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
Harvest Moon Grief Circle, 27th September
Facilitated by Death Doula Katie Rose Whiting
£21.00
Sunday 27th September 2026
9.45am – 11.15am
Zoom
As the Harvest Moon rises, we enter a season of gathering, gratitude, reflection and release.
Harvest reminds us that every season has its purpose. There is a time for planting, a time for tending, a time for blooming, and a time for gathering what has grown. But harvest is not only about abundance; it is also about honouring what has passed, what has changed, and what we are invited to lovingly lay down.
Grief is its own kind of harvest.
It asks us to gather the memories, the love, the moments and the parts of ourselves that have been shaped by what we have lost. We do not harvest because something is over and forgotten; we harvest because something mattered and we want it to sustain us.
This gentle online Grief Circle is a space for anyone carrying loss of any kind. Whether you are grieving the death of someone you love, pregnancy or baby loss, the ending of a relationship, a dream that never came to be, a version of yourself you have had to leave behind, or any of life's many thresholds, you are warmly welcome. Together, beneath the light of the Harvest Moon, we will create space to honour what has been loved, what has been lost, and what continues to live within us.
Through gentle sharing, guided meditation, reflection and simple ritual, we will gather the pieces of ourselves scattered by loss and listen for the wisdom that grief carries.
Like the falling leaf returning to the earth, grief is not a sign that something has failed. It is part of a greater cycle of change, transformation and renewal.
This circle is an invitation to pause and ask:
What am I carrying forward?
What am I ready to lay down?
What wisdom has grown from what I have walked through?
You do not need to have the right words. You do not need to grieve in any particular way.
Come exactly as you are.
May this circle offer a place to be witnessed, to witness others, and to remember that love does not disappear when someone or something leaves us it simply changes form.
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.”
