Moving through Grief Retreat 2024

Stacy is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice in Santa Barbara, CA, providing guidance and support to individuals, couples and families going through major life transitions. Stacy specializes in grief as a divorce coach, bereavement counselor and death doula, assisting and empowering her clients to do their best to practice compassion for themselves and others, be mindful, maintain healthy boundaries, experience awe and make meaning in their lives.

Stacy expanded her focus, both spiritually and professionally, and pursued more specialized training around grief and loss, becoming a death doula in 2021. She is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) ‘End-of-Life Doula Council’ where she provides volunteer grief support virtually to clients throughout the United States. At home in Santa Barbara, she and her husband Mike hold community grief rituals at the beach in proud partnership with the acclaimed Waves of Grief Collective.

Stacy is a firm believer in the power of community and interconnectedness. She promotes the healing power of compassion and acts of loving kindness, believing that grace, gratitude and genuine respect can in fact make the world a more loving and peaceful place. She believes her family and friends would tell you she works hard, lives fully, and loves with all her heart.

Stacy either creates or collaborates in the development of all TwoCan Retreats. It is important to note that although Stacy hosts and facilitates retreats for TwoCan Retreats, she is not providing therapy at any time during the retreat.

For more information on Stacy’s personal grief journey and background, click here.

Singer/Songwriter, lead man for the multi-platinum band Toad the Wet Sprocket and solo artist, Glen Phillips had been seeking modes of non-performative music for years when he discovered the Community Singing movement. Song circles focus on short, teachable heart-centered songs ranging from unison melodies to layered multi-part pieces. The experience is a little like church without religion — no dogma, just the feeling of connection with ourselves, spirit and each other. Community singing welcomes all voices and all levels of musical skill. It is an opportunity return to the birthright of shared, embodied, song that has been the central fabric of community since the dawn of humanity.

Glen has been singing professionally around the globe for over 30 years and has grown increasingly inspired to share with others the invigorating and uplifting power of Community Singing. After major life changes in 2016 Glen was introduced to ceremonial and ritual work including grief ritual, setting him on a path of personal study, ceremonial participation and co-facilitation.

“Being in a song circle with Glen is a spiritual experience. It opens me up, connects me to my voice and why I’m here, and brings me such joy. And the love, trust, and deep relationships that form among the group are so tangible and beautiful. Our circle has become a loving, connected community that I and our whole family feel so privileged to be part of! Thank you Glen for bringing all of your great gifts in this beautiful offering to me, my family and this remarkable community.” — Carl Palmer, Santa Barbara, CA

Amber Deylon is a Death Midwife, Healer, Council Facilitator, creator of Grieve and Breathe and board member of The New Normal Charity.

After her beloved mother ended her life in 2019, she trained as a Death Midwife in the Bridging Transitions lineage with founders, Birgitta Kastenbaum and Cheserae Scala.

Now Amber supports her mentors in hosting educational trainings, and serves as a practicing Death Midwife in her sweet town of Ojai, CA. Her own journey with grief transformed her life and permitted her to move from surviving to thriving.

Aliza will be leading our Cacao Ceremony and Ecstatic Dance Celebration for our Moving through Grief retreat at Imiloa. She will help you find that rhythm you never knew you had!