Coming Home to Love: Autumn Grief Tending Retreat

Name: Coming Home to Love: Autumn Grief Tending Retreat
Start: 2025-09-26T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Letton Hall

Schedule

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Letton Hall | Hingham, EN

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅?
You are warmly invited to this spacious weekend retreat where grief and loss, sorrow and suffering will be welcomed, witnessed and held. As the wheel of the year turns towards autumn, this is an opportunity for releasing and composting the past, creating space for more beauty, and opening to the transformative power of love.
The trauma-informed grief tending in community approach provides a safe place for you to allow your feelings to emerge and to flow without overwhelming your system. Through working creatively with grief in this way, in the sacred space we create together, we have found that it is possible not only to grieve well, but also to discover the joy, connection and peace that lie on the other side of our pain.
No previous grief tending experience needed, simply bring your curiosity, your willingness to meet whatever comes up, and your openness to being moved by grace and beauty.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲
We will be working with tried and tested practices – including circle time, ceremony, song, dance, time in nature, nervous system soothing, and work in pairs and in small groups – to create a strong group container. We will also be calling in support from the land itself, from our teachers and wisdom streams, and from our spiritual connections.
There will be plenty of time for relaxation and integration, as well as dancing, feasting and celebration. Everything is optional and we encourage everyone to prioritise self care throughout the weekend.
This is an alcohol and drug free event.
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐈𝐬 𝐈𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫?
Join us if you...
* Are grieving the death of a loved one and want to be with people who understand instead of feeling alone with your pain or thinking that you should be feeling better by now.
* Feel broken-hearted, rage or despair about ecosystem collapse, climate change, natural disasters, destruction of habitat and species loss and don’t know what to do with your pain.
* Are struggling to come to terms with grief about a health issue, a difficult medical diagnosis, or are exploring the link between unmetabolised grief and chronic pain.
* Feel sorrow, horror and outrage about the suffering of others as conflicts rage around the world. Many of us are feeling this collective pain but it is too much for any of us to hold alone.
* Feel the weight of ancestral grief passed down through your family, are grieving childhood losses or trauma, or rupture with your family of origin and need a supportive space to be witnessed.
* Feel the long-term grief that’s been suppressed in our culture including the pain of broken spiritual lineages and the heavy legacy of oppressive systems which can leave us feeling disconnected from our roots.
* Are grieving the end of a significant relationship, the pain of divorce, separation, children leaving home, or the breakdown of a good friendship.
* Feel grief about transitions and changes including ageing, loss of your sense of identity, home, career, dreams, purpose, or other life circumstances and want to witnessed by people who get it.
* Have grief that is stuck or frozen, and you feel numb, heavy or disconnected from life yet deep down you know there must be more to life than this.
* Want to deepen your relationship with grief as a positive force for personal and cultural transformation, healing and renewal.
All of this and more is welcome.
With thanks to local artist Rob Barnes for our event images. You can look at his linocut creations (http://www.robbarnesart.co.uk/)
This event is organised in association with the [Gathering Gates] (http://thegates.uk)