Loss does not mean alone.
2026 Center for Grief and Loss Classes, Groups, and Events
Please Contact Stacy at sscanlon@familymeans.org or 651-641-0177 for more information or questions.
Moving, Breathing, and Writing through Grief : Surviving Animal Loss (Virtual)
Please join us online for our Moving, Breathing and Writing through Grief: Surving Animal Loss series. In these four 90-minute sessions, you’ll care for your body with gentle movement and breathwork, followed by a period of writing from a prompt focused on an aspect of grief. This series is facilitated by Dallas Rising, a yoga instructor and interfaith chaplain who specializes in somatic grief work.
Participants should have reliable high-speed internet access, be able to log into a Zoom room, and plan to have a yoga mat or blanket, a journal or notebook, and a pen.
Reduce Stress | Connect Mind, Body, Heart | Increase Energy | Improve Sleep & Relaxation | Heal Pain & Grief
$120 Registration for the 4-Part Series - Max Capacity 8
Tuesdays, February 3, 10, 17, and 24 (2026)
Online via Zoom
6pm-7:30pm
Virtual Yoga Nidra for Grief
Yoga Nidra, also known as Yogic Sleep, is a deep relaxation practice in support of healing through grief.
Please join us for this restorative and gentle yoga nidra practice, allowing a weary and hurting body, mind, and heart to rest and heal.
Reduce Stress | Connect Mind, Body, Heart | Increase Energy | Improve Sleep & Relaxation | Heal Pain & Grief
$10 Registration - No Max Capacity
March 9, 2026 | 7:30pm - 8:30pm
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Moving, Breathing, and Writing through Grief : Loss of a Child (Virtual)
Please join us online for our Moving, Breathing and Writing through Grief: Loss of a Child series. In these four 90-minute sessions, you’ll care for your body with gentle movement and breathwork, followed by a period of writing from a prompt focused on an aspect of grief. This series is facilitated by Dallas Rising, a yoga instructor and interfaith chaplain who specializes in somatic grief work.
This group is exclusively for people who have survived the death of a child for whom they were a primary caregiver. The child needs to have been born and required care for a time, though they could have died young or as an adult. This is not a grief group for pregnancy loss.
Participants should have reliable high-speed internet access, be able to log into a Zoom room, and plan to have a yoga mat or blanket, a journal or notebook, and a pen.
Reduce Stress | Connect Mind, Body, Heart | Increase Energy | Improve Sleep & Relaxation | Heal Pain & Grief
$120 Registration for the 4-Part Series - Max Capacity 8
Thursdays in April: 7, 14, 21, and 28 (2026) via Zoom
6:00pm-7:30pm
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Moving, Breathing, and Writing
Please join us in-person at the Center for Grief & Loss for our Moving, Breathing, and Writing through Grief series. In this series of four 90-minute sessions, we will care for our bodies with gentle movement and breathwork followed by a period of writing from a promt focused on an aspect of grief. Facilitated by Dallas Rising, a yoga instructor who specializes in somatic grief work.
Reduce Stress | Connect Mind, Body, Heart | Increase Energy | Improve Sleep & Relaxation | Heal Pain & Grief
$120 Registration for the 4-Part Series - Max Capacity 8
Tuesday Nights at The Center for Grief & Loss
May 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2026 from 6:15pm to 7:45pm
Tuesday Nights at the Center for Grief & Loss
August 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2026 from 6:30pm-8pm
Labyrinth Walk & Grief Writing
Embark on a journey through an outdoor labyrinth walk and grief writing session, where nature and introspection intertwine to facilitate healing. As you navigate the winding paths of the outdoor labyrinth, surrounded by the soothing sounds of rustling leaves and birdsong, allow the meditative process to guide you through stages of grief and reflection. The labyrinth, with its symbolic twists and turns, becomes a metaphor for the twists and turns of your emotional landscape.
$75 - Max Capacity 8
MEND: A Grief Sanctuary, 6151 Babcock Trail, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
Friday, June 5, 2026 | 9am-12pm
Friday, October 2, 2026 | 9am-12pm
Nature Immersion at MEND
Please join us for an outdoor nature immersion experience to help ease the pain of grief and loss. This 2-hour session, led by Certified Yoga Instructor Dallas Rising, is designed to help you tune into your senses.
Enjoy both guided and silent portions to help you connect with nature as part of your healing from grief, trauma, or loss.
$60 Registration - Max Capacity 7
MEND: A Grief Sanctuary, 6515 Babcock Trail, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076
Friday, July 10, 2026 | 8:30am-10:30am
Restorative Yoga for Grief Support
Loss impacts us in so many ways. We feel grief from loss in our body, our mind, and our heart. Yoga can aid in easing some of the symptoms of grief by helping unite body, breathe, and heart.
Please join us in-person at the Center for Grief & Loss for this workshop. We will share information about yoga including how and why it can help ease grief.
We will then apply this information with a gentle yoga practice, led by Dallas Rising, Certified Yoga Instructor.
Reduce Stress | Connect Mind, Body, Heart | Increase Energy | Improve Sleep & Relaxation | Heal Pain & Grief
$35 Registration - Max Capacity 8
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Crafting a Ritual for Remembrance - NEW
Please join us for a gentle, heart-centered gathering where we’ll explore a simple candle-lighting ritual to remember and honor loved one who have died. Together, we’ll reflect on the meaning of ritual, share ideas for creating a personal or family remembrance practice, and learn ways to bring attention and comfort in moments or days of remembrance. Whether you’re new to ritual or simply seeking a meaningful way to reconnect with memory and love, this session offers space for warmth, reflection, and guidance.
Reduce Stress | Connect Mind, Body, Heart | Increase Energy | Improve Sleep & Relaxation | Heal Pain & Grief
$30 Registration - Max Capacity 12
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 6:30pm-7:30pm via Zoom
Grief Writing Session - NEW
Please join us for a guided online writing session where we’ll create space to explore grief through words. With gentle prompts and supportive presence, you’ll be invited to reflect, express, and honor your own experience in whatever form feels right – whether poetry, journaling, or simple notes and/or lists. No writing background needed, just an open heart and a willingness to show up for yourself.
Reduce Stress | Connect Mind, Body, Heart | Increase Energy | Improve Sleep & Relaxation | Heal Pain & Grief
$10 Registration - No Max Capacity
Monday December 14, 2026, 7:30pm-8:30pm via Zoom