A supportive, sacred and transformational space for any kind of mother grief.​

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​This sacred woman time event is about creating a sacred, supportive, sanctuary and safe haven for exploring, acknowledging, honouring, feeling, expressing, witnessing, being seen, being supported, embodying, moving with and through our individual and collective layers of mother grief.

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​In this ritual. You will be welcomed into the Holy and Sacred Healing Ground of Grief.​

For any kind of mother grief.

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In the natural world, encounters with grief would happen on, at times, a daily basis. And is a normal and natural part of life. 

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In our modern world with the pace of advancing technology (on all fronts) our encounters with grief may not be as obvious and we may loose touch with them and culturally in the western culture we are often left to tend to and deal with our grief in isolation. 

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This can lead it to be seen as something to 'get over' or even as some kind of malfunction or illness rather than what it really is. A natural and normal part of life and being human.

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In a culture where the attitude is focused on productivity, advancement, and with an obsession with 'the light' (aka happiness, joy, success, attractiveness etc) in addition to the 'aloneness' and a societal lack of understanding of the requirements of grief can also add to leading us into suppressing, repressing and avoiding allowing our natural and normal grief process to 'be allowed' let alone to be welcomed.

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In contrast, in traditional and tribal cultures grief and grieving has always been a communal activity. 

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For grief to metabolise well, it requires safety, welcoming, witnessing, compassion and kindness.

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'In our Grief Ritual for Women....'

 

~You will be tenderly welcomed into the sacred space.
I deeply honour and acknowledge that for some women in attendance, just showing up may be the biggest and most potent step. You may have been carrying your grief for a long long time. You may not have found a safe place to go with your grief before. Or even if you have please know I consider it a great honour and privilege to share in this time and space with you.

 

~You are invited to bring your grief to the circle. 
You will be invited to share and speak on the thread of grief that is most wanting, needing to be spoken and acknowledged, felt and heard on the day. And you will be part of the sacred holding space to witness, see, hear and feel each woman speak within this sacred circle (this is a deep honour to be a part of this circle. 

 

~You will be invited to bring your grief to the dance floor.
After our sacred talking and listening circle we will move to the dance floor and be guided into a dance journey where you will be invited to feel, dance, honour and acknowledge your grief through breath, body, movement, dance and sound. To journey down into the layers of our flesh, of our emotions, of our cells. To give your grief and what you've been carrying the honour and reverence and presence it deserves. In holy, sacred, deep honouring and feeling space.

 

~You will be invited to bring your grief to the alter.
Throughout our time together you will be invited to create a communal grief alter together with the women in the circle. To give honour and acknowledgement to our individual and collective griefs and sorrows.

 

You can place photos, crystals, other nature items (ie crystals, stones, shells, flowers), grief letters, drawings etc in an allocated grief alter space).

 

Giving physical acknowledgement to the grief you and we are honouring in this ritual, this ceremony. The grief alter will provide an additional sacred space for honouring and releasing and allowing embodied grieving within a held, supported, sacred space with fellow big hearted, deep feeling women.
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~We will close in ceremony and circle.
With medicine drum and voice and presence. Connecting to the 'unseen'. The force that is greater than us (be that God, the universe, Mother Earth, your ancestors, angels, spirit guides etc). Being held in the sacred space by the bigger energy of all that is and with the support of one another.

 

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Come to just be. To feel. To process. To acknowledge. To speak and to listen. To move and dance and breath and connect to cycles of life and death.

To not be given any answers but to feel and find your way through in your own time and pace without any pressure of needing to arrive at any particular destination. 
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Your grief and your feelings are valid. It's an expression of your humanity. And your humanness. And your deep feeling woman's heart. 

It would be a deep honour to share this sacred space with you if you feel called to come and join us.

Open to women of all ages and stages of life 18 years and over.

 

When
Sunday 26 July 2026.
10am -1pm.

*Arrive from 9.40am onwards for a 10am circle start.

 

IMPORTANT: Besides a quiet welcome and hello, please be in a quiet, drop into your being and honouring sacred grief space silence as others arrive. No general chatter or conversation as you arrive and set yourself up or as we move through our ritual.

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Where
Redlynch Community Hall
Enter via Margaret Street, Redlynch.
CAIRNS, QLD, AUSTRALIA.
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Bring
~Whatever you would like to sit on. Ie cushion, bolster, mat. 

~Anything you would like to bring to help create our collective grief alter, and place there... You can place photos, crystals, other nature items, candles, crystals, stones, shells, flowers, green foliage from your garden, grief letters, drawings etc in an allocated grief alter space).

~Bottle of water. Stay hydrated before and after session too.

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~ If you have a medicine drum, you are welcome to bring it in case you feel the urge to drum during the  releasing ceremony.

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***Chairs available at hall for any women who needs/would like a chair). 

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Dress

Comfortable clothes you can freely sit, dance, move, stretch, cry in. Colours or clothes that connect to honouring grief to you.

 

​Investment​​

Now available ~ Early Birds
New Woman $66 / Returning Woman $55 / Two Women $110

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From 1st July ~ Standard
New Woman $88 / Returning Woman $75 / Two Women $132

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TRADE OPTIONs available. There are plenty of ways you can contribute/trade with products or services. When bringing or offering your trade please aim to bring or offer something of around the equivalent value of the ticketed amount.

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Examples of ways you might 'contribute': you could help pack up and clean the hall floors after the ritual, do a poster run, or help in the garden at my home weeding or mowing.

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Examples of things to bring as a 'trade': fresh garden produce, veggies, fruit, ginger, turmeric, eggs from your own chooks, fruit trees, indoor plants, home grown meats, flower shrubs, holistic products or services, baked goods, home cooked meals, massage, energy work, marketing, content creation, film or photoshoots, your holistic products etc.

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I'm also open to hearing, receiving other trade ideas. Contact me directly to discuss. 

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Limited spaces available. Bookings recommended to avoid disappointment.

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*Please note: at this stage, this is the only 'mother grief' ritual I will be offering this year. And it is currently planned to be an annual event.​

 

 

Payment

As there is a limited number of spaces available payment is required to secure your booking.

DIRECT DEPOSIT make payment to....

Account Name: Miss K A Popplewell
BSB: 484 799
Account Number: 6068 70600
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Please use your name as the description and email or text me on 0457 154 457 to let me know you have made payment once transfer is complete.

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**Please note. You cannot secure a ticket via any other means.

Please be cautious of scammers (ie: anyone claiming to resell tickets as this is not an option). 

If you have any concerns or questions contact Kathy directly on 0457 154 457.
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Cancellations Policy
Cancellations within 48 hours of the event are non-refundable.

In the case that the event is canceled by the facilitator full refunds will be issued via your payment method.

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To read testimonials from women who have attended events with Kathy see here...
 

 

Kathy Is an experienced facilitator who first started sharing women's sacred events over 20 years ago. She has personally encountered many layers of grief since her early childhood and throughout her adult life. Women's circles is her passion and moving into creating sacred grief spaces is something that is deeply calling and feels so alive to her now in her mid 40's.

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To read more about Kathy click here.​​