A two-hour mini retreat · Sunday 1 November

The Grief Garden

A gentle space to tend your grief through yoga, breath and rest.

Sunday 1 November 2026 · 10am to 12pm · House of Habits, Hervey Bay
$20 · limited to 20 places · proceeds donated to our local hospice

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Fionna in long grass beneath trees, softly out of focus

Grief lives in the body

It shows up as tiredness, heaviness in the chest, a foggy mind or a restless heart. It often needs a kind of care that words alone can't reach.

This two-hour session offers a quiet, supportive space to tend your grief through gentle yoga, breathwork, restorative rest and reflection. Whatever your loss, and however long ago, you are welcome here.

  • No yoga experience is needed
  • There is no pressure to talk or share

The parts no one tells you

Grief takes something you didn't know you had. A kind of innocence... the quiet belief that this happens to other people, not to you. That the people you love will still be here tomorrow.

It wakes you in the night, because for just a moment you forgot that loss was part of your world. Then you remember, and it comes crashing in again, the shock and trauma felt all over again in every cell of your body.

It's reaching for your phone to tell them something. A song in the supermarket that stops you in the aisle. The world carrying on as normal while yours has quietly rearranged itself.

None of this means you're doing grief wrong. It means you loved.

Grief is love that has lost its usual place to go.

What grief does in the body

Grief isn't only something we feel. It's something the whole body goes through. Part of the morning is a short, gentle teaching, in plain language, on:

  • Why loss can register in the nervous system as threat, leaving you exhausted, foggy or on edge
  • How the mind, nervous system and immune system talk to each other, and why grief can show up as aches and illness
  • Why grief comes in waves, moving between the loss and the rest of life, and why both are healthy
  • Why the bond with the person you love doesn't have to end for you to heal
  • How breath and gentle movement send the body signals of safety that words can't
Hands writing in a notebook with a pen

How the morning unfolds

Arriving

A gentle welcome, slow breath and time to settle into the space.

Moving

Slow, floor-based movement through the hips and body, for what feels heavy, with room for tears or stillness.

Understanding

A short, gentle teaching on what grief does in the body and nervous system, and why breath and movement help.

Reflecting

Quiet time to write in your own notebook, with gentle prompts. Nothing is shared unless you choose to.

Resting

Calming breathwork, then yoga nidra or guided meditation in deeply supported rest.

Closing

One small intention, written down, to carry into the week ahead.

The details

When
Sunday 1 November 2026 · 10am to 12pm
Where
House of Habits, Hervey Bay
Investment
$20 launch price, with proceeds donated to our local hospice
Take home
An eye pillow to help you return to rest, and a little notebook for your reflections

What to bring

  • Comfortable clothing you can move and rest in
  • A water bottle
  • Your own mat or props if you prefer. Mats and props are also provided.
  • If you'd like, a small item that connects you to the one you are grieving. This is completely optional.
This session is a supportive space and not a substitute for individual counselling.
Mats laid out on a light timber floor in a quiet studio, morning light through the window
Fionna Findley in profile, hands raised softly
Your guide

Fionna Findley

Fionna is an Integrative Somatic Counsellor and yoga teacher with more than a decade of teaching experience and a background in medical science. Her work brings together counselling, nervous system education and gentle yoga, so people are supported in both mind and body.

The Grief Garden is a safe, unhurried space to be exactly as you are.

All stages of grief are welcome

Come to nurture your mind and your heart. You don't need to be ready, or know what to say. You only need to arrive.

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This isn't a crisis service. If tonight is the hard part, Lifeline answers any hour on 13 11 14, and 13YARN is there on 13 92 76 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander callers. In an emergency, please call 000. You don't have to wait for an appointment to reach for support.