Grief Rest Stop, for those experiencing grief and bereavement
Let’s let the weight we hold for grief rest a while and have a grief rest stop.
6PM-8PM
$89
Register you spot: https://calendly.com/ladydeathdoula/griefreststopplus
6 spots only
257 Danforth Ave, The Plant Mystic
Toronto M4K 1N2
Email ladydeathdoula@gmail.com for any questions, or help booking.
Grief Rest Stop+
lay down your grief and rest a moment and be supported by a grief release and one-to-one reiki.
Meet with Adrianna, aka Lady Death Doula, a death doula and grief educator, and Esné, a clinical hypnotherapist and reiki practitioner, and James a reiki practitioner, a team who wants to share resources and tools for you to metabolize your grief and help find ways to shed some of the heaviness that comes with grief.
- BYOB (bring your own blanket or pillow if you like)
- Electric fireplace and lit by candlelight for extra coziness
- Practice Emotional Freedom Tapping
- Learn about grief metabolizers
- Gentle grief release meditation
- 10-12 minutes of Reiki one-on-one
- Hot cup of chocolate or tea (for grounding)
What to expect:
1st hour
-build a blanket fort with Adrianna and your fellow grievers and go through the storytelling of your loss; share where you are at in your grief journey and what/who/where you are grieving.
-And an introduction into Emotional Freedom Tapping (EFT) as a grief support tool led by Esné to ground into the space and the meditation.
2nd hour
-40 minute guided meditation on releasing grief led by Adrianna
-Esné and James, our reiki practitioners, move around the room for one-to-one reiki support while people relax and release sounds or movement they feel will help their grief release. *Two practitioners mean longer one-on-one time.
Last 20 minutes
-debrief should it feel right to share, grounding with tea or hot chocolate to drink and dark chocolate
email ladydeathdoula@gmail.com for any questions
Your facilitators:
Esné is a Hypnosis Specialist and Somatic Practitioner who offers grounded, practical sessions focused on revealing and healing the subconscious self – otherwise known as the ‘shadow’. Using modalities such as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), channeling and hypnosis, she guides sensitive people to heal old patterns and traumas, and embark on a new chapter of spiritual evolution. Esné is a twice-certified Master in traditional and modern Usui Reiki, and practices shamanic energy work, in combination with Master Plant dieta retreats in the Peruvian Amazon. Esné has ongoing training with the Amazonian jungle ‘Master Plants’ within the context of the Shipibo shamanic tradition. She facilitates Ayahuasca retreats within Peru and abroad. Additionally, she is deepening her work with the subconscious at the Institute of Interpersonal Hypnotherapy, licensed by the Department of Education in the US, as she is a recent graduate as a Certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist program. Follow her for more events and service offerings: @Natural.Esne on Instagram, Facebook
Adrianna Prosser, aka Lady Death Doula, Death Doula and Grief Educator
You might have seen Adrianna on CTV’s The Social as a special guest talking about the Death Positive Movement, or heard her on CBC Radio One across the country talking about grief and bereavement, or in Canadian Business Magazine as a death industry disruptor, or liked one of her TikTok videos sharing her journey as a Death Doula. Adrianna’s brother Andrew died by suicide in 2010 and his death catapulted her life into death work and mental health advocacy: she became a suicide awareness trainer and interventionist. She toured her one-woman show Everything But the Cat… for 10 years about suicide loss and bereavement, utilizing her storytelling background to create inclusive space to open a dialogue around death and dying. In 2019 Adrianna’s coworker Roberta asked if she wanted to go to Disneyland and South Korea to celebrate getting off chemo for stage four breast cancer; Roberta had a year to live and wanted a companion to get through her bucketlist and of course Adrianna said yes and embraced being a Death Doula for her friend. Holding liminal space and being comfortable in the discomfort has led Adrianna to become a hospice volunteer and grief counselor. She is currently in a fast-tracked Bachelor’s of Social Work to become a grief therapist to complement all the training she has done as a death worker. Her practice is anti-oppressive, radically feminist, and magically authentic to ensure she centers her companions where they are at on their care journey. Join the death positive conversation with her: @LadyDeathDoula on TikTok, Instagram, SubStack
James Johnson, Reiki practitioner
James is an Intuitive Energy Practitioner specializing in traditional Reiki. His deep commitment to energy healing modalities provides clients with an inclusive and supportive environment for healing. James enables individuals to explore their own self healing process; fostering personal growth and a clearer sense of identity. Through his sessions clients are encouraged to discover their unique paths to wellbeing and empowerment. James has been a Reiki practitioner for over 20 years. He is excited to be a part of the Inner Arts Collective hive to support and share healing journeys while he continues to study other modalities. Currently he hosts the Inner Arts’ Reiki Share every last Tuesday of the month. It has been profound experiences and new insights supporting people with grief that have inspired him to continue helping people through their grieving process.
Be sure to come in comfy clothing.
Lots of tissues and blankets but please bring anything that will make you feel cozy like a blanket, a stuffed animal, or a pillow.
No shoes for this event, wear some cute socks or bring some slippers!
We will burn a bit of incense to ground ourselves to the space.
*We will be on the floor for the entire event: if the floor isn’t a great place for you to get cozy we can use a chair instead.
Adrianna, Esné, and James are all a part of Inner Arts Collective in east end Toronto.