Name: Grief is the Medicine (BPOC circle)
Start: 2025-11-20T18:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-20T21:30:00+00:00
Location: The Twelfth House UK

An introduction to grief tending in community for black and people of colour
About this Event

Welcome to "An Introduction to Grief Tending" (BPOC Circle)

Please join us on Thursday 20th November at 18:30 at The Twelfth House in Walthamstow, where we will practice the medicine of grief tending in an intimate circle. This event is for Black and People of Colour.

This space is for those wishing to tend to their hearts in community and lean into the medicine needed in these times. When we gather in circle we can begin to move through the grief we carry and create a rich compost where the seeds of gratitude, love and repair can grow. Many of our ancestors grieved in community and knew this work is not meant to be done alone.

For anyone feeling uncertain, you are welcome here if....

You are deep in a grief process

You are new to grief tending

You are unsure

You feel 'too much'

You feel angry, rageful, sad, confused, lonely or feeling shame

You cannot name what you feel

You dont know whos grief you are carrying

Your an activist needing somewhere to bring what your holding

You grieve the parts of yourself you have had to hide completely or make smaller

You have suffered from a loss or end of a relationship

You suffer from chronic illness or pain

You are going through some life changes, shifts or endings

You want to share how you really feel in your heart and be witnessed and received

You feel disconnected

You yearn for community, care, connection and belonging

You are in an oppressed, marginalised and 'othered' body

You grieve capitalism, colonialism and the destruction of life on earth

You are feeling all the above, none at all, or something else

All of you is welcome

Come as you are

FLOW OF THE EVENING:

6.30 - Arrive and land in the space (herbal tea and vegan snacks)

7-9 - Grief Circle- ritual,meditation, journalling, sharing circle

The doors will be locked at 6.55 so we can open the circle 7 sharp so please arrive on time to avoid disappointment)

9 -9.30 - Herbal tea for the heart(optional)

You will be invited to bring some items with you from home to add to our grief alter. I will send information around this one week before, this is also optional.

Tickets are on a sliding scale for accessibility and cover cost of the venue. If cost is a barrier please get in touch and if you can no longer make it please get in contact so your place can be offered to someone else.

I look forward to connecting and sharing space with you all

Elise x

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Please note

Although the space will be trauma informed,held and facilitated by me, we are all responsible for ourselves. Please get in touch if you have had a bereavement in the last 6 months or any mental health or access needs so I know how best to support you.

I also welcome any questions beforehand so get in touch.