the Sacred Grief Circle
An 8-week guided circle for those ready to tend their grief.
For those ready to be in deeper relationship with their grief, through the body, memory, and ancestral connection.
the Sacred Grief Circle is an intimate 8-week circle for those grieving the death of someone they love, the ending of a significant relationship, or the loss of a former version of themselves. Here, grief is understood as a sacred relationship with love, memory, identity, and what continues to shape us.
We do not subscribe to stages, timelines, or the expectation that grief should end or that you must "move on." Instead, we honor grief as a living, relational experience, one that invites us into deeper connection with ourselves, with others, and, with our ancestors.
This circle is intentionally limited to six participants so that each person can be deeply witnessed, supported, and held with care.
This circle is for you if:
You are grieving the death of someone you love, the ending of an important relationship, or the loss of a version of yourself through life's transitions.
You want to grieve someone you love in community, through a more expansive and relational lens.
You are curious about approaching grief as an embodied, spiritual, and deeply human experience, rather than something to fix or move beyond.
You want to better understand how grief lives in your body, your relationships, and your daily life.
You are ready to begin living with your grief, honoring its changing rhythms rather than expecting it to follow a linear path.
What this circle is not:
This is not clinical therapy.
This is not a drop-in support group or a place for fixing or moving through grief quickly.
This space moves at the pace of grief.
Here, grief is allowed to speak from the body, and from memory.
This is a spirit-rooted space, held with care.
8-week live circle
Weekly 60-minute Zoom circle
Wednesdays, 8pm ET
starting August 12th
Limited to 6 participants
Investment:
Supporter - $555
Sustainer - $500
Community - $444
Payment plans available
How this work unfolds in this space:
Ritual & Devotion
Each session is anchored in ritual.
Through prayer, grounding, and ancestral connection, you are guided back into
relationship with your grief
Witnessing & Shared Truth
You’ll be witnessed with tenderness.
Your grief is met with care,
alongside others who are also learning
how to live with what they carry.
Embodied Practices
You are invited back into your body.
Through gentle practices and reflection,
you begin to notice how grief lives, moves, and shifts within you and how to stay with yourself within it.
Our Eight-Session Journey
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“I don’t have to hold this alone.”
We begin by arriving together. Through prayer, calling in our ancestors, and grounding in our bodies, we establish the container and name what is present. This week is about setting the foundation, being witnessed, orienting to the space, and allowing your grief to be here as it is.
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“I can feel grief without being overwhelmed.”
This week we turn toward the body and begin noticing where grief lives physically. Through simple somatic practices and guided awareness, you’ll explore sensation, holding patterns, and what your body has been carrying. The focus is not release, but learning how to stay presend with what arises.
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“My grief is love that still exist here.”
We work with memory, what returns, what lingers, and what aches. This week holds space for love, longing, and the ways grief keeps relationships alive. You will be invited to bring in photos, names, or stories as a way of staying connected.
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“I am still in relationship.”
We deepen into ancestral connection. Through guided spiritual reflection, you’ll explore your connection to those who have transitioned and how they continue to exist in your life and lineage.
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“All my emotions are allowed.”
We make space for what is often held back: anger, guilt, resentment, relief, the things that were never said, and more. This week allows those emotions to be named without shame, and witnessed without needing to resolve them.
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“Grief changes, and so do I.”
We explore the resistance that can come with the changes brought upon by the loss and subsequent grief. This weeks holds the tension between holding on and letting things be different, without forcing meaning or closure.
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“I am allowed to feel joy, even as I carry my grief.”
We make space for the coexistence of joy and grief. This week explores what it means to live, feel, and experience moments of joy, presence, lightness, happiness, etc. without guilt, even as grief remains present.
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“I carry this with me.”
We close the container with intention. Through reflection, and acknowledgment of what has shifted, this week honors the work done and the relationships built within yourself, your grief, and the circle.
Circle Details
Start Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Time: 8:00 pM ET / 5:00 pM PT
Session Length: 60 minutes
Schedule: Every Wednesday (ends September 30th)
Location: Live via Zoom
Group Size: Maximum of 6 members
Investment:
$555 - Supporter
$500 - Sustaining
$444 - Community
Payment plan available
Note: Sessions are not recorded in order to protect the privacy
and the sacredness of our time together.
About Ìyá Oyaladé, Dr. Minerva
Minerva is a grief psychologist, ritualist, and solo mother rooted in ancestral reverence, spiritual grief care, and the sacred tending of endings. Her approach is gentle, embodied, and rooted in remembering. Her work is shaped by the wisdom of her Ori, Oya, Egbe, Egun, and Isese, alongside the land, and her journey through grief and perpetual endings and transitions as a priestess of Oya.
Through Sagrad@, she creates offerings that hold grief as sacred, beyond timelines, outside of pathology, and in deep relationship with Spirit.