The Holding Circle: A Community-Centered Retreat for Pregnancy & Infant Loss
Presented by Mama Glow
In recognition of Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month, Mama Glow invites you to The Holding Circle, an intimate, community-centered retreat for individuals and families navigating miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, and other forms of reproductive loss.
Pregnancy and infant loss can be profoundly isolating. Grief may continue long after the clinical encounter has ended, often without the space, language, or community needed to hold everything that follows. At Mama Glow, we believe reproductive health includes every outcome along the reproductive journey. Loss deserves care, remembrance, and community, too. The Holding Circle creates a space to gather without expectation or explanation.
Throughout the afternoon, participants will move through guided meditation and grounding, facilitated group counseling, reflective journaling and paired sharing, and a collective remembrance practice honoring pregnancies and lives lost. The retreat will close around a nourishing shared meal, creating time to settle, connect, and close the afternoon with care.
📆 Saturday, October 10 | 12:00-4:00 PM
📍 The Soft Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
🙏🏽 Free Community Offering | Application Required
What We’ll Experience:
- Opening and closing meditation and grounding
- Facilitated group counseling and emotional support
- Reflective journaling and paired sharing
- A collective remembrance practice
- Space for quiet reflection and community connection
- A nourishing shared meal
- Take-home resources for continued care and support
Retreat Facilitators:
Marjorie Vail, MA, MEd, MS, MHC-LP – Director of Outreach, PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy | Group Counseling Facilitator
Dora Kamau – Lead Mindfulness Teacher, Headspace | Opening & Closing Meditation
Erica Freeman – Founder & CEO, Sisters in Loss | Remembrance Practice
Mandela Cocores – Founder, Welcome Home | Meal & Hospitality
Participation in The Holding Circle is free for participants, but space is limited to preserve the intimacy of the retreat. Those interested in attending are invited to complete a short application to express interest. You will be contacted regarding confirmed attendance.
[Complete the Application to Register your Interest in The Holding Circle]
