If you’re curious about what grief tending is, and would like an introduction with space to ask questions before joining a more experiential session, this is for you.

A gentle invitation to pause and acknowledge the many ways grief touches our lives, both personally and in our work as healthcare professionals.

We’ll introduce grief tending as a practice of creating space to welcome grief as a natural and essential part of being human. We’ll touch on where grief shows up in our lives, the importance of being witnessed, and the principle of titration; gently moving towards and away from grief, building capacity to stay present while remaining resourced.

Whether it’s what we hold for others, the strain of stretched systems, or the impact of personal, global, or environmental loss, there are many reasons you may feel called to be here.

At its heart, we offer this work in support of a more healthy human culture; one that makes space for grief so we can feel seen, held, and continue showing up to life with openness and care.

You’re welcome to simply come, listen, and be. There will be a chance for Q&A.

A recording will be shared with all who sign up.

This session can stand alone or serve as a gateway into a deeper 2 day grief tending event on 10-11th October. You can find more details and sign up for that event here.

Feel free to be in touch with any questions:
Alys - [email protected]

Your Facilitators

Alys Clack is an NHS consultant in Women's health, a climate activist and a grief facilitator. She has worked as a doctor for over 20 years, primarily in the NHS, but also for some time in both emergency and educational projects in West Africa and Yemen. In 2019, while working with the Extinction Rebellion Arrest support team she was introduced to Frances Weller's 'Wild Edge of Sorrow' and soon after attended her first community grief tending. The experience initiated a transformative and ongoing journey with grief that continues to alter her relationship with the world, and support her work as an activist and a doctor. She is both immensely grateful for what she has received from her teachers through this work, and hopeful that she can be part of sharing its wisdom with others.

Deana Gershuny is an NHS GP and grief tending facilitator who is passionate about creating spaces where people can come as they are, and where grief is welcomed as a natural part of being human. With deep gratitude to her teachers, she has spent many years exploring, learning, and participating in spaces that honour grief. Alongside working within the NHS, she has experienced the realities of frustration and exhaustion in healthcare, strengthening her belief that caring for others should not come at the expense of those providing that care. Often finding herself bridging different worlds, she is drawn to holistic approaches that extend beyond the Western medical paradigm, centring relationship, community care, and reciprocity with the more-than-human world. Her practice is informed by grief tending, embodied practices including yoga and dance, nature connection, and a commitment to social and ecological justice.

Nic Stoke has been working as a medical doctor in the NHS for the last 10 years in emergency medicine, anaesthetics and intenstive care, as well as working for different humanitarian organisations. During this time, Nic has experienced cyclical burnout and through trying to understand this better, they became interested in somatic tools for processing emotion and trauma. Over the last few years they have trained in different types of breathwork, somatic practices and more recently, in communal grief tending practices. They are committed to seeing how these tools can be used for collective liberation and social justice movements, as well as how we might use them to tranform healthcare so that we can also tend to the bodies of those who work in it.