Tending to Grief
A 5-day retreat to tenderly uncoil the grief knots and threads of birthloss, unpregnancy, the loss of a child or unrealised paths to parenthood.
June 25 - 29
2025
Eungella, NSW, Australia
“What is grief, really? It is the expression of a loss. You feel this loss intensely because of your attachment and love for what you lost. So, grief is directly related to how much you loved that thing or that person. It’s important to understand that grief is an expression of that love and give yourself permission to grieve because when you grieve it shows you how much you loved.”
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A 5-day retreat to tenderly uncoil the grief knots and threads of birthloss, unpregnancy or the loss of a child.
Tending to Grief
knots & weavings
With
Lauren Urquhart & Sunni Hart
(yoga teacher/counsellor &
doula/breath work specialist)
Untangling knots is the slow, intricate work of grief—non-linear and expressed in countless ways.
Tending to Grief (Knots & Weavings): A Communal Grief Retreat
Grief is not only for what was, but also for what could have been. This retreat is for those who are carrying the sorrow of birth loss, unpregnancy, or the loss of a child. It is also for those who are navigating the quiet, often unspoken grief of an unrealised path to parenthood—the ones who imagined a future with a child but find themselves in a different reality.
Perhaps you have experienced pregnancy loss. Perhaps you have held the hope of becoming a parent, only to find that time, circumstance, or choice had other plans.
This is a space where all of these losses—silent or spoken, tangible or invisible—are honoured. Together, we will gather in the holy ground of shared sorrow, tending to grief as a communal act.
You are welcome here if:
You have experienced the loss of a pregnancy, baby, or child.
You are grieving something that you wanted that didn’t happen.
You long for a space to metabolise sorrow in community rather than in isolation.
You are willing to hold space for others, as they hold space for you.
This retreat is not about finding answers. It is about giving grief a place to rest, to be witnessed, and to move in the ways it needs to move.
These losses often remain silent, dismissed as “non-events” that sit in a liminal space, yet they profoundly affect our identities, relationships, and sense of self. Too often, no space is offered to hold these experiences. This retreat seeks to change that.
Here, we honour the unspoken. We co-create an atmosphere that invites openness, reflection, and the courage to share. This is a space where grief is witnessed, its weight acknowledged, and its expression encouraged. Here, we are not alone. We listen deeply, speak freely, and welcome fresh perspectives as we navigate our shared journey through grief.
Held over four nights and five days at the Krishna Village Eco Community in New South Wales, Australia, this retreat is nestled within a 1000-acre organic farm and wellness centre. Find solace in the serenity of nature, and strength in practices that support you at your own pace.
Here, we honour the unspoken. We co-create an atmosphere that invites openness, reflection, and the courage to share. This is a space where grief is witnessed, its weight acknowledged, and its expression encouraged. Here, we are not alone. We listen deeply, speak freely, and welcome fresh perspectives as we navigate our shared journey through grief.
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Here, we honour the unspoken. We co-create an atmosphere that invites openness, reflection, and the courage to share. This is a space where grief is witnessed, its weight acknowledged, and its expression encouraged. Here, we are not alone. We listen deeply, speak freely, and welcome fresh perspectives as we navigate our shared journey through grief. *
References
teachers
frameworks
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Francis Weller’s work centres on grief as a communal and transformative experience. Drawing from his book The Wild Edge of Sorrow, he offers frameworks and rituals to help us honour loss, deepen connection, and integrate grief as a vital part of life.
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Camille Sapa Barton weaves grief work with somatics, creativity, and social justice. Their teachings explore grief as a gateway to resilience, emphasising embodied practices and collective care to navigate loss and foster transformation.
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Pioneered by Leonard Orr, rebirthing breathwork uses conscious, connected breathing to release stored emotions and unresolved trauma. This somatic practice helps access deeper awareness, process grief, and reconnect with a sense of renewal and peace.
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Adrienne Maree Brown’s work emphasises grief as an integral part of personal and collective transformation. Through her writings on emergent strategy and radical care, she inspires practices that honour loss, nurture connection, and support healing in community.
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Brave Space Guidelines foster an environment of mutual respect, courage, and accountability. Unlike safe spaces, brave spaces encourage vulnerability, honest communication, and the capacity to hold discomfort as we engage deeply with ourselves and others in a spirit of compassion and care.
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Sobonfu Somé, a teacher of Dagara wisdom, emphasized grief as a communal practice essential to healing and balance. Her work teaches the importance of rituals, shared mourning, and connection to ancestors in moving through loss and restoring harmony.
“In the absence of this depth of community, the safe container is difficult to find. By default, we become the container ourselves, and when this happens, we cannot drop into the well of grief in which we can fully let go of the sorrows we carry. We recycle our grief, moving into it and then pulling it back into our bodies unreleased. Frequently in my practice patients tell me that they often cry in private. I ask them whether, at some point in this process, they ever allow their grief to be witnessed and shared with others. There is usually a quick retort of “No, I couldn’t do that. I don’t want to be a burden to anyone else.” When I push it a little further and ask them how it would feel if a friend came to them with his or her sorrows and pain, they respond that they would feel honored to sit with their friend and offer support. This disconnection between what we would offer others and what we feel we can ask for is extreme. We need to recover our right to ask for help in grief, otherwise it will continue to recycle perpetually. Grief has never been private; it has always been communal. Subconsciously, we are awaiting the presence of others, before we can feel safe enough to drop to our knees on the holy ground of sorrow.”
― Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief