Perhaps for the first time, we were not alone facing our grief. Isa said to us “You are all mothers” and let us sit with that thought for a while. She led us through a guided meditation to connect with the power and spirit of the Earth – because, as she says, “it is the Earth that teaches all mothers how to mother through her example.” After the meditation, we lit candles, brought them to the center of the room and placed them into a large cauldron of water as we sang about light returning both to the earth and to our lives. Read more