A place to be welcomed into your own humanity.
Circle gatherings, facilitator training, grief tending and retreats.
Explore my work
Upcoming gathering · Bookings open
Saturday 9 January 2027, 6.45 to 9pm · Wokingham Town Hall
I’m Tanya Forgan. A woman of British and Dominican heritage, a mother, wife, daughter, friend and teacher, and someone who has always been deeply curious about people.
I hold circles, tend grief and train women to gather well.
Read my storyWhy this work matters
In a world that keeps us rushing, divided and trying to hold it all alone, gathering is a quiet revolution.
To slow down enough to feel. To listen to someone whose life is different from our own. To grieve in company, ask for support and discover what we can offer each other.
Through circle, somatic practice, ritual and retreat, we practise these ways of being together. And through the women I train, this work takes root in other communities.
A remembering of an ancient way of being together.
Teach · Training and development
Training for women, facilitators and community leaders who want to hold groups with embodied awareness, skill and responsibility, and for the organisations that work with them.
My signature training · six months
The art of gathering. The courage to hold. For women who already hold groups, or who are ready for a deeper apprenticeship in holding them well.
Live online circles with each module, two in-person practice days, peer practice pods and ongoing mentorship.
“There’s always people on your back to support you, to guide you.”
Ashwini, DEVOTED participant
Intimate development days for 10 to 14 facilitators.
Themes such as conflict, grief, rage, power and group dynamics.
Enquire about The Living PracticeTraining and facilitation for charities, community organisations, education providers and women’s networks.
Embodied leadership, relational responsibility, inclusive practice. Shaped around your people.
Training for organisationsNot sure which is for you? Book a free 30-minute call
In their own words
“Having held my grief in private for years, I knew I yearned to be seen and held in my grief and this group came at the right time for that.”
“I have such deep trust for the grief work both Tanya and Catherine are facilitating and they have helped me to become me again…”
“I would recommend this to anyone who is carrying the weight of grief & not knowing where to go with it.”
Tend · Grief and ritual
A monthly online gathering to tend grief together through circle, ritual, live music and shared silence. A place for the grief you carry, including what can be difficult to name.
Next gathering: Thursday 12 November, 7.30 to 9pmOnline, on Zoom
Gather · Community and belonging
Places where women can experience connection, rest, ritual and belonging directly.
The Matriarchal Way
A different way of being together. Through sharing, movement, ritual and deep rest, we practise relationship, reciprocity and embodied wisdom, and the matriarchal values that make a community able to hold its members.
It isn’t a workshop and nobody is there to be fixed. It’s a place to be among women who are practising care, honestly, with one another.
Wokingham, BerkshireNext gathering: Saturday 21 November, 6.30 to 9pm
Retreat · 12–14 February 2027 · Sussex
You have practised, created, nurtured and contributed. The questions you are asking of your life are changing. Legacy is an in-person retreat in Matriarchal Leadership, with Sophie Jane Hardy and me, at Florence House in Sussex.
Meet Tanya
I'm a circle facilitator, ritualist, somatic practitioner and teacher. My work is devoted to restoring community, reclaiming the wisdom of the body and remembering the sacred art of gathering. At the heart of it all is a simple conviction: we need one another, and how we gather matters.
You are welcome
Begin wherever feels right.
Restoring the art of being human, together.