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Arts Healing Retreat: Grief—A Doorway to Love

  • The Healing Hive at Folkmoot 112 Virginia Avenue, Room A-2 Waynesville, NC, 28786 (map)

Presented by: The Pollinators Foundation & Heartfelt Haywood
Facilitated by: Marga Fripp, trauma-informed expressive art therapist, Qigong teacher, lifelong humanitarian, and artist
Cost: Free of charge, Lunch included

Grief is not just an ending—it is also a doorway. A portal to love, transformation, and renewal. This retreat offers a sacred space for those walking the tender path of loss, inviting self-kindness, creative healing, and compassionate community connection as we move through grief into love.

Join us for a day of gentle healing through:

🖌️ Expressive Art-Making
📝 Poetry and Reflective Journaling
🌿 Mindful Movement & Qigong
🤝 Healing Connection in a Safe and Supportive Community

Rooted in ancient wisdom and supported by modern neuroscience, these trauma-informed practices nurture:

  • Emotional regulation

  • Nervous system healing

  • Resilience and inner peace

Whether your grief is recent or quietly present beneath the surface, you are welcome.
No art experience needed—just a willing heart and open hands.

Healing doesn’t happen in isolation.
It unfolds in community, creativity, and presence.

💗 Come as you are. Leave feeling seen, supported, and renewed. Space is limited, reserve your spot now.

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