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Instead of rushing into the holiday hustle, take a moment to pause and tend to your heart.The holiday season can bring waves of sadness, anxiety, and longing—especially when someone you love is missing. While the world turns its focus to celebration, you may find yourself needing something quieter, more honest.
This Black Friday, step away from the noise. Join award-winning author and thanatologist Heather Stang for a calming, compassionate gathering designed to ease the weight of the season.
This 2½-hour experience offers space for reflection, connection, and gentle personal planning, so you can meet the coming weeks with greater clarity and care.
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What to Expect
• 🌿 Gentle movement and mindful stretching to help release tension and reconnect with your body.
• 🕯 Guided meditation to calm the nervous system and invite self-compassion.
• 📓 Journaling and reflection using Heather’s Grief-Sensitive Holiday Planner.
• 💬 Meaningful conversation with others who understand the quiet challenges of this season.
• ✨ Personal planning time to set intentions, prepare for social gatherings, and design your own self-care rituals.
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You’ll Leave With
• A deeper sense of being grounded, seen, and supported as you move through the holidays.
• Reassurance that grief, anxiety, and overwhelm are natural responses to loss.
• Tools to reduce self-judgment and respond to emotions with compassion.
• A personalized plan to navigate events, memories, and moments of solitude with more ease.
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What to Bring
A journal, a pen, and an open heart.
Wear comfortable clothing for gentle movement.
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Registration
Cost: $45
Reserve your space: https://square.link/u/sGhBcNqV
This gathering is for anyone who finds the holidays hard. Whether you’re feeling tender, tired, or simply unsure of how to face the season—you are welcome here. You don’t have to carry it alone.
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About Heather Stang, MA, C-IAYT
Heather Stang is a certified yoga therapist and thanatologist, recipient of the 2025 Community Educator Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). She is the author of Living with Grief (formerly Mindfulness & Grief) and the guided journal From Grief to Peace.
Her work is deeply personal—when she was seven, her uncle died by suicide just before the holidays. That early loss shaped her mission to help others navigate grief with compassion, especially during difficult seasons. Through movement, meditation, and mindful planning, Heather helps people face the holidays with more ease, grace, and meaning.
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Solara Nexus - Wellness & Healing Community Center, 1829 Howell Rd Suite 2A,Hagerstown,MD,United States, Boonsboro
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