. The cost of the workshop includes a journal, a special selection of poems, tea, snacks, and a gift.

Date: Sunday, September 29th

Time: 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Class limit: Seven

Cost: $40

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Participants were asked to bring photos of a moment of happiness with their departing spouse, to write about and to remember…

Journals for everyone.

Images of strong, interesting older women with a divorce or two in some of their back pockets. To inspire and guide.