Lead grief-tending mentor

Nici is a grief tending facilitator, writer and speaker. She founded The Grief Space in 2019 as a place to explore the duet of wonder and grief. This training has emerged from years of facilitating grief rituals, and offering grief tending practices. She believes passionately that now is the time to gather and cultivate a community of grief tenders.

Guest teacher on grief tending facilitation

Jewels is a powerful catalyst for human evolution through her deep embodied wisdom. She has been holding grief ceremonies for many years having trained with Joanna Macy, Sobonfu Some and Francis Weller. Jewels can meet the wild edges of transformation both personally and collectively – she knows the landscapes that lie on the other side of such a shift. 

Guest teacher on radical leadership and bridging difference

Holiday is an expert in leadership, inclusion and belonging. Her work is devoted to understanding and creating the conditions for bridging differences, healing polarisation and moving from conflict to connection. She is co-Founder of Human Work, an initiation experience for adults. She has been featured on TEDx with her talk - ‘Grief as Activism’ .

Guest teacher on grief tending and healthy human culture

Sophy has worked as an engineer, psychotherapist and activist. For many years she led the inner dimension of the global Transition Towns movement. Sophy’s understanding of the importance of shared grief work started through attending workshops of Joanna Macy, Sobonfu Some and Maeve Gavin. She is lead facilitator and organiser of Grief Tending in Community, and founder of Healthy Human Culture

Guest teacher on ritual and ceremony

Isla Macleod is a ceremonialist, ritual designer, author and companion at thresholds, supporting others through life transitions and creating a soulful life. Her work is devoted to restoring the Sacred and healing our relationship with the more-than-human world. Isla was inspired to facilitate grief tending ceremonies after her own journey with grief revealed its power and potential to awaken more love and gratitude.

Guest teacher on ceremony and integration

Veronica is a multidisciplinary healing arts practitioner and founder of Rooted Healing, weaving her love for land, ceremony, somatics and song into intimate explorations for connection, healing and growth. Her MSc studentship in Transpersonal Psychology is driven by the remembrance of ancient wisdom in our quest towards belonging.

Guest teacher on finding your voice and marketing your work

Joseph is an accomplished brand and website designer, content creator, music producer, and qualified sound therapist. Adopting a holistic approach to branding, he supports clients in the well-being and creative spheres to successfully bridge the divide between their offerings and the digital realm. Through careful curation and strategic positioning, Joseph enables their unique essence to shine brightly online.

Guest teacher on grief work in the context of colonisation and how to be an ally

Ebyän is a Somali-Itlalian poetess and teacher at the intersection of decolonization, ecofeminism, and spirituality. Her work bridges art and activism and is driven by a deep love for the earth and the feminine. Ebyän offers healing containers for people who are birthing deeper versions of themselves in service to the collective.

Guest teacher on holding space, deep listening and circle facilitation

Xochi a feminine spirituality guide and author, working with embodiment, earth-based practice and sacred sisterhood. Rooting deep down in nature's embrace, she supports people to connect to the deep wisdom alive in our core. Guiding us back to our innermost truth, she helps others walk the earth here and now with trust, authenticity and sovereignty.

Guest teacher on how to hold space with an understanding of trauma and the nervous system

Deborah is a TRE® (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises) and Breathwork facilitator. Deborah is a Trainer with the AIR School of Breathwork. Deborah loves to share her understanding of the nervous system with practitioners to become not only skilled professionals, but to dive profoundly into their own healing journey.

Guest teacher on connecting to soulful marketing, social media and newsletters

Jordan is an experienced creative content manager and retreat producer dedicated to building thriving communities and curating transformational events for wellbeing and regenerative businesses. Her expertise lies in crafting compelling narratives and beautiful aesthetics.