Tag: Sobonfu Somé

Books we’re reading

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on October 9, 2021. Posted in Articles, Village Life. 6 Comments on Books we’re reading

This time of year, I love a good book. I’m currently reading a book about a beloved ancestor — Walking with Sobonfu by Susan Hough. It’s an intimate read about Susan’s journey as student and friend of Sobonfu Somé, one of my teachers and a former SOIL instructor and grief ritual...

Building Community Through Ritual

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on February 22, 2018. Posted in Articles, Conscious Dying, In-Person Events, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Building Community Through Ritual

Above: 2017 Ancestor Feast Altar featuring Chuck, Suchi and Kimchi by NikiAnne Feinberg Rituals to help land-based and regional communities process what has happened and is happening in our world are so powerful. We look to ritual to help us digest the unsavory and the unpalatable....

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....

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...