In the News: Salt Trails in Chestnut Hill Local

Thanks to our dear Priscilla for putting language to something many of us have felt in our bodies: when grief shows up, trying to tamp it down doesn’t erase it—it just shifts where and how it lands. Her words remind us why Salt Trails Collective exists: to make space for grief in community, with care, witness, and support—so no one has to carry it alone.

We also want to thank Chestnut Hill Local for sharing this story. Your coverage helps lift up the simple but radical idea at the heart of our work: grief doesn’t have to be hidden to be safe. It can be held—together—through sharing, ritual, creativity, and connection.

In the piece, you’ll find a glimpse of our Singing Our Grief gathering, which takes place on the third Friday of each month (typically at Chestnut Hill United Church, with an average of 20–25 participants). At each SOG, people are invited to bring their whole selves—through poetry and conversation, movement and stretching, and, of course, singing. The offered songs are rooted in grief and hope, mostly spiritual rather than religious, and the program is nondenominational. There’s also room for sound where participants can make whatever sounds emerge, letting emotion find a voice.

As Priscilla shared, the goal isn’t to force “feeling better.” It’s to create a container where what’s present can be processed. And over and over, we witness something powerful: when grief is met with community, people often do walk away feeling lighter—not because grief was denied, but because it was finally witnessed.

Read the article here: https://www.chestnuthilllocal.com/stories/singing-our-grief-makes-space-for-communal-grieving,41557