Grief Support


Grief is hard, really hard. Your grief is also sacred and deserves to be honored and tended to with compassion in your own way and in your own time. Grief can be isolating, so our mission is hold space for people to grieve openly and honestly within a supportive community. Together with Gretchen Miura, we offer the following programs including free content.

You can learn more about our journey, of how Lighthouse Program came about by listening to this
Legends podcast episode.



WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO TEND TO OUR GRIEF?

Journaling: Writing about our thoughts, feelings and experiences in an unfiltered way provides a release for emotions, allowing for reflection and insight.

Rituals: Rituals like setting up an alter or making our loved one’s favorite meal can be performed to honor loved ones, connect to the sacred and tap into a source of inner knowing.

Meditation: Mindfulness meditation helps ground us with kindness and build the capacity to feel our feelings without judgment.

Embodied Practice: Grief is held in our bodies. Simple movements, breathing exercises and self soothing techniques can be used to offer compassion and gratitude to ourselves.  

Resources: There are more and more resources available including books, podcasts and support groups.  

Connection: While you may be grieving your deeply personal loss by yourself, please know that you are not alone in your grief.  

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Lighthouse Circle

Lighthouse Circle is a support group that runs for six months twice a year. The next group begins in January 2024. You can learn more at the link below.

Evergreen

Lighthouse EVERGREEN is a self paced online program that you can join anytime. We have received feedback this is good as a group going through it together sharing the same loss

Free Content

The  free content is a resource to help bring compassionate care to your grief. This is available to anyone for free.

Meet your Guides

Sarah Furuya

Hi, I am Sarah  and I live by the sea South of Tokyo, near the sacred shores of Kamakura, and from there I  run my coaching business and Legends Podcast. The heart of my practice is the many ways to lead a life, and working with and telling people’s stories. I honor the influence of those passed and create space and ritual for them and their presence in my coaching spaces. I am passionate about  looking at the taboos and lost traditions around death, mourning and grief.
Founder

Gretchen Miura

Hi, I'm Gretchen. I live in Japan with my family where we run DAIRYUJI Zen temple. Making grief support and mindfulness accessible for everyone to nurture well-being and a sense of belonging is my life's work. I studied with David Kessler to become a grief educator and under Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield to gain my mindfulness meditation teachers certificate. I love leading workshops, classes and retreats. My brother Chris died when I was five years old which deeply influenced my views on death and grief, ultimately guiding me to this calling. Drawing on many years of exploration, learning and unlearning, I am passionate about bringing elements of ritual, spirituality, creativity and mindfulness to create a supportive atmosphere at Lighthouse Circle.

“We don’t heal in isolation but in community.”


- S Kelley Harrell