TESTIMONIALS

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"Simply put, Lara is ideally suited for this sacred alchemical work. She has the capacity to hold deep space for the sorrows of the world while being firmly rooted in the healing power of the good, the true, and the beautiful."

~ Freyja Swan-Utsman, San Luis Obispo, CA

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"Lara is a skilled facilitator who navigates the most challenging issues of our time with wisdom, sensitivity, and a

wide-open heart. Her event was a deep experience that challenged me to explore my grief and pain,

while empowering me to face those hurts with resilience and hope."

~ Kevin Gallagher, Santa Barbara, CA

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"The next day I felt a great capacity to hold life and things that were unbearable before. It was a life-changing practice that I intend to make a part of my life on a regular basis. Lara is an extraordinary spirit and a skillful facilitator.

The container she created felt incredibly safe and inclusive allowing me to do very deep work."

~ Jana Holm, Portland, OR

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"This work was very powerful and transformative for me and I highly recommend it. I cannot say enough about you

Lara and the safe space you held communally. You are masterful at what you do, and so clearly and

beautifully committed to helping heal the planet with this work. Deep bow of gratitude.”

~ Laura Ghiringhelli Knutson, San Luis Obispo, CA

 

"Lara’s insight, knowledge and compassion to serve people through the process of grief is so powerful and wise.

It’s very evident she has devoted herself to this much needed practice of healing. The love

and acceptance she evokes in this work is truly moving and powerful."

~ Gina Shuman, San Luis Obispo, CA

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"When the world is shaking at its core and nothing feels safe or certain we need to be brought together in such a way

that we can FEEL what is happening and then carry each other through. Thank you Lara for having

created such a space for us all to find healing and mutual support."

~ Gwen Moore, Eugene, OR

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"Grief work is such a vital part of our lives as full humans, and something so missing from our Western society. Lara brings this sacred technology and offerings back into our remembrance, awakening it from our deep ancestral knowledge. It is amazing what a strong practice these rituals can be for cultivating our capacity

to love and hold ourselves and each other through life's waves of grief."

~ Alexa Lindahl, San Luis Obispo, CA

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"I went specifically to grieve about the Earth and all we are losing. Those of us who love the earth and are awoke to what is happening are carrying so much grief. Taking the time to feel and express grief for disappearing species, desecrated

places, and our difficult future does not mean we are giving up, but rather it can re-energize us to continue our

activism. Grief is the other side of love and we can’t have one without the other, yet there are so few places

where our grief is welcomed and accepted and can be fully expressed in community."

~ Sharon Blick, Eugene, OR

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"Here's a wonderful opportunity to reclaim energy you may be unknowingly wasting just trying to hold back despair.

My close friend, Lara, is a gifted facilitator bringing many years of study and practice to create the

safe space needed to grieve through despair into the power of community."

~ Leonard Higgins, Eugene, OR

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"I found myself feeling amazed when we parted ways, as tears sprang up. I had come to know and care for my fellow participants, made friends, heard stories, saw inside their hearts briefly. A true community holds the capacity

to experience many things together without busting at the seams. Grief bonds when held with deep

compassion and understanding. Grief shows us our capacity for Joy as well. A community

that learns to hold both is strong, resilient, and capable of changing the world.

Thank you, Lara Lwin Treadaway, for guiding us."

~ Michelle Madgett, San Luis Obispo, CA

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"I would absolutely recommend this event for anyone who is longing for authentic, safe, and reverent engagement

of our deepest most profound emotions. This is profound experiential work for both personal

and communal nurturance and therefore healing.”

~ Richard Leversee, Morro Bay, CA

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"The practices Lara took us through were deeply transformative. Her sensitivity to the needs of all the participants, individually and collectively, was inspirational. She brought an incredible quality of presence

to the room that helped us all feel safe and supported."

~ Francesca Simms, Portland, OR

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"This is a great opportunity to explore and express your grief, where you can truly go to very deep places and feel safe doing it, being held by a facilitator who is kind, compassionate, powerful and experienced. Lara, I love

the combination of your skills and experience, your love and deep compassion for the work,

your humor and seriousness with the process, your kindness

and the over abiding love that you share."

~ Jack Leishman, Ashland, OR