How We Lead Podcast

Shiva Circle, a project of Shomer Collective, invites you to explore how this deeply beneficial practice enables mourners to sit with their grief, be cared for by a circle of comfort, and retreat from the responsibilities of daily life during the most heightened period of mourning. Download this guide to learn about the meaning of sitting shiva and the traditions for Jewish mourning rituals.

Just as there's no one way to sit shiva, there's no one way to organize the details. Shiva Circle gives you three different ways to plan the Jewish ritual of shiva and to invite others to help. Choose from: an editable Google Spreadsheet; a Fillable PDF; and a Digital Platform. Every options makes it easier for people to understand the mourner's needs; to volunteer; and to create a world where no one has to grieve alone.

This article presents how African healing circles privileges culture and function as community-driven medicine, promoting collective healing. The growth of these circles signals a shift away from Western methods of healing and toward indigenous practices.