In this expressive arts group program for women, we will explore the myths of three goddesses: Persephone, Inanna, and Isis. In each of their journeys with grief, death, and the underworld, these goddesses grew into their own transformation. We will be using their stories as well as expressive arts to assist you in finding your own wisdom in traveling with grief, death, the underworld,… and growing into your own transformation and integration.

Who is this program for?

This program is for any woman whose person has died. Grief is our initiation. We are all “abducted” into the underworld by grief, like Persephone. And then, like Inanna, we must choose more consciously to travel to the underworld, to give up our roles, and all that we previously knew, in order to travel in this new reality. Like Isis reassembling her dead husband Osiris in order to create a child, we are then faced with how we are going to gather the pieces of our loss back together and reassemble them, to conceive a new life.

Through it all, grief is our focus. Why? Because, grief is the doorway.
Grief is the doorway to living a life of meaning, authenticity, personal and planetary healing, recovery, intimacy, connection, and, paradoxically,
grief is the doorway to joy.

Why do this program?

If you join this program, you are invited to:

• drop into your body and relax your nervous system,

• join a sacred space being with other women that "get it,” and

• explore the deep wisdom wells that grief, expressive arts, and goddesses of the underworld have to offer.

This is a place where you are invited to “drop the mask” of people pleasing or needing to take care of others around your grief. It is a safe place to travel to the underworld, in companionship with others who are on the journey with you. During our time together, you will hear the stories of these goddesses, finding the grief medicine they provide. You will then make a soulcollage® card for each of these goddesses in a sacred container of other women. No previous soulcollage® experience necessary. More about soulcollage® here.

Is this an art class?

No! Nonononono. You do not have to have any previous art experience to participate in this group. I promise! NO EXPERIENCE. You do not have to “be an artist” and any art judges or critics that show up will be immediately removed from the premises. I will not be teaching you any fine art techniques like shading or drawing a tree in the right proportions. The (expressive, not fine) art you will be making includes: soulcollage®, journalling, and drawing with shapes and colors (no shading! just shapes and colors of how you feel).

Is this therapy?

No. This is an expressive arts support group. It can work very well in conjunction with therapy and I am happy to collaborate with your individual therapist if you would like. The benefits of this group can be similar in: increased feelings of connection in your body and with others and discovering/creating personal meaning that is found in the metaphors and stories of these goddesses. You may also experience joy at finding your own inner grief guidance (which can be especially empowering in a grief illiterate culture that offers very little helpful guidance).

As one of my mentors said to me 20 years ago:

“Everybody’s looking for the answers up there and out there!

But that’s not where the answers are…

They’re down there and in here.”

Come, travel down, and in with us. Grief is the doorway, and the entrance, but it isn’t the destination.
You are invited on this transformative inner journey to see what wisdom you find.

Logistics:

We meet online for 7 sessions.

The next offering will be held on Fridays, October 30 - December 18, 2026

12:30-2:30pm, Eastern time, 9:30-11:30, Pacific time

Please have the following supplies with you: journal/drawing pad, pen, oil pastels, soulcollage® cards and sleeves, magazine or other images for collage-ing from the 3 myths will be exploring, scissors, glue.

OR you can add $37 for all art supplies snail mailed to you!

Cost: $975 paid upfront

$875 early bird discount | Ends September 18, 2026

You can also pay in 3 installments of $333

Questions: Linda @DrLindaShanti.com

What Past Participants are Saying about Goddesses of the Underworld

“If you are looking for ways to be gently supported while on your grief journey through storytelling, art, journaling and creating soul collages, I would recommend this class on goddesses.  The wisdom of the goddesses taught by Dr Linda Shanti and the community of the group is a profound way to process grief and gain insights on what your soul is telling you that you need now.”

 -Jamee, participant in Goddesses of the Underworld

“I found the goddesses in their journeys inspiring and this group created a strong sense of connection to the human experience that I am having.”

-Former participant in Goddesses of the Underworld

“I loved the focus on goddesses, the flow of their stories with the soulcollage®, and what it brought out for me.“

-Former participant in Goddesses of the Underworld