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A sacred pause. A barefoot walk back to yourself.

Welcome to your Griefcation™

Griefcation™ is more than a retreat.

It’s a reclamation.

A ceremonial reset for women who are ready to move through grief, transition, and transformation—with beauty, ritual, nature, and a little bit of irreverent joy.

IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT YOU LOST…IT’S ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE REMEMBERING

We laugh, cry, hike barefoot, sit in circle, dance under the moon, nap in sunbeams, sing to the land, and listen for the voice inside that’s been waiting to be heard.

These gatherings are tender, wild, and rooted in the belief that your heartbreak is holy—and that you don’t have to navigate it alone. Whether you’re grieving a death, a divorce, a dream that didn’t come true, or a version of yourself that no longer fits… there’s space for it here.

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IMAGINE THIS:

You take time away from your usual life—not to escape, but to return to yourself.

You’re held in a space where grief, joy, rage, rest, and rebirth are all welcome. You are supported by nature, ritual, sisterhood, movement, and magic. You begin to remember who you were before you had to be so strong.

This is the medicine. This is Griefcation™.

HERE’S WHAT TO EXPECT:

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🌿 Elemental Ritual

We work with earth, fire, water, and air to create sacred space, cleanse, and connect to the unseen. You’ll learn how to bring these tools home with you.

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🛁 Restorative Bodywork + Nourishment

Massage, hands-on healing, warm oils, nourishing meals, and permission to rest. This is nervous system repair.

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🎶 Sound + Movement Medicine

Sound baths, yoga, intuitive movement, and dance—designed to help emotions move through the body, not get stuck in it.

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🔥 Sacred Storytelling + Circle Work

We gather in circle to speak truth, share grief, witness one another, and remember what it feels like to be human, together.

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🌳 Nature as Ally

We spend time outdoors—barefoot hikes, forest bathing, ocean rituals—reconnecting with nature as a source of healing and belonging.

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✨ Integration Support

You’ll leave with ritual tools, journaling prompts, and follow-up practices to continue your process long after the retreat ends.

If your soul is whispering

‘I need this’—keep reading.

✓ You’ve been carrying more than you’ve been able to express

✓ You’re in a life transition and craving ritual and reset

✓ You’re ready to be witnessed, held, and lovingly reassembled

here’s how it works:

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Sign Up + Prep

Once you register, you’ll receive a welcome packet with rituals to begin your process, a packing list, and journaling prompts to prepare your body and spirit.

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The Griefcation™ Experience

You arrive. You unplug. You let the land hold you. You breathe. You laugh. You cry. You remember.

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Integration + Aftercare

After the retreat, you’ll receive personalized integration notes, rituals to continue, and a care package with tools to support your healing journey at home.

“The most radical thing we can do is let ourselves be seen in our pain—and keep showing up for joy anyway.”

  • To grieve silently while keeping up with everything and everyone

  • To journal it out on your own with no one to witness you

  • To bypass the ache with affirmations and to-do lists

Or… you could give yourself a Griefcation™—a supported journey into your becoming.

you could keep trying

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WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE

Griefcation™ is built to support every part of you—mind, body, spirit, and everything in between.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:

✓ Guided ritual and ceremony

✓ Yoga + sound healing

✓ Bodywork and massage support

✓ All meals, snacks, and accommodations

✓ Nature excursions and elemental practices

✓ Post-retreat integration package

Investment:
Weekend retreats begin around $600


Week-long retreats around $2,500


Sliding scale + scholarships available

$600-$2500

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Quote from Grieve Outside the Box

“Sometimes the only way through grief is sideways—into saltwater, into song, into sacred silliness, into silence.”

- Elena Box

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Are you ready to step away and come home to yourself?

Let this be the sacred interruption your soul’s been asking for.

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Hi, I’m Elena.

MEET YOUR GUIDE

After my father passed, I took myself on my first griefcation—wandering, writing, weeping, and eventually remembering. That experience changed me. I came home with a backpack full of tools and stories, and now I share them with you.

I’m a ceremonialist, grief guide, death doula, yoga teacher, and sacred clown. I believe in the healing power of being witnessed—and in the sacred art of falling apart.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • Not necessarily. Some Griefcation™ retreats are specifically designed for those mourning the passing of a loved one, while others focus more on navigating thresholds—grief, rebirth, identity shifts, spiritual awakenings, or life transitions. Each retreat will have a clearly shared theme so you can choose what resonates most with your current season.

  • Yes—but not dogmatic. There’s drumming, ritual, meditation, and altar work—but also snacks, softness, and irreverence.

  • There’s space for sharing, but nothing is ever forced. This is about your experience. You’ll be invited, not expected.

  • Retreats are intimate—usually capped at 8–12 women.

  • Yes. Each retreat has sliding scale and work-trade options. Apply when registration opens.

  • Perfect. You don’t need to “know how” to show up. Just bring your truth.

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LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN

A retreat in nature. A return to yourself. A redefinition of healing.