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
Grief Circle: Mother
Sunday 8th November 2026
9.45am – 11.15am
Zoom
£21
Facilitated by Death Doula Katie Rose Whiting
Mother.
A word that can hold so much.
For some, mother is a place of love, safety and belonging. For others, it can hold complexity, longing, absence, rupture or pain.
Our relationship with mother can shape so much of who we become — how we love, how we nurture, how we receive, how we care for ourselves, and how we understand what it means to belong.
And sometimes, grief lives here too.
Held under the darkening sky of the Scorpio New Moon, this gentle Grief Circle is an invitation to turn inward and explore the deeper layers of mother and motherhood — the things we carry, the things we have lost, the things that were never given, and the parts of ourselves that are still longing to be held.
Perhaps you are grieving your own mother, whether she has died or is no longer part of your life in the way you wished.
Perhaps you are grieving the mother you needed but never had.
Perhaps you are grieving a child, a pregnancy, a baby, or the motherhood you imagined your life would hold.
Perhaps you are navigating your own motherhood and discovering that becoming a mother has brought old grief, tenderness or wounds to the surface.
Or perhaps you are simply carrying something around the word mother that you have never had space to speak.
There is no one way to experience mother.
The Scorpio New Moon invites us into the places beneath the surface — into what has been hidden, forgotten, inherited or left unspoken.
It can be a powerful time to gently acknowledge what we have carried for a long time, to honour what has shaped us, and to begin releasing what no longer needs to be carried forward.
Through gentle sharing, guided meditation, reflection and simple ritual, we will create space to explore:
What does mother mean to me?
What have I received, and what have I longed for?
What am I grieving?
What have I carried that was never mine to carry?
What parts of myself am I learning to mother now?
What might I be ready to soften, release or transform?
This is not a space for perfect mothers or perfect stories.
It is a space for the truth.
For love and loss.
For tenderness and anger.
For gratitude and longing.
For what was given, what was missing, and what we are still learning to give ourselves.
The New Moon reminds us that not all beginnings happen in the light.
Some things need to be felt in the darkness first.
Some parts of us need to be witnessed before they can soften.
And sometimes, beneath grief, something new is quietly taking root.
You do not need to have the right words.
You do not need to share anything you don't wish to.
You do not need to have experienced bereavement to belong here.
Come exactly as you are.
Together, we will make space for the complicated, beautiful and sometimes painful landscape of mother — and for the possibility of tending to the mother within ourselves with greater tenderness.
A space to honour what we have lost, what we have carried, and what we are ready to begin again.
You are warmly welcome.
Samhain Death Meditation, October 31st
Facilitated by Death Doula Katie Rose Whiting
Assisted by celebrant Demelza Mary
£25.00
Saturday 31st October 2026
3.00pm–4.30pm
Durbar Hall, Hastings Museum
As the wheel of the year turns to Samhain, we enter the season of endings, remembrance, and quiet transformation. It is said that at this liminal time, the veil between worlds grows thin, inviting us into a deeper conversation with life, death, and all that lies between.
Join Death Doula Katie Rose in the extraordinary Durbar Hall at Hastings Museum for a gentle guided Death Meditation. Together, we will explore our relationship with mortality not as something to fear, but as a profound teacher that invites us to live with greater presence, courage, and love.
Through meditation, reflection, and shared presence, we will honour those who have gone before us, acknowledge our own impermanence, and reconnect with what truly matters. When we dare to befriend death, we often discover a deeper intimacy with life itself.
Whether you are curious about death, navigating grief, or simply longing to pause at this sacred threshold, you are warmly welcome.
Spaces are limited. We invite you to join us for this intimate Samhain gathering.
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.
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.
“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.”
