“I took Meirav’s grief weaving workshop after my grandpa died, when I was looking for a gentle, tangible, somatic space to process and feel. Meirav’s workshop was exactly that. She brought a depth of kindness and rootedness to her role as teacher and guide. I felt a sense of genuine safety, as she invited me to grieve and create. The experience of ripping and weaving together fabric from my grandpa’s clothes and my own was such a meaningful manifestation of my grief— it’s the love and awe I feel when I consider how I am inextricably intertwined with my ancestors and the utter heartbreak I feel in their absence. It’s all there in the creation of this beautiful object that I can now turn to when I need a bit of comfort and softness.”
—Brook Chambers, workshop participant