The Grieving Room — A Sacred Space for Remembering

“Grief and love are sisters, woven together from the beginning.”— Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow

There is beauty in remembrance.

A grief altar reminds us that love does not end where life changes—it continues to breathe through memory, ritual, and our willingness to feel. The Grieving Room is a tangible, sacred space created to honor grief—personal, communal, and collective.

This space invites us to step into grief not as a wound to hide, but as proof that something mattered deeply.

What Awaits Inside the Grieving Room

Conceived by artist and dream guide Angela Grillo, The Grieving Room is an immersive, interactive installation—a sanctuary where grief becomes a living, breathing expression of love.

Through embodied rituals, poetic prompts, tactile objects, sound, and silence, the space becomes a cocoon for transformation. It holds both solitude and connection, offering a soft threshold into the tender terrain of loss.

Inside, you are invited to:

• Place a memento on the Grief Altar: a photograph, letter, small object, piece of art, or flowers—symbols of love and remembrance.

• Contribute to the Wall of Remembrance with stories, words, or art.

• Spend quiet time in the room or garden—resting, praying, meditating, drawing, or simply being.

• Move gently through rituals of breath, writing, or touch, alchemizing sorrow into beauty and meaning.

  
  

The Grieving Room is not a place to be fixed. It is a space to be felt.

An Invitation to Pause

Grief is honored here not as an ending, but as a portal—remembrance made visible, love revealed in its fullest expression.

This is your invitation to:

• Remember and feel deeply.

• Sense the unspeakable.

• Create beauty from ache.

• Honor the lineage of what was loved.

You are welcome to enter every 30 minutes during open hours and stay as long as you need, moving at your own pace through the space and its rituals. Sweets, tea, and resources for continued support will be available.

For those who wish to go deeper, Angela also offers private gatherings or individual sessions to explore grief through ritual and presence. To schedule, email her directly at directorofinspiration@gmail.com.

About Angela Grillo

Angela Grillo is an artist, dream reader, and creator of experiential theatre and workshops. Her work is inspired by dreams and rooted in creative expression as a path of healing. Angela holds an MFA in Theatre-Performance Making from the California Institute of Integral Studies & University of Chichester, and has studied with leading dream teachers including Katherine Bell, Toko-pa Turner, Robert Moss, and Robert Bosnak.

The Grieving Room itself was born from one of Angela’s dreams: A yellow room, ringed with circus animals. No chairs, only open space. A few gathered quietly, cared for by gentle hands. There was time to rest, to feel. I was grieving. And I was allowed to grieve.

From that dream, an offering emerged—a space where sorrow has time, where each loss, no matter its size, can be honored.

Learn more about Angela’s work at angelagrillo.com.

Hours & Details

The Grieving Room is free and open to all.

Opening Weekend

• Thursday, September 25 | 5–7pm

• Friday, September 26 | 3–5pm

• Sunday, September 28 | 2:30–4:30pm

Closing Ceremony

• Tuesday, November 18 | 4–6pm

Guests are invited to enter every 30 minutes during open hours.

To schedule a private gathering or individual session, email Angela directly at directorofinspiration@gmail.com.

A Shared Sanctuary

The Grieving Room is a communal cocoon for what we have lost—people, dreams, places, parts of ourselves—and for what made them worthy of our sorrow. Here, grief is not carried alone. It is honored, witnessed, and gently transformed.

Come as you are. Stay as long as you need. Leave when you are ready.

May we remember together, and allow love to find its new shape in us.