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Beloved Member, Friend, Community Leader Kimchi Rylander passes away at 56

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 25, 2017. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Chosen Family, Conscious Dying, Members. No Comments on Beloved Member, Friend, Community Leader Kimchi Rylander passes away at 56

by Sarah Anne Amazon Kimchi Rylander came into my life 10 years ago at the Southeastern Permaculture gathering in Celo, NC. In the last year of her life, we were on “The Divine Feminine” committee for the gathering and when we met she would share her perspective, saying,...

Living in Place – Three Big Blessings of Living at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2016. Posted in Articles, Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Living in Place – Three Big Blessings of Living at Earthaven

One: Taking charge of time All it takes is a few hours out in town or on the road to re-realize how differently we live out here at Earthaven. So many basics of daily life are different; time is different. Priorities have to be different—so we’ve made quite a bit of room in our relationships and organizational...

Grieving as a Village

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on December 10, 2015. Posted in In-Person Events, People Care, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Grieving as a Village

by Kimchi Rylander On November 14 & 15, a cluster of our village family and friends joined over a hundred people in Asheville for a Grief Ritual with Sobonfu Somé, sponsored by the School of Integrated Living (SOIL). Sobonfu is a gifted spiritual teacher from the Dagara tradition of Burkina Faso....

Annual Feast Celebrates Ancestors

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on December 5, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Social Events, Spirit and Culture, Village Life. No Comments on Annual Feast Celebrates Ancestors

Our annual Ancestors Feast brings members, residents, friends and neighbors together in the Council Hall to highlight stories of beloved friends, family and teachers who have gone before us. When we all gather for a feast in the Council Hall, it takes all our tables arranged in a tight...

Grief Rituals in Our Communities: Partnering with our Ancestors to Compost our Grief

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on September 16, 2015. Posted in Articles, In-Person Events, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Grief Rituals in Our Communities: Partnering with our Ancestors to Compost our Grief

Why a grief ritual? We all experience pain and loss in life – conflict, illness, disappointed dreams, broken relationships, loved ones who die or suffer, even inherited or ancestral pain…. Having healthful ways to release that pain and regularly cleanse that space inside ourselves, helps prevent...

Ancestor Feast

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 11, 2011. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Conscious Dying, Social Events, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Ancestor Feast

On Day of the Dead (November 1-2), which is celebrated in so many cultures, we hold an Ancestors Feast. It includes a ritual of sweeping out the old and setting intentions for the new year, many wonderful songs, an ancestral potluck feast, and stories and toasts to those who’ve gone before us. Silent...