‘Tears are the language of spirit’ Sobonfu Some

Amaia has been working with grief for the last two decades.

In 2006 I wrote my dissertation on Vervain - plant kin of grief and magic. I have always been called to working with plants, people and grief, tending each person or group and feeling into how nature in grief is so therapeutic. When I was studying body-centred psychotherapy I again felt the call to work with grief and all its manifestations. I studied with Azul Valerie Thome in her Grief Composting work and have had supportive healing roles with many involved in activism.

I am now studying counselling to further explore this area and offerings will come mid 2025 but for now I work in my role as a herbalist and wild rites of passage training to hold grief in nature. I hold individuals, groups and circles. I also make remedies which are for grief and trauma, healing and supporting each of us as we walk the path of grief.

Rose ceremonies are my most popular grief ceremony but vervain, elecampane and many other plant kin may be chosen or blended.

See below for my grief tending offerings.