Grief in Good Company: A journey into the New Year

Wednesday Evenings | 6:00 – 8:00 PM | January 14, 21, 28; February 4, 11, 18, 2026

Location: In-person at Be A Tree Cremation, 3720 Pierce St, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Registration is free, but required.  Sign up to reserve your spot.

Grief asks us not to “get over” what we’ve lost, but to stay human and tender in the wake of it. This six-week in-person gathering provides a steady, compassionate space to be with grief, in the presence of others who are also navigating their own journey.

This is not a therapy group, nor a place to rush anyone toward healing. It is a refuge — a place to breathe, feel, and remember that we do not carry grief alone.

Led by two seasoned contemplative therapists/practitioners with extensive experience in grief and emotional resilience work, this group brings together three essential supports that are often missing when we grieve alone:

• Emotional processing, guided with care
• A compassionate community
• Practical inner tools for staying open-hearted beyond the group.

Each week, we’ll explore a theme through gentle contemplative practices, reflection, and conversation. Topics include:

• Creating Safe and Brave Space
• Compassionate Resonance & Nervous System Care
• Rituals, Memory, and Continuing Bonds
• Grief, Identity & Shifting Roles
• Meaning-Making & Integration
• Closure, Ongoing Companioning, and Next Steps

The group is limited to 15 participants to preserve intimacy and trust. We aspire for people to attend every session to create continuity and depth. The program is free; however, donations made to  Karuna Training are suggested at average $20 per group session. Please donate what you can in person at sessions or by purchasing a donation-based ticket below. 

If there should be a snow storm on any scheduled night - we will bump our program a week later. 

Registration is free, but required. Sign up to reserve your spot.

Facilitators

Melissa Moore, Ph.D.
Melissa is a long-time contemplative practitioner and educator who has spent decades accompanying people through the tender territories of grief, change, and emotional transition. Trained initially as a contemplative psychotherapist at Naropa University, she later completed her doctorate in Psychological Anthropology at CIIS, grounding her work at the intersection of inner life, culture, and human meaning-making.

Melissa co-founded Karuna Training in Europe in 1996 and has guided Karuna Training in North America since 2014. A student of Vajrayana Buddhism since 1979, she brings a gentle, embodied understanding of grieving, ritual, impermanence, and what it means to stay open-hearted in the face of loss.

She has taught contemplative grief practices internationally and is the author of The Diamonds Within Us: Uncovering Brilliant Sanity through Contemplative Psychology. Her teaching style is warm, steady, and rooted in the belief that grief is not something to “get through,” but something sacred that deserves to be held with care.

Tracy Nall, MA, LPCC
Tracy is a grief therapist and death doula based in Denver whose work is grounded in warmth, inclusivity, and presence. She brings both tenderness and gentle humor to the healing process, recognizing that grief can hold many emotional textures — not only sorrow but also love, memory, and connection.

With a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and specialized training in grief, death, and dying, and caregiver support, Tracy’s approach is deeply informed by both lived experience and professional training. She integrates contemplative and somatic practices alongside Internal Family Systems and trauma-informed care to help people feel companioned rather than alone with what they are carrying.

As the founder of Good Grief Wellness, she supports individuals and groups through profound loss and end-of-life transitions. Tracy holds space with steadiness and care, trusting in each person’s inner wisdom and the healing power of community.