Workshop/Ritual

Grief is complex, and in our busy lives, we often don’t create the quiet, safe, and embodied space to process it. At times, we may not even know why we «feel off»—yet that very sense of unease is a meaningful signal that something within us needs attention. Grief is often seen as something to navigate alone or only with those closest to us. This workshop offers an opportunity to gently lean into vulnerability, softening the protective layers we build around our hearts to shield ourselves from grief and pain. It is also trying to remind us of how grieving and processing emotions can be a social and collective practice, even an event, and doesn’t need to happen solely in isolation. 

Through somatic (=related to the body) and embodied exercises, we will create space to explore, feel, and honor our emotions in a supportive environment. 

Sharka Rey is invited by LAB Artist Ophelia Young (she/her), who is working on the topics of «the emotional body». She puts her interest towards how our body is offering physical, social and political information and how one can use these understandings as creative and artistic material–and as tools for contributing to social change.

This workshop is for anyone (16+) curious about this topic, or seeking to process grief in a supportive, embodied way. No prior experience is needed—just a willingness to explore with openness and care. 

Please wear comfortable clothing.

Who is it for?

This workshop is for anyone (16+) curious about this topic, or seeking to process grief in a supportive, embodied way. No prior experience is needed—just a willingness to explore with openness and care. 

Please wear comfortable clothing. 

PLEASE READ AND CONSIDER
This workshop is based on mutual respect and consent.
It asks you to keep your own individual boundaries in sight at all times. 
This workshop will not lean on Sharka Rey’s expertise as sex-educator. 
This workshop is not offering consulting, counseling, or crisis management.
It is trying to be an open space for all individuals to explore their physical relation to grief in a collective setting.

If you are in a crisis and need of immediate support, or professional counseling, here are 2 links that can help you find the right support!:
📌 www.psychotherapie-bsbl.ch/notfall/
📌 www.zentrumselbsthilfe.ch

Workshop Registration: buero@kaserne-basel.ch
Please register by 5 p.m. on 11.4.25, after that no guarantee of a place

Meeting Point: Kasernenhof 8 (Entrance Courtyard Side kHaus) 

LAB Artists

Program Information:

Mitosis - An LSD Opera by Brandy Butler on Wednesday 23.4. & Thursday 24.4., 20:00

Death Cafe on Saturday 23.4., 18:00