Grief and the nervous system
20th November 2023 - 11th December 2023
4x Monday evenings - 7pm - 9pm GMT
Online - £245
Understand and befriend your nervous system as a pathway to greater ease, and self-compassion.
Grow your sense of calm and resilience in your body andmind.
Learn to self-soothe in simple healthy ways any time, any place.
Understanding our nervous system and the science of human safety (polyvagal theory) is vitally important for everyone, especially so when we have the stress, tension and trauma related to grief. It can help us grow our self-understanding and self-compassion, and support our nervous system to move through the grieving process more gracefully and return back to rest/digest and restore.
This four week programme will be led by Deborah Maddison, Breathwork and TRE® (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises) facilitator and Nici Harrison, founder of The Grief Space.
What can you expect?
To learn an understanding of grief through the lens of the nervous system
To empower you will tools to be able to bring your body into more balance, ease and rest
To be able to identify the different nervous system states you are in, and know ‘what to do when’
To understand the ‘voice’ of our nervous system, to listen to the words and stories and know how to respond
To receive practical tools to take home with you to support your nervous system
To experience both nervous system practices and an exploration of grief tending in community
Your facilitators
Nici and Deborah have worked together across different retreats and programmes. Together, they are passionate about combining their offerings to honour the interwoven nature of grief and the nervous system and empower everyone who comes to their workshop to understand their own bodies and healing journey.
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Nici is a grief tending facilitator, writer and speaker. She is founder of The Grief Space offering circles, retreats and workshops reimagining and remembering the lost art of grief tending. Her work honours grief as a gateway to feeling more love, intimacy and aliveness. Her work has been featured in The Telegraph and Psychologies magazine and various podcasts and festivals.
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Deborah found TRE® (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises) and Breathwork following a long recovery journey after medical retirement from the Navy in her late 20s. Anxiety, depression, complex PTSD had swamped her, but through TRE and Breathwork she steadily found herself becoming more grounded, more safely embodied, and more alive. In addition to client work, Deborah is a Trainer with the AIR School of Breathwork, supporting the Breathwork Practitioners of the future to become not only skilled professionals, but to dive profoundly into their own healing journey. Deborah loves to share TRE and Breathwork with others and hold safe space for clients to reconnect to themselves; she offers this work with love, kindness, and compassion to all those who are drawn.
£245
We also offer a limited number of low-income spaces for £195. This is for those who cannot afford the full price. Please allow others to take the low-income spaces if you can afford the full price.
Booking
If you need to arrange a payment plan please get in touch with nici@thegriefspace.com and we would be happy to help you.
Dates for your diary
All circles are online
Monday 20th November 2023 ~ 19.00 - 21.00 GMT
Monday 27th November 2023 ~ 19.00 - 21.00 GMT
Monday 4th December 2023 ~ 19.00 - 21.00 GMT
Monday 11th December 2023 ~ 19.00 - 21.00 GMT