Tea Ceremony, Meditation + MOVEMENT, Grief Tending, Connection
with Melina Charis + Ellie Thomas
November 17th, 2024
10am PT / 1pm ET
90 minutes
Join us in a ceremony to ground, be still, and go deep amidst seasons of loss, uncertainty, difficulty or pain.
Grief is a multi-dimensional energy, emotion, and experience that can break your heart and reconnect you with yourself and life, all at once.
Through tea ceremony, guided meditation, and embodied expression practice, this event will support you as you:
connect to your body,
process and release any emotions that arise, and
receive any intuitive messages or wisdom that you are ready to receive.
This is a space to welcome rest and rejuvenation, as well as renewed vitality, joy, and creativity.
You will be met and supported exactly where you are on your journey and guided into discovery of what’s emerging through your process.
This event is open to everyone, AND will be especially supportive for you if you:
~ are on a grief journey or in a transitional space (grieving a relationship, the death of a loved one, or an old identity; transitioning between jobs, careers or homes; living with illness or the illness of a loved one; postpartum, fertility struggles, pregnancy or child loss, etc…)
~ are in a liminal or void space in your life, not who you once were but not yet who you’re becoming
~ feel like you’re giving a lot to others (mothering, service, caretaking, space-holding for others in your life or job) and are desiring a space to deeply be and receive
~ are feeling busy and burnt out and are desiring dedicated time to slow down, drop into stillness, and hear your body’s wisdom
For this event, you will need:
1) Hot water for tea ceremony (enough for 3 cups of tea in a kettle, pot or thermos)
2) A small handful of high-quality, organic loose leaf tea leaves (see recommendations below)
3) A cup or small bowl that you love.
For the most potent tea ceremony experience, Melina highly suggests purchasing a high quality, loose-leaf living tea (wild-grown, beyond organic teas sourced from China) such as Gateway of Spirit from Living Tea or, if you are sensitive to caffeine, Disco or Moonlight White from Global Tea Hut. When ordering, please allow ample time for shipping!
If traditional tea or caffeine isn’t desired or accessible, you’re welcome to use an herbal loose leaf tea or a homemade infusion. You can make your own infusion by slicing up some lemon, ginger, and fresh mint (or other herb) and adding it to hot water. However, the living teas recommended above are extremely high quality and their qi (energy) is an important part of the ceremony. If you are sensitive to caffeine, Disco has been aged for many decades and has extremely low caffeine levels, and Moonlight White is a white tea which is a type of tea with lower caffeine levels. You can also use fewer leaves!
Other suggested items:
A journal & any art supplies you enjoy using regularly
Comfortable clothing and enough space to stand up and move freely
Yoga mat or blanket
A willing body & heart, ready to trust what wants to unfold for you
Optional: Wireless headphones if available - we will be playing music.
If you have any questions, please email hello@ellieflow.com
We look forward to meeting + guidING you in the sacred ground of your grief.
Meet Your Facilitators
Ellie Thomas
Through her own 28 year journey with grief after her mom’s cancer diagnosis and death, Ellie has grown to experience grief and loss as a profound teacher and life-changing portal that can reconnect you to your light and guide you in creating a life that feels deeply vibrant and fulfilling with time. Today, she offers transformational grief work that tends to your mind, body, emotions and spirit amidst loss, challenges, big life transitions, and lows, and guides you into reconnecting with the visions and dreams alive in your heart so you can re-build a life you love, from the inside out.
Ellie has 7+ years of experience supporting individuals and community holistically. She works with clients 1:1, is the creator of The Sanctuary Membership and the Transformed by Grief Podcast, and leads monthly transformational grief work events. You can connect with her work via www.ellieflow.com., and on Instagram @ellie.flow.
Melina Charis
Melina Charis is a Mother, Ceremonialist, and Guide for those walking in the intense initiations and transitions of life. She is a griever, a void walker, a space-holder, a bridge. She is fiercely devoted to the wisdom of her body and to the initiatory path of birth, death, and Sacred Creation. She has 10+ years experience with transformative embodiment practices and she’s here to hold you deeply and fully through your own initiations, to guide you through your dark night of the soul as you find and remember the Light that lives within. You can visit her website at https://www.melinacharis.com/ and connect with her on Instagram @melinacharis.