Grief Tending Ritual, Song Medicine & Community with Laurence Cole Medicine for These Times with Beth Weinstein

In this episode, Beth is joined by Laurence Cole, a song elder and ritualist based in Port Townsend, Washington. Join them as Laurence shares some powerful insights from his years of experience facilitating community grief tending rituals. Laurence also discusses the “crying need” for grief rituals and how singing, dancing, storytelling, and silence can be used as technologies of belonging and connection. Beth and Laurence also explore the challenges of modern society, including separation, isolation, and grief and Laurence offers hope and wisdom on how we can move forward by embracing community and understanding our interconnectedness as humans.