Grief circles and Guided Death Meditations
These gatherings offer gently held spaces to come together in grief, reflection, and presence. They are offered both online and in person, and are guided with care, slowness, and respect for each person’s experience.
All Upcoming Events
Mothers Spring Grief Circle — Sunday 17th May
Zoom 9.45am -11.15am 21GBP
As the light returns and the earth begins to soften into Spring, we move into the season of the Great Mother, the time when life begins to stir again in the soil, in the trees, in the bodies of the earth.
And yet for many mothers, this season can also bring us closer to what has been lost.
The babies we carried.
The pregnancies that ended.
The children who we are calling in and miss but have not met yet.
The mothers we have lost.
This circle is a gentle space for the theme of Mother for any kind of grief, whether your loss was recent or many years ago.
A place to pause together and honour the love that remains.
We will gather in a small, intimate circle to sit with the returning light of spring, to acknowledge the lives that passed through us, and to be held in the presence of the Great Mother who holds all cycles of life and loss.
Through quiet sharing, reflection and simple ritual, we will honour what was, and make space for what is still moving within us.
I look forward to welcoming you x
Good Grief Festiva;l Death Meditation and Grief Circle
Facilitated by Katie Rose Whiting assisted by Celebrant Demelza Mary Pearce
£21.00
Monday 25th May 2026
3pm–4.30pm
Durbar Hall, Hastings Museum
A new festival exploring grief, love and loss arrives in Hastings this May. Good Grief Hastings will explore how creativity, conversation and community can help people support one another through grief and loss. Taking place over the late May Bank Holiday weekend, 22 to 25 May 2026, the new four-day festival will bring people together for talks, workshops, music, film and creative experiences that open up compassionate conversations about death and bereavement. The festival is produced by local events organisation 18 Hours, in partnership with St Michael’s Hospice, Good Grief Festival CIC and the University of Brighton.
About this Meditation
We gather at Beltane, a powerful threshold in the year. The ancient festival of fire, vitality, and life in full emergence. This is not yet the height of summer’s bloom, but the unmistakable quickening. The sap is rising. The days lengthen. What has lain dormant through winter begins to stir with intention. There is a sense of becoming. This guided Death Meditation invites us to explore the intimate relationship between endings and aliveness; how what has been released, grieved, or completed becomes the very ground from which new vitality rises. Rather than rushing toward brightness, we will pause at the threshold. We will listen for what is shedding, what is transforming, and what is quietly ready to ignite. Through guided meditation, breath, rest, and gentle ritual, this space honours both the embers and the flame, the grief that remains and the life that insists on returning.
What We Will Explore
Through stillness and simple ritual, we will: Acknowledge cycles of death, fertility, and renewal. Honour what has been composted through loss or change. Connect with the subtle ignition of creative and life force energy. Stand at the threshold of becoming, without pressure to perform or bloom.
Grief circles
Grief circles are gentle, facilitated group spaces offered both online and in person, where grief can be shared, witnessed, and held in community, without pressure to speak, explain, or be anything other than where you are.
These circles offer a calm and supportive space to sit alongside others who are navigating loss, change, or grief, held with care and compassion in a way that honours your own pace and experience.
Upcoming Grief Circles
Below you’ll find the currently available grief circles. Each circle is gently facilitated and held with care, offering a calm space to sit alongside others navigating loss, change, or grief.
Places are intentionally limited to support a sense of safety and connection. When a circle is full, booking will close.
Featured Grief Circle
Upcoming
Mothers Spring Grief Circle — Sunday 17th May
Zoom 9.45am -11.15am 21GBP
As the light returns and the earth begins to soften into Spring, we move into the season of the Great Mother, the time when life begins to stir again in the soil, in the trees, in the bodies of the earth.
And yet for many mothers, this season can also bring us closer to what has been lost.
The babies we carried.
The pregnancies that ended.
The children who we are calling in and miss but have not met yet.
The mothers we have lost.
This circle is a gentle space for the theme of Mother for any kind of grief, whether your loss was recent or many years ago.
A place to pause together and honour the love that remains.
We will gather in a small, intimate circle to sit with the returning light of spring, to acknowledge the lives that passed through us, and to be held in the presence of the Great Mother who holds all cycles of life and loss.
Through quiet sharing, reflection and simple ritual, we will honour what was, and make space for what is still moving within us.
I look forward to welcoming you x
What to Expect
Each grief circle is thoughtfully held and gently guided, creating a sense of safety and grounding throughout.
Within the circle, there is space for:
❃ Gentle guidance and clear boundaries
❃ Time for reflection, sharing, or quiet presence
❃ No expectation to speak or participate in any particular way
❃ Respect for each person’s pace and experience
Grief circles may include simple grounding practices, moments of reflection, and space for shared humanity — always offered as an invitation, never a requirement.
Who These Circles Are For
Grief circles are open to those navigating:
❃ Grief after loss or bereavement
❃ Miscarriage or pregnancy loss
❃ Anticipatory grief
❃ Life transitions, endings, or change
❃ A desire for shared, compassionate support
You do not need to have the “right words” or a particular type of grief to attend.
Join an upcoming grief circle
If a shared, supportive space feels right for you, you’re warmly invited to join an upcoming grief circle. These are gentle, facilitated spaces — with no pressure to speak or explain.
Death Meditations
Death meditations are quiet, guided in-person gatherings that create space to sit with impermanence, mortality, and the natural cycles of life and death.
Held with care and simplicity, these sessions invite slowness, reflection, and inward listening, without expectation to speak or participate in any particular way. They offer a gentle opportunity to meet death with curiosity, steadiness, and presence, within a supportive group setting.
Join an upcoming death meditation
If a quiet, contemplative space feels right for you, you’re warmly invited to join an upcoming death meditation. These are guided, in-person sessions held with care and simplicity, with no pressure to speak or share.
“To honour grief, to grant it space and time in our frantic world, is to fulfill a covenant with soul- to welcome all that is, thereby granting room for our most authentic life. Grief stirs the heart, it is indeed the song of a soul alive.”
