Are you a woman carrying the weight of grief that's had no place or not yet enough time and space to be tenderly and compassionately held, acknowledged, honoured, felt, spoken, experienced, moved through your vessel?

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Have you been carrying it. Alone. Isolated. For a little or a long time?

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Not knowing where a safe space to bring it could be?

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You may have experienced....

~The death of a loved one...
~The loss of a child...
~The ending of a relationship...
~Being estranged from a mother, father, partner, sibling, or even your own children...
~Illness within yourself or one you love...
~Miscarriage....
~Grief from abuse & trauma...
~A heavy burden of being a carer...
~The birds leaving the nest...
~The ending of a job or career...
~The loss of a home...
~Unfulfilled dreams...
~Feeling unloved and unseen...
~Earth grief...
~Ancestral grief...

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Or perhaps something else that is weighing you down with sorrow...

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Whatever your grief it is welcome with compassion and kindness in this sacred space.

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 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, witnessing, compassion and kindness.

 

My favourite book on grief is 'The Wild Edge of Sorrow ~ Rituals for renewal and the sacred work of grief' by Francis Weller (which I highly recommend to anyone going through a long walk with grief). 

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And this ritual is created and inspired by his beautiful work and teachings on grief which have comforted me through some of a darkest and most intense grief periods. 

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

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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 April 2026.
9.30-12.30pm.

*Arrive from 9.15am onwards for a 9.30am 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. 

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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.

 

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Contribution/Exchange

Early Bird (available til midnight on 1st April 2026):
New Woman $66 / Returning Woman $55

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Standard Booking from 2nd April onwards:
New Woman $88 / Returning Woman $75

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PARTIAL TRADE for women in financial difficutly (up to 4 available): Early bird $25/ Standard $33 to secure your spot plus bring your trade/contribution on the day (or make arrangements prior).

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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. 

I am a single, sole care mama so there are plenty of ways you can contribute/trade.

Contact me directly to discuss.

 

 

 

Payment

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

DIRECT DEPOSIT make payment to....

Account Name: Katherine 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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Or for card payments...

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Book via EVENTBRITE HERE​

 

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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). 
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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.

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