‘Grief & Love’ Retreat
Dates: July 26 – August 1, 2026
‘Grief & Love’ Retreat
Dear Ones,
The storm of grief and loss takes a toll on the body, mind, and heart. Our hearts are broken and open at the same time. Often seeking connection with others with similar experiences gives us a bit of relief in our pain, some hope and guidance.
This retreat is specifically for parents that have lost a child to substance use.
Supported by a daily schedule designed to nurture your heart and connect with others who “Get It!”
Grief can get stuck in our bodies in many different ways. The retreat uses tools such as sharing, gentle yoga, guided meditation, relaxation, fire cermonies, sauna and swimming in forest lakes, nature walks, creative writing and art workshops to help make space for our grief to move and integrate.
Our retreat is nestled in the peaceful and beautiful countryside, in the heart of Bergslagen, Sweden. A quiet respite from the noise of the world, surrounded by pristine swimming lakes, nature walks and fresh clean air!
Whether it’s yoga, going for a walk, connecting in nature, music or art…through creativity and connection our feelings can find their way to the surface and out into the world, creating a bit more space around our grief and heart for new possibilities to grow.
Our hope and wish is for this retreat to be a healing respite and space for your journey with grief.
We welcome you this summer for a week together in the peaceful Swedish country side.
“I’m not sure how or when I began my apprenticeship with sorrow. I do know that it was my gateway back into the breathing and animate world. It was through the dark waters of grief that I came to touch my unlived life. . . . There is some strange intimacy between grief and aliveness, some sacred exchange between what seems unbearable and what is most exquisitely alive. Through this, I have come to have a lasting faith in grief.”
― Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
2026 Retreat Information
Arrival: Sunday July 26
Dinner: 6pm
Welcome Program: 7:30 pm
Departure: Saturday, August 1, after lunch
Retreat Facilitators
Prema
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Prema's Bio
Prema’s why for the Grief and Love Retreat was born when her beloved son Lance passed in 2022. Having been in Bali just months before, she had promised to take him, and six months after his passing she returned. Bali’s nurturing feminine energy, kindness of the people, and healing connection to nature offered a place where sorrow and love could coexist, inspiring Prema to create a retreat for those longing to reconnect with their hearts, their grief, and their love in a safe and sacred space.
Prema has practiced and taught yoga and meditation for over 35 years and is a 500 hr Yoga Alliance approved teacher trained in Shiatsu and energy balancing, with deep embodied wisdom of the nervous system and the heart. Her meditation and Hatha yoga training are rooted in the Siddha Yoga and Anusara traditions, and she lived in India for many years studying with a meditation master.
Over 25 years ago, she developed nervous system calming wellness protocols at a top luxury spa in Manhattan, working with many high profile and celebrity clients.
She is certified as a Grief Educator with David Kessler, holds the Compassionate Bereavement Care Certification through Dr Joanne Cacciatore and the Center for Loss and Trauma, and serves as a Grief Group Leader and Yoga Teacher for Grief with the nonprofit Love in the Trenches, offering gentle heart centered practices that support the human capacity to hold both deep grief and immeasurable love.
Heidi
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