Women’s healing workshops
Somatic Dance
sOMATIC dANCE
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul. It’s not just movement; it’s joy, pain, passion and freedom. When words fail, let your body speak in rhythm and grace”
The body longs to move, it is built for rhythm, for resonance, for release. Through somatically guided, intentional movement, we open pathways of expression and unlock each person's unique, primal vibration.
Somatic Ecstatic Dance blends intuitive, free-form movement (Ecstatic Dance) with somatic awareness (tuning into body sensations), allowing for deep inner exploration through embodied movement.
We use somatization as our anchors. Our dances are not choreographed, but discovered.
We let sensation lead and gravity catch us. We return to the body's native language, instinctual, raw, real.
Journeys held with integrity offer us the ability as humans to meet thresholds within ourselves. It is a powerful practice to hold space for a real testimony to the marriage or music and dance and its important in serving our communities.
Somatic dance is held at Dronfield yoga Studio
Monthly dances are on the 3rd Saturday of the month 5-6:30pm.
SHAKE THE DUST
Shake the Dust is more than just a workout- it’s a transformative, embodied practice of the body, heart, and mind.
Each session invites you to shake off what no longer serves, personally and collectively, and to reclaim your body as a powerful tool for change.
Guided by a poetic theme and an epic playlist, we move together through waves of shaking, jumping, resting, dancing, intuitive flow, plus elements of yoga, Pilates, somatics, and bodyweight strength work.
This is a space where movement becomes a statement, where you can sweat, release, and build a resilient body while also grounding into the values and vision for a better world. This is a practice for ALL.
Shake the Dust is your invitation to take up space, break patterns, and come alive.
The Sacred Waters Of Grief Immersion 2027
The Sacred waters of grief winter immersion.
A women’s Grief Tending Journey. January 22nd-24th.
Unstone Grange, Crow Lane, Dronfield, S18 4AL
Winter reminds us of natures cycles of rest. Grief often follows a similar rhythm, moving us inward as we navigate the colder, quieter months. In the same way that nature slows down, grief invites us to pause, reflect, and honor what we've lost.
Winter is the pause that gives the sacred waters of grief space to flow.
Allowing a space of honoring our emotions and the significance of our loss.
This 3-day immersion is an invitation to reconnect with the lost art of tending to grief.
This isn't about fixing, overcoming or rushing through grief.
You won't be asked to “let go” or find closure. There is no expectation that you will arrive at a particular place by the end of the weekend.
Instead, we create space to listen, feel, move, rest, remember, express and be witnessed.
It is a space to pause.
A space to listen to what lives beneath the surface.
A space to cultivate self-awareness, self-compassion and a deeper relationship with ourselves and our bodies.
To be human is to know loss. But in our culture, we have lost the essence of community tending. We were never meant to grieve alone.
There is something ancient in gathering together to grieve.
Across generations, women have gathered in community to share stories, mark endings, honour loss, create ritual and hold one another through life's transitions.
When we have a space where we can feel our grief alongside others, without judgement, without needing to explain it away — something begins to soften.
The loneliness of grief can begin to loosen.
We remember that we belong.
When we tend to the waters of grief, something shifts. The heart begins to soften. We discover we can hold the love and the loss. We remember what it means to be fully human.
This immersion takes us on a journey with grief. Connecting through the body, the mind and heart.
We will connect with grief through the elements of (Earth, Water, Air and Fire) through somatically orientated practice we being to recognize that grief lives in the tension, the tightness, the breath. Through movement we can begin meet these layers with curiosity. When we bring in ritual practices it serves as a symbolic structure of experiencing our loss and bringing a sense of interconnectedness in times of grief sharing stories, creative practices are ways for us to honor grief and loss.
Who is it for?
This is for women who have felt the heaviness of grief and no longer want to sit with the loneliness. All grief is welcome. Whether you are with personal loss, grieving the end of a significant relationship, the pain of divorce, separation, children leaving home, or the breakdown of a good friendship. Healing from past wounds, grieving different parts of yourself, impacted by the world or local events, or acknowledging the pain of those who went before still moving in your family or community.
Further details
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Your grief immersion includes:
2 nights accommodation in shared rooms
A space to rest, retreat and settle into the slower rhythms of winter.All meals and refreshments
Nourishing breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks throughout the retreat — beginning with a welcome snack on Friday and ending with lunch on Sunday.A 3-day immersive grief-tending journey
Time and space to explore grief through somatics, embodiment, movement, dance, nature, ritual, creativity, the elements and connection.Spaciousness to rest and simply be
There will be plenty of space within the weekend to slow down, rest, reflect and follow your own needs.1-hour post-retreat integration call
A group Zoom call after the retreat to reconnect, reflect on your experience and explore what may have shifted or emerged for you.Take-home integration and continued tending practices
You'll receive practices and gentle invitations to support you in continuing to tend to your grief and integrate your experience once you return home.
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To secure your space a £150 deposit is required.
Special Founding place - £495
The first 3 women to book.
Early bird £550 - Available until 31st October.
Full Price after is £595
Payment plans options available. All payment plans will be arranged so that your retreat is fully paid before arrival.
If you would like to discuss an alternative payment arrangement, please get in touch.
To book your place, a £150 deposit can be made by clicking the link below
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Single occupancy and shared rooms are available.
Cancellation Policy
The deposit is non-refundable. I offer a 1 week cooling off period.
FAQs
What do i need to bring?
Clothes for for weekend including warm clothing/coats for exploring the land. All bedding is provided, however if you want to bring extra blankets to get cozy in the evening you’re more than welcome. Towels are not provided so please ensure you bring a towel. Bring a journal. To honour our grief and loss there will also be an altar. Your welcome to bring feathers, stones gathered from your journeys, photographs that tell stories, angels. Whatever you feel helps you to rememeber and to help you feel grounded.
Is there parking?
Yes there is parking area to the right as you drive into Unstone.
Do I have to talk about my grief or share my story?
No. Sharing is always an invitation, never a requirement. You can participate in the ways that feel right for you, including listening, witnessing, moving, creating, resting or simply being present.
What if I become overwhelmed or emotional during the retreat?
This is a space where emotions are welcome, but you are not expected to push yourself beyond your capacity. The practices are facilitated with choice, pacing and awareness of your nervous system. You can pause, step out, rest or take some quiet time whenever you need to. As a way to support you through this journey, i will be drawing on somatic and counselling skills.
Is this a therapy retreat?
The immersion draws on my training as a somatic therapist and counsellor however it is not a substitute for individual therapy or medical care. Self responsibility is required. It is a facilitated group experience centred around connection, embodiment, ritual, movement and grief tending.
What can I expect from the weekend?
Rather than promising a particular outcome, you might experience moments of feeling, remembering, releasing, connecting, resting, moving, creating, laughing, crying or simply being witnessed. There is no destination you need to reach.
Three days to step out of the busyness of life and enter a different rhythm.
To tend to grief through the body, the elements, ritual, movement, nature and community.
To be witnessed.
To rest.
To remember that grief doesn't have to be carried alone.
A little bit about me.
Hello i am many things.
I am a motherless daughter and a mother of three.
Two of my children are here on this earth with me, and one was born sleeping.
I am also a doggie mum to my gorgeous chunky black Labrador, Max. 🖤
I have a deep love for Nature, her rhythms and cycles, and the way she can mirror our own inner journeys — especially when it comes to grief.
I love to dance. I love to move my body. And over the years, movement has become one of the ways I have learnt to meet what lives within me — the sadness, the anger, the tenderness, the joy, the aliveness and everything in between.
My own relationship with grief has shaped the way I see the world and my offerings.
I feel grief isn't something we simply move on from. It can change shape. It can move through the body. It can live in our breath, our hearts, our tissues, our memories and our relationships. Sometimes it asks us to slow down. Sometimes it asks us to move. Sometimes it asks us simply to sit beside what hurts.
This is part of why I created The Sacred Waters of Grief.
I believe we have lost something important in our modern culture — the art of tending to grief together.
We are often encouraged to carry on, be strong, keep busy and find closure. Yet grief has its own rhythm. Like Nature, it moves in cycles. There are seasons of stillness, seasons of tears, seasons of anger, seasons of remembering and, sometimes, unexpected moments of joy.
I wanted to create a space where we don't have to rush any of this.
My work centers around guiding women beyond survival and towards a deeper relationship with their bodies, their nervous systems, their emotions and themselves.
I am trained in somatics, trauma resolution, relational healing, parts work and grief tending. I work with women both 1:1 through somatic therapy and within women's group spaces.
It would be an honour to walk alongside you for these three days — not to fix your grief, but to create space for you to tend to it.
Womens Somatic Grief tending day retreat
“We only grieve for what we love; so in this way grief is evidence of our love. Grief becomes an act of love that breaks our hearts open to the vast and beautiful landscape of gratitude and aliveness.”
“The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe”
I create a nurturing space where you can connect, share, feel and move with your grief with the support of community, nature, nourishing food, song, movement, somatics, ritual and ceremony.
Grief tending and ritual provides us with the elements to help transform whatever it is we are carrying, weather that’s fear, grief, anger, shame. When women gather in community to tend to our grief the river of sorrow slows down. It slows enough for us to feel it and that is when the healing begins, both collectively and personally.
Grief tending circle elements include:
Somatics
Healing happens when we tend to the bodies whispers of grief.
We will come home to our body through somatic movement, embodied awareness and the nervous system. Exploring how the body wants to move the energy of grief. Helping to connect with the body’s expression of grief through titration and pendulation.
Connection
We come together in community to welcome our grief and connect with loss. While also connecting with nature for additional support.
Ritual
‘‘Rituals have the potency to mend what has been torn and heal what has been neglected’’
We are creatures of ritual, but have long forgotten the ways in which ritual can heal our sorrows and grief.
Grief rituals play a crucial role in helping us navigate the emotional turmoil of loss. Rituals allow us to create space to express a wide range of emotions, from sadness and anger to love and gratitude. We will be exploring this through dance and nurturing earth ritual practices.
Rest and heart opening practices
‘‘In rest and reflection, a new inspiration can be found.’’
Rest provides us with nourishment and integration. There will be herbal tea provided by Willow to support us.
What to expect:
Our next Grief tending circle will be held on the spring Equinox. As i was reflecting on this it feels like a potent time to be honoring grief and loss. The equinox represents harmony between light and dark and helps us to reflect on our own inner dualities and strengths. Expect grounding, softening, connection, creative practices, remembering, poetry, somatic movement, singing, dancing, ritual practices, shaking, release, breathe, nature, fire, writing, resting.
I am very excited to be having the magical Susie with us who will be weaving some music and song to warm our hearts and will also be providing our delicious evening meal.
Who is it for?
This is for women who have felt the heaviness of grief and no longer want to sit with the loneliness. All grief is welcome. Whether you are with personal loss, grieving the end of a significant relationship, the pain of divorce, separation, children leaving home, or the breakdown of a good friendship. healing from past wounds, grieving different parts of yourself, impacted by the world or local events, or acknowledging the pain of those who went before still moving in your family or community.
details
The Barn at Unstone Grange, Derbyshire, S18
21st March 12pm-7pm
Booking info:
Early bird rate: £75 (available until the 28th Feb)
Standard rate: £95
Spaces are limited. Early booking is recommended.
There will be some snacks in the afternoon and we will be serving a delicious tea towards the end of the day before the fire ceremony (weather providing)
If you would like to join us, you can book below.
Womens online Grief tending taster session
Introduction to Grief Tending
Hello and welcome,
If your curious about grief tending and what I offer this is a great introduction, or if you have been to one of my events and want to jump on you are also very welcome. These sessions is more of an informative session, rather than being deeply experiential.
You might find this short session helpful if you are wondering about joining the longer grief tending circle in March.
Expect some gentle grounding, a personal practice, and somatics.
There is no pressure to share anything, your presence is enough.
If you would like to join then please see booking details below.
2nd February 7:30-9pm
26th February 7:30-9pm.
If you wish to book, please see below.
Women’s somatic Healing workshop - Nervous system regulation
Do you suffer with tension, anxiety, fear, or stress? Do you feel constantly on edge? Unable to unwind? or plagued by worries and thoughts? If so, you are not alone, many of us suffer from a dysregulated nervous system. Leading to burnout, and the inability to fully engage in the present moment.
This in person workshop provides an introduction to the fundamentals of nervous system health. Designed for woman interested in understanding how there nervous system affects their overall wellbeing. This workshop covers concepts such as the role of the autonomic nervous system and somatic body based healing practices for managing stress, anxiety, overwhelm. Helping you to create inner harmony and balance with body and mind.
Having the opportunity to be welcomed into a space to learn and grow along side other women of like mind is incredibly powerful and healing.
What we will explore:
Understanding the nervous system and its function for mental and emotional health.
Signs of overwhelm in the mind and body.
The power of movement for healing and wellbeing with somatic practices.
Mapping your nervous system & discover the unique patterns that are personal to your system.
Exploring connection through co-regulation practices
Ventral vagal - Exploring our safety state
Meditation for overwhelming emotions.
Journaling, relaxation and feeling wheel practice.
Translate your bodies messages into self-awareness, self-compassion and empowerment.
This workshop will be held at Power of Yoga, Sheffield, S8 - Spaces are limited
Please book through Power of Yoga using this link www.powerofyoga.net/speciality-courses.html
I look forward to welcoming you into a compassionate space for wellbeing, connection and community.