Creating spaces to tend to our grief and be supported to meet the sacred within the waves.
Meeting you where you are, I offer grief tending and ritual through two avenues...
When in the depths of my grief and seasons of going fallow, I searched for community support groups that tend to our grief. Grief without resolve, that comes in waves. That can’t be moved through or pushed aside, but yearns to be felt, acknowledged, revered.
This is why I’ve created these intentional tending spaces, to be together during seasons and moments where the collective holding is yearned for.
It is here we can tend to ourselves, allow the wave to shape shift, the heaviness to be lighter, the sacred to be known.
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TESTIMONIALS FROM SACRED TENDING WORKSHOP:
“I'm in a season of deep grief - in multiple aspects - so the Sacred Tending was exactly the medicine I needed. The intentionality and spaciousness and care that went into this workshop was so incredibly beautiful; I felt so held and supported and was able to go at my own pace. It was such a profound reminder that I can't put a timeline on my grief, and I can only ever process it in waves.
Being witnessed and the honour of witnessing others in what they're experiencing was such a gift too. To sit amongst others, as Cathy reminds us 'there's no hierarchy in grief' - was such a beautiful reminder that whatever we're carrying is worthy of being held and tended to.
Cathy is such an incredible, powerful, intentional and loving spaceholder - I always learn something new about myself being in her spaces. I will forever recommend you try any and all of her offerings to receive her beautiful medicine. I left feeling so nourished, more resourced and able to make space for whatever comes next.
Thank you Cathy!” - Amy Jansz
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“Cathy’s grief workshop was incredibly insightful and helped me explore and express grief in ways that felt accessible, gentle and creative. I wasn’t experiencing any new or major grief at this time, but I knew Cathy’s excellent facilitation skills would invite me into a deeper relationship with grief itself and what lives beyond it and she didn’t disappoint. After the workshop, I’m feeling a lot of clarity, creative energy and forward momentum to work on my business and make a greater impact with my work. Thank you Cathy for sharing your gifts and creating the spaces the collective truly needs.” - Amanda Huynh
On Saturday mornings 10am - 12pm monthly, you are invited to create sacred space for your grief and join a nourishing community online.
You are welcome to engage but also just as welcome to move through the processes in your own way, without needing to talk or share.
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Together, we meet what is present, what is underneath, what yearns for contained compassionate holding to be safely felt.
We meet these parts of ourselves with tenderness.
Through a gentle flow of music, intuitive movement, journal prompts and creative invitations ~ we allow our grief space to be felt, explored, expressed.
This space is a combination of my heart-led facilitation, movement & expressive art therapy practices, lived experience and most recent grief training.
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To bring:
Have a private space and comfortable clothing, paper & drawing materials (pastels, pencils) / journal. Creature cosy comforts, and a candle as desired.
TENDING ~ Community gathering spaces
These personalised sessions are designed to meet you where you are and companion you through the waves of your grief.
To create sacred space where you can be held, to feel what is present and rising, to support your body in feeling these feelings, allow your expression and guide integration.
I am guided by you and your body and tailor the processes we move through to meet your rising needs.
We explore a range of body-based and creative therapeutic processes to honour you and your grief.
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These sessions can be online, in-person and on land, weaving in sacred ritual processes we co-create together, letting the grief lead and let us know what it needs and how it wishes to be tended.
Individual Grief Support
