The Dandelion Daily

In Glastonbury, St Benedicts Church hosted the Community Grief Tending Ritual – Honouring Our Ancestors, an afternoon and evening gathering run by the Sacred Death Centre, Eartha Love and Jason Kalidas. Designed for local people wishing to come together to remember ancestors and process bereavement through shared ceremony and somatic practices, the gathering drew heartfelt responses from those present.

Participants praised the care and love shown by the organisers, noting how vital it felt to have communal space to honour loss. While attendees appreciated the supportive setting, some felt the proceedings ran on for too long and would have preferred fewer spoken words and more periods of quiet. Others noted that the church felt rather cold during physical exercises, and suggested that smaller group numbers might give individuals more room to release their sorrow and feel properly witnessed.

Two participatory music and movement sessions are heading to Frome, alongside a residential dance gathering near Taunton.

At The Assembly Rooms in Frome, PRANAFREQS: ELEVENSES | SUNDAY SESSION: FROME offers an indoor morning of movement and vinyl-only music for ages eight to eighty-eight and over. Run without shoes, technology or conversation, the gathering opens with Dru Yoga, followed by DJ sets, a live acoustic guitar and vocal performance, and treats from an on-site cafe. Across town at The Bennett Centre, Frome Vocal Improvisation November hosts a small-group workshop capped at twelve people. Open to anyone with some vocal confidence, the afternoon explores collective singing through set structures and free vocal improvisation to create spontaneous music.

Further west, the WINTER WARMER CONTACT IMPROVISATION FESTIVAL 2026 welcomes beginners and experienced dancers to Nettlecombe Court near Taunton. The residential programme includes classes, morning singing, shared meals, and full access to a sauna.