SPACES OF GRIEF
The opposite of grief isn’t acceptance or hope, it’s expression.
Krittika Sharma & Shivani Gupta
An Insight From our Series, Spaces of Grief
Spaces of Grief
After facilitating conversations on loss with thousands of individuals, speaking to numerous psychology, spirituality & palliative care experts & delving into research on grief practices, we have found that for many of us, our earliest experiences of loss set a foundation for our understanding of death over time. This is our attempt to put everything we have learnt into narratives & tools for humans of all ages to navigate their relationship to loss. Our goal is to make loss & grief feel like something we can convene with, through a lens of childhood, culture & community.
Denmark & Bhutan are among the happiest countries in the world & one of their shared characteristics is that they invite death to be a part of life. Both countries encourage a culture that allows life & death to coexist, thereby creating healthier societies.
Our initiative is in collaboration with behaviour designers, Shivani Gupta & illustration artists, Ishaan Dasgupta & Ayeshe Sadr, supported by renowned industry experts.
We began with the intention to support children through loss. But our immersion soon made us realize that children already carry a kind of wisdom that doesn’t ask to be explained. They stay close to feeling & remain with what is. It’s this capacity that many of us spend years trying to return to.
This offering is for those of us finding our way back. To that place in us that once knew how to feel honestly, before intellect or external norms stepped in. Before grief became something silent, solitary, & sanitized.
What we share here is shaped by memory, story & voice, by the quiet authority of lived experience. It is not a manual or a method, but a companion for anyone who has lived beside loss, or is learning now to live & move through it.
This is an invitation to return, unlearn & listen. To reflect, reveal & recompose. To rediscover the quiet, inherent knowing that still lives inside us so that we can stand more gently with our own grief, with each other with compassion & with the wise little humans who already know what it means to feel.
We invite you to begin, or begin again, from where you are.
Join us for a year of curated spaces to explore loss, grief & meaning more deeply (via live virtual sessions or self-async paced workshops).
Workshops will be held virtually on weekends for an intimate group of <20 at a time, once a month between January- December 2026.
Sliding scale offered ($180-$240 for the 12 months; & 2 sponsored slots).
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When Shivani & I met in 2016 at a quiet restaurant in Bandra (Mumbai, India), we couldn’t have imagined that our very first conversation would be about grief, loss & love. We spoke until the lights dimmed & the chairs were upturned. By the time we stepped out we carried the knowing that something had begun- a lifelong friendship & poetic collaborations.
A few years later, we decided to build an offering to support children navigating loss. But the more we leaned into research, to people & to the quiet between our own stories- the clearer it became: that children arrive with a kind of knowing that adults spend their lives trying to remember. From that realization, Spaces of Grief was born.
We’re immensely honored to share 7 years of quiet & inspired persistence of reflection & return. What began in one city carried through long conversations, quiet questions, co-working sessions, & moments of stillness across cities, countries & the seasons of our lives. This offering is made even more special through our collaboration with dear friends Ayeshe & Ishaan, whose illustrations hold the depth & breath of this work with remarkable beauty.
Illustrations for Spaces of Grief. Copyright of Maajhi. Please do not copy or reproduce. To want a print, please reach out to us at Maajhi. Thank you. With trust, Krittika.