“We die the way we live.”
“Love in its fullest form is a series of deaths and rebirths.”
An embodied exploration of life and death.
Facilitated by Sage Hayes
A seven week arc in which we prepare, together, to move to / dance to the songs we want played in observance and celebration of our life and death.
This is a unique invitation to join an intimate exploration in circle to explore movement and dialogue - what it means to prepare to let go, to offer up our vitality to change and dance into portals of our mortality and mystery.
Why death songs?
I am interested in what arises from the ‘wisdom of no return’, particularly in the light of ongoing political and global suffering. What medicines are most relevant in these threshold times? What actually might compel us to change and transform with more efficient zest? What is ready to die?
After the U.S. elections it became clearer than ever that white supremacy and misogyny are so deeply rooted in the reptilian nervous system of our collective body and we need a lot more than talk and mantras. In this light, I have been wondering what can bring us to our knees quicker, to offer up our deepest fears of the other, towards love and each other?
death songs is an invitation to explore the reality of death and dying, to make it personal by picking the song(s) you’d like played at your memorial/funeral/goodbye party and using them as a doorway to let go of what we don’t need anymore and to flow into the unknown spaces of life, death and the all between and around them.
Note: This is a pilot project. What this means is that this is the first time death songs is being offered. This makes it particularly special and also emergent and experimental for not just me as the facilitator but for you as the participant. If you’re looking for a polished and perfect experience, this is not it. If you’re open to being in collaborative process, giving feedback and stepping into something new, this could be for you.
the journey:
Week 1: Opening the space, intentions, prayers.
Week 2. Ground, ancestors and circle building.
Week 3. Beginning to let go, a practice. What is not needed.
Week 4. Embodied relinquishment, lightening the load.
Week 5. Ouroboros. Where pain meets love and love meets pain
Week 6. Death songs, we move into and through.
Week 7. Death songs, we move into and through. Closing.
emergent conditions
each week you will be invited to move, dance, sit, share.
death songs will foster collective and individual explorations. we’ll explore through small and large group work. all aspects of the experience will be invitational meaning that you can participate as little or as much as you’d like. As the facilitator the values I hold most strongly in this process are consent, looking for where there is ease and flow, collaborative movement, deep listening and shared responsibility for group care.
details:
death songs on PEAKS ISLAND
New Brackett Church, Peaks Island, Maine.
Mondays, 530-7pm starting January 13th - February 24, 2025
By suggested donation. (sliding scale, $75-$250 for entire series)
Venmo: @sagehayes, paypal: sage@embodiedliberation.com
or email sage (sage@embodiedliberation.com) to register and be sent an invoice for registration
