TENDING GRIEF: The healing power of care in community with Camille Sapara Barton

Grief and Light Podcast

Camille Sapara Barton, author of 'Tending Grief, Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Caring Community,' discusses the importance of tending to grief and creating communal spaces for grief.
They emphasize the need to process grief through the body, and draw inspiration from the grief rituals of the Dagara people, who see grief as a generative force that supports the well-being of the community. They also highlight the significance of incorporating joy and pleasure into social movements, and the importance of creating spaces for the full range of emotions.
Takeaways

• Unprocessed emotions can impact our ability to collaborate with others.
• Tending grief can help build trust and create communal spaces.
• The Dagara people view grief as a generative force and hold regular grief rituals for the health of the community.
• Processing grief through the body is important for behavior and internal change.
• Creating intentional spaces for communal grief tending can foster connection and empathy.
• Collective grief work has the potential to bring about transformative change. The resilience toolkit and the GenGrief toolkit are embodied frameworks for navigating stress and grief.
• Safety and facilitation are crucial when practicing these tools in group settings.
• Dance and movement can be powerful tools for processing emotions and connecting to ancestral wisdom.
• Incorporating joy and pleasure in social movements is essential for sustainability and longevity.
• Tending to personal and collective grief can lead to a more beautiful and interconnected future.

Camille Sapara Barton Social & Websites

• TENDING GRIEF Book
• camillesaparabarton.com
• Work with Camille
• IG @camillesaparabarton

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Anticipation of TENDING GRIEF book launch (00:01:58)

3. What is grief tending? (00:04:10)

4. Camille's Journey of Tending Grief (00:07:07)

5. Grief Rituals of the Dagara People (00:10:04)

6. Processing Grief through the Body (00:13:38)

7. Communal Grief Tending (00:17:17)

8. Grief and Resilience Toolkits (00:21:07)

9. The Healing Power of Dance and Movement (00:31:13)

10. Incorporating Joy and Pleasure in Social Movements (00:34:51)