Mourning Room

Global Mourning Room

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How the Mourning Room came into life

In 2017, Stefan rode his motorcycle and got into an accident. Stefan died. This happened 3 years after my wife Margarete had died.

Stefan had worked in training I had participated in. We all were shocked. In my grief, I was looking for connection.

I reached out to the friends of the training and offered a Mourning Room on the video platform Zoom.

A couple of days later we sat together online sharing our feelings, and a space of vulnerability, silence, sadness and also joy having known him emanated. With a deep sense of gratitude, I experienced that I don’t have to grieve alone. I can connect with my tears to other human beings and in mourning together a simple beauty opens; a deep space for our humanity.

Personal Mourning Room

With this unique offer, you can invite family and friends to mourn over a personal loss. Facilitated by Joachim, each person participating can utter what is alive as a memory of the late beloved family member or friend.

If the loss just happened or is 1 year or more ago, sitting together and sharing memories can have a huge effect of relief and love. 

With the Mourning Room, Joachim creates a safe and intimate space honoring life and death that is easily accessible online for family and friends from all over the world.

The offering includes

• Preparation: In a 20 min video call, we talk about what is important to you. You can send a picture of the late person, and Joachim will create a beautiful space for the online vigil including photos and flowers. You get a link for the video room specially set up for this occasion so you can send the link to the ones you would like to invite.
• Mourning Room: For two hours, family and friends share their memory online in a video conference call facilitated by Joachim. Everything is welcome there, sadness, silence, and joy. Different ways of sharing can be included, like reading a poem or singing a song.
• Debrief: Within 10 days after the Mourning Room, you can send an email to share about your experience and I will respond promptly to allow integration of the unique experience.

• If you book this regular Mourning Room, it will be set up for up to 20 people.
• A large Mourning Room hosts up to 50 people and lasts 2.5 hours.
• A grand Mourning Room hosts up to 100 people and lasts 3 hours.

To inquire about the details and costs for the different Mourning Rooms, please write to Joachim

We can grieve, and we can grieve together. 

If you would like to have your own Mourning Room with friends and family, please contact me.

Honoring your needs, I set up a mindful space to honor your loss, online or at your place.

The special Mourning Room varies in price. Please contact me for further information at joachim@sevensenses.online

Making grief not only a personal issue but a mutual experience seems to be so important. In the western culture, public spaces to mourn are rare.

My intention is to honor personal and collective losses to allow the soul movements to keep moving by honoring our deepest humanity.

Warmly, Joachim