28/07/2026
🤍 As we pause our Grief Café for the summer, we are reflecting with gratitude on what we have built together over the past eight months.
When we started Breathe.Move.Heal CIC’s Grief Café, our vision was simple: to create a compassionate space where women could come exactly as they are with their stories, their tears, their questions, or simply their quiet presence.
Over the past eight months, we have welcomed more than 60 participant attendances, with an average of 8 women at each session. To protect the warmth and safety of the group, we intentionally limit each Grief Café to 10 participants, allowing everyone the opportunity to be heard, connect and feel truly seen.
While many women first come to us after the death of a loved one, our Grief Café has always been about grief in all its forms.
Because grief is not only about bereavement.
It can also follow divorce, illness, infertility or pregnancy loss, menopause, becoming a carer, immigration, redundancy, changes in identity, or letting go of the future we imagined.
We believe there is no hierarchy of grief. Every loss matters, and every person deserves compassion.
Throughout the year, we’ve explored topics including grief beyond bereavement, anger, guilt, anxiety, identity after loss, anniversaries, hope, self-compassion, and the connection between grief, the nervous system and the body.
One of the things that fills us with gratitude is our 90%+ return rate. Women didn’t just attend once they came back month after month, creating a community built on trust, kindness and genuine connection.
We have also been honoured to welcome women not only from Tower Hamlets but from other parts of London, all seeking a place where they could feel understood.
To every woman who sat in our circle, shared part of her story, listened with compassion, or simply showed up - thank you. You have helped create a space where grief no longer has to be carried alone.
✨ Our Grief Café will return in September. New dates will be announced during August.
If you’d like to join us, keep an eye on our link in bio or visit our website for upcoming dates, bookings and community events.