• Duration: First Thursday in August through next spring. (Upcoming Dates: October 5, November 2, December 7)
• Time: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
• RSVP: (see form below)
• Location: Dallas Meditation Center

This in-person support group is dedicated to providing compassionate care for Dallas Meditation Center attendees who are navigating the normal yet challenging experiences of grief. Facilitated by Cheryl Muck-King, a retired nurse with extensive experience in Home Health and Hospice, our group exists to offer mindful presence and understanding without providing grief therapy or counseling.

Event Schedule:

• 5:00 – 6:00 pm: Gathering (Optional)
  • Opportunity to come early, have a bite to eat, meet people, and share.
• 6:00 – 7:00 pm: Mindful Grief Support Group
  • Formal meeting time with meditation and guided self-compassion practices.
• 7:00 – 8:30 pm: Community Sharing and Caring (Optional)
  • Participants are invited to share or listen mindfully. Supportive group discussion about lessons learned and practices used.

Event Intentions: In this safe and supportive space, we aim to:

• Stand witness to the suffering caused by life’s losses and death.
• Embrace our pain with mindful presence and self-compassion.
• Recognize our common humanity and extend compassion to all experiencing sorrow.
• Observe our suffering with balanced awareness, acknowledging its reality without being overwhelmed.
• Mindfully support each other without offering judgment, solutions, or comparison.

Support Group Behavioral Intentions: During our gatherings, we commit to:

• Creating a safe place for everyone to share and heal.
• Practicing loving-kindness in all actions and speech.
• Offering ourselves and others compassion as we navigate grief together.
• Acknowledging that loss and death are inherent aspects of human life.
• Allowing each individual the space to share if they desire, with the utmost respect for confidentiality.
• Communicating with compassion, avoiding judgment, and refraining from comparing grief experiences.
• Honoring each loss as unique and irreplaceable, recognizing that responses to grief vary and are deeply personal.

Please note that while this support group provides a nurturing environment for working through grief, it does not serve as a replacement for professional counseling. We encourage attendees to seek the support of skilled professionals when needed and will gladly provide a list of professional resources.

Together, let us be present with our grief, supporting and caring for one another as we embrace the impermanence of life with mindfulness and loving-kindness.

Contribution for the center to be able to provide the programming: $20- 40