Sarah Knapp

Sarah Knapp is a San Diego-based Somatic Experience Practitioner in Training and Grief Guide. She studied with Stephen Jenkinson on his farm in Canada, is a trained INELDA End-of-Life Doula, and follows humbly in the footsteps of elders such as Martin Prechtel & Francis Weller. Sarah is currently taking her 3-year Somatic Experience Training with Somatic Experiencing International.

She was first initiated into grief work by caring for her Dad through 8 years of Alzheimer’s disease. She facilitated a traditional vigil, home funeral & wake for him as he died at home, in her arms in March 2021. Throughout her teenage years, Sarah cared for her Grandmother until her passing. She is the co-facilitator (with Gris Alves) of the monthly Grief & Praise Circle at Reunify Yoga. Sarah offers circles, community events, Somatic Experiencing® Sessions, grief support and ceremony.

Sarah loves practicing yoga, writing songs and learning about the earthways of her ancestors. She is a singer and hopes to soon incorporate more music into her work. You can connect with her on instagram @griefisariver.

Other credentials include: Cosmic Gatekeepers Entheogen Facilitator Training Graduate, Earth Tenders Apprenticeship Graduate by Terra Madre Gardens, Medicine Mandala Apprenticeship Graduate, YTT 200-hour Graduate from Spirit Yoga and Founder of San Diego chapter of Resistance Revival Chorus. Sarah has assisted several elders and families at End-of-Life & volunteered with hospice, offering spiritual care & healing sounds.