portal
grief as medicine
Next one: tba
📍Location at a private residence
Portal is an ongoing ritual workshop series exploring grief as a teacher and ally. Through community, gentle movement, and shamanic journeying, we honor grief as a portal…one that expands our capacity for compassion and authenticity. These gatherings are rooted in the belief that grief was never meant to be carried alone, but witnessed in community through ritual.Each gathering invites reflection, release, and renewal, held in sacred space and with reverence for the wisdom grief carries.
about your guide
Stella Cheung
(she/they) a facilitator, intimacy coach, and community weaver who creates sacred spaces for authentic connection and embodied healing. Her work bridges somatic practices, ritual, and shamanic journeying to help people soften into presence and truth.
Stella’s path with grief is deeply personal; shaped by loss, family rupture, and the ache of what has been unnamed. Through her own healing, she has come to see grief not only as sorrow, but as an expansive force that opens us to deeper compassion, authenticity, and love.
✨ WHO THIS IS FOR
This gathering is for anyone moving through transition -whether you’re navigating endings, beginnings, or the tender in-between. You might be carrying loss, shifting identities, closing a chapter, or simply sensing change in the air. No prior experience is needed…just a willingness to pause, listen, and step into ritual with an open heart.
💛WHAT TO EXPECT
We’ll begin with grounding movement and a gentle opening ritual. From there, we’ll drop into a guided shamanic journey supported by drumming and intention. Afterward, we’ll journal, integrate, and share in small groups, offering space to reflect and be witnessed in community.
🌿WHAT TO BRING
Water bottle
Yoga mat / Blanket / Eye mask or scarf
Journal + pen
*optional: sacred item for the altar…a photo, stone, flower, or object with meaning
GUIDELINES
Confidentiality - what’s shared here stays here
Please no heavy perfumes
Please stay at home if you’re feeling sick, unwell, “off” or think you’ve been exposed to COVID, RSV, FLU. A 100% refund or future credit will be given
Please arrive sober and offer yourself self-care all times
Although the process you’ll be led through can offer therapeutic benefits, it is not meant for healing or to substitute professional help. If further assistance is needed, please reach out to stella for a possible referral.