Let’s let the weight we hold for grief rest a while & have a grief rest stop; learn how to metabolize your grief with the support of reiki
lay down your grief and rest a moment.
Meet with Adrianna, aka Lady Death Doula, a death doula and grief educator, and James Johnson, a reiki practitioner, both who want 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.
4 spots for each event
$55
Sept 20th
October 18th
November 29th
December 13th
2PM – 4PM
Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grief-rest-stop-with-a-death-doula-reiki-practitioner-tickets-1997645773283
The Plant Mystic, 257 Danforth Ave
Toronto M4K 1N2
Email ladydeathdoula@gmail.com for any questions, or help booking.
What to bring:
-BYOB (bring your own blanket)
-comfy clothing to rest in
-shoes off, so slippers or socks
-a photo or memory item to share about your decedent
The Vibe:
-Electric fireplace and lit by candlelight for extra coziness
-Gentle restorative meditation and movements with reiki
-Blanket forts of pillows and blankets
-Hot cup of chocolate or tea (for grounding)
What to expect:
Learn about metabolizing your grief through sound, movement, storytelling, and community. Take home a new tool with Emotional Freedom Tapping (EFT). Experience the support of Reiki; Reiki is a Japanese energy healing technique where practitioners place hands lightly on or just above the body to promote deep relaxation, lowering heart rate, and reducing anxiety.
1st hour: build a blanket fort with 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 EFT as a grief support tool to ground into the space and the meditation.
2nd hour: 40 minute guided meditation on releasing grief led by Adrianna; as James, our reiki practitioner moves to support participants individually while people relax and release sounds or movement they feel will help their grief release.
Last 20 minutes: debrief as much or as little as you like about your experience, and comfort yourself with tea or hot chocolate.
Your facilitators:
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. @reiki_with_james on Instagram
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 catipulated 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 her online: @LadyDeathDoula on TikTok, Instagram, SubStack
