Workshops for Organisations

Gentle, grief-informed creative workshops for the people you serve.

Grief is not a problem to be solved.

But it is something that can be witnessed, held, and explored – creative practice is one of the most powerful ways to do that.

I offer workshops for organisations, charities, and community groups who work with people navigating loss, change, or difficult life transitions (both online and in Scotland). These sessions are designed to be low-pressure, accessible, and genuinely useful. They are not therapy, but a gentle hour or two of creative companionship.

What I bring

I’m Yarrow, a writer, grief companion, celebrant, and tarot reader based on the east coast of Scotland. I’ve trained as a grief educator and death doula, and my practice draws on years of bodywork and movement study, creative writing, mythology, and philosophy. I host the Grief Magic podcast, which has over 230 episodes exploring loss, ritual, creativity, and the art of living slowly. I come to this work not as a clinician, but as someone who has lived inside grief and found their way toward beauty.

    Yarrow is sitting by a local river reaching into it

    I am neurodivergent, queer, and have lived experience of chronic illness. I design sessions with these experiences in mind: low sensory pressure, no need to perform, cameras optional, pace adapted to the group.

    What a workshop looks like

    Sessions typically run one to two hours and can be delivered in person or on Zoom. Each one is designed around your group’s specific context and needs. Past themes have included:

    • Reading as ritual: how books can hold us through grief, and how to find the right one
    • Making meaning: simple creative practices like collage, writing, drawing as ways to process loss without needing words
    • Slow rituals: accessible, secular rituals for marking change, loss, or transition
    • Cards as companions: a gentle introduction to using tarot or oracle cards as a reflective practice

    These sessions work well alongside, not instead of, mental health support. They are creative companionship, offered with care, but they are not therapy. 

    Who this is for

    I’ve worked with groups including disability organisations, carers’ networks, creative arts programmes, and community organisations supporting people through bereavement, chronic illness, and life transition.

    Sessions are particularly well-suited to groups who:

    • include neurodivergent participants, or people with chronic illness or limited mobility
    • are looking for something gentle and non-clinical alongside their existing support provision
    • want to incorporate creativity, story, or ritual into their programming
    • work with people who are grieving quietly, without it always being called grief

    Getting in touch

    If you’d like to explore whether a workshop might be right for your organisation, I’d love to hear from you. I’m happy to adapt what I do to your context, your budget, and the people you’re serving.

    You can reach me at hello at yarrowdigital.com