We will practice the 4 Earth Holder Touchings of the Earth.  
As Thay has taught us, there is an art to suffering which will help us embrace and metabolize our grief, and remember our teaching that a good practitioner can always produce a moment of happiness. Our grief and our happiness interare.   In order for our happiness, our energy and our determination to be alive in us, we may need to grieve.   In our grief we may be lost, discouraged, and touch despair.  These 4 Earth Touchings are one possible way to metabolize our grief.  Turning toward our suffering, allowing it, and holding it with tenderness. When we touch the earth with our grief and sorrow we can allow transformation of the very feelings that we carry. 

Nomi Green, True Source of Virtue, will facilitate.  She is a cofounder of the Earth Holder Community. She enjoys being in wild places and feels happy to have the opportunity to support our practice.