2nd Annual Creative Healing Retreat

Grief: A Doorway to Love, Hope & Renewal

Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The Healing Hive at Folkmoot | Waynesville, NC

Join us for a nurturing day of trauma-informed healing in a safe, welcoming, and compassionate community. Whether your grief is recent or has quietly lived within you for years, you are invited to honor your journey through creativity, movement, reflection, and connection.

Presented by: The Pollinators Foundation & Heartfelt Haywood

Facilitated by: Marga Fripp, Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapist • Mindful Movement Qigong Teacher • Artist • Co-Founder, The Pollinators Foundation

Special Guest: Michelle Koster, Sound Healing Guide, Omsemble

Throughout the day, you'll experience:

🌿 Mindful Movement Qigong
🎨 Expressive Arts-Making through collage and mixed media
✍️ Guided Poetry & Reflective Journaling
🤝 Compassionate Community Connection
🎶 A Restorative Sound Healing Journey with special guest Michelle Koster, Sound Healing Guide
🍽️ Community Lunch

These gentle, evidence-informed practices can help support emotional regulation, nervous system restoration, resilience, self-compassion, and renewed hope.

No artistic experience is necessary—just come as you are.

Free of Charge • Lunch Included
Registration is required, and space is limited.

We look forward to welcoming you for a day of healing, creativity, and connection.

Healing and Rising Together. Until Everyone Belongs.

2nd Annual Creative Healing Retreat: Grief—A Doorway to Love

For anyone navigating grief, loss, or life's many transitions