Good Grief Retreat - A place to rest, recover and renew

Good Grief- Retreat

A place to rest, recover and renew

We all need to grieve, time out and experience a time to reflect, rest and recover. This year we have dedicated a safe space for people of colour to pause. To shed sorrow and recover the joy of life.

In our world, there are so many things that cause us pain and sorrow. With the world as it is today self-care and honouring our grief has never been more critical but it is also a natural response to loss, but there are also many layers which we are all carrying today.

When we lose someone, It strikes in direct proportion to love: the more we love a person or a thing, the more we experience grief when we lose it. Big griefs: our dear ones die; our relationships end; our jobs disappoint us. Everyday griefs: a friend lets us down; our children struggle; we feel the loss of roots and community; we are beset by anxiety and fear about the state of the world. Some days life is just hard. Grief that is held down or suppressed blocks joy or happiness; and – worse – we may feel anger, rage and frustration. Or sometimes we just feel numb. It’s tiring to keep all these feelings in, and grief is a lonely business.Our culture seems to encourage the ‘stiff upper lip’ and ‘moving on’. It’s often harder for men to grieve, because ‘big boys don’t cry, remember’! Here in the UK it was not until the covid era that we began to acknowledge that proper expression of grief is needed for sound mental health.

With : Zindika Kamauesi :Kerlet Manners:Talibah Rivers

William Fley

William has practised various Buddhist traditions for over 20 years. William is a practising bereavement therapist and founder and director of the "Mindfulness Network for People of Colour", a community interest company based in the UK which aims to bring awareness of transgenerational trauma through mindfulness-based interventions. William continues to pursue his passion for eliminating cultural and other barriers to accessing mindfulness by encouraging cultural awareness and responsiveness.

For more information and bookings please see
www.mnpc.co.uk