Wild Sorrow & Healing: Tending your heart 

A Nature-Based Journey Through Grief & Renewal

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Event Description

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💔Have you lost a loved one and feel the weight of grief still within you?

🌿Are you ready to explore a new way of holding your sorrow - one that honours your pain and transforms it into healing?

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Join us for a transformative outdoor grief experience where the elements—Earth, Water, Air, and Fire—guide us in processing loss, releasing sorrow, and rediscovering resilience. Through gentle movement, reflective practices, group time and nature’s wisdom, we will honour our grief. This deep work in a safe and supportive space will support you to reconnect with yourself and find a path forward.

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“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” Rachel Carson

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Who is This For?

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This experience is designed for anyone navigating grief from loss—who feels called to heal in the embrace of nature.

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Details:

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🕰 The Journey:

Fire & Water – Monday 28th April -6.45-9.45pm at The Retreat – Embracing the flow of grief and emotions

Air – Thursday 22nd May – 6-45pm for 1-2 hours – online via Zoom – Breathwork, clarity and release

Fire & Earth – Monday 2nd June – 6-45-9.45pm at The Retreat – Transformation, grounding and renewal

📍 Location: The Retreat New Forest, Lyndhurst Road, Christchurch, BH23 7EF where we will have indoor space as well as use of their beautiful grounds for April and June and online for May date.

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🌿 Facilitators: Lucy Furniss, Gestalt Psychotherapist and Wild Therapist and Leah Morgan, Transformation Coach and Social Worker.
 

What to Expect:

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🌿 Earth – Grounding & Stability
Walk among the trees, feel the solid ground beneath you, and reconnect with the present moment through mindful nature immersion.

💧 Water – Emotions & Release
Let the rhythm of flowing water mirror your emotions as we engage in rituals of release and renewal.

💨 Air – Breath & Perspective
Breathe deeply, listen to the whispers of the wind, and find new clarity through guided meditation and personal story weaving.

🔥 Fire – Transformation & Resilience
Gather around the flames to share, honour, and transform your grief, allowing the warmth of community and ritual to kindle hope.

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Investment

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🔷 Full Journey Pass (3 sessions)

£157 Early Bird until 1st April

£177 Standard

🔷Bursary places -we hope to be able to offer a couple of bursary places for anyone needing some financial help to attend and please do let us know on applying.

🌟Payment plan available: Secure your spot with 50% upfront, and remainder of 50% by April 21st. We will consider spreading the cost over the journey if finances are tricky and please do let us know how we can help.

🎫Secure your place now - only 10 spots available.

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Good to Know

💟This is a small, intimate group and spaces are limited to 10

🌳Face-to-face sessions are held outdoors as much as possible – please dress for the weather

💧Bring water, a journal and pen and anything that supports your comfort

💫This is a guided but personal journey – you’re invited to participate in ways that feel right for you

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X May not be suitable for those in acute grief – Your grief is welcome in all its forms but this experience is best for those who are ready to explore their healing journey – we can talk this through during our discussion detailed below.

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💭A discussion with facilitators is required before your place is confirmed to ensure the experience is the right fit for you.

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Refund and Cancellation Policy

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💳50% deposit is non-refundable once your place is confirmed. As we offer small, intimate group experiences and commit to our venue in advance, we’re unable to offer refunds on deposits.

🎫If you’re unable to attend after the final balance deadline and have paid in full, our usual policy is that payments are non-refundable.

We understand that unexpected situations can arise and while we can’t always guarantee a transfer, in exceptional circumstances, we may be able to carry your fee forwards to a future offering or explore alternative options with you. Please don’t hesitate to reach out – we’re always happy to discuss your situation with care.

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Come As You Are

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Grief is wild, untamed, and deeply personal. This experience is not about “moving on” but about moving with your sorrow in a way that feels true to you.

✨ Space is limited—reserve your spot today. ✨

📩 Book here or contact me direct to avoid the Eventbrite fees 

 

Meet your Facilitators
 

Lucy Furniss:

With a rich background in Gestalt Psychotherapy and Wild Therapy, Lucy has been actively working with individuals and groups in and around Bournemouth and the New Forest since 2016. She is valued by her clients for her calm presence and therapeutic guidance.

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Lucy is passionate about helping you to find your inner wild and live a spontaneous and creative life and is dedicated to supporting you on an enriching journey of self-discovery. Her unique approach involves exploring and nurturing your connection to the outdoors, with a belief that the natural world has much to teach us and a transformative potential.

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Lucy is aware how grief can cause us to shrink in life and particularly when it’s not possible for the natural process of grief to be followed without interference or interruption, and life and expectations of others often gets in the way. She is honoured to offer this space as a place for you to be and say what you need to say and to find a new path alongside grief for yourself.

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Lucy finds her greatest joy outdoors, often seen walking

her dog and immersing herself in the restorative

surroundings of the forest, beach and water.
 

Leah Morgan:

Leah Morgan is a trauma informed yoga teacher with 20 years experience coaching people as they move through difficult life experiences. As a registered social worker, Leah holds a MA Social Work and Bsc Psychology.

Leah prides herself on creating nurturing spaces for people to explore empowering tools and techniques to relieve difficulties rooted in their emotional and mental health. 

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Leah coaches people as they move through experiences of painful change, loss and trauma. Leah’s main aim is for her clients to feel released from a life they simply survive in so that they can build a life to thrive in. 

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Leah is passionate about teaching people how to make empowering changes to their mind and physical health with techniques that are simple to use yet yield powerful outcomes. 

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Leah loves to spend as much time as she can with her young family by the sea or in the forest. After losing her 18 month old daughter to leukemia in 2018,

Leah moved to Dorset so she could immerse herself

in nature. Leah describes being in nature and practicing

yoga as her medicine whilst navigating painful grief

alongside raising young children.
 

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