Grief  Tending

Grief tending in community offers and opportunity to experience something very ancient as we meet one another in deep connection, sharing our vulnerability and often accessing a renewed sense of hope in life, the world and relationship.
Grief tending one to one, held in nature, draws on the environment to support the process.

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“Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing, there is a field.

I’ll meet you there.”

(Rumi)

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Without space to grieve, our capacity for joy, love, life is diminished. When we create space and willingly step into the river of our grief, we allow our passion and love to resurface and thrive, we are once again present in the fullness of life. Met with compassion and kindness, our grief becomes our teacher and we apprentice to its wisdom, acknowledging its power to transform and guide us through doorways within ourselves and our lives. It is a way to meet with mystery. The more we accept grief’s presence in our days, the more we allow our passion and love to thrive.

In the absence of western grief tending traditions and with the blessing of their elders, we draw on other cultures which remain intact, leaning into the work of Sobonfu Some, Joanna Macey, Francis Weller, Maeve Gavin, Sophy Banks and more, to create a meaningful experience, giving expression to our griefs and pains, witnessing the surfacing of their gifts, restoring peace to our hearts.

Grief tending circles, retreats and one to one sessions draw on a range of simple practices and rituals, with time spent in circles, and alone, with time spent under the sky or by the fire, enabling the process of grieving to flow and resolve - relieving, soothing and nourishing our hearts, minds and bodies.

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“She remembered who she was, and the whole game changed.”

(Lala Delia)

Some symptoms addressed:

 

• Sorrow

• Sadness

• Lethargy

• Exhaustion

• Depression

• Loss of connection

• Loss of direction

• Low self esteem

• Anxiety

• Shock

• Trauma

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