Into Full Bloom Coaching
The Shape of Grief
A day to honour the journey, heal and connect
📍 Hope Horizons, Toowoomba
🗓 Saturday, 14th June 2025 | 10:00am – 4:30pm
👥 Limited to 10 participants
Welcome
Grief is wild, messy, and transformative.
You don’t have to grieve alone.
The Shape of Grief is a full-day gathering for those carrying grief — for a loved one, a life not lived or an identity lost.
Held in the warm, intimate space of Hope Horizons, this day invites you to soften into your grief, to be witnessed, to make meaning, and to find threads of connection with others who understand.
In the quiet moments, in the rawness, and in the space between tears — healing happens.
What This Day Means to Me
The Shape of Grief was born from something I couldn’t ignore any longer.
Not my own big loss—but the grief I’ve witnessed in others.
Friends silenced. Families rushing through rituals that didn’t feel true.
People avoiding eye contact at the shops because they didn’t know what to say.
I've seen how we treat grief in our culture—with discomfort, with distance, with the belief that it should be tidy and time-limited.
We struggle to sit with pain that can’t be solved.
We shy away from “negative” emotions, even when they’re the most human ones we carry.
This day is my quiet rebellion against that.
It’s an invitation to come together, slowly and gently, in a space where grief is not only welcomed—but honoured.
Whether your grief is recent or old, tied to death or something else entirely—this day is for you.
It’s for those who want to support others better.
For those who feel the ache of something lost, even if it can’t be named.
For anyone who wants to move, feel, and heal—in connection.
I believe we heal in community.
And I believe grief deserves more than just a eulogy.
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🌀 Somatic Grief PracticeJoin Kelly for a somatic exploration of your grief experience, followed by a somatic yoga-based practice to support you on your grief journey. Simple, yet powerful practices that you can take home and practice as you need on an ongoing basis.
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🎨 Grief Mandala CreationGuided by Lisa Darvall – through the powerful language of abstract art - using shape and colour to convey emotion - you will create a meaningful mandula that reflects the balance and beauty within the shape of your grief. Here are some examples.
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📝 Hello Grief Writing PracticeA quiet journalling practice, guided by Melissa Blum – write a letter to your person, to your grief, or to someone who just didn’t get it.
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☀️ Fragments of Grief, Threads of LightCreate a symbolic keepsake using beads, wire, and crystal — a light-catching thread to represent remembrance, hope, or the pieces you continue to carry. This quiet, reflective session invites you to hold grief and beauty side by side. No artistic skill needed — just a willingness to create with intention.
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🌊 The Sound of Grief: Vocal Expression SessionThe Sound of Grief is a guided vocal expression session that invites you to give your grief a voice — through sighs, hums, cries, or wild, raw sound. In a supportive back-to-back circle, we create space for your grief to breathe, move, and be gently witnessed.
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🔥 Closing Grief CircleA sacred circle to share what’s been stirred, honour each other’s stories, and gently close the day.
Melissa - Host and Space holder
Grief and motherhood coach, engineer, mother, and founder of Into Full Bloom. Melissa brings deep compassion and lived experience to this work, creating nourishing spaces where people feel safe to unravel and be seen.
Kelly - Somatic Practitioner
Kelly is a highly experienced women’s health physiotherapist, yoga teacher and somatic practitioner with a passion for supporting embodiment and deep connection to self. Following the unexpected death of her brother in 2019, Kelly was condemned to profound grief experience. Over time, she has befriended and integrated her grief and uses somatic practices, including yoga, to support others to do the same.
Lisa - Artist
With over 12 years of experience as an art teacher, Lisa will guide you in creating a personal artwork that explores and expresses your grief. Through the powerful language of abstract art - using shape and colour to convey emotion - you will create a meaningful mandula
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🌀 Somatic Grief PracticeJoin Kelly for a somatic exploration of your grief experience, followed by a somatic yoga-based practice to support you on your grief journey. Simple, yet powerful practices that you can take home and practice as you need on an ongoing basis.
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🎨 Grief Mandala CreationGuided by Lisa Darvall – through the powerful language of abstract art - using shape and colour to convey emotion - you will create a meaningful mandula that reflects the balance and beauty within the shape of your grief. Here are some examples.
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📝 Hello Grief Writing PracticeA quiet journalling practice, guided by Melissa Blum – write a letter to your person, to your grief, or to someone who just didn’t get it.
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☀️ Fragments of Grief, Threads of LightCreate a symbolic keepsake using beads, wire, and crystal — a light-catching thread to represent remembrance, hope, or the pieces you continue to carry. This quiet, reflective session invites you to hold grief and beauty side by side. No artistic skill needed — just a willingness to create with intention.
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🌊 The Sound of Grief: Vocal Expression SessionThe Sound of Grief is a guided vocal expression session that invites you to give your grief a voice — through sighs, hums, cries, or wild, raw sound. In a supportive back-to-back circle, we create space for your grief to breathe, move, and be gently witnessed.
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🔥 Closing Grief CircleA sacred circle to share what’s been stirred, honour each other’s stories, and gently close the day.
