07/20/2025
What an insirational person. She lives on in all that she offered, shared and taught.
Dear friends,
With full hearts, we share that Joanna Macy, our beloved root teacher, mentor, and friend, passed away peacefully at home on July 19th, at 3:56PM Pacific Time.
Over these past weeks, Joanna continued to inspire us through her presence, clarity, and deep love for life. She chose to remain at home, where she was held in love, as she gently let go.
Joanna gave us a profound understanding of the gifts of grief and a vision for resilience. She offered the Spiral and the larger body of the Work That Reconnects not just as a framework, but as a way to move through the world with courage and tenderness. She reminded us, again and again, that the world is alive and we belong to it.
Though her body has left us, her work pulses in every one of us. In every moment of truth-speaking, in every gathering that dares to feel, in every act of sacred activism - we will keep her message alive.
May we carry forward her love of life. May we grieve with open eyes. May we continue the Great Turning she so faithfully named.
The Network is organizing an online gathering to celebrate her life, with the date to be announced soon.
With reverence,
The Work That Reconnects Network Weavers
