We warmly invite you to join our Circles of Grief session. A gentle and supportive space to explore your personal experiences of grief and loss in all their forms. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, this gathering offers a compassionate place to share what may be laying heavy on your heart.

Our intention is to create a loving and safe environment where everyone feels comfortable and supported to meet whatever arises during the session. This group will run monthly.

We are honoured to offer this collaboration between The Sacred Death Centre, Amy Lou Martin, and Emmelaine Leighton-McCardell.

 About the Facilitators

Amy Lou Martin – End of Life Companion, Soulmidwife
“My name is Amy, I live in Street, Somerset, with my fiancée and two sons, who are 12 and 5 years old. I am currently training to become a Soul Midwife and Psychopomp (Guide of Souls) practitioner.
Through various trials and traumas in my life, I have come to this work from a place of deep spiritual peace and acceptance. The journey from life to death is fascinating to me, and it can be a beautiful one, if we allow it to be. I hope to help ease this transition for those going through it, whether themselves or with a loved one. Through the Circles of Grief sessions, we can honour those we have loved and lost, allowing the light of our loved ones to shine through the pain. My prayer is for that light to become more present for all those living with grief in their hearts.”

Emmelaine – Psychotherapist and Nature Therapist

My name is Emmelaine and I am a psychotherapist and nature therapist in the local area, with experience in holding space for individuals and groups across all walks of life.
I am passionate about bringing people together to explore shared experiences and experiences within the collective. I feel that we all deserve a place to express both our personal and shared experiences around grief and what it means to be in relationship with it.
I believe that when we allow ourselves to feel deeply and authenticity, we also open our hearts to what is beyond, and being able to assist the facilitation of this feels like deeply important work that I am honoured to participate in.

Event Details

Friday 17th July
6:15pm – 7:30pm
Avalon Room, The Courtyard, 2–4 High Street, Glastonbury BA6 9DU

We look forward to welcoming you into this loving space of remembrance and connection.

With love,
Amy & Emmelaine

Please Note

This is a community grief sharing circle, not a therapy group. You are responsible for your own wellbeing during and after the gathering, as well as for seeking any follow-up support you may need.

If you are currently experiencing acute mental health challenges, we warmly encourage you to seek guidance from a qualified professional to assess your capacity to attend and to ensure you feel safely supported.

Saturday 25th July | 10.00am–1.00pm | Glastonbury

The Sacred Death Centre warmly invites you to join us for a community gratitude walk through the sacred landscape of Avalon.

As we move towards the close of summer, we gather to give thanks, for the land that holds us, for the community that walks beside us, and for all that has unfolded through the Sacred Death Centre over the past year.

Avalon has long been known as the Isle of Eternal Love and the Land of the Dead. For centuries, people have made pilgrimage here seeking healing, remembrance, wisdom, and transformation. As we walk these ancient paths together, we will honour this sacred landscape through simple ceremony, offering our gratitude to the land and deepening our relationship with the place that has quietly supported so much of our work.

Our pilgrimage will also be an opportunity to reflect on the grief we have shared together throughout the year. We recognise that grief and gratitude are not opposites, but companions. As we honour the people, hopes, and dreams we have lost, we also give thanks for the love that continues to live within us and for the precious gift of being alive.

Our Pilgrimage

We will gather at the bottom of Dod Lane before setting off together in gentle reflection.

Our journey will include:

• Visiting the Grandmother Lime Tree to pause, connect, and make simple offerings of gratitude.
• Walking in pilgrimage to Glastonbury Tor, carrying prayers of remembrance, gratitude, and blessing.
• Taking time to reflect on the grief we have tended in community over the past year and the resilience, love, and connection that has grown alongside it.
• Closing in the circle of trees within Fairfield, at the foot of the Tor, with song, gratitude, and celebration.

Throughout the walk we will make simple offerings to the land using natural materials, honouring our relationship with the Earth and acknowledging all that she continually offers us.

This is a gentle community walk. You are welcome to participate in as much or as little of the ceremony as feels right for you. There is no expectation to speak, only an invitation to walk with intention and an open heart.

Please Bring

• Comfortable walking shoes
• Weather-appropriate clothing
• Water
• A small natural offering if you wish (such as flower petals, herbs, leaves, or a prayer written on biodegradable paper)
• Any snacks you may need to keep your energy up during the walk.

Meeting Point: Bottom of Dod Lane, Glastonbury

Time: 10.00am
We aim to finish by 1.00pm.

We look forward to walking this sacred landscape with you as we honour our grief, celebrate our gratitude, and give thanks for the enduring love that connects us all.

Much Love, Lucy & Hannah