Dance with your Grief - The Day Retreat

Dance with your Grief - The  Release Retreat

Dance With Your Grief is a somatic release retreat and ritual space designed to help you meet your grief with love, movement, breath, and community. Through dance, expression, and nervous system healing practices, we’ll explore the darker, often hidden layers of pain that we carry — and begin to honour, express, and release them together.

This is not about fixing grief, or pretending to be okay. It’s about making space for all of it — the rage, the sorrow, the numbness, the confusion — and dancing it into movement, into breath, into life.

Why Grief?

We live in a culture that avoids the dark. We're told to "stay positive", "move on", "be strong". But real growth — real healing — happens in the messy, uncomfortable places we try to hide.

This day is an invitation to stop hiding. To stop running. To come together in raw, honest, sacred connection and say:

"Yes, this hurts. Yes, I'm grieving. And no, I'm not doing it alone."

What to Expect

We’ll move through a carefully held day that blends ritual, movement, expression, and integration:

 10:30
Welcome Circle + Fruit Offering
Arrival, introductions, and grounding together, ice breaking games. 

11 – 1:00
Dance With Your Grief – The Big Release Journey
Cacao ceremony, blindfolded movement, inner child expression, guided somatic release.

1:00 – 1:30
Silent Journaling + sound Meditation – come down and ground from the experience we have been through.

1:30 – 2:00
Lunch 
Time to nourish and digest and sit in community

2:00 – 2:30
Silent Journaling + Meditation
Drop deeper into reflection and rest.

2:30 – 4:00
Nervous System Reset
Ice bath, inferred sauna, breath, and gentle movement to regulate the body and emotions.

4:00 – 5:00
Group Acupuncture + Sound Bath
Deep rest, integration, and energetic healing.

5:00 – 6:00
Sharing Circle + Fire Jam Ritual
A sacred space to witness and be witnessed. We’ll burn what we’re ready to let go of and celebrate what we’re ready to call in.

What You’ll Receive

• A deeper connection to your body, breath, and emotions
• Safe space to express and honour your grief
• Nervous system healing tools you can use daily
• A heart-opening cacao ceremony
• Ice bath + sauna experiences
• Group acupuncture & sound healing
• Community support through a WhatsApp group
• A chance to reconnect with your inner child, rage, and joy

This retreat is for you if:

• You’re holding grief — from loss, change, heartbreak, or ancestral trauma
• You feel numb, stuck, or disconnected from your body or emotions
• You’re ready to move your grief in a new, embodied way
• You long to be witnessed in a safe, supportive space
• You’re curious about the healing power of movement, ritual, and community

A little more about my journey:

I’ve spent years raving through the night, unknowingly dancing my emotions out of my body. Over time, I realised that dance was my medicine — my therapy — my way through the fog. I've since trained in practices that helped me understand the nervous system, trauma, and how grief lives in the body. These tools have changed my life — and I’m here to share them with you.

My Training & Tools:

• Qualified Primary School Teacher
• Certified Yoga Teacher
• Trauma Release Practitioner
• Grief Coaching Certificate
• Diploma in Acupuncture
• Massage & Self-Touch Training

Ready to Join: Spaces are limited to ensure an intimate and supported experience.