fromsoil2soul

tending your inner & outer landscapes

Your landscape of grief is vast, and alive.

I am here beside you, to tend your grief with gentle presence.

Grief irreversibly alters our landscapes. Sometimes barren as the driest desert. Sometimes raging as an uncontainable wildfire. Sometimes numbing and heavy as a thick fog. It can be scary and unpredictable - but you are not alone.

After the unthinkable has happened, your world will never look or feel quite the same. Your body aches, and your spirit is depleted. Whether it has literally all burned down—or it feels that way right now—let’s connect.

As a certified trauma-informed Grief Counselor, I created FromSoil2Soul, a regenerative healing practice, to braid the strands of isolation, overwhelm, and rage—and to offer holistic healing.

Reach out for 1:1 Grief Support. Or join an online trauma-informed Grief Garden - we meet twice weekly.

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Dev Brous :: Grief Tending

1:1s | Collective Healing Rituals | Soul-Sabbaticals

I create safe containers where regeneration is possible. I support people navigating loss with deep listening, a nervous system reboot, and herbal healing.

Here, grief is a natural, sacred expression of love — one that deserves presence, pause, and reverence.

Through FromSoil2Soul, I offer long-form, regenerative grief accompaniment rooted in herbal ritual, ecology, and Jewish mysticism—supporting nervous system repair, communal belonging, and the integration of loss into life. I support people who are:

  • Tired, afraid, overwhelmed, lonely, scared, numb.

  • Navigating loss, change, illness, or transition

  • Seeking to unearth new poems, prayers, and dreams

  • Feeling anguish, holding too much guilt and/or shame

  • Burned out caregivers, changemakers, and philanthropists in need of nourishment

If you are in search of tools to process loss in a culture that overlooks grief, commodifies pain, and exploits numbness - let’s feed your root system.

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Pathways to Grief Tending FromSoil2Soul:

We meet online or in-person for collective healing rituals, reconnecting your body, breath, and emotions within an intimate healing community. Learn more and register for any of our twice weekly Grief Gardens, or twice monthly Events.

Dive deeper with an immersive package of ten 1:1 sessions. Gently move through rupture, release, and regeneration during a season of trauma-informed grief tending with herbal support.

Embark on a 7-Month Soul Sabbatical, a pilgrimage through grief, growth, and embodied renewal with full access to my slate of FromSoil2Soul offerings (seasonal cleanses, collective rituals, and herbal support).

Learn more in Offerings and read our FAQ

Because Death Feeds Life, Endings are Beginnings.

FromSoil2Soul is a regenerative healing practice offering holistic and trauma-informed grief support through 1:1 and collective healing journeys.

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1:1 Sessions

“G*d formed the human (adam) from the soil (adamah) and breathed into their nostrils the breath of life, and the human became a living soul.” Genesis 2:7

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

  • Listening: Embodied Grieving

    I came to Devorah with intense grief which was causing a real disconnection from my relationships - and frankly I think I forgot how to dream. What I experienced during a Soul Sabbatical was a grounding and transformative process — for my grief, for my relationship, and for my own body. The FromSoil2Soul framework is powerful, poetic, and essential for people who are hurting. — Alexandra Goldstein

  • Soul Sabbatical

    Dev took me leaps beyond what I thought was even possible in a time of grief. She gave me the tools not just to grow food, but to see how the cycles of my garden could be interconnected with all parts of my life - my spiritual and emotional growth, my health, my daily living practices, and eventually the wellbeing of my family and my community during a most challenging time. Embarking on the FromSoil2Soul journey deeply impacted my perspectives. Dev has helped me connect the dots between being a caretaker for my garden, to becoming a steward for our planet. I couldn’t recommend this journey more highly!

    ~Marissa Nadjarian, Founder of www.Philanthroparent.com

  • Grief Relief

    It's difficult for me to find the words to share about Dev & FromSoil2Soul, because my eyes tear up and my heart gets overwhelmed with relief and gratitude for having found them.

    I believe Dev and her circles have saved my life. Her teachings and grief support have brought me solace in times of seemingly inconsolable pain from the inconceivable loss of my beloved son. 

    She guides us by using the plants, herbalism, and the teachings of our Earth Mother’s natural cycles, to help in working through the grief by applying these tools over time, as opposed to trying to avoid it, and just get over it. 

    I watch how her whole body works as a magical listening ear, encompassing her entire being when she focuses on hearing the inner and outer language of another human with a broken soul, thrashed by tragedy. I'm learning how to listen by watching her listen to others.

    The container of warmth provided by the Grief Garden, her rituals, and the monthly newMOON Circles is extraordinary. For me, it’s like a really soft warm blanket against my skin.a

    ~ Lynn Appel

  • End-of-Life Rituals: From Garden to Graveside

    After losing my sister, Cathie Orange, I was overcome with very immense grief. FromSoil2Soul offerings, guided by the founder, Devorah, lovingly guided me back toward healing with a ritual planting of an orange tree with my community. In this beautiful and poetic ceremony that Devorah created for my family and for my community to honor my sister’s memory, we shared an unforgettable, deeply moving, experience that brought a sense of peace I didn’t think was possible.

    Devorah’s warmth, wisdom, and compassion have been a constant source of comfort to me for the past four years.

    We’ve met at the grave for rituals, and we’ve met in the garden. Through the monthly newMOON circles, I found a supportive space to grieve and grow. The Grief Garden has become my sanctuary, where nurturing life helped me rediscover hope. Devorah and FromSoil2Soul have been a beacon of light in my darkest moments, and I am forever grateful.

    —Mary “Mandie” Davis

 

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