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.
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Held in the Light of Midsummer: A Mothers’ Grief Circle — Sunday 14th June
Zoom 9.45am -11.15am 21GBP
As we move toward Midsummer and the longest days of the year, the earth is alive with fullness. The roses bloom, the evenings stretch golden into dusk, and nature reminds us of the sacred cycles of life, creation and becoming.
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 we long for and miss but have not yet met.
Children who died as adults.
The mothers we ache for.
And perhaps even the younger parts of ourselves that still long to be mothered, held and loved more tenderly.
This Mothers Grief Circle is a gentle space to honour all experiences of maternal loss and longing, whether your grief is recent, many years old, spoken aloud or quietly held within.
A place to pause together beneath the light of approaching Midsummer and honour the love that remains.
We will gather in intimate circle to acknowledge the lives that passed through us, the dreams we carry, and the tenderness of living within the sacred cycles of birth, loss, motherhood and transformation.
Through quiet sharing, reflection, meditation and simple ritual, we will make space for whatever is still moving within us, while allowing ourselves to be held by the warmth, abundance and deep maternal energy of the season and to be held in the presence of the Great Mother who holds all cycles of life and loss.
You are welcome exactly as you are.
I look forward to welcoming you x
Mid-Summer Death Meditation and Grief Circle
Facilitated by Death Doula Katie Rose Whiting
Assisted by Celebrant Demelza Mary Pearce
£21.00
Sunday 21st June 2026
5.00pm–6.30pm
Hastings Castle, East Sussex
A gathering within the Mid-Summer threshold at Hastings Castle, a place shaped by wind, sea, stone, and centuries of witnessing endings and beginnings.
Mid-summer arrives as a turning point in the year: the sun at its height, light stretched to its fullest reach, and yet already carrying the first quiet turning toward decline. It is the moment where abundance and impermanence meet. Where life is most luminous and therefore most visible in its transience.
Across many traditions, midsummer is a time of fire, celebration, and threshold crossing. The blaze of the sun mirrors both vitality and its passing nature. It is a reminder that nothing stays at its peak, and that presence itself is the art of being alive within change.
About this Meditation
This Death Meditation and Grief Circle invites us into the heart of that midsummer paradox , fullness and fading, arrival and letting go.
We gather at Hastings Castle to sit with the turning of the light, exploring how endings are already woven into moments of brightness. Rather than resisting this truth, we will listen for it gently as something natural, cyclical, and deeply human.
Through guided meditation, breath, rest, and simple ritual, this space becomes a meeting point between grief and vitality. Not as opposites, but as companions in the same living process.
We will explore how life continues to move through us even as things change, even as we release, even as we are asked to begin again.
What We Will Explore
Through stillness and gentle ritual, we will:
Acknowledge cycles of death, renewal, and seasonal turning
Reflect on midsummer as a threshold of fullness and impermanence
Honour what is complete, what is fading, and what is emerging
Connect with the aliveness present within change itself
Rest in presence, without pressure to fix, resolve, or become anything other than what is here
A space for witnessing. For softening. For remembering that even at the height of light, we are always in motion, becoming, releasing, and returning to life again.
Please Note:
This is open air venue and all bookings are subject to cancellation for bad weather whereby your tickets will be valid on rescheduled events, or refunds given. Cancellation for this event will be confirmed no later than 12 hours prior to start time.
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
Held in the Light of Midsummer: A Mothers’ Grief Circle — Sunday 14th June
Zoom 9.45am -11.15am 21GBP
As we move toward Midsummer and the longest days of the year, the earth is alive with fullness. The roses bloom, the evenings stretch golden into dusk, and nature reminds us of the sacred cycles of life, creation and becoming.
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 we long for and miss but have not yet met.
Children who died as adults.
The mothers we ache for.
And perhaps even the younger parts of ourselves that still long to be mothered, held and loved more tenderly.
This Mothers Grief Circle is a gentle space to honour all experiences of maternal loss and longing, whether your grief is recent, many years old, spoken aloud or quietly held within.
A place to pause together beneath the light of approaching Midsummer and honour the love that remains.
We will gather in intimate circle to acknowledge the lives that passed through us, the dreams we carry, and the tenderness of living within the sacred cycles of birth, loss, motherhood and transformation.
Through quiet sharing, reflection, meditation and simple ritual, we will make space for whatever is still moving within us, while allowing ourselves to be held by the warmth, abundance and deep maternal energy of the season and to be held in the presence of the Great Mother who holds all cycles of life and loss.
You are welcome exactly as you are.
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.”
