Six Bi-Weekly Sessions
Sept 23, 2026 until Dec 2, 2026
Grounding Grief is a six-session experience for those living with grief, loss, and life’s transitions. It is a space where grief is welcomed, witnessed, and gently held in the presence of others.
Purpose
The purpose is not to fix grief or move toward a predetermined outcome, but to gently support expression, processing, connection, and integration.
Grounding Grief is a grief-tending space rooted in community, witnessing, embodiment, and remembering that grief was never meant to be carried alone. Together, we stay in a meaningful relationship with ourselves and life, while holding onto what loss cannot take from us.
Session Intention
Grounding Grief is a facilitated grief and embodiment circle that offers a compassionate, intentionally held space to explore grief through grounding practices, somatic awareness, reflection, and shared practice.
What the Space Is About
Grounding Grief is a two-hour, biweekly gathering that invites participants to gently reconnect with what grief can make difficult to feel. Rooted in belonging, grief-attuned witnessing, and somatic experience, the space offers psychoeducation, reflection, and shared presence.
These practices help the nervous system build capacity and remember it is safe enough to release what it has been holding.
Together We Will:
Arrive as we are and share what is present. Through psychoeducation, poetry, music, gentle and reflections using writing or drawing prompts, we will honour our experiences of loss and reconnect with the wisdom of the body. We will witness and be witnessed without fixing or advising, explore grief and gratitude, and leave feeling a bit more grounded and connected.
This May Be for You If:
You are grieving the death of a loved one, or living with complex or enduring grief.
You are moving through a significant loss or life transition.
You are carrying more than feels possible.
You have been longing to feel seen, heard, and understood, in your grief.
You want a space where nothing about your experience needs to be hidden, minimized, explained, or fixed.
You are curious about tending to your grief through reflection, movement, music, writing, and shared presence.
To Join: info@therootedheart.ca
Payment options:
Half of fee now and the balance on Sept 23, 2026 in one of two ways:
E-TRANSFER to info@therootedheart.ca using passcode: GROUNDING
or CREDIT CARD (PAID THROUGH THE ROOTED HEART OFFICE )
Your Facilitators
Angela Gagne, RN, RP, MACP
Angela is a Registered Nurse and Registered Psychotherapist with more than 25 years of experience in health care and a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. She is a Certified Grief Educator with specialized training in trauma, somatic psychotherapy, EMDR, ART and DBT. Angela’s approach to grief is compassionate and grounded, creating space for people to feel witnessed, connected and supported without the expectation that grief needs to be fixed or rushed.
Karen Hill, RN Psychotherapist, MscN
Karen is an Advanced Practice Nurse and certified Emotional Health Practitioner with over 25 years of experience supporting individuals and families through loss, transitions, and change. Her background includes specialized training in grief and ritual work, Neural Network Therapy®, and Seniors Mental Health.
Karen has walked this road herself. Led by her own experiences of loss, she approaches this work with curiosity and compassion. Her personal journey has led her to explore alternate ways of tending grief, shaping the way she listens, learns, and accompanies others as they navigate their own grief and transitions.
Karen believes that grief is a natural part of life, and that honouring the grieving process is essential to how people move through the world. When met within a safe and supportive space, grief can transform, creating room for connection, healing, and shared understanding.