Grief Circle and Mandala

The Walk Club, Edinburgh and other walking activities take place in North Edinburgh and elsewhere. Covering a wide variety of subjects and themes, the Walk Club is a brand-new Edinburgh walking / wheeling club offering ambulatory meet-ups that focus on local history, art, and urban nature ~ with a twist ~ Each walk will have a theme and celebrate events such as the Festival of Terminalia, the Urban Tree Festival, May Day, and the Autumn Equinox. The walks will be stimulating and the company friendly. Fresh air and gentle exercise are promised, whether you are on wheels or feet, and the Walk Club is open to everyone. Children and dogs are welcome. The aim is to be accessible, inclusive, and flexible.Moving slowly through the urban landscape allows for higher quality noticing and time to pay attention. Pauses are important so we can look, smell, and discover. We will embrace community, as well as silence and conversation.With experience in the arts and community settings, I offer walks (ecological, history and psychogeography, for example) in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Europe. They are participatory, safe and inclusive. I also run workshops in venues such as Edinburgh Central Library and for festivals such as the Festival of Terminalia.

Tamsin

A meeting, activity, and ritual to contain our grief

Madelvic House

The Re:living Weekend (30 Sep - 2 Oct 2022) is a response to our human need to talk, walk, remember, and make art about the ever-present experiences of death, grief and loss in our lives. Whether we are grieving for a close friend, pet or family member; concerned about the loss of bird, insect or plant habitats and other changes to our climate; affected by war; or managing on-going / one-off life events around relationship, work and/or home loss; coming together with others to focus, share, or simply be with our feelings is supportive. Friday 30 Sep: Walkshop and WorkshopSaturday 1 Oct: Re:living weekend exhibition - see <a href="https://grantonhub.org/2022/08/20/reliving-exhibition-call-for-artists-and-makers/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Call for submissions from Artists and Makers</a>Death CafeSunday 2 Oct: Re:living weekend exhibition and Grief Circle / MandalaBooking via Eventbrite You may like to engage with one or more events, or all of them. All events are free although donations (to cover costs) are welcome.This Grief Circle and Mandala meeting will take the form of a floor-seated circle of participants, a ritual to contain our grief, a structure within which to allow feelings to flow at a manageable rate.With respect and compassion, a sharing circle will be facilitated and a safe space held for you to bring your grief and memories with a view to Re:live (both the past and in the future). Held in the same room as the Death Café (the evening before) and the Re:living Art Exhibition. After the circle, we will go outside to find natural materials for the Mandala. You can also include materials that you bring with you. Back inside, you will be gently directed to create your own personal mandala on a piece of cloth on the floor. At the end there will be a Closing Ritual for this session and the Mandala, and for the whole weekend.The Mandala will be temporary in the same way that life is. A photograph will be taken for you to keep if you want it as a record, and then it will be dismantled at the end of the session. Please bring a cushion and blanket with you, as well as any items or mementoes you may like to include in your Mandala. We will supply tea lights and pieces of cloth on which to make your Mandala.With Bea Denton (London) and Tamsin Grainger (Granton)Bea is an artist and educator whose practice explores ideas around death and loss, faith and ritual. She has taught and managed courses at Arts University Bournemouth, UAL (Camberwell, London College of Communication and Central Saint Martins), at EBAC in Brazil and Artslink in China. She is a Trustee for Lewisham Education Arts Network (LEAN) and a member of the Artist’s Group, Throes of Grief.Tamsin is a community artist (No Birds Land, Trinity Tunnel; The Wall, Western Breakwater), complementary therapy practitioner, session leader, and author of Death and Loss in Shiatsu Practice (published by Singing Dragon Press).Contact for enquiries: tamsinlgrainger@gmail.com

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