The Quiet Holders
For the Babies Held
Only in Our Hearts
Sacred ceremonies, grief circles, and healing retreats for women honouring pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and the silent grief that is so often carried alone.
You grieved because you loved. That love deserves to be witnessed.
The vision
Grief this sacred deserves a ceremony
When a baby is lost — to miscarriage, stillbirth, or the quiet grief of a pregnancy that never was — there is often no ritual. No witness. No space to say hello, and goodbye, and you mattered.
Danielle knows this grief from the inside. It is why The Quiet Holders was born. These retreats are built around something she is designing from lived experience — a ceremony for honouring the babies we carried, however briefly, and the mothers who carry them still.
This is not therapy. It is something older than that. It is ritual, witness, and the kind of holding that only comes from being in a room full of women who understand.
Danielle's signature offering
The Ceremony
A sacred, unique ceremony designed by Danielle — to honour the baby, hold the mother, and give grief the witnessing it was never offered.
Honour
Each ceremony creates space to acknowledge the baby — their existence, their name if you have one, and the love that remains. Nothing is bypassed. Everything is welcomed.
Release
Through breathwork, gentle movement, and Havening, we work with the body — because grief lives there. The body needs ceremony just as much as the heart does.
Become
You leave having been witnessed. With something tangible to carry forward — a ritual, a symbol, a sense that your grief has a rightful place in the world.
The ceremony is currently being designed. Danielle is also studying breathwork and birth to deepen this work. Dates will be announced to the community first.
How we gather
Retreat Formats
From a morning together to a full weekend away — each format holds the same intention. You choose what you are ready for.
A Ceremony of Remembrance
A morning or afternoon held in sacred space. Guided ceremony, grief circle, oracle cards, and a closing ritual. Intimate — up to 8 women.
- Danielle's ceremony
- Grief sharing circle
- Oracle card practice
- Closing ritual
The Full Holding
The complete experience. Ceremony, Havening for emotional release, breathwork, shared nourishment, story circles, and rest. A day that changes something.
- Ceremony
- Havening Techniques®
- Breathwork
- Story circle
- Shared meal
The Quiet Holders Retreat
An overnight or full weekend away — nature-based, unhurried, and deeply restorative. For those ready to go all the way in.
- All of the above
- Private sessions with Danielle
- Guided meditation
- Nature & stillness
- Connection with like-hearted women
Who comes
These spaces are for you if...
“Back then, miscarriage felt like a silent loss. Something women endured quietly. There were no real conversations — no space held for the heartbreak of losing a baby you had already begun loving. These retreats are that space.”— Danielle Brierley
Also available
Becoming a Quiet Holder
For carers, nurses, and space holders who need to be held themselves.
The Body Remembers
Nervous system healing — how to regulate, release, and restore after trauma.
Somewhere In Between
For grief without a name. For the exhausted. For those navigating change.
Be the first to know
Retreat Dates Coming Soon
Dates and locations are announced to The Quiet Holders community first. Register your interest and Danielle will reach out personally when the first retreat is ready.
You don't have to be ready. You just have to be curious.