Moving Grief
with Sam Lawrence
With more space for tending and nurturing our grief, we increase our capacity for joy, self-compassion and compassion for others.
This workshop will include some guided meditation, gentle movement based warm ups/embodiment practices, some grief tending rituals, and the opportunity to express, share and witness grief in a safe and supportive context, with time for soothing and integration.
All kinds of grief are welcome, including grief for wider systems of life (human and beyond). However, if you have very recently experienced a bereavement (in the last six months), are feeling close to overwhelm, or are very short of support or holding, I recommend you put more support in place before attending.
I felt incredibly held and contained after the session. It seemed so natural to co-witness each other's grief...like something we are supposed to do, at every level of our being... (2025 participant)
As I have spent the last day or so being with my sorrows, they have passed through, and the deep joy and happy energy which I have felt in my life, but has been missing for so long, has started to have a life again. It was so, so nice to be held by Sam, when I do so much holding in my working life. (2025 participant)
I felt held, accepted and nurtured. (2026 participant)
Ticket costs
There are just 10 spaces available for this workshop to ensure spaciousness and presence.
Please refer to the following suggestions when booking your place:
Low/no spare income: £8
Medium spare income: £10
High spare income: £12
Abundance ticket: £14
Please get in touch if you would like to attend but the cost is a barrier. We want you with us!
Facilitator
Sam Lawrence is a Grief Tender and Dance Artist. She is Co-Director of Dance Centred CIC, runs Move Together (a dance project for women affected by cancer), and is a bereavement support volunteer with Cornwall Hospice.
Sam trained in The Art of Grief Tending under Nikki Harrison (The Grief Space), and is interested in creative, embodied and collective approaches to tending grief. She is excited and hopeful about the possibilities this work offers.